Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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chievous scholars in schools of all sorts will be left to follow their own inclinations — benches in our courts of justive will be left without an occu- pant — seats in Congress and in many State Legislatures will be vacant — banks will be without their high officials — the wheels of mighty business enterprises will stop — buildings will want their supervising architects — government prisoners will be turned over to the care of subordinates — pick and shovel in the Isthmian Canal will gather rust for a time -all these things may happen if they all come but nevertheless Monmouth calls her children home to her golden anniversay. She knows that many of them will come. She wishes all might come. Yes let every one who is interested in Monmouth unite to make her jubilee time the biggest time in all her history. May there come from this celebration such an impetus that it may be indeed the beginning of ilarger things for the old college on the prairies.

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Monmouth ' s Semi-Centennial (yi CM ITH June of next year Monmouth iCollege completes her first 1MII1 half centurv. There is a feeling among- the alumni and friends of the institution that this event should be celebrated in some worthy fashion. Already the plans are well on the way. These provide for new buildings, increased endowment and a splen- did jubilee celebration. Two memorial buildings are contemplated. The first of these is to be a ladies dormitory known as Wallace Hall in memory of Dr. David A. Wallace: the second a Science Hall in memory of Dr. J. B. McMichael. The classes prior to 1880 are giving their efforts to Wallace Hall while the memorial to Dr. McMichael is receiving the attention of all later classes. In each class a secretary has been appointed and through these secretaries an active correspondence is being carried on. The response thus far has been most encouraging. It shows that Monmouth ' s Alumni are loyal to their Alma Mater. This work will go on during the coming year and from the gradu- ates it will widen to all old students and from these the concentric circles will reach out to the wider circle of Monmouth ' s friends. II is earnestly hoped that by June of next year the announcement can be made that these buildings have been assured. It is hoped to make the commencement time of 1906 a grand rallying time too for all of Monmouth ' s widely scattered children. The plan is to make it a home coming time for the thousands who have brushed against her walls and listened for the sound of her old bell. Many of these have attained fame and distinction. Other have in more humble places made just as great a success in life. Monmouth is proud of them all. She in- vites her children to her jubilee. She knows they are busy. She appre- ciates what it may mean to have them withdraw for a few days from the- world ' s activities — lawsuits must be postponed — patients will be given a chance to get well— pulpits, hundreds of them, will go preacherless — rnis-

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Faculty and Instructors. THOMAS HANNA McMICHAEL, President. uth College, 188fi; A. M., ibid, 1889; B. D„ Xenia Semin Westminster College, 1903. RUSSELL GRAHAM, Vice President and Professor of Social Science A. B., Monmouth College, 188 i; A. M., ibid, 1889; B. D„ Xenia Seminary, 1890; D. D. Westminster College, 1903. JOHN HENRY Mc MILL AN. Professor of Latin. A. B., Indiana State University. 1874; A. M.. ibid, 1877; graduate student University of Chicago, 1894: Lift. D., Western University of Pennsylvania, 1897. JOHN NESBTT SWAN, Pressly Professor of Chemistry and Physics. A. B., Westminster College, ]88i ; A. M.. ibid, 1889; graduate student Johns Hopkins University, 1888-89; Ph. D , ibid, 1893. ALICE WINBIGLER, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. B. S., Monmouth College, 1877; A. M., ibid, 1894. FLORA BEL PATTERSON, Law Professor of History. A. M., Penn College, 1896; student in History, Michigan University, 1891-92. LUTHER EMERSON ROBINSON, Professor of English. THOMAS BEVERIDGE GLASS, Professor of Greek. A. B., Monmouth College, i«92: eraduate student University of Chicago, 1895-97 and 1898-1900; Fellow iu Greek, 1S99-1900. FRED COLE HICKS, Professor of Modern Languages. A. B., Cornell College, (Iowa), 189S; graduate student in Ger Johns Hopkins University. 1898-1901; University Scholar, 1 in German, 1900-01; Ph. D., ibid, 1901. GEORGE HERBERT BRETNALL, Professor of Biology. A. B., Cornell College (Iowa), 18915; A. m., ibid, 1897; graduate student University of Chicago, 1901-02. GERTRUDE D. HENDERSON, Professor of Oratory and Director of Women ' s Gymnasium. Graduate Columbia School of Oratory. BLANCHE MORROW, Assistant Professor of English. A. B., Monmouth College, 1898; graduate student University of Chicago, THOMAS C. MuURACKEN, Assistant Professor of Latin. A. B., Monmouth Coilege., 1904. CLYDE KIMBLE WARNE, Athletic Director and Assistant in Mathematics. B. S., Upper Iowa University, 1899. JCHN S. BATES, Instructor in General Engineering Drawing, B.. S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois,