Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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History of '09 Ethelyn Montgomery, A. B., L. L. S.. A. X. D., was born near Rich- mond, Ohio, May 29, 1886. Always ambitious, she early aspired to the honor of membership in the renowned closs of '09, and with that end in view moved to Aliance in 1901 to enter the Alliance High School. She graduated with class honors in 1904 and entered the Mount the follow- ing fall. She was a delegate to the Alpha Xi Delta convention at Mor- gantown, XY. Va., '07, and has the honor of being president of the class of '09. She has been a member of the Dynamo Association three years. Ethel always stands Pat on the question of one lover. She says she will teach but she shows a strong preference for housekeeping to any other occupation. july 4th, 1886, was noisier than usual. because three days before Clyde Uriah Keckley, B. S.. R. L. S., S. A. E., had moved to Alliance. Ohio. Keck early learned to shoot baskets and has been at it ever since. He was the first to recite ls That You, jack. Old Boy ? in R. L. S. He has been in love four times. to no avail. At present he is making a spe- cial study of ornithology tthe heron familyi. He handed in his good bye to Alliance High school in 1902 and as a token of their gratitude the school board gave him a diploma. From '02 to '05 he was an employe of the Lake Shore Rai'road in the civil engineering corps. ln '05 he en- tered M. U. C. He was a member of the basket ball team. '06-'07, and captain, '07-'08 and '8-'09. He is associate editor of the L'nonian. '09, was president Thalian Dramatic Club, winter term '08, and is valedicto- rian of the class. He expects to specialize in science. john Williams Moore, S. B., L. L. S., A. T. O., was born near XYil- mington. Del., so long ago that the birth certificates are so faded with age that it is impossible to tell with any degree of accuracy. but tradition gives it as the latter part of April, 1492. At the age of three he became ambitious and moved to Ohio, landing near Salineville, and attending the district and Salineville schools until he entered Ada in the fall of 1883. They were too slow so he entered M. U. C. in the fall of 1884. But being like the rest of us. his resources ran out so he left school in 1887, that being his junior year. He was superintendent of XYashingtonville schoo's for four years. Then superintendent of Leetonia schools ever since. He has been county examiner for eighteen years. He holds a state life certificate in Ohio, has attended seven summer schools at Chautauqua. I8

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At the earnest request of some of the members of the faculty he decided to take his degree from M. C. C. and recognizing the superiority of the class of '09 selected it as his. His hobby is mathematics and science and he has been at it so long that he will not be likely to do anything but fo'low school work. Marlboro will long, be held in memory because there, on Xovember 313 1885, was born the genial, gentle Arthur Taylor Carr, S. L. L. S., Ph. B. After graduating from Marlboro High School in '02 he entered M. U. C. in time to see the expression, high moral atmosphere, when it first appeared in the catalog. Having taught in the Alliance High School his heart is set on teaching and teachers. He served out a sen- tence in the library. He was manager of the Y. M. C. A. lecture course '08-,09, member Board of Directors' Athletic Association '08-'09, mem- ber of Dynamo staff '08-'09, associate editor of Lnonian '09 So many great places await to be filled that he hardly knows what one to hll. He will follow his heart and teach. Charles Brown Roach, A, B.. R. L. S.. was born on the windy day of April 20, 1886. Both Canton and Minerva claim the honor of being his birthplace, at any rate, his early life was spent in Minerva, at which place he graduated from the High School in ,04. He entered Mt. Union in the fall of the same year, and has ever since been an ardent supporter of college activities. He was a member of the debating teams of '05, ,06, '07, '08 and '09. President of the Oratorieal Association '09, Dyn- amo staff '09, and editor-in-chief of the '09 Unonian. So far during his lifetime he has preached. He expects, next fall. to enter Drew Theolog- ical Seminary, or to be drew into matrimonial theology. Coridon Edwin A. Stephens, Ph, B.. S. N., R. L. S., began to be at home to friends June 20. '83, at Niclcleville, Pa. Attended common schools at Emlenton. Pa., and Cooperstown. Pa. Graduated from high school at Courtland, O., '03. Taught '03-'0-l at West Mecca, O. Mt. Vernon, O., '04-'05, Entered Mt. Union '05,Vwhere he has spent four years. Among other diversions he has completed the commercial course of the college. The reserve and even tenor of his life is not easily dis- turbed. Delegate to Sigma Nu National Convention at Chicago Decein- ber 30, '08 Prominent in Dramatic Club. Dynamo stahf '08-'09, His life will be devoted to law and its attendant evils. XYill enter Columbia next year. Katherine Olive Bracher, Ph. B.. L. L. S., A. X. D., began her hustling career in Alliance, Ohio, in the year l885 or thereabouts. She graduated from the Alliance High School in the class of '02, and entered Mount Union College the following fall. Since that time she has grad- 19