Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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Fos'rER ELIAS SPENCE, PH. B., L. L. S., S. A. E., shuffled into this mortal coil about twenty- one years ago in Washington, Ohio. He graduated from Washington High school in the class of '06 and entered Mount Union the next fall. Since then he has been a conspic- uous and prominent figure in the all college activities although greatly handicapped by the fact that until the present year he has been a member of the class of 1912. Spence has been particularly active along oratorical lines having been Treasurer of the Local Oratorical Association 'IO-II, Secretary of the State Ora- torical Association 'IO-II and member of the debating team ,II. He was the delegate of his chapter to the National 'Convention of S. A. E. at Kansas City 'IO. Doc expects to win fame and fortune as a Corporation Lawyer. He will deliver the philosophical Oration at Commencement. FLOSSIE MAY HOSTETTER, A. B., R. L. S., was born at Canton, Ohio, May 15, 1888. Having completed her high school .course in Canton High in 1906, she taught one year, entering Mount Union in the fall of 1907, and being in every term of the four years. Miss Hostetter was a delegate to the Y. W. C. A. convention at Baltimore in '07 and at Rochester in '09, was historian of the class 'ogg member of the Dynamo Staff '09, '10, received R. L. S. prize for composition '07 3 President of Y. W. C. A. '09-'l1. She has been very active in Y. W. C. A., Student Volunteer, and other lines of Christian activity throughout her entire course. Flossie expects to make her life count where a strong and sincere personality is need- ed in the activities of the' world's work. Etzns GLENN VANTILBURG, A. B., R. L. S., was born at Toronto, Ohio. He entered Mount Union Academy in the fall of '06 and the College in 'O7. He has been librarian for three years and is a member of the Volun- teer Band, and the Homiletic Club. Mr. Van- tilburg has been a faithful laborer for the cause of right and is now preaching at Church- hill. Next year he will enter ,Boston Univers- ity, where he expects to take his master's degree. He will enter the ministry. page twenty-three

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- page twenty-two CHARLES WARD THOMAS, B. S., L. L. S., first lived at Barnesville, among the 'hills of Bel- mont County. The greater part of his school days were passed, however, in Salem. He en- tered Mount Union Academy in '07 and the College the following year. Here he- has been a valued student and classmate. For the past two years he has conducted a class in mechan- ical drawing. He was editor of the Y. M. C. A. hand book in 'I0. He gives the scientific oration on class day. Expects .to teach for awhile, later will probably attend Case. CLARA EUQENIA SLUTZ, PH. B., L. L. S., A. S. A. Like other children of Methodist minis- ters her home has been .the East Ohio Confer- ence. She graduated from the Barnesville High School and entered Mount Union in the fall of 504. Since that time she has taught four years in the public schools, two of which she was assistant principal of the Salineville High School. In college work her specialty has been Latin, having read ten years of it. She has been Historian of her class in '05. Pres- ident of Y. W. C. A. in '07, delegate to Y. W. C. A., conferences at Winona Lake, Painesville and Hiram. The class of 1911 feels itself very fortunate in receiving her into their ranks during her senior year. Miss Slutz will lill the 'Latin chair at Grand River Institute next year. GUY STEWART HOOVER, A. B., L. L. S., S. N., entered school the fall of ,O7 and since that time has been the busiest man of his class. He has been connected with almost every ,activ- ity of the college. He was Historian of the class in '08, President of the class in '09 and gives the class oration in '11, He has also been Vice-President and Treasurer of the Y. M. C. A. He was a member. of the Dynamo Association ,IO-II, holding the position. of Alumni Editor in ,IL He has been especially interested in debating work being an alternate on the debating team in '08 and. ,OQ and Cap-- tain of the Muskingum and West Virginia Teams in ,IL It is largely due to his efforts that the Triangular Debating League for IQI-I was organized. He took the second place in the Oratorical Contest ,IO and represented Mount Union in the Ohio Inter-Collegiate Peace Oratorical Contest at'Otterbein 'l1. He is a member of the College Living Endowment Fund and the Alumni Editor of the Unionian. 'He expects to make preaching his profes- sion.

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-1. page twenty-foiii' l r l l l I HOMER TALMAGE ORSBORN, A. B., L. L. S., was born- September 4, 1889, at Senecaville. It' was .a bright sunny day, and he has been Happy ever since. He completed bQtl1 the German-.Scientific and Latin courses of Cam- bridge High School, entering M. U. C. the fall of the same year. Languages have been his specialty, taking seventeen years work in Greek. Latin, German, and French. After teaching and coaching for two years, he plans to enter some Eastern theological seminary. As Y. M. C. A. social committeeman he originated what has become the Annual Association Field Day. Happy has been active in all branches of athletics, having 'cornered two M's with the pigskin, ,OS-,I0. He played in the city basket- ball league both seasons, being captain and coach of Koch's team ,OQ. He has tried to see the sunny side of life's problems, and to help others smile. RUTH M. BUTCHER, PH. B., L. L. S., A. S. A. began her short life in Bridgeport, near the verdant shores of the beautiful Ohio. Her father being a school teacher accounts for the fact that she has moved thirteen times during her illustrious career. She is a graduate of St. Clairsville High School and has taught two years, being a high school principal. During her college career, she has been very active and energetic, being at the present time Vice Pres- ident of the Senior Class, Vice President of the Y. W. C. A., and Secretary of the Grator- ical Association. She is tall and striking, has been engaged three times, and is still consider- ing further propositions. Because of her intel- lectuality, she has been chosen to deliver the English Classical. Oration. Perhaps she will teach if she so desires. ' MACK NIAGEE, A B., L. L. S., Sq A. E., T. N. E., began to live on his father's farm near New Cumberland Ohio, May 26, 1883. Upon or near this farm, he continued to reside until the autumn of 1899 when he began a .course ot study at Dellroy High School. After one year's resident study, he was permitted to graduate with fullleave of absence freely granted. In the early part, pf, the twentieth century, he appeared av. M. U., C. and continud to' appear with some regularity for a considerable time. Now, af- ter,a five year's absence spent in various ex- periences, he has re-appeared to become a member, of the class of IQII, and hopes to graduate with the degree of A. B. He was college orator in IQO5, a member of the debat- ing team in 1904, president of the Oratorical Association in IQO4-5, President of the Athletic Association in 1905-6, and a member of the foot-ball team in 1904-5.