Mount Vernon Academy - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Mount Vernon, OH)

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V. llqovell Professor V. P. Lovell, our prin- cipal and business manager has proven himself to be the students' best friend. His year of loyal serviceiand cheer- ful guidance has been an invaluable aid in helping the students maintain the high standards of M. V. A. He received his A. B. at Union College and his A. M. at Indiana University. Before coming to Mt. Vernon Acad- emy, Professor Lovell was Educational Superintendent in Missouri and Mis- sionary Volunteer Secretary in Kan- sas. He was principal of Enterprise Academy and also Indiana Academy for four years. Professor Lovell, by his wise coun- sel and by his genuine interest in the students and their activities, has pro- moted M. V,. A.'s spirit of progressive- ness.

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E llgobbins Great success has crowned the ef- forts of Elder E. H. Robbins as chair- man of our school board. Before coming to Mt. Vernon Elder Robbins has been the president in VVest Virginia, Wlest Pennsylvania and Chesapeake Conferences. This iS the second time he has been Confer- ence President of Ohio. v For twelve years, from 1920, to l932, Elder 1.R'obbins was chairman of the 'board at Wfashington Missionary College. He was also one of the seven members of the managing staff at the Vlfashington Sanitarium, For thirteen years Elder Robbins was President of the Union Confer- ence. Through his untiring labor and ceaseless efforts the honored traditions of our Academy and our school spirit have been more firmly established.

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icharcl Farley- For four years Elder Farley has been associated with the Mt. Vernon Academy Where he has been our Bible teacher. He received his A. B. degree at Wfashington Missionary College, and his M. A. degree at the University of Maryland. Before coming to Mount Vernon Academy, Elder Farley Was Bible teacher in the Shenandoah Valley Academy. He was a worker in the New Jersey Conference in 1923-1925, and he was Chaplain at Washington Sanitarium in 1925-1929. He was also a member of the faculty at Wfashing- ton Missionary College in 1929-1932. Elder Farley has been the minister of the Mt. Vernon Church for the past four years. lfVe have learned to 'know him as a sympathetic friend, and a large measure of the success of the 1937 Treasure Chestm can be attri- buted to Elder Farley's helpful advice on literary matters. F A Harold ll . lame Professor Harold Lease, our pre- ceptor, mathematics andl science teacher, has been dearly loved by every one during his four years of faithful service at Mt. Vernon Acad- emy. As he himself was one of the students here at the school, he is well able to understand the local difficulties and problems. He graduated from N-Vashington Missionary College in 1926, receiving his A. B. degree. He also has attended the Capitol University., Columbus, Uhio, and Qhio State University. In 1926-27 Professor Lease was Principal of the Reading Intermediate School at Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1927-33 he was Dean of Men, and Science and Mathematics teacher in Qshawa Missionary College. Ushawa, Qntario. As preceptor he is very capable. and the boys love him almost as dear- ly as they do their own fathers.