Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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I . I I ,PJ 65 , ,lx l hh l UQ CIF' I 1 E 5 X f I yr QF I 10 l 4 I I l I A continual inspiration is the life of Frank R. Hollenback, 1895, the present pastor of the First Methodist Church at Boulder. Three diferent terms Dr. Hollenback K has been district superintendent for the Methodist Church in Colorado. He was born on a farm in Woodford County, Illinois, in 1871, and moved to Nebraska in 1884. The 67th student to matriculate in the institution, he came to Wesleyan in the fall of 1889. He graduated with honors from the class of 1895, having served as student pastor at Prairie Home during his Junior and Senior years. In 1896 he entered Drew Theological Seminary. While there, he established a fine ' record. In 1897 Dr. Hollenback was married to Eva Mabel Schock, Falls City, Nebraska. One son, Robert, is now a student in the state preparatory school, Boulder, Colorado. After graduating from Drew Seminary in 1897, he became pastor at Basalt, Colorado. Following this he became pastor at various towns in Colorado, including Salida, Rocky Ford, and Canon City. Following pastorates in these cities he was called to Grace Church, Denver. In 1915 Nebraska Wesleyan University elected him to membership in Phi Kappa Phi, and he has been a member of the Ben Franklin Club, Denver, for twelve years. l For a time he has been a trust-ee of the University of Denver, and a member of the Executive Committee, Iliff School of Theology, Since 1920 he has been connected with the board of foreign missions, Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1895 Nebraska Wesleyan University gave him the degree of Ph. B., and in 1899, Drew Seminary gave him the degree of B. D. In 1911 Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Denver, gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In May, 1925, Dr. Hollenback became pastor of First Methodist Church, Boulder, X Colorado, where he is now located. , il I I . l ' o Sail Nl. I lvl 301

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Q' D-'Q , mNl2i2' a9'iM A-OM ff x, But few people have made the success attributed to Dr. Harvey Warren Cox, now president of Emory University. Dr. Cox graduated from the class of 1902, as Bachelor of Philosophy. Since that time one success has called for another, until in '1919 the trustees of Emory secured him for President. Born in Birmingham, Illinois, February 19, 1875, he entered Nebraska Wesleyan in the fall of 1898. During the four succeeding years, Dr. Cox gave abundant promise in his work in philosophy and psychology. Graduating in 1902, he was ofered the profesorship of philosophy at Nebraska. Wesleyan University. He held this position unti'l 1909, when he Went to Harvard to complete the requirements for his doctor's degree. In 1910 and 1911 he became assistant professor in philosophy at Harvard. In 1911 he received his Ph. D. degree, having received his M. A. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1906. In 1920 Dr. Cox received the degree of L. L. D. from the Uni- versity of Florida. In 1911 Dr. Cox was called to the University of Florida as Professor of Philosophy. In 1916 he was elected Dean of the Teachers' College ,which position he held until 1919. Dr. Cox was married in August, 1903, to Daisy Esther Frisbie, of Red Cloud. They now have three children, two boys and a girl, and are located at Emory Campus. Dr. Cox is a member of the Kappa Alpha literary fraternity, and the Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity. ' Under his leadership Emory College has made unusual progress. The campus has been enlarged from 95 to 160 acres, and the student body doubled in the last five years. Emory University is, under his direction, on a very firm financial footing. The hos- pital has been erected recently at a cost of S1,250,000.00 and other buildings at a cost of SS210,000.0'0. Dr. Cox is an indefatigable worker for Emory. v L gig' ,X Z X5 wg ll 1 . IL lf' NINQM ll-ll O . V231 l31l