Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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he Lady of the V hite House This photograph shows Mrs. Hawley in the costume of Martha Washington, and was taken at the time of the annual colonial party of 1926. Mrs. Hawley has given her time and strength for the last ten years to make Park bigger and better. She deems it her greatest privilege to work hand in hand with Dr. Hawley, building the Park of the future. [21]

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FREDERICK WILLIAM HAWLEY, A.M., D.D., LL.D. A.B., Carthage College, 1888; A.M., Carthage College, , 1892; D.D., Centre College, 1906; Pastor of First Presby- terian Church of Oklahoma City, 1892-96; Superintendent of Missions, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1896-1906; Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Illi¬ nois, 1906-11; President of Henry Kendall College, 1911-15; President of Park College, 1915- ; LL.D., Knox College, 1915. [20]

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‘73he ‘Board of trustees of ‘Parh (College K now all men by these presents, that we, George S. Park, Ella Park, of Mag ' nolia. Ill.; John A. McAfee, Anna W. McAfee, F. Kahn, of Parkville, Mo.; Samuel J. Niccolls, J. W. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo.; Elisha B. Sherwood, Henry Bullard, John DeClue, A. N. Schuster, of St. Joseph, Mo.; W. N. Page, John Wilson, of Leavenworth, Kans.; W. C. Wells, of Platte City, Mo.; James T. Marsh, of Liberty, Mo.; Timothy Hill, Jonathan Ford, P. S. Brown, J. W. Byers, of Kansas City, Mo.; and A. F. Martin, of Atchison, Kans.; do hereby agree to form ourselves into a body cor ' porate according to the constitution and laws of the State of Missouri, to be known as ‘The Board of Trustees of Park College,’ located at or near Parkville, Missouri, to con ' sist of not more than twenty ' five members. As a body corporate they shall have per ' petual succession, and a common seal.” Thus reads the beginning of the charter, and thus began the corporate existence of Park College. Mere mention of names fails to disclose the scope of activities and accom ' plishments of those who have combined to undertake the building of such an important enterprise as a college. An interesting biography might be written of each member of the original board of trustees and of each new member elected through the succeeding years. As a board they constitute the legal entity of the institution, responsible for its management, and doing all things necessary for the proper investment, care, preservation and increase of all college property. The present membership of the board is as follows: President, Homer B. Mann; Vice ' President, Louis R. Ash; Treasurer, J. A. Bowman; George A. Lawrence, LL.D.; Charles L. Brokaw; A. O. Thompson; Robert Johnston; Rev. John Macivor, D.D.; W. C. Ralston, LL.D.; Rev. W. C. Templeton, D.D.; L. H. Wakefield; R. B. Elliott; J. P. Tucker; Rev. Harry C. Rogers, D.D.; Wilson A. Myers, M.D.; George Melcher; Miss Elizabeth Scott; George H. Bunting; George H. Davis; Joseph F. Porter, and Rev. Frederick Wm. Hawley, D.D., LL.D. PART OF “THE BOARD” [22 ]