Randolph Macon College - Helianthus Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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EMMA K. D1zN1soN, fIOD bzstmctor in V om! Mzrsz'c. New York is the city of Miss Denison's birth and education. She began her musical education with the study of the piano and pursued this several years. The death of her master was followed by a change to voice culture. She received vocal instruction of Alberto Lawrence, Mme. Henrietta Beebe, Frank H. Tubbs, and J. Henry McKinley. For four years she gave instruction to pupils and sightsinging classes in a private studio in New York. In the winter of ISQO-'QI a large class in the Scotch Presbyterian Church was under her charge. Miss Denison taught at Williamsport, Pa., in 1891, and in the Voice Department of Gal- loway College, Ark.,in 1893, and was called to herpresent position during the summer of 1894. WILLIAM A. GRIFFITH, fI2J Inslrucfor in Ari. Professor Griffith is a Kansan by birth, and a graduate of the State Normal School of Kansas, and attended Washington University at St. Louis. Mo.,where he received his first instruction in art. He afterwards went to France and studied under Benjamin Constant and jules Le Febvre. Returning to America, he taught one year at Washington Uni- versity. Professor Griffith won a gold medal at the American Exhibition Of Fine Arts in St. Louis in 1890, and received honorable mention at the Exhibition of Fine Arts in Paris, in 1891. His fine portrait of the late Senator Preston B. Plumb was purchased by the State for the sum of five hundred dollars. Departed Days is one ot his best and character- istic paintings. During the past year Professor Griffith has had charge .of the Art Department and has maintained a high standard of class work. 17

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BERTHA E. LOVEWELL, B. LIT., Q91 Principal of the Ladies' Department ana' bistruetor in History and .English Literature. Miss Lovewell is a graduate from Washburn with the class of '89, Her graduate work was done in Yale in the department to which she now gives her attention as a teacher. Previous to her return to Washburn as a member of the Faculty, Miss Lovewell held the position of Principal of the Minneapolis High School. Her home for the past twelve years has been in Kansas, previously to that in Wisconsin and Connecticut. The advantage to which Miss Lovewell turns her acquaintance with Washburn student-life, gained by her long continued connection with the institution, is well evidenced by the esteem in which she is held by all the students. MATTHEW HENRY FRANK, A. M., Q85 , Principal of the Academy ana' Instructor in Latin ana' Greek. Born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1866, Professor Frank graduated from the High School of that city in 1881. He worked as a carpenter and mechanic from 1881 to 18835 taught from 1883 to 1886 and entered Wooster University in the fall of that year. After his graduation, in 1889, two years he held the position of principal of Central College Academyg the next three years he filled a similar position in Tulon Academy, of Tulon, Ill., and finally, in 1894, was called to the Principalsllip of Wasl1burn's Academy. I HELEN RUTH INGALLS, Q75 Instructor in Pianofor te and Harmony. Miss Ingalls received her first instruction in music in Canada. She afterward studied in Chicago, Ill., and Springfield, Mass. She entered the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, graduating with honor in 1890. Miss Ingalls has had charge of the Instrumental depart- ment in Washburn since I8QO. Her proficiency as an instructor in music is attested by the growth of this department since it has been under her charge, and by her great popularity among the students of the music department. V 16

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'bv-,NAV L' rw W 9 fx is 2.4. 'lf 1 ' M ,f D , ,, fbi' il e ' ii 1 . ' Lf--ff M- I fi in I Q X lu 1i,fuv-::llI Y, .-. I T il' ' Ni f-f A , i yi 'llwll ifg 9 ll . 1 .ax Mg , U s . N A -A Klan l 3 ,li ,, Qfiarlg Q1-Elagsf nf iglllaaalrhrmrn. QDGQQQ Few institutions have a more interesting beginning than Washburn College. Like her native state, she has attained the present eminence only by hard struggles and an unwavering determination to win. In 1857, the Congregational Association in session at Topeka decided to plant a Christian college in Kansas, and appointed a committee of five, of which Col. john Ritchie was chairman, to secure a suitable location. Topeka was chosen as the home of tl1e college: for she offered one hundred and sixty acres of land near the town-site, and eight hundred and forty acres in the Territory as an endowment, together with a build- ing of stone or brick 40x50 feet, two stories high, to be completed before January I, 1860. Col. Ritchie and lVIr. I-I. D. Rice now undertook to secure the landg they tried first to obtain the George Davis farm, where the college now stands, but were unsuccessful for he was unwilling to sell. The present site of Potwin Place was next consideredg and the twenty acres where Bethany now stands were voted to the college if this location could be secured, but this was out of the questionl So nothing was done until 1859. At this time gold was discovered at Pike's Peak, and Mr. Davis, wishing to go, signified his willingness to sell his farm. But now another difficulty arose Q neither Col. Ritchie nor Mr. Rice had any ready money. But both were in earnest, and Col. Ritchie mortgaged his farm, and Mr. Rice made a trip to the east to borrow two thousand dollars, the amount required. ' I8