St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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who is at present an instructor in mathematics at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. In 1880 Dr. Harter left St. John's to assume the duties of principal of the Academy at Hagerstown, Md., where he labored successfully for five years. After leaving the Academy, he was elected to the chairs of mathematics and physics in Delaware College, which place he still holds. Since Dr. Harter has been identified with this institution he has taken great interest in its welfare, and perhaps the appreciation of this is no better demonstrated than by the fact that in 1896 he, at the resignation of Dr. Raub, was elected President of the College. Since he has assumed this latter office, he has shown himself well worthy of the high trust placed in him. St. John's well appreciates his ability as a college professor and president. A HONORABLE BRUNER R. ANDERSON, B. A., LL. B. Mr. Anderson was born in February, 1864, and was reared on a farm at Patuxent, in Anne Arundel County. He was educated at St. Iohn's College, Annapolis, where he grad- uated in 1884, with the degree of A. B. After graduating, he taught school near Odenton for two years. He then attended the Maryland University Law School in Baltimore City, where, in 1888, he received the degree Of LL. B. Dur- ing the same year he was admitted to the bar, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in'Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County. Mr. An-derson was elected a member of the General Assembly of Maryland in the fall of 1897, and made for himself a brilliant record du-ring the 'session which has just closed. He is descended from a Scotch family of Andersons, who settled in Anne Arundel in 1680. GORDON TULL, B. A. Gordon Tull, a rising member of the bar of Princess Anne, Somerset County, was elected State's Attorney there in November. 1895, being the only candidate elected on the Democratic ticket. Though he is quite a young man, he possesses recognized talent in his favorite profession, and enjoys a large and constantly growing practice. Judging by what he has accomplished in the past few years, it is safe to predict for him a brilliant future. Born January 4, 1870, Gordon Tull is a son of Samuel L. Tull, a native of Tull's Corner, Somerset County. The latter, now about seventy-four years of age, has been very successful in life, and has resided for many years at Tull's Corner, where he has conducted a mercantile establishment and owns a good farm in the vicinity. 'He is a Democrat and has been a justice of the peace for a great many years. His father, Samuel, Sr., was'a native of the same locality and came from a good old family on the Eastern Shore. The mother of Mrs. Tull was Miss Catherine Gunby in her girlllood, and is a sister of Dr. Hiram H. Gunby of Tull's Corner. b Gordon Tull remained at home with his parents at his birth-place at Tull's Corner, where he received a good gen- eral education, and after leaving the public schools entered St. John's College at Annapolis, Md. There he graduated with honors in June, 1892, and in September of the same year he was offered a position as first assistant of Princess' Anne High School. He was very diligent during this period, as he not only -discharged all of his duties as a teacher to the full satisfaction of all concerned, but was so industrious as a student himself that he had mastered the rudiments, of the law at theeend of the year. He had received wise supervision in his studies at the hands of Robert F. Brattan, and when he presented himself for examination, he was at once admitted to the bar. He opened an oiiice here in the spring of 1894, and has built up a good reputation as a general practitioner. He is a mem- ber of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and of the Knights of Pythias lodges, both of this place. Personally, he is very popular and is a great favorite in local society. He is a young man of fine principle, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Jizlumni. 'l l l'+'Z ! l HONORABLE JOHN WIRT RANDALL. John WVirt Randall is fifty years of age, and received his education at St. John's College, Burlington College and Yale College. He is a lawyer, and is associated with his brother, Dan.iel R. Randall, in practice at Annapolis. He is also President ofthe Farmers' National Bank of Annapolis, which was chartered as the Farmers' Bank of Maryland in 1805. He is the oldest living son of the late Alexander Ran- dall, of Annapolis, who was Attorney-General of Maryland, Representative in Congress, and a member of the Constitu- tional Convention of 1851. On his mother's side, he is a grandson of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Mr. Randall is one of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John's College, and has been for over twenty years a vestryman and the Treasurer of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church, Annapolis. He has -served in both houses of the General Assembly, and in the sessions of 1888 and 1890, as a member of the Committee on Elections, he was active in trying to perfect the Australian ballot law and other election reforms of those sessions. The journal shows that but for the active support of Judge Edward Stake and himself, the Australian ballot law would have been defeated at a critical point of its passage through that body. In the session of 1884, as a member of the House, Mr. Randall introduced and pushed through the Legislature the joint resolutions which created Arbor Day in Maryland. He was the candidate of the Republican minority for the Speakership at that session. As a member of the Legisla- ture and as Counsellor of the City of Annapolis, Mr. Ran- dall aided in reforming the financial systems of that city and Iii 13 'of Anne Arun-del County, and has been active in legislation to protect the oyster industries of the State. He has been for many years a vice-president of the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland, and twice introduced in the Leg- islature a bill to bring the State and municipal ofiicers of Maryland under that system. He had charge of the election reform bill in the Senate of 1896, and was a leader of his party in that branch of the General Assembly. In the ses- sion of 1898 he was chosen President of the Senate, which position is second only to the Governor. In the discharge of the duties of his office, Mr. Rand-all has shown himself to be a man of marked executive ability and decision. He is also one of the leading lawyers of Annapolis and is a man of vast energy and great force of character. He is an active Y. M. C. A. man, the Association in Annapolis owing much to his aid and interest. GEORGE H. HARTER, B. A., M. A., PH. D. Dr. Harter was born near Leitersburg, Washington County, Md. He received his early education in the public schools of Washington County, and afterwards at Lebanon, Ohio. In the fall of 1874 he entered the Freshman class at St. John's College and graduated therefrom in July of 1878, receiving the degree of B. A. Dr. Harter showed remarkable qualities while a student at college, and upon his gra'duation was elected tutor of mathematics and Latin in the College. While tutor at college he pursued a graduate course in early English, Anglo-Saxon, etc., with Dr. Garrett and Dr. Hopkins, and mathematics with Professor Johnson, wr W4 '+if',.'1 - V T-. Q ,,mvgg-fvwvw .sp i 11 I-'11 'talnififivia-A

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HONORABLE, WALTER WILLS PRESTON, B. A., M. A., LL. B. The Honorable Walter Wills Preston was born in Har- ford County, Md., January 14, 1863, and has throughout his life been a resident of that county. Mr. Prestontreceived his early education in the county schools, and at a very early age graduated from the Bel Air Aca'demy. After leaving the Academy, Mr. Preston matric- ulated in St. John's College at Annapolis, Md., where he passed through the Junior Class. Leaving St. John's at the end of the Junior year, Mr. Preston entered Princeton College, New Jersey, where he graduated in 1881, receiving the degree of A. B. Mr. Preston received from the Law Department of the University of Maryland in 1883 the degree of LL. B., and in the following year the degree of A. M. from Princeton. In 1883 Mr. Preston began to prac- tice law in Bel Air, and by diligent application to his busi- ness soon acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, and such popularity in his community that in the fall of 1887 he was elected a member of the Maryland General Assembly, and was re-elected in 1889. Mr. Preston was a very active and energetic man in the House and gained for himself many friends. In 1891 Mr. Preston was elected State's Attorney for Harford County, and performed the duties of his office so well that in 1895 he was again called to the same position, which he continues to hold. In 1893 Mr. Preston was hap- pily married to MisswM. Elizabeth Hall. At present Mr. Preston is past master of Mt. Ararat Lodge, Masons, at Bel Air, and one of the most prominent members of the Harford County bar. CHARLES E. DRYDEN, B. A., B. S. Charles Early Dryden was born of English parentage near Snow Hill, Worcester County, Md: He was educated in the public schools and later in the Snow Hill High School, taking, in 1889, the honor of salutatorian from that institution, in a class whose valedictorian was E. K. Wilson, Jr., the son of the late United States Senator, E. K. Wilson. In the fall of 1889 he entered St. John's College and started out with the Freshman Class. He graduated from St. Jolm's in 1893, with the degrees of both B. A. and B. S., a feat which is accomplished only by great intelligence and close application to studies. He was also valedictorian of his class, and his valetclictory address was one of the best ever delivered at St. John's. After graduation, Mr. Dryden taught from September to December in a military school in Illinois, resigning that position to accept the principal- ship of the Middletown High School in Middletown, Md. This school he taught until the fall of 1895, when he re- signed in favor of his classmate, S. M. Wagaman, to accept the voluntary offer of the principalship of the Buckingham High School of Berlin, in his native county. This position Mr. Dryden still holds. While at college Mr. Dryden took an active interest in baseball and football, and was one of the leading athletes in college. He is also a teacher of recognized ability, and has brought the school of which he is principal up to its present high position. HONORABLE HATTERSLEY W. TALBOTT. Hattersley Worthington Talbott was born in that portion of Anne Arundel County now forming Howard County. Md., on August 26, 1842. His ancestors had lived in Anne Arundel County for two hundred years. Richard Talbott, the first of his family in the Province of Maryland, having settled on West River in 1648 or 1649. ' As a boy Mr. Talbott attended schools in Howard County, principally a school known as The Howard Latin School. Among his teachers at said school was Hon- orable A. Leo Knott of Baltimore City. He also attended a private school in Ellicott City kept by Reverend Cyrus Huntington, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at that place. Mr. Talbott attended St. John's College during the