St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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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

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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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session of 1859 and 1860 and the session of 1860 and 1861, up to about May 1, 1861, when Cthen being in his Junior yearj the College was closed by tl1e breaking out of the Civil War. During the war he taught school and read law, and was admitted to practice in 1866. Shortly afterwards he removed to Montgomery County, and has resided at Rockville, practicing his Profession, ever since. Mr. Tal- bott has been Mayor 'of Rockville three terms. He was State Senator from Montgomery County for the session of 1894 an-d 1896. He was delegate to the Democratic National Convention which met in Chicago in 1884. He was a Pres- idential Elector for the Sixth Congressional district of Maryland on the Democratic ticket in 1888. He was one of the directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1886 to 1890. He has been a director of the Montgomery County National Bank of Rockville since its beginning in 1884, and Vice-President of it for the last three years. He was chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland for the years 1894, 1895 and 1896. Mr. Talbott is one of the leading men of Maryland, and is also a gentleman of recognized ability, and is fearless in the discharge of his duty. JAMES M. MUNROE, B. A. James M. Munroe was born on the third of April, 1856. He graduated from St. ,lohn's College June 30, I874Q studied law in the oliice of the Honorable Alexander B. Hagner Cnow Judge Hagner, of Washington, D. C.,J for two years, and went to the Law School of the University of Maryland at Baltimore, where he took the full two years' course in one year and graduated ,June 1, 1877. He commenced practicing law in Annapolis on State House Circle, opposite the Governor's mansion, on July 29, 1877, where he has continuously practiced ever since. During the absence of Mr. J. Shaaf Stockett, State Reporter, Mr. Munroe was employed in the fall of 1877 and winter of 1878 on the Maryland Reports, and reported Volume 47 and part of Volumes 48 and 49. He was elected State's Attor- ney of Anne Arundel County in November, 1883, and filled that position from January 1, 1884, to January 1, 1892. Mr. Munroe is one of the directors of the Farmers' National Bank of Annapolis and its attorney. He is also a director of the Annapolis Savings Institution and its attorney 3 also a director of the Annapolis Water Company, and one of the Board of Directors of St. J'ohn's College. He was mar- ried to Miss Chase, formerly of New Orleans, lately of New York, on February 25, 1885, the ceremony being performed in New York City by the Reverend Doctor Parkhurst. Mr. Munroe is one of the leading lawyers of Annapolis, and has won several very important cases by his diligence and tact. . M. CLYDE WIER, B. A., M. A. . Mr. M. Clyde Wier was born at West River, Anne Arundel County, Md., on January 15, 18725 He received his early education in the public schools of the county, and in the fall of 1888 matriculated at,St. ,Iohn's College, enter- ing the Freshman Class. He graduated in 1892, with the degree of B. A. After leaving St. Ioh'n's he was made commandant of the Bunker Hill Military Academy, Bunker Hill, Illinois, for the year 1892-93. He was professor of Greek and Latin and instructor in French at Centenary College, Palmyra, Mo., 1893-94, and the same year received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater. He was a graduate student in Greek and Latin at the University of Chicago in 1894-95. In 1895-96 he was classical miter and commandant at Kumper Hall, Davenport, Iowa, and the same year was married to Miss Lydia C. Dorsey of Louisville, Ky. He was a graduate student at the University of Chicago in Greek in 1896-97, and in July, 1897, received the degree of M. A. from the University. Mr. Wier is at present head master of the Worthington Military Academy, .Lincolnv Neb., and resident student in Greek and Latin at the Uni- versity of Chicago.