Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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Ye- Frailty Officers of Faculty President ..Rev. Chas. T. Aikens Secretary Herbert A. Allison Librarian Rev. Frank P. Manhart, D. D. Curator of Museum G. E. Fisher, A. M., Ph. B. 2. Rev. J. R. Dimm, D. D., Professor of Political Economy and International Law . Born near Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa., in L830. Having prepared for college, he entered Pennsylvania College, from which he graduated with first honors in 1857. In the same year he assumed the management of a classical school at Aaronsburg, Centre county, Pa., and in 1874 became prin- cipal of the Lutherville Female Seminary. In 1882, owing to his well-known qualities as a teacher, he was called to Mis- sionary Institute as principal of the classical department, and later became President of Susquehanna University. hi account of health he was obliged to resign his position as President in 1899, but still holds his position as an able instructor. 1. Frank P. Manhart, D. I)., Professor of System- atic Theology and Church History. Born August 30, 1852, at Catawissa, Pa. He is a graduate of Missionary Institute and Pennsylvania College. For several years he pursued post-graduate studies in Penn- sylvania and Johns Hopkins Universities. He has served pastorates in Bloomsburg and Philadelphia, Pa., and has made a study of church work and problems in Europe. The lectureships on Christian Worship and Augsburg Confession have been tilled by him. He has also published a large num- ber of papers in theological reviews. Previous to his accepting the position in the Theological Seminary at Susquehanna University he was at the head of the Deaconess Motherhouse at Baltimore, Md., for several years. 4. Rev. David Bittle Floyd, A. M.. Professor of Hebrew and Greek Exegesis. Prof. Floyd was born March 1 , 1S4( , in Middletown, Md. By his paternal ancestry he is English and by his maternal ancestry he is of German descent. He belongs to a family of college educators. In 1862, at the age of 16 years, Prof. Floyd enlisted in the Federal army, serving as sergeant in the Seventy-fifth Indiana Regiment for three years. He fought 14