Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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PRESIDENT LITTLETON M. SNIFF, A. M

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PRESIDENT L. M. SNIFF Littleton Moore Sniff was born in Hocking County. Ohio, Nov. 30, 18-19. He was the youngest of seven sons. His parents lived on eighty acres of stony, hilly land. which was more of a hindrance than an asset, and even this was heavily mortgaged. In coming to Ohio, they had selected this exceedingly poor land i11 the hills, rather than the fertile lo '.',' - land of Southwestern Ohio, because of their great dread of the ague. He attended the country schools, refusing to carry lunch on ac- count of the coarse fare which was all his parents could afford. Persimmon ,trees grev: abundantly there, and on his way home he would club these to get something to appease his boyish appetite. The proudest day of his life was when he got a slate and pencil and be- gan to cipher . When about fifteen years of age, he was fired with his first ambition. A writing teach- er came into the neighborhood, and organized a class in penmanship. VVhen the boy saw his specimen copy, he determined to write as well as this man. But it took money to join the class. and to purchase the writing material, This his parents could not furnish, so he hired out at grubbing and clearing at ten cents a day to earn the necessary funds. He mastered th-- art, even excelling the teacher. La'ter on hf paid Dart of his college expenses by writing call- ing cards at night. He has written, as he says. over acres of paper, and his free movc- ment has been a great aid to him all his life, His youthful days were taken up in the hard' est kind of physical labor-farming, workinl: in the -timber, and digging iron ore. Much time was spent in work that should have been spent in school. His mother was an invalid. and his father lost his sight, so that he and his youngest brother took up the burden of lifting -the mortgage from the home farm, and 11130 built their parents a new house. XVhen talking with other boys as to what his profession for life was to be, he aways said. I don't know what I Will do, but there's one thing I won't do and that is, 'teach school. But he has, ever since. He had a teacher who recognized his ability. and finally persuaded him to take a teacher's examination. The examination questions wer? written on the board, the applicants wrote on them, and their papers were graded then and there. At the close of the day he was handed a paper. but was so excited he couldn't rea-il a word of it. He asked a companion to tell him what ir was. Why, you fool , he replied. that's a certificate . When he could make it out. he read: The State of Ohio licenses L, NI. Sniff to teach school- . and he was so impressed that the State had recognized him, L. M. Sniff. that he decided to teach. He couldn't get a school that year, but attended a select school. and taught the next year. He turned over to his mother his first year's salary in toto. and she gave him back enough to buy a fiddle and a pair of leather boots. Among his pupils was a boy who knew gram- mar, and a girl who knew a little of algebra. unknown quantities to him, for they had been to Lebanon, Ohio, to college. He decided right thcn that he was going to Lebanon tc lcarn algebra and grammar too. After teaching two short terms. and workiul.: hard between times, he started for Lebanon with little money, but with a consuming de sire to learn. In order to save his money, he walked the first forty miles of the trip, runs ning thc last few miles, so that when he was seated in the train, the perspiration ran thru the seat onto the floor. He arrived at school on Saturday. heard one of the Professors preach Oll Sunday, and was baptized on Monday. He lived in a miserable room, ate the simplest food prepared by himself, only as much as he thought would keep him going and in some way managed to get thru his course. At the time he completed his work there, one of his profes- sors was starting a normal school at Republic. Ohio. and asked him to teach for him. He ac- cepted this invitation and at about the same time began preaching. At Lebanon he be- r-:une acquainted with Mrs. Sniff, and they were married during his stay at Republic in 1872. The school was moved to Fostoria, and he went there with it. His frugal living had made inroads upon his constitution. and he now found it necessary to take some time off, so he went to New Jersey and took physical training and public speaking under a famous Prof. Kidd. He made a suc- cessful fight against tuberculosis. From there he went to Bethany College. where he did some teaching and took post- graduate work. Then he and Mrs, Sniff both taught in a female seminary in Kentucky for a