University of Kansas School of Law - Shingle Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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ELDA FRANKLIN CALDYVELL. One of the most successful alumni of Kansas University is E. F. Caldwell, the present postmaster of Lawrence. In the fullest sense of the word, Mr. Caldwell is a self-made man. He was born in In- diana forty years ago, and in 1870 his father's fam- ily settled in Allen County, Kansas. After years spent in farming, and after a common-school edu- cation, the subject of this sketch entered the Uni- versity in 1879, graduating from the Art Depart- ment in '85, After severa.l years spent in railroad and newspaper work, he was appointed deputy post- master of Lawrence, which position he held for live years. During this time, he took a course in Law, graduating with the Class of '94, In the fall of 1894, Mr. Caldwell was elected to the Legislature, and served with distinction in the '95 session, and is credited with being responsible for the election of Senator Lucian Baker. In June, '98, he was ap- pointed postmaster of Lawrence. Aside from beirg a successful politician and lawyer, he has been con- nected with several enterprises, notably the publi- cation of Dr. Cordley's History of Lawrence, the Album of Lawrence, and several other publica- tions. His success in life is due to his own exer- tions, as he not only put himself through the Uni- versity, but he has forced the recognition of his ability by the public. 955' J. F. BRADLEY 'Nas born at Hazlewood Hall, near Cambridge, Saline County, Missouri. He had practically no public-school advantages, having only a few months of such in all. He entered Lincoln Institute at Jef- ferson City, Mo. Ca school forthe higher education of negroesj, worked his way through, and finished the c-ourse in 1885. In the same year, he entered the Law School at Lawrence, and by the same method finished that course in 1887. He immedi- ately opened an oflice in Kansas City, Kanl, and pegged along until April, 1889, when he was elected one of the justices of the peace in the city, there being three. In 1891 Mr. Bradley again took up the practice of the Law, and kept at it until January, 1895, when he entered the County Attorney's oiiice as second assistant, and in a few months became the first and only one, which position he held until January, 1899, when he entered upon his present practice. tHe tried to make it warm for criminals while prosecutingj There is one thing Mr. Brad- ley is vain enough to speak about personally, and well he may be. We have organized, says he, and have been maintaining for more than -one year, something that I think is worthy of mention, and that is the Douglass Hospital and Training School for nurses, of which I was one of the found- ers, and am still the president of the board of di- rectors. I speak of this, because it is the only thing of the kind in the United States, organized, managed, and maintained by negroes alone, and I will add that it is run on the charitable plan, and its doors are open to the world, regardless of race, color, or condition. In politics, Mr. Bradley is a liberal Republican, and has not an overplus of re- ligion, being a sort of a Dr. Roberts-Bob Ingersoll- Free-Thinking-Orthodox Christian. He is one of the colored men Kansas University is proud to speak of as an alumnus. 5' 3' 5' ADNA G. CLARKE Vilas born May 25, 1874, in Kansas City, Mo., he re- ceived his early education in Miami County, Kan- sas, and in the city schools of Lawrence. After three years in the Collegiate Department of the Kansas State University, he transferred to the Law Department, graduating with the Class of '97. He then became Deputy Clerk of the District Court, which position he held at the outbreak of the war. Enlisting in Company H, 1st Regiment, Kansas Na- tional Guards, December 6, 1891, and rising through the successive grades, he attained the rank of cap- tain September 7, 1897, May 9, 1898, his company was mustered in as Company H, 20th Kansas. Cap- tain Clarke won distinction as commander of the Kansas outpost guard the night of the attack on Manila, February 4, 1899. He was severely wound- ed at Tuliajan River, March 25, 1899, and returned to San Francisco on the United States hospital ship Relief, August 2, 1899. He rejoined his regiment upon its arrival in the United States and assumed command of Company H, with which he was mus- tered out. Captain Clarke was married April 26, 1897, to Miss Birdie Baxter, a Douglas County school teacher, and they are the proud possessors of a son, born February 25, 1898. After their muster out of the service, Captain Clarke and Elliot F. Hook, another member of Company H, 20th Kan- sas, formed a partnership for the practice of'Lawg but the Clerk of the District Court, Mr. Tucker, be- ing elected cashier of the Watlrins National Bank, Captain Clarke assumed his old position of Deputy Clerk, and is now a candidate for the Republican nomination for Clerk of the District Court. He is now doing work in the School of Arts and hopes to graduate with the class of '00. John M. Stcclc: il i- i- ' ORD CLINGMAN. One of the most successful members of the Class of '99 is Ord Clingman, a rising young attorney, of Lawrence. Notwithstanding that the Athens of Kansas is supposed to be very bountifully supplied with lawyers, Mr.,Clingman has enjoyed a good practice from the first day he hung out his shingle to the breezes. Ord Clingman was born November 5, 1876, and after graduating from a high school, he spent a co-uple of years at Cornell College, Iowa, and graduated from Kansas University with the Class of '99, After graduation he formed a partner- ship with D. S. Alford, one of the oldest and most successful attorneys in Lawrence, and the new firm ranks as one of the best in the State. It can be de- pended upon that Mr. Clingman will give a good account of himself, and that Kansas University will be proud of him. --QQ-

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JOHN C. BUTTOMER. ORD GLINGMAN. JAM ES H. MITCHELL. ELDA F. CALDWELL. ADNA G. CLARKE J. F. BRADLEY. A. V. SHARPE.

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B. F. SURFACE. W. S. HYATT. il A. C. MITCHELL. CHARLES H. TUCKER. R. C. MAN LEY. .. 3Q- WILLIAM A. JACKSON