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

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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

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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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A. V. SHARPE Wfas born June 23, 1867, in the State of Iowa, and is the eldest of Hve children. His father was an old so-ldier, being of Company C, 70th Indiana Volun- teers, of which regiment ex-President Benj. Harri- son was colonel. In 1870 Mr. Sharpe came to Kan- sas with his father, and located on a farm in Wil- son County. He attended the county schools a few months each year, and after getting a fair smat- tering of education himself, taught school. After- wards he attended and graduated from LanewUni- versity at Lecompton, Kansas. He graduated with the Kansas Law School Class of 1893, and began his practice in Lawrence, where he is at the present time justice of the peace for that city. Mr. Sharpe was married on June 7, 1893, to Miss Linnie B. Worthington, and they have one child, a girl. Jus- tice Sharpe came into pleasant relationship with this year's class, among which hexhas many personal acquaintances, by several interesting lectures on Practice Before the Justices' Courtsf' In this capacity the boys of 1900 will remember him as a fluent and interesting talker. ' I 3' 9 9 YVILLIAM A. JACKSON ' X7Vas born October 6, 1866, at Versailles, Mo. In 1879 he removed to Kansas. He graduated from the Kansas University Law School with the Class of '88, and immediately began the practice of Law in Atch- ison, Kas., where he has since been located. In '92, he became the junior member of the law firm of Jackson 8: Jackson, which is at the present date one of the most prosperous and well-known firms in the city of Atchison. Mr. Jackson is a man to whom the Law School can point with pride as one of her most energetic and industrious sons. ' ii' 9 5' ROBERT' CLEVELAND MANLEY ' Was born in Granga Co-unty, Ohio, July 20, 1867. He graduated from the Kansas University Law School in the year 1896, and immediately began the practice of Law in the city 05 Lawrence. On July 20, 1899-his birthday-he was married to Miss Lil- lian Cahill, of Lawrence. He was elected Police Judge, and is now serving his fourth year. 9 5' 5' CHAS. H. TUCKER. The subject of this sketch is not a teacher, alumnus, nor member of the Law School, but he is the fellow who puts the finishing touches upon the graduating members of the Law School. As Clerk of the District Court, Mr. Tucker admits us to the bar, and he has the distinction of admitting more men and women to the bar than any other-per- haps more than all other clerks of the court in Kansas. Born in England in 1857, left an orphan at an early age, without friends or wealth, Charles H. Tucker has known the trials and hardships of life. In 1870 he came to Lawrence, Kansas, to live with an aunt, and by the dint of hard work has made his way in life. After several years inthe produce commission business, he was elected to the Kansas Legislature in 1895 as a Republican, and in '96 elected Clerk of the District Court, and re-elected two years later. Last January, he was made cashier of the Watkins National Bank, and Captain Adna Clarke, a Law alumnus, as the deputy, runs the office. 3' il il ' ALEXANDER C. MITCHELL Was born October 11, 1860, at Cincinnati, O., and came to Kansas in 1867. After graduating from the county schools in 1880, he learned the machin- ist's trade, at which he worked in Cincinnati' until 1885. Later, he was a machinist in the Santa Fe shops. Entering Kansas State University, he took the degree of LL.B. In giving up his trade for the Law, Mr. Mitchell seems to have made a wise choice, as he is to-day one of the leading attorneys of this part of Kansas. He located in Lawrence, wherehe has since been a member of the firm of Bishop 85 Mitchell. He was County Attorney from '93 to '97, and -for four years prior'Deputy County Attorney, under Mr. Bishop. it 5' W' X CATHERINE SWOPE HYATT. The Kansas Law School, in keeping with the progress of the age, has and is graduating, a few ladies each year, and they are heartily welcomed by the legal fraternity. One of the best students of the Law, who ever graduated from the Kansas Law School, is Mrs. Catherine Swope Hyatt. Both she and her husband, W. S. Hyatt, were graduates of the Class of '89, Mrs. Hyatt is a native of Delaware, O., and received a degree of A.B from the Ohio Wes- leyan University. Prior to her entering the Law School, she was an Instructor in the Labette County High School, and since her graduation has held the position of Professor of Mathematics in the Law- rence High School. As her husband has recently been nominated, and will undoubtedly be elected County Attorney of Labette County, Kansas, he will certainly have an able assistant in the practice of Law. 1 , ' fi' Y Y W. S. HYATT VVas born in Labette County, Kansas. He is a graduate of the Law School, Class of 1899, but has spent the past year taking special w-ork in the Art Department of his Alma Mater. Mr. Hyatt is a successful orator and debater, being a member of the debating teams, and representing Kansas in the annual debates with Missouri and Colorado. He was nominated by the Populists and Democrats of Labette County, Kansas, for the oflice of County Attorney. This is a 'strong Fusion county, and Mr. Hyatt stands a strong chance of being elected. If such should prove his good fortune, we predict he will make a good official. -31-