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

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LESLIE JAMES LYONS Was born January 30, 1872, at Stanley, Kansas. His early life was spent on a farm. After attend- ing the public schools, he went to the Olathe High School and Hesper Academy, graduating from the latter institution in 1891. He was engaged in teach- ing for five years, and during vacations acted as deputy county clerk of Johnson County. He at- tended Baker University two years. He was one of the Kansas-Nebraska debaters. He will practice Law in Kansas City, Missouri. WILLIAM B. HESS. William B. Hess, a native Jayhawk, was born at Wellington, September 21, 1877. Born and raised in the Arkansas Valley, he imbibed some of the sand and grit of that region, which has made him his present self. His home is still in that part of the short-grass country at Pratt. In 1897 he graduated in the Art course of the Central Normal College at Great Bend. For two years of his life he followed the course of the pedagogue. He en- tered the class at its beginning, and will be with it at its ending. His location will be in Indiana, ad- ministering justice to the Hoosiers. The last year's basketball team, which defeated nearly every team it met, found him a member, and for his good work he was made its captain, but, owing to close work, was forced to resign. He played center for the never-defeated, ever-victorious football eleven of '99, and made for himself an enviable record. CARL M. STARR. Carl M. Starr, born October 27, 1879, spent the first five years of his life at Sigourney, Iowa. In the spring of 1885 his parents started for the buffalo plains of Kansas, and located at Scott City, making the trip overland in a prairie schooner, and of course Carl treked with them. At the age of nine he be- gan his apprenticeship, learning the art preserv- ative by being devil in his father's ofiice. He continued at his type-sticking trade until the fall of '98, when he entered the Law School. While at home during vacations, Starr is the general man- ager, foreman, and editorial editor of his father's paper, the Scott County News-Lever. L. W. MCKENNA. ' Born in Marion County, Illinois, April 17, 1874. Moved to Kingman County, Kansas, in 1878. At- tended district and normal schools. Entered Kan- sas University in 1897. Member of Kansas Univer- sity Law School, Class of '00. That 's all. O I O CHARLES T. WHITTAKER. Charles T. Whittaker, another show me, was born August 25, 1873, in Kansas City, Mo. At the age of seven he removed to Johnson County, this State, and has remained there since, except for a short time, when he lived in Crawford County, Mis- souri. Among other things he did while growing up with the country was to attend the public schools of his home county. He is a graduate of the Ed- gerton, Kansas, High School, and has been a stu- dent in Midland Academy, Midland, Mo., and Otta. wa University, Ottawa, Kansas. In September, 1898, he entered the Kansas University Law School, and, while carrying his regular Law studies, has done special work in the Art School. Mr. Whittaker will continue his Law course at Ann Arbor, Michigan, the coming year. WILLARD REYNOLDS. ' Willard Reynolds was born in Neosho County, Kansas, November 15, 1868. He spent the early years of his life on the farm, then went to Parsons, Kansas, as an employee of the Missouri, Kansas K: Texas Railroad, and afterward attended the busi- ness college at that place. For a short time he trav- eled for a Chicago book concern, but subsequently lresigned to accept a position as bookkeeper, cash- ier, and stenographer with a mercantile establish- ment at McCune and Parsons. Mr. Reynolds ex- pects to practice Law in the State, but has not de- cided as to location. O O O ' A. R. HETZER. ' A. R. Hetzer was born at Toledo, Ill., in 1873. In l878 he moved with his parents to Kansas, locating in' the central part of the State, but subsequently moved to Linn County, where he has since lived. After attending the La Cygne High School, he wielded the birch for a number of years, but, tiring of this exercise, he concluded to study Law. Mr. Hetzer will begin the practice of Law immediately after finishing his course in the Law School. WILLIAM HENRY WAGNER Was born on a farm near Independence, Montgom- ery County, Kansas, March 31, 1876. His parents moved there from Hancock County, Illinois. His early life was spent in attending country schools and enjoying the pleasures of the farm. In 1894 he entered the Kansas Normal College, completing the normal course three years later. Theschool year 'of '97 and '98, he was the Temple of. Wisdom. He entered Kansas University Law School in Sep- tember, 1898, and graduates with the Class of 1900. WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Wichita, Kansas. Born in Kansas, March 17, 1878. Son of E. Stanley, ex-State Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction of Kansas, now President 'of Friends' University, Wichita, Kansas. Was, when there, a member of the Marquette Club. Entered the Art School of Kansas State University in fall of '95, and finished the Sophomore year. Entered the Junior Law Class in fall of '97, and attended the first term of the Senior Law Class of 1898-99. Was employed with Geo. Innes 88 Co., of Wichita, Kan- sas, from March 1, 1899, to November 1, 1899, then entered the Senior Law Class of 1900. Member of Alpha Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity. Was captain of the Kansas State 'Varsity baseball team of '97, Intends to complete the course of the Michi- gan University Law School in 1900-1901, then will enter the Law firm of F. B. and C. C. Stanley, of VVichita, Kansas. HAROLD MCCULLOUGH STEWART, A Buckeye in a Sunflower, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, December 27, 1874, and moved to Waverly, Kansas, in 1883. Finishing his common- school education, he attended the State Normal at Emporia in 1897 and 1898. Being a Democrat of some influence, he secured a position as assistant to the Chief Clerk in the extra session of the Legisla- ture of 1898-99-Governor Leedy's maximum rate session. In January, '99, Stewart entered the Law School, and, upon graduation this spring, will go to Bozeman, Montana, and enter the ofiice of his brother, S. V. Stewart, a gradllafe ill the C121SS of '93. -51-

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