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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T. WV. HETZER. Just a fourth of a century ago, in Toledo, Cum- berland County, Ill., T. VV. Hetzer made his clclmt on this great and glorious globe. As soon as he was able to move around and be one among the rest of mankind, 'he was brought to central Kan- The follo vin ear 1880 he became a den sas. 2 g y , , - izen and resident of Boicourt, Linn County. His first few days at school were such that he vowed to get even with the teacher. Following out this pur- pose, he completed the common-school course, at- tended the Kansas State Normal in '96 and ,97, armed himself with a license from the County Super- intendent, and went forth. Sweet as the revenge had pictured itself to him, it was not what he rel- ished. After one year of this profession, he entered the Law School in 1898. , I 0 O JAMES STEPHEN BARROW Was born at Hollidaysburgh, Penn., October 12,1875. He resided in Kansas City, Mo., one year, but, like all the truly great, moved to Kansas in early life. For twelve years he lived on a farm, then entered the Ellinwood High School, from which he grad- uated in 1895. Then, following the noble example of others, he taught school for two years, and at the close of that time entered the Art Department at Kansas University, preparatory to taking acourse in Law. As a. Law student Mr. Barrow is a model, and his child-like faith in his instructors is shown by the way he submits vexatious questions to them for decision. He will begin the practice of Law in Kansas City at the close of the school year. O I O ROBERT PEEL B. WILSON Was born in Lancastershire, England, but in 1871 moved to the United States, and, having traveled through five States looking for a location, finally settled in Kansas. His early education was ob- tained in the common schools. He was the chief instigator in the organization of The Rose of the West Lodge, No. 8, P. O. G. T., at Rockvale, Colo- rado. At Jetmore, Kansas, he was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, A. F. and A. M., Alpha Lodge, No. 282. While in Hodgeman County, Kansas, was nominated for Register -of Deeds by the Fusionists, but failed of election, while receiv- ing the highest number of votes on his ticket. He had the gold fever, and prospected some in Colorado, but never struck it rich. At Great Bend, Kansas, he attended the Central Normal School two years, and graduated with the Special Science Class in 1898. While an Englishman by birth, his sympa- thies are for Oom Paul, and he expects to em- bark for the Transvaal, and become the legal, con- fidential adviser of that honored personage. A 0 0 0 L. E. MCKNIGHT, He of modest mien, was born in Ramsey, Ill., March 11, 1876. Early in his career he manifested a desire for the Law, and in his early childhood was often caught peeping into the pantry, but why this evidence foretells of his future profession we are not at liberty to explain. He attended the gram- mar school at Ramsey until ten years of age, and then came west and settled in that wild border town, Caldwell. He graduated from the Caldwell High School in 1895, and at once applied himself to the study of his chosen profession, in the office of Herrick 85 Rogers, at Wellington, Kansas. Being admitted to the bar flegal, of coursej in June of 1899, he, desiring the polish that a Law School can give, entered the Senior Class at Kansas University the next Septemberf And further deponent saith not. W. J. SELLARDS. A man from the land -of feuds and bullets. Away down in the bluegrass country of Old Kentucky, on October 1, 1873-this is the date handed us by the owner of this biography, and we respectfully refrain from further comment-Mr. Sellards was born. He sojo-urned among the bluegrass-covered hills of his native State until 1884, when, overhear- ing a chance surmise that he might some day be elected Governor of that State, he fled in haste to Kansas. In 1893 occurred another exodus of his own to Oklahoma. Took up a claim and remained there, until he entered the Kansas University Law School in the fall of 1898. He left the claim in Oklahoma-it was too large to bring with him.. His laudable ambition to become a lawyer is soon to be accomplished. To what further heights it may carry him, we do not dare predict. ANTHONY M. ABEL ' Was born September 20, 1874, at Fernhurst, Sussex, England. in 1884 he emigrated to America,ll'ocating in Saline County, this State. His summers were spent on the farm, and his winters in Salina, where he attended the High School, and later on the Salina Normal School. After teaching two years, he en- tered the Law Department of Kansas University. Mr. Abel will practice Law in the State of Wash- ington. JACOB ALPHEUS OVERLANDER. A -youth to fortune and to fame unknown. This protege of the Suniiower State was born near Leona, Doniphan County, May 21, 1875. He is of English, Swiss, and German ancestry and was reared upon the farm where his father, R. B. Overlander, an extensive farmer and raiser of fine stock, still resides, he is one of the five surviving members of a family of seven children, the eldest of whom is an alumnus of Yale University, and the elder soon to graduate from the same institution, while the two younger are making preparations for a college education. The initiatory steps in the education of this young man were begun at Ottawa University. and completed in Washburn College, at Topeka, from which latter institution he graduated in 1898 with the degree of A.B., and in the near future will graduate from Kansas University with the degrees A.M. and LL.B. CHARLES W. LENAU. Born September 25, 1873, at Gaylord, Kansas. Died -- -. Amiable, loving, and self-willed. He graduated from the Lawrence High School, and attended the Art School of Kansas Uni- versity for eighteen months, taught school two years, and then entered the Law Department of that institution. So much for his past-it is secureg the future is conjectural, but we predict a. successful life, and hope a long one. O O I T. J. KARR V Was born on a farm in Carroll County, Kentucky, November 27,,1867. Moved to Crawford County, Kansas, December, 1882. Entered Kansas Normal College, of Fort Scott, October, 1896, and remained two years. Entered Kansas University Law School in the fall of 1898. Graduates in 1900. Home, Mc- Cune, Crawford County, Kansas. -53-