University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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DR. LESLIE WAGGENER. I J

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i esilie Waqis mtx. w E hold it truth that there are some immortal dead who live again in in lives made better by their presence. The praise and lauda- tions of mankind rarely reward a noble work while the laborer rives ; but in the end justice will be done. There is a crown of glory that the world cannot give. There is a reward that transcends all others- For the final judgment from the Great White Throne : Well done thou good and faithful servant. will never fail to fall where justice is due. This was the lesson set forth by the Sacrifice on Calvary and the record of its glory is to be found inscribed upon the hearts of men. In the brave and unselfish life of the subject of this appreciation this truth was richly exemplified. Dr. Leslie Waggener was born in Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky, September ii, 1841, and died at Manitou Springs, Colorado, August 19, 1896. His father was Stokley K. Waggener, a merchant who lived In Russellville, Kentucky. His mother was a daughter of Elder Reuben Ross, a preacher of note in the early history of Kentucky and Tennessee. His grandfather, James W aggener, a Mrginian, was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. In 1857, Dr. Waggener entered Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He remained in this institution for two years, and then entered the Senior Class of Bethel College, graduating in i860. In the fall of the same year, he went to Harvard, and received his degree in 1861. In June of that year, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and served with dis- tinction throughout the War. He was twice wounded, once being shot through the right lu ng at the Battle of Shiloh, and left for dead ; but he was sought out and carried to Corinth by a negro boy whom he had brought from home. He surrendered with Johnson in 1865. In 1867, he married Miss Fannie Pendleton, of Uipland Pennsylvania, daughter of Rev. James M. Pendleton, professor in Union L niversity, when Dr. Waggener was a student there. At the time of his marriage he was principal of the preparatory department of Bethel College. In 1870 he was promoted to the Chair of English Literature in that institution, in 1873 he became Chairman of the Faculty, and in 1875 President, holding both the presidency and the professorship until 1883. In June of that — 5— 1