Washington and Jefferson College - Pandora Yearbook (Washington, PA)

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D O 24 WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE the Latin Chair, June 13, 1875. Ten years after, in 1885, Dr. VVoods:': was made TMemorial Professor of Latin, which Chair he still holds. In addition to the regular duties of this Professorship, Dr. NVoods served some time as Registrarg has been Secretary of the Faculty since 1868, besides conducting the Chapel exercises in the absence of the President of the College. The faithful performance of such extra duties, together with Dr. Woods' wide acquaintance with Alumni and patrons of the College, led Professor Samuel jones once to remark, The Professor is a very useful member of the Faculty. As pastor, Dr. Woods is, if possible, still more at home than as Professor. It is as shepherd that his natural disposition and amiable qualities appear at best. To serve is his delight, and his people never fail to remind him of their unswerving affection. Dr. Woods has now been pastor of the East Buffalo Presbyterian Church since january, 1871. The history of this church extends back into the first quarter of the last century. It was one of those noble, steadfast, pioneer churches, standing on the border of what was once called the back woods, and aiding powerfully in moulding the character of the future inhabitants of the Ohio Valley. Of this church the Rev. Henry Woods became, and is still, the fifth pastor. During his thirty-five years of service several memorable revivals have taken place, and the membership is more than doubled, notwith- standing the frequent migrations to town of late. The percentage of contribution to the Boards of the Church places East Buffalo in the front rank among the Presbyterian churches of the country. In addition to his pastoral work, Dr. Woods has, since 1887. been Stated Clerk of the VVashington Presbytery. In 1875 Prof. Woods married Mary L., daughter of the Hon. john H. Ewing, so long one of the leading trustees of the College. Of the seven children, three were taken by death in childhood within a few months of each other. Mrs. Woods died in recent years. Of the four living children, Margaret Ewing married the Rev. William Hamilton, and is now a mission- ary in Chi Nan Fu, China, Mary Neal, and Francis Henry--a member of the Washington Bar-are both at home with their fatherg john Ewing is married, is an engineer and now agent of the Carnegie Steel Company and resident in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tl1is Chair was endowed by the Rev. Charles C. Beatty, D. D., LL. D., who was a very warm friend of Mr. Woods. 'I' Degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred in 1879 by Westminster College.

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D o O PANDORA 25 Robert Playford Kennedy ' RF OBERT PLAYFORD KENNEDY, of Uniontown, is one of the most dashing and brilliant attorneys of not only Fayette County, but also of Pennsylvania. As a lawyer, in his consummate skill and admirable tact in preparing and presenting a case to a jury he is the peer of the most notable attorneys of the State. Nature has endowed him with the power of a singular and forceful genius. Mr. Kennedy was born at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., August 14, 1856. His father, the Rev. Dr. David Kennedy, deceased, was a native of Paisley, Scotland, a man of great culture, receiving his collegiate and theological de- grees abroad. He came to this country when a young man, and while living in Philadelphia studied medicine and was graduated at Jefferson Medical Col- lege. Dr. Kennedy married Miss Caroline Playford, a daughter of Dr. Robert VV. Playford, the latter a native of London, England, a graduate of Oxford University, and for many years one of the most successful and able physicians of Western Pennsylvania. Robert P. Kennedy was reared at Brownsville, at the home of his grand- parents, and received his rudimentary education in the schools of his native town. In 1878 he entered Washington and Jefferson College, and for two years stood at the head of his classes. His father, then living in Philadelphia and wishing him near, had him leave Washington and go to Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1877, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Some years later he had the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts conferred upon him by the same Institutiou. He read law at Uniontown with his uncle, the Hon. WVilliam H. Playford, one of the ablest and most eloquent jurists of the day, was admitted to the Fayette County Bar in 1879, and immediately entered upon the active duties ef his profession. Since then his practice has not been confined to the Courts Of Fayette alone, but all over the State has he successfully engaged in the trial or argument of cases, and wherever heard is recognized as one of the brightest exponents of his profession. On August 14, 1883, Mr. Kennedy was married at Elizabeth, Pa., to Miss Rachel O'Neil, a daughter of the late Captain W. VV. O'Neil, during his life iliilitlixliili 1319035363