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

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., ,,.-ax A-.x ,.,. -- .7 if ' F K' PROVINCE M. POGUE HOVINCE MCCORMICK POGUE was born at Maysville, Ky., Octo- ber 14, 1865. Mr. Pogue's family has been one that has adhered rigidly to the support of his Alma Mater. .Henry li. Pogue, father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was a member of the class of 18-fl-7, Washington Col- lege, Province M. Pogue, about whom this article is written, was a mem- ber of the class of 1887, his son, Province L. Pogue, is a llIClllbC1' of the class of 1918, and his nephew, William F. Pogue, is a member of the class of 1919. Thomas I.. Pogue, his partner, a member of the class of W. SL J. 1891, 'and Mr. Pogue have founded a Washington and Jefferson scholar- ship in memory ot' their father, they are both active in the W. 85 J. Alumni Association of'Cincinnati, O., and we know they will continue to aid in the future. While in college he was the winner of the German Classical prize and a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. After being graduated in 1887. on which occasion he delivered an oration and the Prophecy of his class, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, at Cincinnati, O., and was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Ll.. B. He further pursued the study of his profession in post graduate courses at the University of Virginia and Columbia Law School, New York City. While the goal of an attorney's ambition is a judgeship and while Mr. Pogue has been tendered the nomination of such a position more tha11 once, which in a normally Republican County is equivalent to an election, he has declined the same and followed a well defined plan of devoting his time to the advancement of his profession and to the aid of the administration of justice. By vote of the alumni of W. 8 J., wherever they happened to be, Mr. Pogue was elected one of the Alumni .Trustees at the meeting of the graduates in June, 1915, and was duly installed into that ottice at the following December meeting of the Trustees of the college. Mr. Pogue is the senior member of the firm of Pogue, Hoifheimer 8 Pogue, Counselors at Law, with extensive otiiees in the First National Bank Building, Cincinnati, O., which are the rendezvous for all Wash- ington and Jefferson Alumni in, or coming to, Cincinnati and where every one will be welcome. A 17

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L. ...fax A ...g ,'- V Q, ...,,1.-. JAMES I. BROWNSON AMES I. BROWNSON was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1856. His father, Rev. James I. Brownson, D. D., LL. D.. was a graduate of the college in the Washington class of 18363 was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Washington, Penna., from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1899, served as a member of the Board of Trustees in Washington College from 1849 until the union, and in the united colleges from that time until his death on July 4, 1899, and twice acted as President pro tempore ol' the faculty. His mother, Eleanor Acheson Brownson, was a IllCl1llJCl' of a prominent Washington family, and active in church and missionary work. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in the class ol' 1875. He studied law with Alexander Wilson, Esq., and'was admitted to practice in the courts of Washington County in 1878, .and has since practiced his profession in Washington. For a number of years he was associated with his uncle, the late Judge A. W. Acheson, and the latter's son, Marcus C. Acheson, Esq. Later he was associated with Jolm VV. Donnan and Alvan Donnan, fthe latter being a classmalej under the name of Donnans and Brownson, and is now in partnership with Jolm H. Donnan and Richard G. Miller, know as the firm of Brown- son, Donnan, and Miller. He is a member of the bars of the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania, and of the Supreme court of the United States. For about nine years 11898-19081 he was County Solici- tor ol' Washington County. Since 1902 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the college. For some years he has been its legal counselor, and is now also its Secretary. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church ol' Washington, Ellld for more than twenty-five years has been the Secretary of its Sun- day School. He is a member ot' the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the Archaeological Institute ol' America, the National Academy of Political and Social Science, the National Geographical Society, the National Forestry Association, and the Washington County Historical Society. Author of: The Life and Times of Senator James Ross and Equity in Pennsylvania from the Historical Point of View. 19