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

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,.gnx THIS PAGE Is RESPECTFULLY DEmcA'rEn TO ALEXANDER NEW ov THE CLASS OF 1886 AN EN'rHUslAsT1c SUPPORTER OF Hxs ALMA MATEIK 22

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'K 'Hi' 'He' W5-'za U . e B I ,,,,,,.- .A ,. .. -Et' ,,,..,,,,.,,.. A T ! if TLV 9 5' Lt ' v' 1 ' .nv ' V -fl h ' if .:- U - '41, . .f 1 : -.. '-WHEN.- . 5 A I 9 wwf rf . f x. SIMON STROUSE BAKER IMON STBOUSE BAKER was born in Washington County, July 11, 1866. His parents are David B. and Sarah A. Baker, who later changed their residence lo Washington, Pa.. where they have re- sided for many years. l-le received his common school training in the schools of Washing- ton County, and later prepared for college at Lone Pine Academy. He then entered VVashington and Jefferson College and graduated in the class ot' 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. The degree of Master of Science has since been bestowed upon him by the college. While in college Mr. Baker was 'active in literary work, being a member of the Pandora Board, and president of the Philo and Union Literary Society for three years. He also became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Since his graduation he has followed the profession of teaching, at which profession he has been very successful. His school positions in turn have been: Principal of Union Academy, Burgettstowng Principal of the Burgettstown Public Schools, Supervising Principal of Chartiers Township, Allegheny Countyg Principal ol' the Crafton Public Schools, Principal of St. Clair sub-district, Pittsburgh: Assistant District Superin- tendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and he is at present Associate Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Besides tl1e duties of his educational work he is active in the social and religious work of the city. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and has been Superintendent of one of the Sunday schools of Pittsburgh for a number of years. On October 2, 1894, he was married to Mary Grace Little, daughter of Edward and Eleanor Little, both deceased, of Washington, Pa. He has one son, E. D. Baker, junior member of the Botti-Baker Fine Science Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa. ' Mr. Baker was elected Alumni Trustee of Washington and Je1'1'erson College in June, 1915, and will serve a term of three years. 21

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'K A2 UQ, 'ash T 3 , L m g , I7 1 ' if ' rw--a..-A-r 'if ff ..e A F' 1 1 h k , V I T , , Ai L, . , n it , 5 i,.,p,X AH., Iii' ' .142ga:t-5s2?i' I I ei lii'ii fiV ' ' if 1 I . l x V 'V - Ns A L... ' A OUR ALUMNI Washington and Jefferson is proud ot' her Alllllllll. More than five thousand strong they are to be found, scattered over all parts ol' the world. We find them in South America, in Africa, in India, in China, in Japan, and in war-stricken Europe, besides finding them in all parts ot' our own United States. ' We are proud of our Alumni because they are contributing their part to the world in a way that reflects great credit upon the institution. We are proud to know that our Alumni are instrumental in the development of China, that the man who holds the key to the heart of Africa is a Washington-Jelfersonian3 that the pioneer of missions in South America was a Wash-Jeff , man, and that India and Japan have felt the influence of our Alumni. In our own country our Alumni have achieved even more than they have in these other fields of activity. We find them in the halls of Con- gress, as Governors ol' states, as Judges, Surgeons, Theologians, Chemists, Teachers, Businessmen, and what not? Each one of these professions have leaders who are NVashington and Jefferson men. To discuss fully the achievements ol' our Alumni in any one ol' these professions would mean volumes, but let us take a glance at them in the one realm of education. Washington and Jefferson has produced eighty-three presidents of colleges and universities among them our own P1'esident Emeritus James D. Moffat, Chancellor McCormick of the University of Pittsburgh, and Jolm Marquis of Coe College, Iowa. 'When we look at the three leading Seminaries of the United States we find that the faculty of each of them has a Washington and Jefferson alumnus connected with it. The President of Princeton Seminary belongs to the class of 1886 of this college. To be found on our own faculty are several Alumni who have been called back to their Alma Mater after having achieved success in some other field of labor. And so we might continue to enlarge on the place of our Alumni in the realm of education. But let us ask ourselves the secret of the success of these men. Back of it all is the spirit of old Wash-Jeff, the spirit that grew here and that every Freslnnan feels the first morning he attends chapel, the spirit that grows with him until he becomes an alumnus and gives this spirit to the world. This is the thing that binds our Alma Mater to her sons, her sons to our Alma Mater, and both in turn to the betterment of the world. , 23