West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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TO HON. ADAM B. LITTLEPAGE The eighth volume of the Mui;iiurmontis is respectfully dedicated. America is still the land of opportunity and the farmer boy is still alert to seize the goddess by the forelocks when she rat-ta-tats on his humble door. Adam Brcvvn Littlepage caught her with both hands and has never let go. It looks as if she did not want him to let go, and if that be true the case will last forever and a day. Congressman Littlepage was born on a farm near Charleston two years before the Civil War. It is presumed that he wished to enlist, but when rejected because of i.iability to speak good Eng- lish, he went to school so industriously and later taught for two years so successfully that since then there never has been any question about the quantity or quality of his language. Law became his chosen pro- fession and after stludying Blackstone, Kent, and Shr.y at home, he went to Newport, Indiana, where he was admitted to the bar. There also he married iMiss Eva CoUett and finding that he now possessed the best that Indiana had, he was ready to return in high contentment to West Virginia. He began the practice of law at Charleston in 1886, two years later became assistant prosecuting attorney of the county and acted in that capacity for three years. In 1906 he was elected to the state Senate where he served for four years. While a state senator he attracted wide attention as a man of ability and conviction, and in 1910 was nominated by acclamation to represent the third District in the Congress of the United States. Elected by a majority of 1866 over the Lion. J. H. Gaines, he is now serving with distinction i:i that distinguished body. As a congressman, he is a mcmb-r of the committee on Mines and Mining a.id the committee on Insular Alfairs; as a citizen he is a Democrat, a Free Mason, an Odd Fellow, an American Mechanic, and a Red Man. Guided by a high purpose and an intense energy, the farmer boy has become a figure of na- tional importance. But no success and no plaudits have ever caused him to forget other boys who were struggling. He is characterized by a great love for people and especially by a generous sympathy for those who are trying to improve their education. To Congressman Littlepage the Murmurmintis makes its profoundest salaam and in his honor the editors lift up the cheerful melody of their Rah, rah, rah!

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MURMURMONTIS 1912 Volume VIII PUBLISHED BY The College Classes of West Virginia Wesleyan College June, 1912 THE CHAMPLIN PRESS COLUMBUS. OHIO

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Hon. Adam B. Littlepage