Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Westminster College 13 Robert Gracey Ferguson, D.D., LL.D. Professor Emeritus of Biblical Literature Although Dr. Ferguson is no longer engaged in active teaching, we feel that this issue of the irgo would be incomplete without his photo- graph in its accustomed place. During over thirty years of faithful service to the college he has endeared himself to students and alumni, who know him as a kind teacher and a true friend. If we were to describe Dr. Ferguson in a single phrase, we would say he is a true Christian gentleman. No thing but finds in him a perfect love, no flower, no star but buds within his soul. John James McElree, A.M. Registrar and Professor of Latin Professor McElree (more familiarly known as Manee ) is one of the most popular mem- bers of the faculty. Perhaps that is due to the fact that he understands students, he himself having been an undergraduate at Westminster not many years ago. In class, however, he as- sumes a stern pose, and shows peculiar ability in probing for knowledge where it does not exist. A student once said, I never knew those old Romans were human until I got in Manee s class. There could be no higher tribute to a teacher of Latin! James Oscar Campbell, A.M., D.D. Professor of History and Political Science Imagine, if you can, a chain made up of human material that merits and does honor to a D.D. degree. Let the links be symbolic of an A.M. degree from Harvard, of a term in the Kansas State Legislature, of service as Chaplain during the Spanish War, of membership in a host of societies. Imagine it to be polished by a sterling personality, an open, congenial, friend-making manner, and an everready smile, and you have some idea of the tie that bi nds the student body to the most popular member of our faculty. Dr. J. O. Campbell.