Wilson College - Conococheague Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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,I e 4 U? O ETHELBERT DUDLEY WARFIELD L9 in appreciation of his ability and high ideals We dedicate this Annual -The Conococheague Board

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3 Z' A ononomeague p ' rcsibmit 'iitbelbert Tublcy Warfielb HEN the trustees of Wilson College found it I necessary last year upon the resignation of Dr. McKeag to look about them for a new president, it was a crisis in the history of the col- lege. That crisis was most happily met. Wilson College has been exceptionally fortunate in being able to place at its head Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D., a man eminently fitted through years of splendid service for the position of college execu- tive. 1 Our President is a descendant of those families of our early days that were found fighting on the side of liberty and freedom ofconscience. His fa- ther, William Warfield, was a descendant of the Annapolis family driven from Virginia by Governor Berkely. The Breckenridges, on. his mother's side, were of that good Scotch Irish made possible to Kentucky by the oppression of John Knox and his followers in the land of the thistle. The annals of our country give frequent mention of members of both families found in the thick of the fray and very often leaders of it-as governors, commanders, statesmen and authors. Dr. Wfarlield was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in l86l, went to private school, and prepared for Page Six' Princeton. He was graduated in '82 and then went abroad to finish his education, chiefly at VVadl1am College, Qxford. He graduated from the Law School of Columbia University QLL.Pm.j in l885, and practiced law until September, 1888-first in New York and afterwards in Lexington, Kentucky. Dur- ing these years he took an active part in politics, was county chairman, presided at the Seventh Congres- sional District Convention and was candidate on the Republican ticket for elector at large. In l888 he was elected President of Miami University and filled that office until he became President of Lafayette College in 1891. President Wrarfield early showed an interest in Literature. He was elected to the boards of the Princetonian and Nassau Literary Magazines, and served on the latter while an under-graduate. Wfhen a student in the law school he became a contributor to the Magazine of American History, and began a long connection with the Independent During the next few years he was editorially connected with two well known publications, the income from which carried -him over the shoals of a young lawyer's life. In l887 Putnam's published for him The Ken- tucky Resolutions of 1798, an Historical Study,