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of Mount Morris College, the Amphic- tyon being nearly as old as Rock River Seminary. It was organized in about the year 1846 and, with the exception of a number of short-lived organizations, was the only literary society in the seminary until the winter of 1851-52, when a division occurred in the Am- phictyon ranks, and the Philorhetorian Literary Society was organized. It seems that there were many of the "Amphics" who resided in the country and no longer had any connection with the school, or took any interest in the society except to attend on special occasions, to take prominent part in controlling elections, etc. The other members were students, who were ac- tive in literary work, many of them being young people of more than ordi- nary ability. Trouble naturally grew
PROF. O. W. NEHER served as president of Mount Morris College during the school year 1928-1929. He came to Mount Morris as a student in the academy in 1910 and graduated from the college in 1916. Later he attended Iowa State Col- lege and the University of Chicago. He taught in Mount Morris Academy from 1911 to 1916 and in the college from 1924 to 1932. At present he is instructor in the biology department of Manchester Col- lege at North Manchester, Ind., and pas- tor of the Antioch Church. Prof. Neher is the son of David and Lucinda (Warner) Neher and was born June 22, 1887, at Petroleum, Ind. He married Etha Mae Trostle in 1920 and they have three chil- dren: Dortha Jean, Lois Leone and Rob- ert Trostle. Prof. Neher is a brother of George Neher of Mount Morris.
C. ERNEST DAVIS, president of Mount Morris College from 1929 until the college closed in 1932, was the son of Chas. W. and Linna (Worster) Davis and was born Jan. 23, 1893, at Lawrenceburg, Tenn. He was educated at La Verne College and the College of the Pacific. He taught four years in the public schools of California, and also taught two years in LaVerne College. He was ordained a minister in the Church of the Brethren and held pas- torates at Chico, Calif., Patterson, Calif., Wenatchee, Wash., and Independence, Kans. He came to Mount Morris from Wenatchee, Wash., and in 1932 went to In- dependence, Kans., where he served as pastor for nearly four years. From 1936 to 1938 he was professor of Religious Educa- tion and field representative of McPher- son College, McPherson, Kans. On August 1, 1938, he became president of LaVerne College, his alma mater, at La Verne, Calif. Mr. Davis married in 1915 to Miss Grace Heisel and they have five children: Philip B., Barbara E., Charles E., John R., Rodney and Virginia C. While serv- ing as president of Mount Morris Col- lege, Prof. Davis made an excellent record fighting an up-hill battle against the lack of proper financial support.
out of such a condition of affairs, and there was an attempt made to exclude those members who were no longer active. There were some turbulent scenes, and finally a part of the mem- bers drew off and formed another soci- ety, which they called the Philorhetor- ian. The Amphictyon Society originally held its meetings in the historic old chapel at the north end of the basement of the original "Old Sandstone." After the organization of the Philorhetorian Society, separate rooms on the upper floor were assigned to the societies.
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THIS GYMNASIUM AUDITORIUM was built in 1908 at a cost of about $10,000. It was destroyed by fire April 12, 1931, and nothing but the foundation walls now remain. The fire originated in the basement of this building and spread to the Ladies' Dormitory and "Old Sandstone."
MOUNT MORRIS: PAST AND PRESENT
MOUNT MORRIS COLLEGE
COLLEGE HALL was erected in 1890 and 1891 by N. E. Buser at a cost of about $20,000. It was ready for occupancy at the opening of school in September, 1891. After the college was com- pelled to close its doors the building passed to the ownership of Kable Brothers Company and several years later was sold to the Kable News Company. The entire building is now occupied by that company which is engaged in the national distribution of magazines through newsstand dealers.
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THIS is all that was left of the three large buildings after the disastrous fire of April 12, 1931. The ladies dormitory in the foreground was completely destroyed and the gymnasium at the right was gutted so that it could not be restored. "Old Sandstone," however, having reinforced concrete floors, was not damaged below the third floor except by water and was restored by putting on a new roof. The two other buildings on the campus were not damaged to any great extent.
When the building now known as "Old Sandstone" was completed, the socie- ties occupied rooms on the fourth floor, the "Amphics" at the east end and the "Philos" at the west end. When "Col- lege Hall" was erected, fine quarters were provided on the third floor for both societies and they continued to prosper until the closing of the college.
Because of the lack of proper finances, the College was shut down in 1932 and the property was deeded in trust to I. D. Leatherman, Harvey Long and E. R. Henricks, who on Oct. 28, 1932, sold the property to Kable Brothers Com- pany, who assumed all outstanding in- debtedness of the College and took over the entire property, including all ac- counts receivable.
Thus ended, after a period of nearly 100 years, a career of this institution of learning which during the greater part of that period was almost the sole busi- ness of the community. During this long period thousands came to Mount Morris from all points of the compass and while the venture was never a very prosperous one, the efforts put forth by the educators of Rock River Seminary and Mount Morris College were doubt-
less well worth while, for many of the students received an education and in- spiration here that led to their later success in life in many vocations.
Since the sale of the College property to Kable Brothers Company, the various buildings have been disposed of. The center strip containing the new gymna- sium and the band shell was deeded to the Village of Mount Morris. The north side of the property was sold to Kable News Company and they in turn sold the northwest corner to the United States Government for a post office site. The old boys' dormitory on the south- west corner was sold to Mrs. Edith Kable, who converted it into an apart- ment house. Old Sandstone and the southeast corner of the campus to- gether with the heating plant remain the property of Kable Brothers Company.
The list of those graduating in liter- ary courses is as follows:
1881-Harry C. Newcomer, Alfonzo G. Newcomer, E. D. Peifer, A. W. Vaniman, Angie Yarger, S. H. Anrand, Fred N. Rice.
1882-Adaline Hohf Beery, J. H. Bru- baker, J. T. Brubaker, L. H. Eby, Flora Grant Mershon, Reba Kosier Newcomer, J. Carson Miller, Mary E. Miller, C. W. Lehman, Isaac H. Miller.
1883-Jennie Fearer, Albert Gebhardt,
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John Heckman, A. L. Shute, Jennie Mack- ay, Anna L. Sharp Davis, E. S. Young, Grant Mahan, Albert Motschman, Mary J. Stees, Annie S. Miller, Kate Kepner, G. E. Dawson, G. N. Falkenstein.
1884-Effie Mackay, B. G. Davis, E. A. Orr, Marcellus Rohrbaugh, Elmer San- ford, Levi Benbow, S. L. Hanger, Edward C. Page, Georgia Bixler Jenks.
1885-James M. Neff, Cyrus Newcomer, Allen P. Sword, W. B. Thompson, Jennie Tice Peifer.
1886-James M. Neff, E. B. Hohf, G. L. Shoemaker, Abba Fager, Elva Newcomer Cripe, M. Eliza Canode.
1887-J. K. Shellenberger, Laura V. Ullom, J. P. Yoder.
1888-C. E. Culp, Ida Royer Myers, Net- tie Royer Brubaker, Lizzie Shaw Evans, Fannie Stephens, Chauncey Vaniman, C. M. Vaniman, Cyrus Walleck.
1889-Alice J. Boone, Charles Carpenter, Anna Gouckly Hohf, W. Lewis Eikenber- ry, Charles Lehman, Ed. Markley, T. M. Miller, Nettie Royer Brubaker, Salome Stoner Myers, Vinnie Stoner, Ida Shellen- berger Oren, Wilbur B. Stover.
1890-J. E. Miller, Minnie Windle Harn- ley, T. T. Myers, Tobias J. C. Diekhoff, Lillie Royer Fogerty, N. R. Baker, Frank Mertz, Ivey D. Eversole, J. N. Brubaker, Will Mertz, O. Perry Hoover, Ida M. Wagner Hoff, E. J. Zern, Mary Emmert Stover, Will E. Carpenter, Daisy Kemp.
1891-Wilbur B. Stover, Ida M. Royer Myers, Salome A. Stoner Myers, J. Z. Gilbert, Ella Amick Eckerle, Dollie Ste-
phens, Lou Ella Replogle, W. I. T. Hoover, Sarah Whitmore Harnley.
1892-Tobias J. C. Diekhoff, J. E. Miller, W. L. Eikenberry, O. P. Hoover, C. F. Ford, G. V. Goshorn, J. D. Clear, S. S. Young, E. N. Goshorn, Anna Eversole, W. P. Rodabaugh, W. I. Thomas, E. R. Yundt, M. S. Bolinger, J. H. Harnley.
1893-G. W. Tanreuther, N. J. Brubaker, Bertha I. Miller, D. D. Culler, D. L. For- ney, M. W. Emmert, S. C. Garber, M. Alice King Eby, N. J. Miller, Lydia E. Taylor, H. M. Barwick, Salome A. Stoner Myers.
1894-E. R. Yundt, E. N. Goshorn, I. B. Hendrickson, J. S. Flory, E. C. Thomas, O. L. Shaw, A. M. Stine, L. A. Pollock, Charles Leckrone, O. R. Myers, Katherine Hershey Young, M. W. Emmert, Anna May Miller, H. M. Spickler.
1895-Maude Carpenter, S. M. Hoover, Josephine Royer, Della Snyder Lehner, Lizzie Grater.
1896-G. W. Furrey, J. W. Thomas, O. A. Fackler, L. H. Carpenter, S. A. Long, Vi- ola Trostle Undt.
1897-J. B. Carpenter, Lucia McCosh, Lizzie Myers Emmert, Arthur M. Stine, Etta Moore Long, Della Myers Peifer, J. M. Myers, Mamie Yarger, Nettie Felt- house, C. H. Shock, S. A. Long.
1898-E. T. Keiser, Lulu Kable, J. C. Shaw, Etta Rowland, Harvey J. Kable, Dollie Kepner, H. B. Metzger, W. H. Wey- bright, Emma Horning, Thomas E. New- comer, Blanche Lentz, J. D. Suter.
1899-Calvin McNelly, J. P. Wilson, Ma-
THE AMPHICTYON LITERARY SOCIETY HALL was located on the third floor of "College Hall," opposite the Philorhetorian Hall, and many students got valuable ex- perience in public speaking in participating in these Friday night programs. Many town people regularly attended these literary society meetings.
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172. Clarence Hamer
173. Mae Dinnes
174. Nora Gouker
175. Clare Irvin
176. Roy Baker
5. Prof. U. C. Nye
6. Miss Marie Jenkins 7. Prof. J. E. Miller
8. Miss Elizabeth Snyder
9. Prof. L. S. Shively
10. Prof. M. M. Sherrick
11. Edna McNeel
12. Samuel Zook
13. Harvey Schulta
14. Elbert McCann
15. Orpha Replogle
ยท 16. Alma Wise
59. Mrs. Warner
102. Grace Replogle
144. Virgil Dierdorff
187. Harm Rogers
17. Irvin Gibson
18. Ruth Wiley
61. Wm. J. Buckley
104. Jessie Switzer
146. D. Earl Brubaker
189. Fred Harris
19. Orley G. Davis
62. Harry Zellers
105. Emma Hewitt
147. Logan Sellers
190. Frank Myers
20. Grace Steele
63. Iva Feldkirchner
106. Gertrude Sharp
107. Lizzie Fike
149. Laura Wagner
108. Mabel Foutz
150. Adelia Long
109. Dora Wagner
151. Andrew Butterbaugh
194. Clinton Shearer
24. Frank Bock
67. Grayce Fike
110. Alice Gibbel
152. Pearl Shire
195. Chester Bishop
25. Emma Dinnes
68. Nora Shively
111. Mary Stouffer
153. Mabelle Grant
196. Buy Summy
26. Ethel Whitmer
27. Clarence Mote
70. Clifford Miller
113. Willard B. Goshorn
155. Vinette Mishler
198. Claude Marker
28. Wentworth Sharer
71. Agnes Shearer
114. Chas. V. Taylor
156. Lester Parsons
199. Clayton Parkinson
29. Myrta Mortimore
72. Martha Oliver
115. John Silvins
157. Geo. Williamson
200. Harold Hays
30. Chas. Holsinger
73. Netta Joseph
116. Letta Kapperman
158. Ephraim Gerdes
201. Modest Long
31. Bert A. Baker
74. Mildred Hinds
117. Millie Blair
159. Walter Koeller
202. John Mishler
32. Robt. Mohler
75. Mary Price
118. Orletta Blair
160. Edward Rothermel
203. Wm. Lewis
33. Mrs. Clyde Bates
76. Milford Hinds
119. Pauline Eychner
161. Ernest Hollinger
162. Erratt Diehl
205. Nelson Bechtold
206. Chester Cole
79. Amon Swope
80. Joseph Nickey
123. Wanda Mortimore
165. Floyd Olson
38. Mabel Etnoyer
39. Mrs. Emma Shively
40. Hazel Kable
41. Maude Whitmer
42. Alma Hollinger
43. Jno. S. Noffsinger
44. Stuart Hamer 45. Edna Shearer
46. Grace Neher
47. Belva Smith
48. Bess Whitman
49. Ruth Mumma
50. Max Sharer
51. Goldie Swartz
52. Florence Wieand
95. Frank Correll
137. Ariana Boyer
53. Samuel Yohn
96. Morris Harnley
97. Wm. H. Allen
98. Ray Holsinger
99. Wm. Furniss
141. Bess Kosier
184. Harvey Spurgeon
185. Arthur Miller
57. Ella Neher
100. Harvey Swartz
58. Viola Burkhart
101. Belle Jenkins
142. Eva Brubaker 143. Maude Stiess.
186. Anfield Shiflet
60. Mr. Warner
103. Myrtle Book
145. Dayton Klepinger
148. Anna Miller
191. Chas. Gibbel
21. O. S. Dinnes
64. Effa Mitchell
65. Pearl Feldkirchner
66. May Book
69. Viola Shively
112. Walter Blough
154. Helen Wylie
197. Mary Beard
204. Glen Erwin
77. Lola Swift
78. Dan Miller
121. Bess Sharer
163. Hubert Shaw
164. Mac McCosh
207. Samuel Brown
81. George Bock
124. Marilla Shook
166. Benj. Reiff
167. Matilda Bock
168. Jean McCosh
169. Ruth Daily
170. Dorsey Blough
128. Hazel Bowman
129. Lulu Puterbaugh
130. Ethel Cripe
131. Frank Willifred
132. Ed. McCoy
133. Howard Shaw
134. Verna Blickenstaff
177. Boyd Stouffer
178. Stanley Keltner
94. Milford Eller
136. Tressie Fager
179. Joel Vancil 180. Glen Sheller
181. Irvin Smith
182. Clarence Coffman
54. Mrs. G. W. Blair
55. Marion Snyder
56. Katie Schumaker
87. Nettie Rieken
88. Grayce Smyth
89. Bessie Cover
90. Mary Cully
91. Lulu Mohler
92. Sarah Spoerlein
93. Erma Switzer
135. Lona Cripe
138. Hazel Yetter
139. Emma Canfield
140. May Miller
183. Clarence Gnagey
192. Russel Filburn
193. Arthur Vanimann
22. Myrtle Whistler 23. Clifford Windle
34. U. J. Fike 35. Clyde Bates 36. A. E. Myers 37. Roy Puterbaugh
82. Alice Mortimore
125. Marguerite Swank
125a. Ethel Studebaker
83. John Whitmer
84. Lulu Lutz
126. Gail Brubaker
85. Ruth Sherrick
127. Ruth Wine
86. Dorothy Sherrick
171. Clark Wagner
208. David Wagner 209. Ed. Hoy
210. Harry Stouffer
211. Jacob Shearer
120. Mabel Miller
122. Vernena Dow
188. Galen Waite
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1. Prof. D. D. Culler 2. Prof.I.R. Hendrickson 3. Prof. M. W. Emmert 4. Prof. H. S. Hulbert
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PROF. GEORGE W. FURREY was born near Monticello, Ind., July 4, 1867, and died at Evanston, Ill., June 22, 1926, aged 59 years. His parents moved to Colorado when he was a lad, where he attended school. Later he entered Mount Morris College, where he graduated, and later graduated from the University of Michi- gan. He then returned to Mount Morris
College as teacher of mathematics, which position he held for a number of years, after which he taught in Northwestern Academy at Evanston and in the Chicago public schools. Prof. Furrey married Miss Martha Hershey and they had four chil- dren; Margaret, Gladys,
Darwin and Joyce.
rie Strickfaden, Elmer Meztger, J. S. Flory, Cora Amick, Leslie Rees, W. S. Sanford, Myrtle Royer, O. G. Brubaker. 1900-Frank C. Scott, B. L. Brayton, William Hohl, Edna Felder, Lizzie Shirk, O. T. Sadler, Frank D. Miller, B. B. Baker, A. B. Keller, E. H. Price, C. K. Burkholder, Reuben Marshall, I. E. Finney.
1901-Oren L. Clapper, Martha McClure, Florence Shaw, Burton Strock.
1902-Nora Arnold, Chas. Holsinger, E. R. Hoover, B. S. Kiester, D. J. Lichty, Minerva Metzger, Alice Moore, Elmer S. Shank, F. F. Suter.
1903-Bertha Brunskill, O. D. Buck, Orpha A. Foft, H. M. Foglesonger, Lloyd Holsinger, Philip Kuhl, Anna Miller, Maud C. Newcomer, Ruth Whitehead.
1904-George W. Blair, Q. O. Gilbert, Elizabeth Griswold, B. F. Heckman, Ma- rie Jasper, G. W. Kieffaber, Harvey Long, Nana B. McNelly, Jennie T. Miller, Eunice Moore, Paul Nickey, Cyrus W. Plum, Ella Royer, W. H. Royer, Levi S. Shively.
1905-Zelda M. Ayres, Kathryn Bark- doll, Robert E. Buser, Demetrius Chiri-
ghotis, Minnie Cripe, Ida Cripe, Carrie Eisenbise, Ernest L. Highbarger, Arthur D. Klontz, Eva S. Lichty, Bertha McNett, Ernest O. Palmer, Edgar E. Rothrock, S. H. Sherfy.
1906-Alice Begeman, Jennie Blough, Effie Buckingham, Chas. Cushing, Clyde Davis, R. H. Durborow, Uriah J. Fike, Mattie Lehman, Edith Miles, Ella Miller, Verna Olson, Grace Peacock, Ira Smith, Mary Thomas, Lela Wirt.
1907-Frank S. Barkdoll, Enoch Eby, J. Price Heckman, Mildred Hinds, Edith Knapp, Samuel Long, John I. Marker, Daniel L. Miller, Barbara Nickey, Eva Palmer, Frank H. Senger, Chas. W. Slifer, Ray R. Thomas, Ida Ward, Roy O. War- berg.
1908-Minnie Barnhizer, Benj. F. Buck- ingham, Ida E. Buckingham, Cornelia A. Crawford, O. Stuart Hamer, Clark M. Heckman, Lloyd T. Motter, Helen Nowe, Roy H. Roberts, Mrs. W. A. Robinson, Chas. W. Sharer.
1909-Estella Arnold, Leo R. Blicken- staff, Helen L. Cushing, Arta L. Demy, Lottie M. Eller, Ernest F. Hanes, Hazel G. Kable, Hazel L. Kretsinger, Arvel A. Landes, Julius A. Lehman, Wm. H. Mey-
PROF. AARON L. CLAIR died March 23, 1911, as a result of injuries received in a saw mill accident at Willard, Wis. He was the son of Preston and Mary Clair and was born on a farm near Lena, Ill., July 25, 1866, and at the time of his untimely death he was nearly 45 years of age. At the age of 23, he entered Mount Morris College, and graduated from the commercial department in 1890. In 1893, he was chosen principal of the department and business manager of the college. He served in this capacity for nine years, and in 1904 he resigned. In 1906, he moved to Willard, Wis., where he met his death. On June 16, 1892, he was married to Elizabeth R. Albright, and they had seven children.
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ers, Nora Mae Miller, Arthur E. Myers, Joseph G. Nickey, Cora M. Rebman, Hu- bert O. Shaw, Samuel L. Whistler, Pre- cious J. Zuck.
1910-Verna Blickenstaff, Frank Bock, Orley G. Davis, Emma Dinnes, Orla S. Dinnes, Irvin J. Gibson, Ernest C. Miller, Clarence C. Mote, David M. Sharer, Vi- ola B. Snively, Grace G. Steele, Goldie E. Swartz, Myrtle E. Whisler, Ethel G. Whitmer, Florence M. Wieand, Clifford C. Windle, Ruth B. Wylie, Samuel J. Yohn, Nora M. Shively.
1911-May E. Dinnes, Alice M. Gibbel, A. Clare Irvin, Dayton P. Klepinger, Martha E. Oliver, Elizabeth Sharer, Gert- rude Sharp, Ruth Sherrick, Bessie E. Stimson, Jacob J. Storm, Dora M. Wag- ner.
1912-Edith Brubaker, Minnie Bucking- ham, Velma Landis, Arthur Miller, Lorin Mayer, Frances Miller, Illegia Miller, John Mitchell, Harvey Swartz, Erma Switzer, Bertha Tholen, Maurine Wingert, Helen Wylie.
Note-From this point, in addition to the names of four-year graduates, is also given the present location and occupation of each graduate. This information was
MICHAEL W. EMMERT, son of Theo- dore and Catherine Wolfe Emmert, was born on a farm north of Mount Morris, March 2, 1870, and died July 21, 1931, aged 61 years. At the age of five, he moved with his parents to a farm near Adel, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. When 18 years of age he entered Mount Morris College and later attended Drake Univer- sity and Chicago University. He became a minister of the Brethren Church and in 1900 was elected dean of the Bible De- partment of Mount Morris College, which work he continued for 12 years, after which he became field manager for the college. In 1899, he married Elizabeth Myers, and they had five children: Em- ery M., Walter Leroy, Viola C. Stone, Marie Brady and Ruth E. Cannon.
PROF. D. D. CULLER died December 3, 1915, at the age of 50 years. He was born near Clay City, Ind., Nov. 11, 1865. After the usual common school education and some teaching in rural schools, he en- tered Mount Morris College and grad- uated with the class of 1893. In 1896, he received the degree of Ph.B. from De- Pauw University, the degree of A.M. from the University of Michigan in 1902, and the degree of Ph.D. from Denver Uni- versity in 1904. After graduating from DePauw, he taught four years in Mount Morris College, and in 1904 became a member of the management, which obli- gation he efficiently discharged until a few months before his death. Prof. Culler was married in 1896 to Mina Hoover of Ohio, and to them were born five children. Two died in infancy, and those surviving are Dr. Arthur Merl Culler of Dayton, Ohio; Mary Esther Hazzard of Mount Morris; and Miriam Elizabeth Sperberg of Havana, Cuba.
compiled in July, 1938, and the addresses given are the latest available.
1913-O. Stuart Hamer, No. Manchester, Ind., college professor; J. Hugh Heckman, deceased; John S. Noffsinger, 3635 Ord- way St., N.W., Washington, D.C., educa- tor; J. B. White, 1701 Archwood Ave., Nashville, Tenn., teacher.
1914-A. J. Brumbaugh, 5630 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill., Dean, Univ. of Chica- go; W. H. Meyers, Fresno, Calif., R. 7, Box 266, farmer; Frank A. Myers, 265 N. Flint St., Canton, Ill., pastor; David Shorb, Fontanet Courts, 1400 Fairmont S., N.W., Washington, D.C., attorney;
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SQUAD, 1929: Front row, Gerald Powers, Verne Guldin, Sherman Bucher, Ralph Bucher, Albert Greve, Harry Royer, Jack Graham, Paul Greene; second row, William Hacker, Merlin Root, John Thomas, Francis Shenefelt, Paul Shenefelt, Willard Powers, Jay Daughenbaugh, Ralph Friesner, Glaydon Miller, Harold Wickler, Everett Brubaker; back row, Fred Parker (coach), Ralph Petry, Russell Lamb, Clell Tarrence, Harold Wold, Stacey Jordan, Earl Boyer, Clarence Yeager, Wilbur Wickert, John Masterson, Harry Long.
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BASKETBALL SQUAD, 1929-1930: Front row, John Thomas, Curtis Long; second row, Albert Greve, Clyde Coffman, Donald Mulcay, Vernon Coffman, Jack Graham, Ralph Bucher; back row, Clell Tarrence, Jay Daughenbaugh, Paul Shenefelt, Willard Powers, Stacey Jordan, Paul Greene, Fred Parker (coach).
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PROF. M. M. SHERRICK came to Mount Morris in 1906 as professor of modern lan- guages and education. He was born at Three Rivers, Mich., and graduated from Coe College in 1896 and from the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1902. He taught at Manchester College before coming to Mount Morris and returned there in 1923. He married Minnie Buck in 1892.
Amy Naomi (Trout) White, 1701 Arch- wood Ave., Nashville, Tenn., teacher.
1915-Leo Blickenstaff, 1720 Crilly St., Chicago, Ill .; H. Walter Blough, Benton, Ill., business; Ruth (Sherrick) Brum- baugh, 5630 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill .; Wm. A. Robinson, 450 95th St., Brooklyn, N.Y., Y.M.C.A. director.
1916-O. W. Neher, No. Manchester, Ind., college professor; D. A. Stouffer, Whittier H.S., Whittier, Calif., school supt.
1917-John Barwick, 142 E. Market St., York, Pa., travel service; Homer Blough, Clear Lake, Iowa, pastor; Carol (Miller) Blough, Clear Lake, Iowa; Lewis H. Brumbaugh, 33 Ridge Road, Westminister, Md., college professor; Amos R. Eiken- berry, No. Manchester, Ind., college pro- fessor; Ira H. Frantz, No. Manchester, Ind., minister; Nora (Reber) Hollenberg, 121 Rosedale, Modesta, Calif .; Merlin G. Miller, 1502 W. 15th St., Emporia, Kan., college teacher; Florence (Wieand) Noff- singer, 3635 Ordway St., N.W., Washing- ton, D.C .; Howard Price, deceased; Doro- thy Sherrick, 6437 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill .; Chalmer Shull, Vada, Thana District, India; Harlan Smith, 1604 15th St., Eldora, Iowa; J. Elmer Wagoner, deceased.
1918-Hugh Bonar, 916 N. 10th St., Mani- towoc, Wis., school supt .; F. J. Byer, 707 W. 3rd St., Williamsburg, Pa .; Forrest Eisenbise, 122 N. Hudson Ave., Pasadena, Calif., pastor; Viola (Eisenbise) Gerdes, Sterling, Ill .; I. J. Gibson, Astoria, Ill., teacher; Ethel (Mummert) Gibson, As- toria, Ill.
1918-Harvey Long, Mount Morris, Ill., business; Jennie (Blough) Miller, de- ceased; Benjamin Summer, Mooreland, Ind., pastor.
1919-J. Howard Blough, 1105 Hershey, Muscatine, Iowa, pastor; Mabel (Miller)
Bonar, 916 N. 10th St., Manitowoc, Wis .; Andrew Butterbaugh, deceased; Ralph Fahrney, 721 W. 17th St., Cedar Falls, Iowa, college professor; Irene (Van Dyke) Fierheller, 927 So. Oak Ave., Freeport, Ill .; Velma (Frantz) Gear, Fruita, Colo .; J. W. Lear, Glendora, Calif., pastor; Wal- ter K. Mahan, Rehobeth, Md., farmer; Ed- na (Kessler) McCann, Jones, Okla .; Eliza- beth (Kimmel) Miller, No. English, Iowa; Lawrence A. Miller, N. English, Iowa, physician; Galen B. Royer, Huntingdon, Pa., pastor; Charles Seeley, Oakland, Calif., business; J. Emmert Stover, La Verne, Calif., teacher; Ira Wagenman, 5631 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill., teacher; Florence (Wirt) Yohn, Clarendon Hills, Ill.
1920-Elva Brower, 910 Midland Savings Bldg., Denver, Colo., business; Dr. A. M. Culler, 530 Fidelity Bldg., Dayton, Ohio, physician; Paul J. Gibbel, Gettysburg, Ohio, physician; Forrest A. Miller, North English, Iowa; Etha (Trostle) Neher, No. Manchester, Ind .; Paul Sherrick, 740 N. Wabash, Chicago, Ill., business; Harvey Snell, Riverdale, Calif., principal; Lucille (Royer) Strohm, 603 S. Judson, Ft. Scott, Kansas; Milo Zimmerman, Mount Morris, Ill., business.
MYRTLE ROYER MYERS, daughter of Prof. J. G. and Elizabeth (Reiff) Royer, was born at Monticello, Ind., July 18, 1880, and came with her parents to Mount Morris in 1882. She graduated from the commercial, academic, music and art de- partments of Mount Morris College and taught music and art in the college from 1900 to 1904. In 1903 she graduated from Chicago Musical College. She sang at many college affairs, led the singing in the Brethren church for many years and trained college glee clubs. She was mar- ried in 1904 to Millard R. Myers and they have three children: Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Gollan), Millard R. and William L. Mrs. Myers is now interested in art and is doing painting in water colors and oil. The family home is at 4380 Central Ave., Western Springs, Ill.
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