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Totals by Decades.
Year
High
Low
Aver.
Def.
1883
$1200
$ 82
$380
$5249
1884
1150
80
480
4754
1885
1200
105
437
5196
1886
1200
42
468
4958
1887
1350
112
483
5143
1888
1350
58
449
11626
1889
1350
30
424
13766
1890
1350
38
430
10626
1891
1350
31
368
16369
1892
1350
25
422
10350
12650
583
434.1
10037
1893
1350
50
446
8065
1894
1544
26
445
11851
1895
1500
37
376
16294
1896
1350
105
351
18137
1897
1265
50
396
14218
1898
1200
45
454
8265
1898
1200
45
454
8265
1899
1550
72
465
8034
1900
1200
100
470
5316
1901
1200
50
492
6999
1902
J
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1200
80
512
6055
1455.9
66.0
486.1
1049
1903
1340
60
515
5894
1904
1500
50
570
3149
1005
2100
100
596
4103
1906
2100
172
615
3428
1907
2300
284
775
2476
1908
2300
347
749
4418
1909
2400
261
870
4185
1910
2433
163
810
5188
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HISTORY OF METHODISM
Year
High
Low
Aver.
Def.
1911
2900
380
888
5672
1912
2900
200
811
10812
2227.3
211.7
719.09
2932.5
1913
3900
190
910
9772
1914
2900
144
903
6922
1915
2900
120
817
3983
1916
2900
42
935
3533
1917
Av. 6052
APPENDIX J.
SPECIAL SERMONS.
The General Conference of 1852 ordered the Bishops to appoint at each Annual Conference one of its members to preach a missionary sermon at its next session.
This table shows the appointee each year :
1883 Strange Brooks 1900 B. T. Stauber
1884 C. L. Shackelford 1901 A. N. See
1885 F. D. Baker
1902 W. H. Sweet
1886 D. D. Campbell
1903 E. L. Hutchins
1887 R. A. Caruthers 1904 J. M. Miller
1888 C. W. Caseley
1905 C. W. Wynant
1889 W. H. Mahaffie
1906 C. W. Wynant
1890 W. K. Loofbourrow 1907 H. G. Bowen
1891 W. K. Loofbourrow 1908 H. J. Lorenz
1892 C. L. Shackelford
1909 H. O. Holter
1893 A. D. Beckhart 1910 H. O. Holter
1894 A. D. Beckhart 1911 J. L. King
1895 A. D. Beckhart 1912 C. M. Snyder
1896 R. H. McDade 1913 Attree Smith
1897 R. B. Beaty 1914 G. R. Hall
1898 A. L. Hazlett 1915 D. B. McGee
1899 H. A. Cleveland 1916 G. M. Ryder
This list is not accurate. It shows the man who was appointed, but the sermon was sometimes de- livered by the alternate, who is not known.
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APPENDIX K.
CHURCH PROPERTY. Totals by Decades.
Year
No. Churches
Val. No. Parsonages Value
1883
48
$50,360
33
$17,525
1884
49
67,802
37
20,865
1885
54
109,841
43
25,850
1886
63
132,815
50
31,900
1887
77
182,986
54
39,300
1888
87
202,401
55
43,500
1889
88
183,133
56
39,610
1890
99
211,975
61
41,520
1891
98
207,500
63
41,700
1892
97
210,550
63
43,100
1,559,263
344,860
1893
110
240,200
68
45,600
1894
123
237,946
76
45,585
1895
123
242,430
76
46,060
1896
120
228,100
75
39,900
1897
121
229,000
74
41,550
1898
134
250,293
80
44,523
1899
138
268,650
81
46,323
1890
143
276,900
88
54,400
1901
151
293,300
93
57,480
1902
155
314,150
96
72,952
2,580,969
494,393
1903
161
321,450
97
74,725
1904
167
330,705
101
87,875
1905
171
367,200
108
97,610
1906
182
411,555
111
114,015
1907
189
488,923
114
136,960
1908
191
532,825
118
158,050
1909
199
580,025
117
168,450
1910
207
713,002
122
194,000
1911
216
712,000
124
209,460
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Year
No. Churches
Val. No. Parsonages Value
1912
212
712,100
124
207,810
5,168,850
1,597,550
1913
220
807,228
126
208,660
1914
214
790,433
125
207,250
1915
213
770,340
123
206,310
1916
212
736,650
127
227,744
3,109,651
2,499,640
APPENDIX L.
CONSTITUTION OF ITINERANTS' CLUB.
Article 1. This organization shall be known as the Itinerants' Club of the Northwest Kansas Confer- ence.
Article 2. Object. The object of this organization shall be the spiritual, intellectual and social improve- ment of its members.
Article 3. Membership. Any member or probation- er of this Conference, or any local preacher within the bounds of the Conference, may become a member of this organization by signing the constitution.
Article 4. Sec. 1. Officers. The officers of this so- ciety shall be a president, a vice-president for each Presiding Elder's district, a treasurer and a secre- tary.
Sec. 2. The president, secretary and treasurer shall be elected by ballot on the Thursday P. M. of each Conference session. The vice-president shall be chosen by the members of the several districts, at the first district meeting of each Conference year.
Article 5. Duties of Officers. The president, secre- tary and treasurer shall discharge the duties usually devolving upon such officers, and such other duties as may be specified in the Constitution or bylaws of the Society. In the absence of the president, the vice- president shall preside; the order of seniority being
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determined by the alphabetical order of the districts. Each vice-president shall have charge of all meetings and all other interests of the club within the bounds of his district.
Article 6. Executive Committee. The president, sec- retary and treasurer shall constitute an executive committee, which shall have charge of the business management of the club.
Article 7. Sec. 1. Courses of Study. For the intel- lectual improvement of the members, two courses of study shall be provided.
Sec. 2. Conference Studies. The first shall consist of the regular Conference studies and shall be ar- ranged in five divisions, viz: (1) Preparatory; (2) Historical Theology; (3) Exegetical and Practical Theology; (4) Systematic Theology; (5) Philosophical and Scientific.
Sec. 3. The second shall be a graduate course com- prised under four heads, viz: Theology and Religion; Philosophy and Science; History and Economics; Mis- cellaneous Reading.
Article 8. Sec. 1. There shall be a Board of Exam- iners for each course.
Sec. 2. The Board for the first course shall consist of three persons for each division of the course, who shall be nominated by the club, subject to appointment by the bishop.
Sec. 3. The board for the graduate course shall con- sist of the president and the several vice-presidents.
Article 9. Sec. 1. Duties of Examiners. The ex- aminers of the first course shall elect from their num- ber a chairman and registrar.
Sec. 2. For their guidance in study each examiner shall not later than May of each year, send to each member of the class, a list of at least fifty questions on each book assigned him sufficient to cover the en- tire range of the book.
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Sec. 3. For the final examination, each examiner shall select ten questions from the list he had previ- ously submitted and shall forward the same to a mem- ber of the board in each Presiding Elder's district, not later than October.
Article 10. Sec. 1. The examinations shall be writ- ten and shall be held in the several districts before one or more members of the examining board.
Sec. 2. The paper of each student, together with a sealed envelope containing the name of the student, shall be sent to the examiner having charge of that branch of study. The examiner shall grade the paper and mark the grade on the sealed envelope, and send the same to the registrar of the board, who shall break the seal and enter the name and grade in a suitable book which shall be carefully preserved.
Article 11. This constitution may be changed or amended at any annual or regularly fixed meeting of the board, by a vote of two thirds of the members present.
APPENDIX M.
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY.
Kansas Wesleyan University, 1886-1918.
W. F. Swahlen, A.M., Ph. D., Acting President, La- tin and German, '86-87.
Aaron Schuyler, A.M., Ph.D., Mathematics and As- tronomy, '86-89 ; Vice-President, '87-90; President, '90- 94; Mathematics and Philosophy, '89-07; Professor Emeritus, '07-13.
Wm. H. Sweet, A.M., D.D., Ethics and Metaphysics, '86-88; Dean of Non-Resident and Graduate Depart- ment, '91-96; Financial Secretary.
Thos. W. Cowgill, A.B., Greek and English Litera- ture; '86-91.
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A. C. Hillman, A.M., Dean of Normal School, '86- 88.
O. B. Campbell, M.D., Anatomy and Physiology, '86-87.
Amos T. Griffith, Commercial Department. '86-90.
Daniel McGurk, Jr., Elocution, '86-88.
Bedle Swearingen, Art, '86-88.
Mary E. Delaney, Art, '86-87.
Mary Barton, A.B., Training Department, '86-87. Rev. R. A. Hoffman, Financial Secretary, '85-86.
F. A. Cook, A.M., Ph.D., Latin Language and Litera- ture, '87-91; Vice-President, Latin and Greek, '90-91.
A. S. M. Anderson, M.D., Chemistry, Botany and Physiology, '87-88.
Rev. A. N. See, Financial Secretary, '87-89.
W. B. Johnson, A. M., Natural Sciences, '88-89.
Hiram B. Scott, A.M., Normal Department, Elocu- tion, and English Literature, '88-92.
G. J. Mueller, German, '88-89.
John O. Wilson, LL.B., Commercial Law, '88-90.
A. J. Guile, Jr., Director School of Music, '88-90. Wm. B. Payne, Ph.D., Natural Science, '89-90. Mattie H. Russell, A.M., German and French, '89-92. J. Domegeze, Violin and Ensemble Playing, '89-91. Ernestine A. Cotton, Voice Culture, '89-95.
M. R. Sanford, M.S., Natural Sciences, '90-91.
George J. Hagerty, A.M., Greek and Latin, '91-99; Vice-President, '95-99; President with leave of ab- sence, '99-00.
W. K. Loofbourrow, M.S., Natural Sciences, '91-93. A. W. Jones, M. S., Assistant in Natural Sciences, '91-93; Natural Sciences, '93-00, '01-09.
F. H. Jones, A. M., Dean Normal School, Elocution, and English Literature, '92-94.
Lizzie M. Stolz, German and French, '92-94.
M. M. Stolz, D.D., Financial Secretary, '92-96.
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E. B. L. Elder, A.M., B.D., Assistant Latin and Greek, Art, Assistant Normal Department, '93-95.
T. W. Roach, A. M., Principal Commercial Depart- ment, '92-02; President, '02-08.
I. F. Bull, A.M., Academic Latin and Greek, '93-95.
Edw. W. Mueller, A.M., S.T.B., President, Moral and Religious Philosophy and Social Science, '94-96.
B. F. Nihart, A. M., Dean Normal Department, Pedagogics and English Literature, '94-95.
Harriette M. Thompson, A.B., German and French, '94-99.
V. A. Austin, B. D., Elocution and Oratory, '94-98, '02-04.
A. R. Bell, A.B., History and Constitution, '94-95.
Hermon Holmes, Wind and String Instruments, '94- 99.
Ansel Gridley, A.M., B.Ped., Dean Normal Depart- ment, History, Pedagogics, '95-02; Acting President, '02-03.
J. R. Bickerdyke, Principal Academic Department, Rhetoric, Algebra, '95-96.
Maud Frick, Elocution and Physical Culture, '95-99. Marion Belle Daily, Voice Culture, '95-97.
Catherine Eberhardt, Director School of Music, '97- 01; Piano, '01-03.
Anna Viola Perrill, Assistant Professor of English, '98-99.
Hallie Hubbard, Art, '98-99.
F. D. Tubbs, A.M., S.T.D., Acting President, '99-00; Prof. of Physical Sciences, '00-01.
R. T. Stephenson, A.B., Latin and Greek, '99-02.
W. G. Medcraft, Associate Professor, Mathematics, '99-02; Mathematics, '02-05.
Rogene A. Scott, A.B., German and French, '99-02. H. A. Cleveland, D.D.Litt.D., English, '99-02.
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A. L. Semans, Wind and Stringed Instruments, '99-00.
T. M. Crawford, M.O., Elocution and Oratory, '99-02, '04-06.
Milton E. Phillips, Ph.M., D.D., President, Political Sciences, '01-02.
James Edward Tuthill, A.B., History and Latin, '01-02.
Euphemia Tubbs, B.Ped., Critic Teacher, '01-02.
Mark E. Wright, Director School of Music, '01-02.
Wesley N. Speckman, A.M., Ph.D., Modern Lan- guages, '01-09.
Artemus Ward, A.M., Physical Sciences, '01-03.
W. F. Hoyt, A.M., Natural Sciences, '01-11; Acting President, '02-03; Dean Graduate Department, '08-09.
Rachel M. Rogers, A.B., Ancient Languages, '01-03. Claude Rossignel, Director of Music, '01-03.
Grace E. Phillips, Piano, '01-02.
O. B. Reddick, B. O., Elocution, '01-02.
Mrs. G. J. Hagerty, Art, '01-02.
Howard N. Moses, B.S., M.D., Physiology, '02-03.
C. H. St. John, Ph.B., M.D., Lecturer on Temper- ance, Physiology, Narcotics and Heredity, '02-03.
V. A. Austin, B.D., Elocution and Oratory, '02-04. Mrs. Viola Perrill Snapp, A.B., History, '02-03. Edith Forristal Blundon, B.M., Piano, '02-06.
Albert H. King, M.Ped., Vice-President, Dean of Normal Department, Education, '03 -.
Ruth Belle Branham, A.M., Ancient Languages, '03-06.
Myrtle Rose, A.B., Registrar, English and History, '03-06.
James E. Carnal, B.M., Dean of Musical Depart- ment, '03-13.
Clyde C. Marietta, A.P., Principal Academic Depart- ment., Mathematics and English, '05-07.
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M. M. Stolz, D.D., Sacred History, '05-06 ; Librarian, '13 -.
Genevieve Rice, Voice, '04-05.
W. H. Packard, Piano and Band Instruments, '04-06.
Grace Wellington, Piano, '04-06.
Sara Sheppard, B.C., Elocution and Physical Cul- ture, '04-05.
H. C. Bernhardt, Violin and Band Instruments, '05-07, '15 -.
Linette Branham, B. S., Librarian, '05-06.
Mrs. Don W. Nichols, Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '05-07.
Charlotte Waterbury, A.M., English, '06 -.
Caroline R. Matson, A.M., Latin, '06 -; Registrar, '06-08.
Howard A. Hubbard, A.M., History, Economics and Greek, '06-11; Librarian, '06-08.
Lorne G. Huffman, B.O., Oratory, '06-16.
Ruth Johnson, B.M., Piano, '06-11.
Arthur B. Jackson, Ph.B., Philosophy, '07-08.
Louise Perrill, A.B., Mathematics, '07-08.
Grace Nason King, Voice, and Public School Music, '07 -.
Rose French Brooks, Violin, '07-11.
Geo. R. Crissman, A.M., Financial Secretary, '07-08.
Mrs. F. D. Baker, Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '07.
Mrs. D. F. Foristall, Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '07-08.
Robert P. Smith, A.M., D.D., President, Philosophy and Bible, '08-15.
George Edward King, M.S., Principal Academy, '08 -; Mathematics and Astronomy, '08 -; Registrar, '08.
Rev. J. W. Snapp, A.B., Financial Secretary, '08-09.
Ida Bohannon, B.S., Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '08-15; History and Spanish, '11.
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Fred L. Farley, A.M., History and Greek, '10 -. George N. Knight, B S., Biology and Physics, '10 -. Frederick C. Peters, A.M., German and French, '10; Secretary of Faculty, '10 -.
J. H. Burress, Voice, '10-12.
Cecil Semans, Stringed Instruments, '10-12.
A. K. Boyles, Taxidermy, '10-16.
Jennie Smith, B.Ped., Librarian, '10-12; Director Physical Culture, '11-12.
James A. Campbell, Piano, '11-12.
Nora Neal, Piano and Organ, '11-14.
Katherine Anderson, Piano, '11-14.
Mildred Young, Piano, '11-12.
Wm. D. Schermerhorn, A.B., D.D., Bible, '12-12.
Laurette Bennett Peters, A.M., Director of Art, '12 -.
Ruth Sweet, B.S., Librarian, '12-13.
Rev. J. W. Bates, A.M., Financial Secretary, '11-14.
Jesse C. Fisher, A.B., Bible, '13-14.
Albert W. Giles, B.S., Chemistry and Geology, '14-15.
Adelbert L. Semans, A.B., Bible, '14-17.
Rose French Brooks, Violin, '12-14.
Paul R. Utt, Dean, College of Music, '13-17.
Mrs. Paul R. Utt, Piano, '13-17.
L. L. Tucker, President, College of Commerce, '13-17.
L. S. Weller, Vice-President, College of Commerce, '13-17.
Mrs. L. L. Tucker, Secretary, College of Commerce, '18 -; President College of Commerce, '17 -.
John F. Harmon, D.D., President, Philosophy and Ethics, '15 -.
O. L. Lovan, Ph.D., Chemistry and Geology, '16-17. Clara R. Brian, B. S., Household Arts, '15-18.
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Mrs. C. W. Wynant, Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '15-17.
E. F. Walker, A.M., Chemistry and Geology, '16-18. Elton R. Shaw, M.A., Public Speaking, '17 -. George R. Edwards, Physical Director, '16- Ida Sackett, Preceptress Schuyler Hall, '17 -.
E. K. Foster, B.S., B.M., Piano, '17 -.
E. L. Fox, B.M., Dean of College of Music, '17 -.
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