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YORK COUNTY
NEBRASKA AND ITS PEOPLE Together with a Condensed History of the State
T. E. SEDGWICK Supervising Editor
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement
VOL. II ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1921
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIII .
EDUCATION IN YORK COUNTY
FIRST SCHOOLS IN COUNTY-YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT-YORK SCHOOL BOARDS-EARLY TEACHERS-LATER SCHOOL BOARDS- TEACHERS IN 1921-YORK COLLEGE-REV- EREND SCHELL-YORK'S SUPPORT-THE YORK ACADEMY, 1874 THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL COLLEGE ( 1879-1886)-YORK BUSINESS COLLEGE-THE URSULINE CON- VENT-SCHOOL REPORTS IN 1881-GRESHAM SCHOOLS IN 1920-SCHOOL CONSOLI- 619
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CHAPTER XIV RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF YORK COUNTY
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF YORK-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI-A. C. MONT- GOMERY'S PAPER-DOCTOR MC CONAUGHY'S PAPER- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- CHRISTIAN CHURCH-UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH-HOLY TRINITY CHURCHI- BAPTIST CHURCHI-ST. JOSEPHI CATHOLIC-UNIVERSALIST-GERMAN REFORMED CONGREGATION-FIRST LUTHERAN-UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH-GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN-HOSPITALS- OTHER CHURCHES-FEDERATED CHURCH .656
CHAPTER XV FRATERNAL, SOCIAL AND WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS IN YORK COUNTY
EARLY LODGES, 1885, 1895, 1905-1. F. & A. M. AND MASONIC BODIES-NO. 35, 1. 0. 0. F .- ELKS-1. 0. U. W .- G. A. R., ROBERT ANDERSON POST-CIVIL WAR VET- ERANS, 1915-SPANISH WAR VETERANS, 1915-WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS-SONS OF VETERANS-AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 19-SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF OTHER DAYS- YORK COUNTRY CLUB-WOX CLUB-AMATEUR MUSICAL CLUB-REVIEW & ART CLUB-WOMEN'S CLUB YORK Y. M. C. A .- WOMEN'S COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT 693
CHAPTER XVI BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
EARLY BANKING IN YORK COUNTY COMMERCIAL STATE BANK-YORK COUNTY BANK -FIRST NATIONAL BANK, YORK YORK NATIONAL BANK-CITIZENS STATE BANK- MEAD STATE BANK-FIRST NATIONAL POST REGIME-EXTENSION OF ACTIVITIES INTO OTHER TOWNS-MERGER WITH FARMERS NATIONAL BANK-MC CLOUD REGIME, FIRST NATIONAL-CITY NATIONAL BANK-GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK- FARMERS STATE BANK-OTHER BANKS IN THE COUNTY-CONDITION OF YORK COUNTY BANKS. 1917-1920. 734
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CHAPTER XVII THE PRESS OF YORK COUNTY
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER-THE EARLY NEWSPAPERS-THIE REPUBLICAN- TIIE TRIBUNE -THE DEMOCRAT-THE TIMES-THIE NEWS-TIMES-THE NEW TELLER-OTIIER PAPERS IN THIE COUNTY-LAZY MAN'S CORNER-WHAT'S IN A NAME ?- OLD-TIME PRESS RAILLERY-THE DAILY SQUAWKER. . 753
CHAPTER XVIII THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CALL THE DOCTOR-TIIE PIONEER PIIYSICIAN- THE MEDICAL ROSTER-DURING THE 90% AND SINCE-THE HOSPITALS. .
CHAPTER XIX THE BENCH AND BAR OF YORK COUNTY
THE LAW-EARLIEST CASE, BY J. B. MEEIIAN-DISTRICT COURT-INDIAN TRIAL, N. A. DEAN-GEORGE W. POST-THE DISTRICT COURTS OF YORK COUNTY-TIIE YORK COUNTY BAR. 781
CHAPTER XX
A CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY OF YORK COUNTY'S PROGRESS. . . . . 795
CHAPTER XXI YORK COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR
YORK COUNTY'S SERVICE "BACK HERE" -THE MILITIA BOYS CALLED-FLAG TO COM- PANY M-FIRST HOME ACTIVITIES-THIE ELKS RESOLUTION-RECRUITING BEGINS -MAKING EACH ACRE COUNT-MEETING OF APRIL 28TH-YORK MEN CALLED UPON -RED CROSS ORGANIZED-COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE-REGISTRATION DAY, JUNE 5, 1917-IIOW THIE MEN REGISTERED-THOSE WHO REGISTERED-RED CROSS DRIVE-YORK COUNTY'S JULY 4, 1917-TIIE FIRST DRAWING-EARLY ENLIST- MENTS-LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL OF 1917 -- THE CONTINGENT STARTED- LIBERTY BOND DRIVES-LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER OF 1917-ENRIGIIT, GRESHAM AND IIAY-THE QUESTIONNAIRES-LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD-WINTER DRIVES-THE HOME GUARDS-THIRD LIBERTY LOAN-FOURTH REGISTRATION, SEPTEMBER 12, 1918-A REAL RECORD-FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN-SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1918-ARMISTICE DAY-AFTER-EFFECTS OF THE WAR. . 599
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EDUCATION IN YORK COUNTY
FIRST SCHOOLS IN COUNTY-YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT-YORK SCHOOL BOARDS-EARLY TEACHERS-LATER SCHOOL BOARDS-TEACHERS IN 1921-YORK COLLEGE-REV- EREND SCHELL-YORK'S SUPPORT-THE YORK ACADEMY, 1874 THIE METHODIST EPISCOPAL COLLEGE ( 1879-1886)-YORK BUSINESS COLLEGE-TIIE URSULINE CON- VENT-SCHOOL REPORTS IN 1881-GRESIIAM SCHOOLS IN 1920-SCHOOL CONSOLI- DATION.
SCHOOLS
The first publie school in the western half of York County was held in a little dugout over on Lincoln Creek in 1872, with Mrs. A. Linsley as teacher. The dis- triet was eight by twelve miles in extent and known as District No. 15. As the country was settled up the distriet was divided and other little soddies were built. Then a "frame school" was started in Owens Bros'. old store building, which stood on Mr. Steinberg's farm. In 1881 the first little school house was built in Brad- shaw. To this additions were made from time to time as needed. But this, the toil and savings of many years, like the most of Bradshaw was laid in ruins in one brief hour.
Bradshaw has graduated two of her principals into the office of county superin- tendent, Mr. E. S. Franklin, in 1887, and E. C. Bishop in 1899.
The following teachers have served as principals of the Bradshaw schools since 1881: Misses Sylvia Butler and Carrie Moffitt ; Messrs. George Greer. A. B. Cod- ding, E. S. Franklin, Charles Harlan, William Bartz. H. B. McDermed, W. T. Oats, Fred Archard, W. S. Wright, W. T. Utterbeck, T. A. Gierins, J. H. Frew. E. C. Bishop. R. F. Marquis and J. N. Peck.
OTIIER LOCALITIES
The beginning of school work, which in almost every instance was practically coincident with the settlement of the locality, is detailed throughout the accounts of the settlement of the various townships and towns.
YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT
York School District was organized June 14. 1871. It included a territory five miles square, in which the city occupied about the central position. Notice of the formation of this district was served upon the entire voting population residing in its limits. In the school records the names of the male residents of the district are Vol. 11 -- 2 619
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entered, which will give the reader an idea of how sparsely the county was settled at this period, and also the names of the early settlers of the now prosperous city. The total number then claiming a residence in the above territory, which included the City of York, was only twenty-two and were the following persons: H. M. Detrick, G. W. Dixon, W. L. Draper, Thomas Myers, Gottleib Hofer, J. IT. Bell, F. O. Bell. A. B. Tutton, K. S. Tutton. A. E. Hendricks, J. P. Miller. James J. Ilolley, Ichabod Cook, M. B. Noel, A. J. Day, Isaac C'rable. C. F. Day. Edward Bates, L. D. Brakeman. D. A. Ritner, R. Charlton, and Angust Bonge.
A. B. Tutton was elected director. A. C. Montgomery, moderator, and Dr. Thomas L. Myers, treasurer. No further steps were made towards perfecting the organization until January 15, 1872. At a meeting held at this date, the dis- trict voted to issue bonds to the amount of $2,000 for the purpose of purchasing a building site and erecting a schoolhouse. This building was completed in season for a summer school, which was taught by Miss M. A. Hill. During the winter session of this year J. Cochran was employed as teacher. The first school estab- lished in York was taught by A. C. Montgomery in the winter of 1870-71. The old pre-emption house served as a schoolhouse. and twenty-two pupils were in attendance, some coming a distance of eight miles. It was maintained by subscrip- tion and was of two months' duration. Mr. Montgomery received his wages in wood. grain, cash, or whatever the settlers could best give from an individual standpoint.
At the annual meeting of the board in 1879, it was decided to call a special election, and submit a proposition to the citizens of York. for issuing the bonds of the district to the amount of $58,000 for the purpose of erecting a new school building, the old house having become too small to accommodate the fast growing school population. This election took place May 16, and was universally favored. A building was commenced immediately, and it was completed in 1881.
YORK SCHOOL BOARDS
There are numerous offices in each community which are real labors of love. One of these is a membership upon the Board of Education. Not for munificent salary, nor for high honor, does the enterprising citizen of the community serve at this post year after year, but for the love of doing some service in building up the public school system. It is the public school system which is the real bulwark of this wonderful nation of ours. It is the public school where the sons and daughters of rich and poor, capitalist and laborer, banker, farmer, clerk. merchant. business man and every class and creed attend upon an equal basis, that has served the most to leaven our American melting pot into a real democracy.
Right from the start, in the earlier days when a board of three ruled the school affairs of the little Village of York, certain faithful spirits began their perennial careers of service in this field. In 1876, Charles Le Count was director, T. D. Knapp, moderator, and H. C. Kleinschmidt. treasurer of School District No. 12. the York district. Mr. Kleinschmidt remained as treasurer until 1828. when Charles Le Count assumed this post and held it until 1883. A. C. Montgomery served as director in 1879 and in 1880 F. A. Bidwell became director and served until 1883. D. T. Moore was moderator in 1849 and 1880, T. D. Knapp in 1881
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and Henry Seymour in 1882. The board had as fourth and fifth members in 1881 and 1882 H. M. Detrick and John A. Etherly.
In 1883 the board was composed of Henry Seymour, chairman; F. A. Bidwell, secretary ; Charles Le Count, treasurer ; H. M. Detrick, and L. J. Gandy. In 1884 S. A. Newell came on. In 1887 Henry Seymour and S. A. Newell were still serv- ing, N. V. Harlan had come onto the board, destined to perform a long period of service, and L. L. Sorrick, M. Sovereign, and E. A. Gilbert finished the roster.
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Among the very earliest contracts for teachers shown on the board's minutes in the office of the secretary of the Board of Education at York are those with Albert Logan, made July 8, 1876, for three months' service for $150. And on September 6, 1876, a contract with Mary L. Betcher provided for three months' service for $120 and Nellie Gunnell was hired in 1879 at $30 per month. Prof. M. Bridges was principal of York schools in 1880, at a salary of $80 per month. His teaching staff consisted of Kate Keckley, grammar room, and Emma Hays, intermediate room ; Effie Cutter and Annie Knapp, the other rooms.
In 1884 Mr. Bridges was still principal, with a salary of $100 a month, and his staff of teachers, receiving $40 per month, were Hattie Woolley, Anna Knapp, Ada S. Roe, Mary McCray, Alice Crownover, Vana Crownover, Sylvia Butler and Flora Wyckoff. The staff in 1887 showed: Central Building, between Grant and Nebraska avenues on Seventh Street, Prof. C. S. Edwards, principal; Misses Carrie Matthews, Lucy Gould, Ella Montgomery, Appa Linch, Jennie Raper, Ella Graves, and Bella Vance. At the West Ward Building, southeast corner of Sixth and Division Avenue, Misses Vana Crownover, Effie Detrick and Mary MeKenzie were teaching. In the North Building, on the southwest corner of Pine and Fifth streets, Misses Hattie Woolley and Flora A. Barton held out.
LATER SCHOOL BOARDS
In 1890 the board roster shows Mrs. Wing, F. B. Daggy, N. V. Harlan, L. L. Sorrick, Mrs. Carscadden, and E. A. Gilbert. Prof. Corbett was principal. The year 1891 found the same members serving, except that upon the resignation of L. L. Sorrick, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds was chosen to fill his place. In 1892 Mrs. Wing, Mrs. Reynolds, Messrs. Daggy and Harlan remained, and Mr. Marcellus came on the board. In 1893 the board was Reynolds, Myers, Harlan, Daggy, New- man, and Gilbert. In 1894 Mrs. Ella Harrison and E. S. Franklin and E. A. Baker came on the board, Harlan, Mrs. Reynolds, and Gilbert holding over.
B. G. Moulton was elected principal in 1894 and Eunice Coy as assistant. In 1895, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Reynolds, Messrs. Baker, Franklin, Harlan, and Gilbert continued to serve together. The year 1896 found Mrs. D. C. Bell serving, the balance of the board being the older members. In 1897 Reverend Baker was suc- ceeded by J. E. Evans. In 1898 the board remained intact, Evans, Franklin, Harlan, Gilbert, Mrs. Bell, and Mrs. Reynolds. In 1899 Mrs. Reynolds gave way to Mrs. Jerome and the balance of the board remained.
On June 3, 1895, the board had entered into a contract to employ Prof. W. W. Stoner as principal of the high school and Mrs. W. W. Stoner as eighth grade
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teacher, at a joint salary of $1,000 per annum. At this time Professor Moulton stepped up to the elevation of superintendent of York Schools. Doris McMaster was made assistant principal of the high school in 1892.
This brings us down to 1900, when the board of 1899 remained in office, except that Mrs. Bell was succeeded by Mrs. E. A. Warner. Prof. C. R. Atkinson suc- ceeded Superintendent Moulton in 1900. This left the board as Mrs. Jerome, Mrs. Warner, Messrs. Gilbert, Harlan, Evans, and Franklin. The year 1901 brought a couple of noticeable changes, when Messrs. Franklin and Harlan gave way to Doctor MeConaughy and H. M. Childs, the remaining members being Gilbert, Evans, Mrs. JJerome and Mrs. Warner. In 1902, two more new members came on, George W. Shreck and G. H. Holdeman succeeding Gilbert and MeConaughy. The board in 1903 were Harris M. Childs, George W. Shreck, G. H. Holdeman, John E. Evans, Adelaide Jerome and Phila II. Warner. Professor Atkinson had resigned the superintendeney and Prof. Stoner assumed this post. In 1904 Dr. McConaughy succeeded Evans and began a long term of service. Nineteen hundred and six witnessed some changes. Jessie R. Myers, Julia T. Bell and Etta Hoyt coming on the board to serve with Childs, Shreek and MeConaughy. Nineteen hundred and seven found the same board serving. In 1908 one change took place, George M. Spurlock succeeding Mrs. Myers. In 1909 Mrs. Jessie R. Myers returned, A. M. White succeeded Mrs. Julia Green Bell, and Mrs. Hoyt remained with Messrs. Childs, Spurlock, and MeConanghy: 1910 and 1911 saw no changes in the board and this sextette served harmoniously together for three years. In 1912 five of them remained at the task and Mrs. Mary E. Bradwell displaced Mrs. Etta V. Hoyt. In 1913, four of the faithful sextette and five of the 1912 board remained, Childs giving way to Henry W. Brott; 1914 found this board remaining intact. At a bond election on June 3, 1912, to provide $80,000 bonds for building three new school houses, the vote was decisively against the proposition. being 123 for and 586 against. The vote was distributed by wards:
For
Against
First Ward.
44
185
Second Ward
38
12
Third Ward
16
91
Fourth Ward
25
183
In 1915 a few changes resulted upon the board, Dr. W. L. Bernard and King taking the places of Myers and Bradwell. The year 1916 saw Dr. McConaughy succeeded by A. C. Hubbell. Nineteen seventeen saw two new members, W. W. Wyckoff and C. R. Keckley succeed Spurlock and White. On March 20, 1917. an election was held at which $225,000 bonds were voted for the construction of three new buildings. This resulted in a vote by wards:
For
Against
First Ward.
312
25
Second Ward
341
95
Third Ward.
178
60
Fourth Ward.
265
100
Totals
1,156
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For some time, W. B. Johns had been serving as principal of the high school and Geo. S. Cook as treasurer for the board. Nineteen seventeen saw not only the inauguration of the very heavy program for the building of the three new buildings, but the necessity of another election on August 7, 1917, called for another issue of $60,000 bonds for the new Central School Building. With the money realized from sale of property and these two issues, the new Central Building was built at a cost of some $175,000 and the other two buildings completed, over $300,000 being put into this new, but thoroughly modern school plant. The election of August 7, 1917, showed a vote upon the $60,000 bond issue, of
First Ward.
For 100
Against 50
Second Ward
98
71
Third Ward.
44
37
Fourth Ward
84
56
Totals
326
214
In 1918 Wyckoff, King, Brott, Keekley and Hubbell remained on the board and Mrs. Pearle Felton succeeded Doctor Bernard. Superintendent Stoner resigned and Prof. James B. Crabbe, of Laramie, Wyoming, was elected on June 5, 1917, to take his place. M. S. Jones was principal of the high school. Nineteen nineteen saw two changes on the board, Dean C. E. Ashcraft of York College and Effie Detrick displaced Hubbell and Brott. This leaves the same board as have been serving in 1920 and early 1921, Miss Effie Detrick, Mrs. Pearle Felton, Dean C. E. Ashcraft. Atty. W. W. Wyekoff, who is secretary of the board, Mr. King, and C. R. Keckley. Superintendent Crabbe resigned in 1918 and was succeeded by York's present efficient superintendent, F. A. Graham, who came here from Mis- souri Valley, Iowa. W. E. Nelson is the present principal of the high school.
York now has a thoroughly modern school plant that will compare with any in the state. Its high school gives a complete college preparatory course, a splendid normal training course, a vocational agricultural department (Smith-Hughes courses and home economies), and a splendid commercial course.
The teachers of the York schools in January, 1921, are:
A. W. Graham
Mrs. W. C. Noll
Zora Wunderlich
W. E. Nelson Mrs. Lottie Meek
Cassye Baugh
Edna Ittner
Veva Boren
Clara Beck
Ruth Watson
Jessie Stewart
Hazel Chapin
Jennie Muir
Ruth Callender
Ruth Peterson
A. 1. Speece
R. E. Townsend
Edith Lambert
Mildred Holts
E. V. Deason
Esther McDonald
Harriett Holley
Clara King
Mrs. Kathryn Morrow
Lurlie Lee Bess Alexander
Matie Hall
Myrna Hall Bertha Brooks
Louise MoNerney
Lillian Shanks
Mrs. Hester Brown
Hazelle Hedbloom
R. L. Clark
Ruth Chapin
Charles Cox
Helen Wells
Clara James
Helen Copsey
Guy Davis
Cecile Newbold
Cora Conaway
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Margaret James Mrs. Sybil Askine Mrs. C. E. Anderson
Ethel Thompson Gladys Hitchcock Ilazel Foster
Myrtle Freeborn
Mrs. Russell Rogers Mrs. Franklin Hunt
HISTORY OF YORK COLLEGE
The forerunner of York College was Gibbon Collegiate Institute at Gibbon, Nebraska. This institution had been bought in 1886 from the Baptist people, and was conducted as an academy. It was a success for three or four years, but the size of the town and the lack of full co-operation made it impracticable to continue its existence.
In the summer of 1890 several cities made propositions to the trustees for the re-location of the school and for making it full college grade. Kearney and York were the leading bidders, and the following persons constituted the first board of trustees : Judge D. T. Moore, Rev. E. A. Leeper, D. D., Lee Love, Judge N. A. Dean, C. J. Nobes, D. E. Sedgwick, M. D., Judge A. C. Montgomery, Rev. J. C. Countermine, D. D., F. O. Bell, Judge G. W. Post, Rev. G. F. Deal, and Rev. F. W. Jones.
It's Beautiful Site. A more beautiful site could not be found in the State of Nebraska-a gentle eminence in the eastern part of the city, the highest ground in York County. Here, on a campus of eleven acres, the first building was erected, and dedicated in June, 1892. It is a splendid edifice of brick and stone, 88x99 feet, basement and three stories, beautiful in architectural design and in approach- ing the city from any direction can be seen for many miles.
Excellent Equipments. The building is well furnished and well equipped and unusually well planned for college purposes. The recitation rooms are large and light. The commercial room covers nearly half of the second floor. The chapel will seat about six hundred. The literary halls are among the finest in the state. The library contains about 1,500 volumes, and the reading tables are constantly supplied with an abundance of the best periodicals of the day. The museum has several hundred feet of shelf-room filled with specimens in geology, zoology and botany. The laboratories are well supplied with apparatus to facilitate the work in the natural sciences.
Another Building. Another building has been projected and the work begun. The foundation was laid and structure was completed in 1903. Its dimensions are 80x36 feet, four floors, containing thirty-five rooms, besides halls, elosets and bath- rooms. It is heated by steam, as is the main building, and both supplied with city water and electric light. This building is devoted to the conservatory of music and ladies' dormitory.
It contains an executive board of six members, all residents of York, whose duty it is to carry out the will of the board of trustees.
Such strong managing boards are an assurance to all patrons that their interests are carefully guarded and wisely conserved.
Since the founding of the institution, the following ministers have served as presidents: Jeremiah George, A. M. ; William S. Reese. D. D. ; William E. Schell, D. D. : Melvin O. Mclaughlin. D. D .; Hervin U. Roop, Ph. D., LL. D.
Reverend George, A. M., D. D., served as president from August, 1890, to August, 1894. The average yearly enrollment during his terin was 176.
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Rev. W. S. Reese, Ph. M., D. D., succeeded President George and served three years. During this time the average yearly enrollment was 149. The large debt ineurred by the erection of the main building became a heavy burden during this administration, owing to financial panic and crop failure.
Rev. William E. Schell, A. M., D. D., was called to take charge on August 3, 1897. That was a dark hour in the history of the institution. Every dollar of a great debt was due and suits entered for collection. There was nothing in the treasury to stay the impending crisis. Some of the trustees advised giving up the work. Every member of the faculty had resigned except J. E. Maxwell, M. S., professor of Natural Sciences, and Mrs. D. E. Sedgwick, director of the musie department. No catalogue had been issued.
The details of the five succeeding years eannot here be given. It is enough to say that the entire situation has been changed. The debt is liquidated. The sum of $2,000 dollars has been expended for additional equipments and $6,000 in good pledges is now on hand for another building. The courses of study have been strengthened, the faculty enlarged, and York College has taken high rank among the institutions of Nebraska and the West. The average yearly enrollment during the five years of President Schell's term has been 281-over three hundred yearly for the last three years.
The faculty in 1903 were:
William E. Sehell, A. M., D. D., president and professor of philosophy (Western College, Toledo, lowa, June, 1890, A. B .; June, 1893, A. M .; Lane University, Lecompton, Kas., June, 1902, D. D.).
J. E. Maxwell, M. S., vice president and professor of natural sciences ( Nebraska Wesleyan University. June, 1894, B. S. ; June, 1895, M. S.).
Sareva Dowell, A. M., professor of Latin and Greek (Amity College, College Springs, Iowa, June, 1893, A. B .; June, 1898, A. M .; post-graduate work in Europe).
Theodore Jorgenson, A. B., professor of modern languages (Western College, Toledo, Iowa, June, 1900, A. B .; post-graduate work in Europe).
Annie P. Jorgensen, A. M., professor of mathematics (Nebraska State Univer- sity, June, 1899, A. B .; June, 1902, A. M.).
Lena E. Sehell, A. B., assistant in English and history (York College, June, 1902, A. B.).
M. D. Adams, M. Aec'ts, principal of the College of Commerce and professor of commercial branehes and shorthand (Gem City Business College, Quiney, Ill., June, 1898, M. Ace'ts).
Ruth Smith, director of the Conservatory of Musie and instructor of piano, pipe organ, reed organ, harmony, general theory, history of music and voice culture (Western College Conservatory, June, 1899, diploma in piano course ; June, 1901, diploma in voice; Victoria College of Music, London, June, 1902, diploma as associate in piano).
Max Baumeister, instruetor on violin (studied in Omaha and St. Louis, then five years at the Bavarian Conservatory, Wuerzburg, Germany, court musician ).
L. E. Porter, principal of the School of Expression and instrnetor in elocution and physical eulture (studied at York College, and Columbia School of Oratory, Chieago).
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Lauriette Dowell, principal of the Art Department and instructor in drawing and all lines of art work (studied at Tarkio College, Tarkio, Mo., and Nebraska State University ).
G. E. Driver, college pastor (educated in England; traveled extensively in Europe and Palestine).
Students. The aggregate of the enrollment for 1892-1904 was 2,556. The students have always been of a most excellent class and the graduates are toiling in fields of usefulness this wide world over, even in India, China and Philippine ?. In Chicago, Washington, St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver, Cheyenne, St. Paul, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Lincoln and in almost all the cities and towns of Nebraska they are doing a good and honorable part in the business and pro- fessional work of the world. Their ranks include college professors, ministers, missionaries, civil service men, lawyers, physicians, merchants, musicians, machinists, superintendents of schools, teachers, public officers and other vocations worthy of note. And many, though not completing courses, have gone forth after terms of years of profitable association and study, with increased knowledge, improved gifts and larger life, and are now filling useful positions in the industrial pursuits and pro- fessions of this busy age. The passing days, ever and anon, bring back the story of their success and their joy in having made York College their choice.
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