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The college course extends over six years and comprises religion, anelent and modern languages, mathematics, natural sciences, history and shorthand. At the end of this course the students are required to be able to speak Latin sufficiently to express themselves freely and elegantly, the aim of the college course being to develop the mind and equip the student with the necessary knowledge to take up the higher studies in the seminary.
The seminary offers two courses: philosophy with physics, chemistry, church history, Hebrew and sacred eloquence, extending over two years; and theology in its various branches, a course extending over four years. In teach- ing both courses the Latin language is used almost exclusively. After twelve years of study and probation the young man is ordained to the Holy Priest- hood and sent into the missions where his services are most needed.
In order to carry out this nified course of study and to perpetuate as far as possible the spirit infused into the young institution by its founder, the teaching body is chosen from among the graduate students, many of whom have studied under Father Jessing's care. They are sent to the best American and European universities in order to specialize in the various branches which they are to teach.
From what has been said thus far the reader has gathered that the col- lege and seminary were founded for the education of young men for the priest- hood. It was the great need for priests, able to speak the German tongue, that prompted Father Jessing to found the college and seminary departments. Besides the proceeds of the Ohio Waisenfreund he was aided very materially in his undertakings by the donations of Catholics, especially, and almost ex- clusively by those of German descent. The Josephinum accordingly stands as a monument to the liberality and generosity of German Catholics in these
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United States. German Catholics aided him in its foundation and supplied the means to make it permanently a charitable institution of learning, where no fees whatever are required of the students, books and even board being sup- plied gratis. In order that the students may all become thoroughly conversant with German, irrespective of their nationality, they are required to speak Ger- man among themselves from the sixteenth to the end of each month.
To insure the aim for which the institution was founded, namely to pro- vide German speaking priests for German Catholics of the United States, Father Jessing asked the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda to accept it under its immediate jurisdiction. On December 12, 1892, the Sacred Con- gregation accepted the proposal and gave the Josephinmm a constitution. From this time on it was known as "The Pontifical College Josephinum of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith." Under this title it was incorporated 1894, under the laws of the state of Ohio, as a legal body with power to confer degrees and academieal honors.
The income from the Ohio Waisenfreund and donations proved inadequate to defray the expenses of the growing college. Relying explicity on the gen- ero-ity of the German Catholics of the United States, Father Jessing proposed the plan of founding scholarships, the interest of which should pay for the echication of the students. He was not disappointed in his hopes. So gener- ously did they respond that the institution is today on the way of being placed on a firm financial basis.
The founding of an institution of this character in face of so many seem- ingly insurmountable obstacles was a heroic task, nobly carried out. In order to show his appreciation for Father Jessing's singular zeal, courage and wisdom the late Holy Father Leo XIII conferred upon him the dignity of Domestic Prelate. Monsignor Jessing lived but a few years to enjoy the well-merited honor. Though of an iron constitution he had undermined his health by his incessant labor and extreme self-denial. After lingering for a few months he died November 2, 1899. He is still so well remembered in Columbus that people even today speak of the Josephinum as "Father Jessing's place."
The dying prelate, Monsignor Jes-ing, upon the instigation of the rever- end professors, appointed the Rev. Joseph Soentgerath temporary rector, asking the Sacred Congregation to ratify his appointment and to make it permanent. The Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda acceding to his wishes and those of the reverend professors, ratified the temporary appointment and by decree of January 8. 1900, appointed him definitely successor to the late founder.
The learned and able Rev. Joseph Soentgerath had for years occupied very successfully the chair of dogmatic theology at the Josephinnm. The reverend professors and students as well as his wide circle of friends rejoiced at the ap- pointinent. He made good the hopes so confidently placed in him. During bis rectorate no fewer than seventy young men were ordained and sent into the missions, the late founder having lived to see only the first fruits of his labors, a class of six. elevated to the priesthood.
All these years lie has distinguished himself so well as rector and as pro- fessor of dogmatic theology that the Holy Father Pius X by brief of May 11, 1900, acknowledging his learning and wisdom and his noble work for the wel-
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fare of the Josephinum, made him Domestic Prelate. Thus Rt. Rev. Mon- signor Soentgerath enjoys the same title and honor in the church with the late founder.
GEORGE C. SCHAEFFER, M. D.
Dr. George C. Schaeffer, devoting his time and energies assiduously to his professional duties, is now specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His careful preparation for this branch of the profes- sion well qualifies him for the work which he is doing and his ability in this connection is widely recognized. Dr. Schaeffer was born in Germantown, Ohio, March 19, 1870, a son of W. H. Schaeffer, also a native and still a resi- dent of Germantown, where he is well known as an enterprising business man. He wedded Catherine Nagley, also a native of Germantown.
While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof Dr. Schaeffer pursued his early education in the public schools until he had completed the high-school course by graduation with the class of 1888. His literary training was received in the Ohio State University, which he entered in September, 1888, there pursuing a three years' philosophical course, at the end of which time he left college and entered business with his father. During his college days he was president of the sophomore class and was a member of both the baseball and football teams, taking much interest in athletics, in which he excelled. He was also a member of the Phi Delta Theta, a college fraternity. In 1893 Dr. Schaeffer took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the Miami Medical College in 1896 with valedictorian honors. He had the benefit of prac- tical and varied experience during a service of a year and a half as house sur- geon in the Cincinnati Hospital and later spent a year and a half in a private eye and ear hospital in Indianapolis. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in the Polyclinic of New York, and while perfecting himself for the general practice of medicine he also became interested in and gave considerable attention to the study of the diseases of the eye, car, nose and throat. In the spring of 1899, he removed to Bloomington, Indiana, where he opened an office, there enjoying a good practice until the fall of 1907, when he sought the broader fields offered in city practice and came to Columbus. Here he has al- ready won a good patronage, being now one of the successful and popular phy- sicians of the city. In January, 1909, he entered into partnership relations with Dr. Andrew Timberman for the treatment of the eye, ear, nose, throat, and in this department of profesional service is now specializing with good results. Always an interested student of his profession, he has carried his investigations and research far and wide in the realms of scientific knowledge, keeping con- stantly abreast with the onward march of the medical fraternity. In his work he holds to the ideals of the profession of prevention rather than cure through the dissemination of knowledge that will produce healthy conditions through sanitation and understanding of the causes of disease. In this connection he is acting as secretary of the milk commission of the Academy of Medicine of Co- lumbus. He also belongs to the East Side General Practitioners Society and the
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State Medical Society and of the latter is secretary of the pediatric section. He is also a member of the American Medical Association.
In 1898 Dr. Schaeffer was married to Miss Laura M. Moore, of Laporte, Indiana, and they have won many friends in this city. The doctor is an able physician with a growing practice and at all times he keeps in touch with the advanced work of the profession, while his ability to correctly apply his know- ledge to the individual needs of his patients is manifest in the excellent results which have attended him. He is careful in the diagnosis of a case and seldom if ever at fault in determining the outcome of disease. Now concentrating his energies upon a special department, he has already won wide recognition for his skill in this direction, which is carrying him into important professional relations.
THOMAS A. MORTON.
The business interests of Columbus find a worthy representative in Thomas A. Morton, prominently connected with its industrial life. What he has ac- complished represents the fit utilization of the innate talents which are his, combined with the ready recognition of opportunities that others have passed by heedlessly. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, March 31, 1872. His father, William Henry Morton, was a native of Fairview, Ohio, where his birth occurred in February, 1842. His grandfather, Morris Morton, was a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, and one of the early farmers in that locality whose son, Willian: H. Morton, reared to the occupation of farining, turned his attention to other pursuits, becoming an editor of the American Book Company. He died in February, 1902, being survived by his wife, who was born in Au- gust, 1843.
Thomas A. Morton passed through consecutive grades in the public schools in his native state, becoming a high school student in Cincinnati, while in 1890 he entered the Ohio State University, pursuing a course in mechanical engin- eering. When his education was completed, he was with the American Book Company for several years and then becoming interested in the plumbing and steam fitting trade as manager of one of the most prominent trade papers in this line, located in that connection in New York for five years, and in 1903 came to Columbus since which time he has been associated with the Sun Manu- facturing Company. At the time of the reorganization and incorporation of this company he was elected secretary and treasurer and ascended to the active management of the business. This company manufactures show cases, coffee mills, money drawers and wooden ware specialties, the enterprise being the largest in this line in Ohio, furnishing employment to one hundred and fifty people. The company has an extensive plant, well equipped with the most mod- ern machinery and the output is shipped to all parts of this country while a large export business is also enjoyed. They manufacture high grade goods which are sold extensively to the jobbing trade. The growth of the business has demanded a constantly increasing output which has been doubled in the past five years.
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The other officers of the company are: Fred W. Hubbard, president; J. S. M. Goodloe, vice president ; W. R. Carothers, sales manager ; and N. A. Curtis, superintendent. The relations between the company and its employes are al- ways equitable and the representatives of the house know that faithful and effi- cient services mean promotion as opportunity offers.
On the 14th of August, 1893, Mr. Morton was married to Miss Nellie W. Bradley, a daughter of Edward W. and Belle ( Howe) Bradley, the father a stove manufacturer, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Morton is a lady of superior musical talents and a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Morton have been born a son and daughter: John B. and Doro- thy, aged respectively fifteen and fourteen years. The family residence at No. 1537 Hawthorne avenue is the center of a cultured society circle. Mr. Morton gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a member of the Board of Trade. His interest in community affairs is manifested by active co- operation in many measures for public good. Those who know him esteem him because of an honorable business record, characterized by steady progress re- sulting from close application, keen discrimination and unfaltering persever- ance. Honored and respected by all no man occupies a more enviable po- sition in industrial circles, at all times his business career being in strict con- formity to the highest standard of commercial ethics.
WILLIAM E. SIMS.
William E. Sims, who is successfully engaged in market gardening. is the owner of a tract of seventy acres of rich land in Madison township. His father, William Montgomery Sims, born in 1837, began earning his own liv- ing ut the early age of thirteen, working as a farm hand for four dollars per month. He was employed as a farm hand until he had attained the age of eighteen, and then, in association with his brother Thomas, he rented a tract of land, operating the place for five or six years. On the expiration of that period he purchased a small farm in Madison township, and as his financial resources increased he added to his holdings until the property embraced seventy acres. This is the farm now owned and occupied by his son, William E., of this review. In his political views William M. Sims was a stanch dem- ocrat, and took an active interest in public affairs, while his fifteen years of service as trustee of Madison township stands in incontrovertible proof of his capability and fidelity in the discharge of the duties entrusted to his care. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons, while his religions faith was indicated by his membership in the Baptist church. His demise, which ocenrred on the 20th of August, 1905, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret throughout the community. In the year 1861 he had wedded Miss Mary Rager, whose birth occurred in 1843. Their family numbered nine children, four of whom still survive, namely: Mrs. Hattie Weaver; William E., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Ella Fosnangh ; and Curtis.
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William E. Sims was given excellent educational advantages in his youth and is a graduate of the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, being admitted to the bar in 1894. He then devoted his attention to the profes- sion of teaching for eleven years, meeting with well merited success in his labors as an educator. Subsequently, owing to the ill health of his father in his declining years, he returned to the home farm and has since been en- gaged in gardening, producing a large quantity of fruit and vegetables for the Columbus market.
In 1896 Mr. Sims was united in marriage to Miss Nora Boyd, by whom he has two children: William Ernest and Mary. Politically Mr. Sims is a democrat, while in religious faith he is a Baptist. He is likewise identified with the Patrons of Husbandry and the Knights of Pythias, and the prin- ciples that have actuated his life have been such as to win for him the high- est esteem and good will of his fellow townsmen.
HON. JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL.
Honored and respected in every class of society, Hon. James Edwin Camp- bell has for some time been a leader in thought and action in the public life of the state and his name is inscribed high on the roll of fame, his honorable and brilliant career adding luster to the history of Ohio. With unfailing courtesy and unquestioned integrity he stands as one of the strongest representatives of the Ohio bar, while his name is inseparably intertwined with the records of democracy in Ohio. As congressman and governor he did important public service not only for the party but for the state, and though there were many who opposed him politically, in the regard of his fellow citizens, he stands as a man among men, known and honored by all, without one esoteric chapter in his political record, while his ability in the law gives him front rank with the ablest representatives of the legal fraternity of the state.
A native of Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, Mr. Campbell was born July 7. 1843. his parents being Andrew and Patience (Reynolds) Campbell. The father was a prominent physician and noted surgeon and the mother a woman of unusual brilliancy and superior education, the family to which she belonged having been established in America prior to 1636, in which year the family removed from Massachusetts to Wethersfield, Connecticut. Mrs. Campbell was also a lineal descendant of the Parker family, coming of the same ancestral stock as Captain John Parker who commanded the Ameri- can forces at Lexington. The paternal great-grandfather of Governor Camp- bell served for six years in the Revolutionary war and both the paternal and maternal grandfathers were American soldiers in the second war with England. The military record of the family, therefore, constitutes and important chapter in its history.
In the public schools of Middletown, Ohio, James Edwin Campbell began his education which he continued to the age of sixteen years, when the neces- sity of providing for his own support and of others more or less dependent upon
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him, forced the pupil, then a youth of sixteen, to become a teacher. He found the profession agreeable and continued it for some years, and, intending to enter upon the practice of law, he took up the study of Blackstone, Kent and other authors, to which he devoted one-half of his time until the exigencies of Civil war demanded his services at the scene of military action. He entered the United States service in the Mississippi squadron of the navy as master's Ipate and thus served until discharged for serious disability. Partially re- covering his health, however, he resumed the study of law and began practice in Hamilton in 1867. For some years Mr. Campbell's physical condition was much impaired because of his military experience, but after about ten or twelve years he completely recovered and declined longer to accept the disability pension allowed him by the government.
While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, Mr. Campbell zoon demonstrated his power to correctly analyze a case, determine the relative value of its weak and strong points and correctly judge of the strength of the oppo- ment. Rarely, if ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle, strong in his grammar and concise in his appeal before the court, he won a constantly growing patronage and in 1876 was elected prosecuting attorney of Butler county, which position he filled until 1880. He has remained to the present time one of the able members of the Ohio bar although in the interim he has done important public service in official capacities.
In the period of his early manhood Mr. Campbell gave his political alleg- iance to the republican party but in 1872 united with the democratic party and has since been one of its most earnest and able advocates. He is both brilliant and argumentative in his public speeches on all topics and is never vitupera- tive or intolerant in his disagreements with his opponents at the bar or on the mostrmin. His clear vision regarding the political situation and his ability in discussion, combined with his admitted devotion to the best interests of the state, made him logically a candidate for office and in 1882 he was a demo- cratie nominee for congress. being elected in a strong republican district. He received endorsement of his first term in his reelection in 1884 and again in 1886, and for six years represented his district in the halls of national legisla- tion. In 1889 he was elected governor of Ohio over Joseph B. Foraker and served as chief executive for two years, after which he was defeated by Major William MeKinley and in 1895 by Asa S. Bushnell. In 1906 he was defeated for congress but soon after the clection was accorded recognition of his superior ability as a lawyer through hi- appointment by Governor Harris as one of the commission to revise and consolidate the general statute laws of the state of Ohio. In 1908 the democratic convention nominated him as its candidate for United States senator, instructing the democratic members to be chosen at the November election to ratify the action of the convention by their votes.
On the 4th of January, 1870. Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Mand Elizabeth Owens, a danghter of J. E. Owens, a prominent manufacturer of Hamilton, Ohio. They have four children: Elizabeth, the wife of John Myers Taylor, of Columbus: Andrew O., who married Lillie L. Hudson : Jesse Pryce and James E. Mr. Campbell belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, as well as to the Grand Army of the Repub-
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lie. Of strong integrity and honesty of purpose, despising all unworthy or un- fair means t seenre success in any undertaking or for any purpose or to promote his own advancement in any way, whether politically or otherwise, he has always enjoyed in large measure the good will and trust of the general pub- lie while those who know him personally prize his friendship because of his genial companionship and his personal worth.
CHRISTOPHER BAYER DUFFY.
Christopher Bayer Duffy, purchasing agent for the Hocking Valley Rail- road Company since 1893, has not reached his present position by leaps and bounds, but by that steady progress which results from constantly increasing power that comes through the exercise of one's native ability. He was born in Circleville, Ohio. September 22, 1865, and is a son of James M. and Margaret (Bayer) Duffy. The father was born in Ireland and when a boy came to America in 1858, settling at Circleville, Ohio, where he later engaged in the manufacture of carriages. At the time of the Civil war, although still quite young, he put aside all business and personal considerations and joined Company H of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving for three years. His death occurred in Circleville and he is still survived by his wife, who was born in New York city and is of German lineage.
Christopher B. Duffy was edneated in the public schools of Circleville, com- pleting the high-school course, after which he became connected with the dry- goods business in that city in the capacity of clerk. He remained in that con- neotion nntil 1885, when he came to Cohimbns and for one year was with Green, Joyce & Company. He then became connected with the engineering de- partment of the Pennsylvania lines with headquarters in Cohimbus until 1888, when he was transferred to Pittsburg. On the 5th of November of the same year, however, he returned to Columbus to take a position in the office of the general manager of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company. His efficiency won recognition and approval in his promotion to the position of chief clerk to the president September 1, 1889, and on the 1st of July, 1890, he was made chief clerk in charge of the purchasing department. On Christmas day of 1893 there came to him promotion to the position of purchasing agent which position he still fills. It is one of responsibility, involving a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of trade conditions, so that purchases can be made advantageously and economically. To this end he closely studies the market, and that he has faithfully served the interests of the company is indicated by his continuance in this position for seventeen years.
Mr. Duffy is independent in politics, voting rather for men than for party. A popular member of the Ohio Club, he is now serving as one of its directors and on February 10. 1909, was elected president. He is a communicant of the Catholic church and is a charter member of the Columbus Orchestra, which fact indicates his love for music. He possesses considerable musical taste and talent and has served as an official of the Orchestra Club continuously since its
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