History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 44

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262

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"Diese auf J. Weiss Empfehlung aus dem Englischen uchersetzte Arbeit ist der erste umfassende Versuch, das Zungenreden, das durch die heutige Pfingstbewegung propagiert wird, einer wissenschaftlichen Beurteilung zu unterziehen. Das ganze ist eine treffliche Einfuehrung in das Verstaendnis der religiosen Schwermerei ueberhaupt."-Kirchl. Anzeiger fuer Wuerttbg. August, 1911.

From the French press.

"La partie essentielle et excellente de cette dissertation est dans les deux chapitres qui con- cernent les phénomènes actuels du don des langues et l'explication du fait. Pour rendre compte de ces phénomènes M.M. recourt à la comparaison de l'extase, de l'hypnose; il montre la puissance de la suggestion et combien l'homme est naturellement suggestible."- Alfred Loisy in Revue Critique, No. 29, 1911.

From the Holland press.

"Een zeer belangrijk geschrift, dat de resultaten der moderne psychologie aanwendt om nieuw licht te onsteken over het verschijnsel der Glossolalie. . . . Merkwaardig is de rijke schat van materiaal, die Mosiman hier biedt; belangrijkst echter het volgende hoofdstuk, waarin van psychologisch standpunt uit de verklaring van het spreken in tongen wordt gevon- den in de werking van het subliminaire bewustzijn en de macht der suggestie. Zij, die op het voetspoor van Starbuck, James e. a. in onze dagen zich voor de psychologie van den godsdienst interesseeren, zullen dit boek nict ongelezen mogen laten."-G.A. van den Bergh van Eysinga, in Nieuw Theol. Tijdschrift, No. 2; 9; 2.

"Solide Arbeit, besonnene Kritik und gruendliche Vertiefung in die modernen Analogien zur Zungenrede wird man Mosiman nachruehmen. . . . Die reichen, Z.T. aus eigener Beobachtung von pathologischen Aeusserungen religoeser Ueberreiztheit geschoepften Mit- teilungen von Materialien zur Geschichte des Zungenredens und verwabdter Erscheinungen sowie der Bericht ueber die Versuche der Psychologen, diese Krankheitsformen zn erklaeren, in Kapitel IV-VI verleihen der Studie M's einen bleibenden Wert. . . Mit diesem religioesen Phaenomen sind wir, so wundersam immer wieder inzelnes klingen mag. nunmehr im Reinen."-Ad. Julicher in Deutsche Literaturzeitung, 1913. No. 22.

The American Journal of Theology, in its comment of January, 1911, said :

"American scholarship may well be proud of this excellent piece of work. Originally presented as a thesis at McCormick Theological Seminary, in English dress, it was later, at the suggestion of Johannes Weiss, put into German with some additions, and so published. Despite the very complete bibliography prefixed to the volume, there exists no treatment of the obscure subject of Glossolalia so useful as this of Mr. Mosiman's.

"The disposition of the work is admirable. Chapter I deals with the New Testament conception of the Holy Spirit and its various charismatic expressions. Chapter II discusses all the New Testament references to 'speaking with tongues,' notably Paul's statements in I Corinthians and the Pentecost narrative of Acts. In the next chapter the various interpre- tations of the terms 'glossa' and 'lalein en glossais,' from those of the Church Fathers to those of most recent commentators, are reviewed and discussed.

"Then follows a chapter dealing fully and illuminatingly with a great mass of related material from sources outside the New Testament, from Judaism and Montanism, from the Camisards and Jansenists, from the Irvingites and Mormons, and many other modern sects. So Chapter V discusses the present 'Pentecostal' movement, which began with the Welsh revival of 1904 and spread rapidly over the world, assuming especially notable proportions in Germany and the United States. In Chapter VI is offered a psychological explanation of the phenomena, so far as that is possible, based on the theory of the subconscious or 'subliminal self.' A brief closing chapter demonstrates the essential identity of the New Testament phenomena with those observed in other times and places, and a short appendix of supple- mentary material brings the book to an end.

"The exegetical portions of the work are marked by sound judgment and critical acumen; with the conclusions there can be but slight disagreement. But of especial value is the rich and well-sifted collection of material in Chapters IV and V. For this Mr. Mosiman deserves

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the thanks of all students of the psychology of religion, as well as of New Testament students."

On the 6th of September, 1909, at Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Mosiman was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Probasco Mohan, a daughter of James and Emma (Probasco) Mohan. Her mother was the niece of Henry Probaseo, the well known patron of art and literature who presented to the city of Cincinnati its famous fountain and collected the Probasco Col- lection which is at present in the Newberry Library of Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Mosiman are both very active in the Mennonite church. He joined the church at Trenton, Ohio, in early manhood and was there ordained to the ministry in the summer of 1908. It would be tautolog- ical in this connection to enter into any series of statements showing Dr. Mosiman to be a man of broad scholarly attainments, for this has been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. It is but just to say, however, in a volume that will descend to future generations, that he is also a man of most kindly spirit, of keen insight and warm sympathy. His attitude toward a student is ever one of encouragement rather than of criticism and his strongest efforts are put forth along the line of fostering ability and developing latent powers.

HISTORY OF FREEMAN COLLEGE.

Freeman College (South Dakota Mennonite College) was established and is still largely maintained by the Mennonites of South Dakota. When these people emigrated to this state in the year 1873, and during the years following, their educational opportunities and facilities were very meagre. Soon the more thoughtful among them began to realize the need of edu- cation among their people if they were to maintain their life as a church and fulfill their obligations as citizens. For a number of years the school question was agitated and South Dakota Mennonite College was the result.

Because of its location in the center of the rich farming district settled by the Mennon- ites, the town of Freeman was chosen as the most suitable place of location.

The institution is not under the direct management and supervision of the Mennonite church, but under a corporation consisting largely of members of the various Mennonite churches of South Dakota. Although not under its direct control, it nevertheless hears a vital relation to the Mennonite church in South Dakota. A contribution of one hundred dollars to the college fund secures the right to membership in the corporation.

With the object of establishing an American college of high standard, Freeman College was incorporated December 14, 1900, under the name South Dakota Mennonite College. After the erection of a suitable building the school formally opened in 1903 with two instruc- tors; an additional instructor was added for part of the year and the total attendance was one hundred and nine. The following year there were one hundred and thirty pupils and four instructors. From then on there was a decrease in attendance until it reached its lowest limit in the year 1908-9, when there were but sixty-eight students. This decrease in attend- ance was due largely to the discontinuance of the work in the lower grammar grades. Even beginners were admitted during the first years. The attendance of more advanced students has with some reverses been constantly increasing. In the fourth year a boys' dormitory was built. The courses of instruction have been undergoing constant revision and new courses were added as the need for them arose.

It is at present still largely a secondary school with some work of college grade. Besides the regular Academy there are four-year courses given in normal and commercial work. In 1914 the Academy was put upon the accredited list of secondary schools in the state of South Dakota. The normal department is also recognized by the state and offers courses leading to first and second grade certificates. The commercial department is appealing to the constitu- ency and the music department is also receiving especial attention. The work offered at present is meeting the greatest need of the constituency. As soon as the need arises more advanced work may be given, until the ideals of its founders to make it a full college will be realized.

The institution is under the management of an efficient faculty of seven, with Dr. Eddison Mosiman as president. The endowment fund has been increased by ten thousand .dollars during the past summer and the attendance of advanced students is larger than it

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has ever been. Although the attendance has been but slightly above a hundred, there are good prospects for a decided increase in the near future.

Freeman College aims to be thoroughly Christian, but it by no means adheres to a nar- row sectarianism. It believes that the ideal upon which all education must be based, if it is to be effective, is the ideal of Jesus. While it is making an especial appeal to the young people of the Mennonite faith, it is liberal in its outlook and extends equal privileges to students of other denominations.

L. D. KEPPLE.

L. D. Kepple is known in financial circles of his community as the able young cashier of the Brandon Savings Bank, which institution he has thus served since 1910 and of which he is one of the heaviest stockholders. His birth occurred in lowa on the 1st of April, 1883, his parents being Fred and Laura Kepple, who are now living retired. He acquired his educa- tion in the graded and high schools and also pursued a commercial course at Des Moines.

After putting aside his textbooks Mr. Kepple was identified with banking interests at Whittemore, lowa, for four years and then entered the First National Bank of Salem, that state, as assistant cashier, serving in that capacity for four years. On the expiration of that period he came to Brandon, South Dakota, as cashier of the Brandon Savings Bank and has held that important position continuously since 1910. At that time the deposits of the insti- tution amounted to forty thousand dollars, and the last statement showed deposits of one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars and six cents, and will doubt- less amount to two hundred thousand dollars by the first of 1916. The bank now averages over five hundred dollars deposits for each depositor, it having the largest deposits per capita of any bank in South Dakota. These deposits are all local. Mr. Kepple is one of its heaviest stockholders and has contributed in large degree to its continued growth and prosperity. He likewise deals in real estate to some extent.

On the 1st of June, 1910, Mr. Kepple was joined in wedlock to Miss Margaret Cloman, her parents being Samuel and Emma Cloman, among South Dakota's earliest pioneers, now residing at Salem, South Dakota. Mr. Kepple is a republican in his political views but not bitterly partisan, exercising his own judgment in determining the worth of men and meas- ures before giving them his support. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias. He is fond of motoring and tennis and is a popular member of the Sioux Falls Tennis Association. In all the relations of life his actions have conformed to the highest standards, and he justly deserves the full measure of confidence and respect now entertained for him by all who know him.

J. R. JONES.

For twenty-eight years J. R. Jones has been a resident of Minnehaha county and has been prominently identified with her agricultural and industrial interests. He is a native of Wisconsin, horn on the 2d of March, 1853, and is a son of William and Helen Jones, both deceased. His early education was acquired in the public schools and later he attended a seminary. After putting aside his textbooks he engaged in clerking in a store at Franksville, Wisconsin, for three years, but with the exception of that time has always devoted his energies to farming. For nine years he followed that pursuit in Wisconsin and in the spring of 1887 came to South Dakota, buying one hundred and sixty-four acres of land on section 1, Burk township, Minnehaha county. To this he has added and is now the owner of five hundred and sixty-eight acres, much of which is in a high state of cultivation and improved with good, substantial buildings. In connection with general farming he has given consid- crable attention to the nursery business. Besides his farm property he owns stock in the Farmers' Elevator Company, in the Farmers' Lumber Company and the Dell Rapids Tele- phone Company, all of Dell Rapids. He is a man of good business and executive ability and

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the success that has come to him is due entirely to his own unaided efforts, good manage- ment and untiring industry.

On the 29th of December, 1880, Mr. Jones married Miss Maggie J. Metcalf, a daughter of Joseph and Effie Metealf, of Wisconsin. Seven children blessed their union, namely: Mar- garet M., now the wife of R. Irving; Effie, the wife of O. E. Crom; Nellie, the wife of F. Spencer; William James; John R .; Benny; and Alice M. Four of the children were born in this state and William and John are graduates of the Capital City Business College of Des Moines, Iowa. The family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and by his ballot Mr. Jones supports the men and measures of the republican party. For twenty years he was an efficient member of the school board and for fifteen years has served on the town- ship board, with eredit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.

REV. LOUIS JOSEPH SCHREIBER.

Rev. Louis Joseph Schreiber, of the Eudist Fathers, is the priest in charge of the Catholic church at Woonsocket. He was born July 26, 1872, at St. Anne d'Auray, Brittany, France. His father, Pierre Schreiber, a native of Germany, went to France in 1868 and in 1871 wedded Marie Vigné. Their son, Louis Joseph, pursued his education at Ploërmel, Brittany, and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891. He joined the Eudist Fathers and com- pleted his theological studies at the Seminaries of Vannes and Rennes in Brittany. After his ordination he was sent as professor to different colleges in charge of the Eudist Fathers to teach Latin, Greek and German, till a new field of action was assigned to him by his superiors. He went to Woonsocket on the 4th of September, 1903, and attended the missions in that vicinity until 1914, when he took charge of the Catholic church of Woonsocket in the month of August. With Rev. Schreiber three other Eudist Fathers reside at Woonsocket and have charge of the neighboring missions.

JAMES S. SAULTS.

As mayor of Belle Fourche, James S. Saults gives his best thought and much energy to the affairs of the municipality, believing that efficiency is just as necessary in the conduct of public interests as in the management of private enterprises. He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 8, 1876, his parents being Joseph A. and Margaret (Mitchell) Saults. The father was born in Michigan on the 1st of September, 1850, and the mother's birth occurred in Ohio, on the 13th of January, 1846. Joseph A. Saults accompanied his parents to Iowa when a boy of nine or ten years and after reaching maturity he engaged in farming in the Hawkeye state. In 1888 he emigrated to western Nebraska and located in Cherry county, near Gordon, where he engaged in the stock business, raising eattle principally. He is still following that oceupation, which has proved very profitable.

James S. Saults is the eldest in a family of five children and was given good educational opportunities, graduating from the high school at Gordon, Nebraska, after which he pursued his study in other schools. He attended business college in Lincoln, Nebraska; was for two years a student in the University of Nebraska; and in 1901 was graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Des Moines, Iowa. He assisted his father upon the ranch until he was twenty-five years of age and then became connected with the drug business in Gordon, Nebraska. After two years, or in the fall of 1904, he removed to Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and opened a drug store there, which was immediately recognized as a valuable addition to the mercantile interests of the city. In 1908 he sold the business and for two years represented the Paxton Eckman Chemical Company of South Omaha on the road. At the expiration of that time he purchased his old store and again became a factor in the business life of Belle Fourche. On the 14th of September, 1910, he sold his drug business for the second time. In 1912 he was elected mayor of Belle Fourche under the commission plan of government for a term of five years and finds that his official duties demand the greater part of his time and

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energy. He is making an excellent record as chief executive of his city and has already insti- tuted a number of needed improvements.

Mr. Saults was married on the 7th of June, 1904, to Miss Myrtle Hickerson, who was born in Milford, Nebraska, and is a daughter of William E. and Lonise (Lovett) Hickerson, the former horn in Illinois in 1852 and the latter in Pittsfield, that state, in 1856. Mr. Hickerson, who farmed during his active life, went to Nebraska about 1885 and located near Milford, later removing to Seward, that state. He is now living retired. Mr. and Mrs. Saults have three children: Claud, born December 9, 1906; Margaret, whose hirth occurred on the 13th of March, 1912; and Joseph, whose natal day was the 29th of May, 1913.

Mr. Saults has supported the republican party since age conferred upon him the suffrage and is active in local politics. His fraternal connections are with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, and he is past chancellor in the latter organization. He is recog- nized as a successful business man, a capable official and one who at all times strives to deal justly and honestly with his fellows.

EDMUND COOK.

The business development of Wilmot is attributable in no small measure to Edmund Cook, merchant, banker and farmer. For more than a quarter of a century he was actively connected with the commercial interests of the town and is now president of the First State Bank. He was horn at Wallhausen, Germany, March 20, 1847, a son of Christian and Martha Maria (Roemer) Cook, who were also natives of Germany. The father was horn in 1798, the mother in 1808 and they were married in 1830. Mr. Cook was county treasurer in Ger- many for many years and for three years he served in the army. He was a well educated and broad-minded man and his life was guided by his professions as a member of the Lutheran church. He died in 1873, while his wife survived until 1890.

In their family were five children including Edmund Cook, who attended school near his father's home to the age of ten years and afterward continued his education in the gymnasiumn at Sangerhausen. When his texthooks were put aside he hecame connected with mercantile interests. For a year and a half he was in the army, which he joined as a volunteer, and was on the staff of General Von Barneco, serving during the war with Anstria in 1866. The experience which he had as a Prussian Hussar of the Twelfth Regiment was a notable one. He was a youth of eighteen years when he joined the army and was assigned to Troop I. In May of the following year war broke out between Prussia and Austria and the captain, in need of a secretary, assigned him to clerical duties in his office, where he would often work late into the night, on which occasions the good wife of the captain would bring lunches of sandwiches and coffee and chat with the two clerks while they ate. She learned that Mr. Cook was his mother's youngest child and only son and seemed to have the deepest interest in and sympathy for him. He was soon afterward commissioned to detached duty on the staff of his commander because of his skill in clerical work. On the evening of the last and decisive battle with Anstria, on the 3d of July, he and two other soldiers were given charge of a captured column of transport commissary wagons, Mr. Cook to gnard the rear. He hecame deathly sick as they proceeded and, unable to remain on his horse, crawled into the last of the wagons. The next he knew he was being lifted in a blanket out of the wagon and laid on the stone pavement. When he regained consciousness he found himself in a convent on a cot, while a young officer in a doctor's uniform was trying to force a piece of ent loaf sugar between his teeth. In his lucid moments he begged for water, which was given him only in spoonfuls. He was one of the victims of Asiatic cholera and medical science had not then concluded that water should be given in unlimited quantities. Again he lost con- sciousness and afterward found himself in a great hall containing many cots, from which he saw one after another of his comrades, then dead, heing dragged across the floor and out of the room for quick burial. The days dragged on and at length he managed to make his way out of the room and down the stone stairway. Sitting on the bottom step trying to recover his breath, he was approached by a motherly looking woman, who said: "Sit right there and I will bring you some soup." Then she told him to come each day to the kitchen for soup and he gladly availed himself of the opportunity. At length he was among those who were

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to be transported home. Some delays occurred but eventually he reached home to find that he had been reported dead and that his funeral sermon had been preached in the church and that a monument had heen erected to his memory. When his sixty day furlongh had expired hie reported to his garrison and when he appeared before the officer in charge so great was the astonishment of the latter that he exclaimed: "Why, man, boy, I saw you as dead as a door nail and as black as a nigger!" This he repeated again and again in his astonishment. At length he reported to the captain, whose wife was much concerned over the reported death of this boy to whom she had previously served sandwiches and coffee in the captain's office. Explanations followed and it seems that as Mr. Cook lay on the stone pavement where he had been taken from the wagon some of his former comrades had seen him "as dead as a door nail and as black as a nigger," but life was not extinet and his recovery was brought about in the manner indicated. He returned home with papers as reservist before arriving at the age of twenty-an unusual distinction.

Desirous of perfecting himself in the English language, he at length obtained his par- ents' consent to come to the United States in 1868, permission being given him to remain for a year, but the lure of the new world was upon him and he never returned to Germany as a resident. He spent two years in roaming over the country, engaged in rafting and in work- ing in the pines, while later he traveled for a dry-goods house of St. Paul, remaining upon the road for several years. He entered the mercantile business in Wilmot, South Dakota, in 1882, and for twenty-six years was thus closely associated with the commercial life of the town, being one of the pioneer merchants and foremost business men of the place. On dis- posing of his store he engaged in banking and in the loan business and is now president of the First State Bank, which is capitalized for sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars, has a surplus and undivided profits of eight thousand dollars and average deposits of one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. It is the oldest bank in the county and one of the most reliable in that part of the state. Mr. Cook also owns a farmu of three hundred and twenty acres adjoining the corporation limits of Wilmot and in his business affairs has won sub- stantial and gratifying success.

In 1875 occurred the marriage of Mr. Cook and Miss Martha Brooks, who was born in Redfield, New York, a daughter of Reuben Brooks, who was one of the pioneer farmers of Minnesota. They have become the parents of a son, Arthur Waltemar, who is freight elaim adjuster for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was educated at Dixon College of Dixon, Illinois.

The family attend the Presbyterian church and Mr. Cook is well known in Masonic cir- cles, having taken not only the degrees of the lodge but also of the York and Scottish Rites and of the Mystic Shrine. He has served as master and at all times he exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. In politics he is a democrat and prominent in the councils of his party in the state. He has served as state committeeman for a number of years and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Bryan. He is ever deeply inter- ested in questions relating to the public welfare but has never sought nor desired the rewards of office in recognition of party fealty. On the contrary he prefers to devote his time to his banking interests and his farm and he is now engaged in raising Norman horses. Well directed business affairs have made him one of the wealthiest men in Wilmot and Roberts county numbers him among its most honored and valued citizens. He has never regretted his determination to come to the new world and the spirit of American liberty together with the opportunities of this country so wrought upon him that he never felt a desire to return for a permanent residence although he has visited the fatherland and still feels an attachment for it as the country of his birth.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 44

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920 Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262