The Gavelyte, November 1914

10 n !£ GAVELYTE rural scho 1 ·:: of that county and aft rw1rds in ew Galilee, eaver cmmty, Pa., whither his family had removed. Ile entered Greersburg cad my :n t h fall of 1 7 and attEnd d there two years, f1 om which h nt r d Franklin College, ew Athens, Harrison county, 0., in the fan! of 1 < n. Her he was admitt d to the sophomore cla s, and grad– uated in the spring of 1 92, taking second honors. While in colle e he took great interest ,in literary work, in the Philosorphic Litera ry Society, an institution of considera'ble not0 and fame, not only in the colle,ge, but thruout tbat part of the state. As the representative of his society iin the contest of Decem•ber J 891, he won the oration unanimously. Already as a junior h e bad •been teaching as supply teacher, and in his S n io r year he "ac: adm:tted to the Faculty to teach Latin and Greek. Immediately upon graduation he was given a full professo1·– sbilp, to which h e devoted him~elf for two years. In 1894 he was caUed to the Peter Gi1bson chair of Ancient Language and. Philoso1phy in C,;– darville 1 College, then being organized, and here he has remained. He has frequently rec E,: ved nattering offers from other institutions, but 'has consistently relfuserl them. Wooc-te r Univers :ty, where he ha8 been teaching in the Summer School for th8 ,past eight years, has been especially iinsistent that he come there permanently. In 1897 Prof. Mc1Chesney was licensEd to preach the Gospel, and four years later was ordained to the ministry •by the Ohio Presbytery of the Reformed Pres:byterian Church, General \Synod. His services as a speaker ar£-- in ,constant demand, both dn the pu~ 1 pit and out. He ha~ been Moderator of General Synod, the high€st office :n the gift of bis church. When the R. P. Seminary \Was removed to Cedarville, he was made Profe.ssor of Greek, and on the resignation of Dean McKinney two months ago, was appointed Professor of Theology an•d Acting Dean. He lis a·lso iJ)ean of the CoI1ege, and holds the degree o,f IPh. D. from FrankHn College. 'Prof. MicChesney wai:: married July 17, 1895, to Miss Lulu Morton, daughter of Rev. J. F. Morton, D. D. They l1ave one child living, Fran– C€S, a cha:rmling girl four years o'f a,ge. What i2 a success in Cedarville ,College? The Philadelphian Lit– erary Society. All 'Please rem€mber that the Phi!lo Society gives a 1programme once every two weeks in the Philo Hall. Visiitors are wei– come. So come and hear the good programmes, listEn to the music and enjoy the social stpirit of the students. T'he Philo Societ.y has adopted a new feature of entertainment, the extempcraneous sl)eech, wh;ch we think is going to iprove a success. The sveeches given thus far have been very interesting ,md instructive. We might say to the members that 1L behooves each and everyone oi us to <=quip ourselves 1 with a goodly store o•f knowledge on all cur-