1916 Cedrus Yearbook

19 The Graduating Class of 1899 16 T HEfollowing autobiographies of a portion of the class of 1899 will convey pleasing information to "old Grads" and others who were students at Cedarville College during the early days of its history. Clara Belle Conner,now Mrs.Slonaker,of 1661 E.t0th St.Los Angeles, Cal.; Lida Duval Elder, now Mrs. Wendell M.Black, of Yellow Springs, Ohio; and Isabelle M. Winter of Cedarville, Ohio, were also members of this class of the college. We had hoped to pre- sent photographs of the members of this class, but the pictures did not arrive in time for us to get en- gravings made and at thesame time keep our contracts with the publishers.—Editor MARY LITTLE After graduationI taught one year in Muncie,Indiana. For ten yearsI was assistant to myfather in the City Treasurer's Office, Connersville, Indiana. For two years I was a stenographer and book- keeper. For the last four years I have been at home. I have also done a great deal of work for a num- ber of years as a Notary Public. THOS. R. TURNER After graduation from Cedarvillein the spring of '99,I pursued a four years course in the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating from that institution in the spring of 1903. From the spring of 1903 to the fall of 1906I was pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Idaville,Indiana. From the fall of 1906 to the spring of 1910, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Marissa,Illinois. From the spring of 1910 to the close of the year 1911,ofthe Presbyterian Church at New Texas,Pa.,Presbytery of Blairsville. From the beginning of 1911 to the present, of the Presby- terian Church at Dravosburg,Pa.,Presbytery of Pittsburgh. I married Miss Jennie Morton, December 16, 1903. We have one child living, Brenton Reed Turner,age 7,and one child dead, Robert Morton Turner. CORNELIUS BRUCE COLLINS Since leaving Cedarville I attended and graduated from Colorado State Normal School, Greely, Colorado,in 1899-1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy; in 1904-05Itook my degree of Master of Pedagogy from the same school. The summers of 1909, 1913, and 1915 were spent in post-graduate work at the University of California, and the summer of 1914 at the University of Southern California I married Edith McMullen, of Bonanza, Colo.,on Sept.12,1902,at Haganoy,Bulacan Province, Philippine Islands. We have two children, one ten, the other eight. Exceptfor the time spent in school as a student I have been teaching steadily since December 1897, when I began in a little sod school houseon the prairie at Hartman, Nebraska, teaching in one room country schools in Western Nebraska for fifteen months,and one year at Lucerne, Colo. From 1901-04 I was in the Philippine Islands as teacher of English. In 1902 I was Acting Divi- sion Superintendent of Masbate Province for five months, and in 1903 I was Principal of the Summer Normal Institute in the same Province. Since then I have held the following positions: 1905-06, Principal with two teachers and fifty pupils, at Center, Colo, 1906-07, Principal High School at Buena Vista, Colo., three teachers and fifty pupils. 1907-08, Superintendent of Schools at Buena Vista, Colo.,six teachers and one hundred and fifty pupils. 1908-10, Principal Grammar School at Vacaville, California, six teachers and 160 pupils. 1910-16, In charge of schools at Needles, California, with five high school, two special, and ten grade teachers, and some 430 pupils this year. 80