The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

SONS OF VERMONT.
A SON OF BRATTLEEORO.

A son OF BRATTLEBORO.
4 Leader In Theological Thoughts.
The Congregationaist has begun
series of articles on "Thc Histori
Creeds'' by Prof. Wiliston Walker,
native Of Brattleboro, son of Rev. DR.
Geo. L. Walker and now Waldo pro
fessor Of Germanic and Western Churcl
History in Hartford Theological Sem
mary. Giving portrait of him OF
! the cover, the Congregationalist says
"Prof. Williston Walker belongs dis
tinctivcly to the younger generation
| of men who are to-day shaping ant
lcXtending American Congregation
Iaisni. Though he has but recent,
passed his Both birthday, he has by
thorough and brilliant work in The
field of scholarship and by the single
ness and force of his moral and Clrls.
tian purpose. earned the respect ano
admiration of a large and increasing
number of experts throughout the
country. His collegiate course at Am
hcrst college and his seminary training
at Hartford were supplemented by in
Istructicn in Germany from which he
returned to teach at Bryn MawI and
then to take up his work at Hartford
seminary. To this he is now giving
the entire energy Of "A nature that
loves study for its own sake and that
is so peculiarly gifted with the power
to impart to others the knowledge he
has acquired and the habits of study
through which such knowledge is
attained. Professor Walker has also
won distinction as an author, his most
notable publications thus far being,
"Crceds and the platforms of Congre-
gationalisn. and "The history Of
Congrcgationaism, which appeared in
the series on different denominations
published by the "Christian Literature
Go.
son of BrOokline,
Prof. W. Il. Stickney a son of Brook
line. brother of G. p. Stickney of that
place and now one of the leading s1ien-
lists of the University of Michigan,
gave lecture the other evcping there
on "Nikola Tesla, and Three Re
cent Marvellous Discoveries in Elec
tricity and the Ether, which the
Courier of the city describes as "re
for its depth of thought which
was taken from science, history, poetry
md philosophy. He entered into the
mysterious field Of natures laboratory
If reserve energy and made prophecies
IF future glory for the worlds needs
n light. heat and mechanical power. =
Prof. Stickney, who has now been at
Ann Arbor for Il years, prepared pub |
ic lectures upon electricity and other |
cicntifc subjects y years ago, as
principal Of Massachusetts high |
chool Born and bred upon our Yer
mont hills, a graduate Of An herst and |
arning all the money for his educa
ion, 'he was in the Union service for
our years. acting under President Lin
oln's special direction though Gen.
tanks, as superintendent OF the organi-
alton in New Orleans of the first pub
C colorcd schools ever organized there
+ in the United States, and acted as
uperintcndcn of the same nearly
40 years, ana induced Gen. Banks to
ytend the schools all over the state Of
ouisiana, resulting in employing OYER
No teachers and in enrolling 40 900 I
)lored children as pupils. This was
, 1868 after Port Hudson, Nicks-
urg and Gettysburg, but before Pitts
urg Landing, Chattanooga. The
'ilderness, Sherman's March to the
ia. and two and half years before :
lie final surrender of Lee. as the
suit Of his Success as superintendent :
above stated. ii was appointed to I
prominent position after the war, |
olding it for seven years and then re- $
rning north TO continue his distin-
lished educational work. c