The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-12

at his home. DIR. Gunnison said he
would probably accept the presidency
of the university, but would prefer to
let his parishioners know of his deci-
sion before making it public.
He was rendered the appointment
after the meeting of the trustees, and
asked time to consider it and also to
make his decision known to the mem
bers of his parish.
At the time he was previously asked
to accept the office of president, the
university was divided into two de-
partments, letters and science and
theological, with separate heads, but
this year both have been united, and
now it is proposed to have DR.. Gunni-
son as president of the consolidated de-
partments.
DR.. Gunnison will make his decision
known to his parishionerS in a short
time and there is little doubt but that
it will be the acceptance of the presi-
dency of his alma mater,
He has been pastor of the First Uni
versalist Church of this city for more
than 10 years, and If he decides to ac-
cept the position offered. it will be
loss to his parishioners and to the peo-
pie of Worcester who know him, that
will be hard to fill.
Rev. Almon Gunnison, d. D.. was
born in Hallowell, Me-, March 2, 1S4t
His father, Nathaniel Gunnison, ma
tive of New Hampshire, was a clergy
man in the church of the Universalist
faith, and his mother was the daughter
of an East India sea captain, Freeman
Foster, of Brewster, Cape Cod. He at
tended Dalhousie college, a preparatory
school, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and af-
&Nrward the Green Mountain institute,
of Woodstock VT, going from there to
Tufts college, Medford, Mass, for col
legiate instruction, and was graduated
in theology from st. Lawrence univer-
sity in 1868.
The same year he was married to
Miss Ella Everest at Canton, New York,
where she lived with her parents. Two
children have entered the happy cou-
pies home, Fred e. and Lulu A. A
brother of the doctor, Walter B. Gunni-
son, is principal of Brooklyn public
schools. and president of the New York
Teachers association, which has a
membership of 10000. The copy books
used in Worcester schools We're gotten
up BY him. Another brother, H. f. Gun
nison Is business manager of the
Brooklyn Eagle.
DIR. Gunnison first settled in Bath Me-,
Immediately after his marriage, and re-
NAMED there three years. At the end
of this time ne was cdll6u 10 All SOUS
church. Brooklyn, where he has labored
earnestly and with marked success for
ia years What he has done for that
church can be best told by Benjamin
w. Wilson, superintendent of All Souls
sunday school, who says, in an address
delivered at a reception given for the
purpose of enabling the people of his
church to express their sincere appre-
Citations of his labors; You came with
ia n
on Fourth street, with a debt of $1,000.
We well remember that enthusiasm
with which you began the work and
paid the debt. Then you took hold OF
The work Of building new church, with
but little encouragement at first, not
from lack of interest, but for want of
faith In it's accomplishment In a short
time however, you had the money for
the lot. Then, with a perseverance
equal to the task, we We're planted la
these buildings, with a property cost
ing $4,000. strong, influential Chris