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parted company the boy was probably
quite as we'll acquainted with the Latin
as the teacher, and then they worked
together more as fellow students than
as master and pupil,
When the lad was 10 or IA. he at
tended 10 the recltatIons OF part OF the
classes and a little later left the dls'
tr.ct school % enter the high school az
Ottawa, eight miles from home. In
the summer he worked on his fathers
farm and an one spring, when help
was scarce" he remained at home, car
rying along his studying as II he were
at school. When examinations came,
he took them with the others Of his
class. and successfully too. His exam.
ination IN solid geometry came one af-
ternoOn when he had ''piOwed' corn TIL
No. after which he walked eight miles
TO ottawa. received and disposed OF
the questions and walked home again.
That he was somewhat Of an eXcep-
ton among the youth OF his locality Is
shown by the fact that he was the only
boy In q class of H. He was chosen
valedlCtoran by his fellow students,
and the preparation and delivery OF the
address were great trials 70 him,
though he has since made an excellent
record I'm the field OF oratory.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.
After the Ottawa high school Mr..
Finley went TO Knox college at Gales.
burg There he worked his way
through. learning the art Of the type.
setter In order 20 be able 10 work In a
local printing office and interrupiing
his course one year TO teach school.
He was graduated from Knox coli
lege in 1851. before which he had won
two noteworthy first prizes as a public
speaker-hrst at am oratorial contest
between his own and six or seven
other colleges. and. second. az an inter-
state contest of the same sort, In which
representatives, OF colleges In Illinois,
Indiana Ohio, Wisconsin Iowa, Min-
nesOta. Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska
and Colorado took part,
After or Just before his graduation
~ compiled and "set up a directory
OF Galesburg IN order 20 earn enough
extra money 10 pay the expenses or a
part OF them OF a postgraduate uni
versity course 40 Johns Hopkins. The
directory was successful but the prof
It's were not large eftngh 10 pay an his
Johns Hopkins bills and he made both
ends meet by reading proof
Aftcrward. while stll at John Hop
klns he was associated with DR.. Rich
ard II. Ely in the preparation OF the
latters well known work on taxa
tiln. One season DR.. Finley read proof
at ChautauQua on the daily published
there In connection with the summer
school and the next he edited the daily
paper issued during the sessions Of the
famous assembly, taking the place Of
Miss Ida Tarbcll. who has since made
a place for herself as historian.
A MAN OF AFFAIRS.
After that ne served for some time
as secretary of the New York State
Charities Aid association. IA the course
Of which service be became very famil-
FAR with the practical working OF legis-
lauves bodies IN 1892, when only o.
he was made president Of Knox col
lege where he remained seven years.
Or. Finley left Knox college TO con-
meet himself wit the Mcclure publish
ing house here and q IS understood
win continue 90 Doe connected with H.
He Is still very much interested in the
welfare Of Knox college.