Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-26

iscd him u collegiate education. stipu. /
lating that ne should he ready tn enter
college the ensuing autumn. then but
ten months distant With the fcrvrnt
enthusiasm of youth. cncrgizcd by II
lofty ideal the lad studied under the
tuition of n competent instructor. ana
In September. 1874. entered the West
crn Reserve College. then located ut
Hudson. Ohio.
The trucst ambition always develops
with the Richest food and ~. upon the
completion of his sophomore year NJ
the Western Reserve. young Walker
decided tO aim ut the highest mark
to enter old Yale. AMI there complete
his collegiate education. The currlcu.
lum of Yale was then on u much higher
standard than that of the Western Re
serve. but ambition on fire OvcrOlncs
all difficulties. and ~. without vuca.
ton. almost without rest. the young
man. who was even then scoring sig
mi successes. lnbOrcd necessarily ut
the lcrculean task he had voluntarily
assumed. Nothing daunted him.
lie most crcdltnbly passed the rigid
examinations, and IN the fail of 1876 he
entered the junior class of Yale Col.
lcgc.
Two years later. In the fall Of 1878,
NJ the early age of u. he graduated
with high hOnors. officiating as the
president of his class on the historic
class day.
While at Yale. Mr.. Walker was the
special prOtege of President Noah For.
ter. through whose kind offices and his
own achievements. he entered the fac.
ulty of Illinois College. NJ Jacksonville.
III.
During the ensuing two years and
while 81 engaged, he prepared his
younger brother, Mr.. \. II. Walker, tn
enter Williams College. This brother
Is now one of his law partners, resld.
Ing In London. England. In addition tn
all this care and labor. he took up and
pcrsistently pursued the reading of
law.
In 1880 Mr.. Walker came to Chicago,
entering the law office of Grant n
Swift. ms n student. Being without IN
income he paid his way by preparing
young men to enter college.
Six months later he entered the law
office OF Leaning n Thompson, After
pursuing his studies for some eight
months he determined to apply for adj
mission to the bar. but was confronted
with the legal objection that he had not
studied the requisite two years In u
law office. 10 this objection he re-
sponded that, II upon examination he
did not score n credit of ~ per cent
he would cheerfully submit to the hui
initiation of II rejection by the court.
The Appellate Court. then in session
AT Ottawa, H., Judge Pillsbury. pre-
siding, assented 10 this selfimpOscd
condition, examined him, and Mr..
Walker, scoring per cent of ~, justi-
fled his claims, and was admitted to
the bar.
For the twelve succeeding years Mr..
Walker was II member of the law firm
Of Freeman X Walker, and, upon his
partners accession to the bench, the law
ilrm Of Dow, Walker n Innes was
formed, which has been continued for
the past nine years. with offices in the
unity Building, 20 Dearborn street.
In lS!,2 Mr. Walker married Miss
Mande Josephine Dow, the daughter of
The senior member of the firm. and Is
Ill" father of two fine boys. He resides
AT No. 10 Aldlnc Square, in the new
Third Ward, and his home life and Ell
Nir0nmcnts are rs pleasant and desir-
all" as any earthly home could well be-
IL" Il member of the Sixth Presby-
terrain Church and also of the Union
League, the University, the Chicago
Literary and the Hamilton Clubs.
Mr. Walker has ever been n stalwarf
Republican and in local affairs OF gov