New-York tribune., 1908-05-27

The Rev Dr. Edwin Holt Hughes, president OF
De Pauw University. is a widely known educator
in the West. He is native of West Virginia hav-
ing been born at Moundsvtlle December l. 1866
His father Methodist minister. and the son
early decided the same profession HIS educa-
ton was secured in the public schools of his native
state, the preparatory department Of west VIZ
gnia University Iowa College and at the Ohio
Wesleyan University. Between his sophomore and
Junior years he preached in Iowa. being pastor OF
church He took his bachelors degree in 1888
ard then studied the Boston School Of Theology
being graduated with the degree S. T. b in 1892.
He was then pastor OF churches az Newton centre
and Maiden. Mass serving the former four years
and the latter seven. In 1903 he was elected
president of De Pauw University at Greencaste'
Ind which has nearly thousand students and
rropertv worth s. 10000 It has been in existence
half q century. DR.. Hughes is a member of the
Indiana State Board OF Education and trustee OF
the Carnegie Foundation He has been president
of the State Teachers Association Of Indiana The
degree of 5. T. D. has been conferred on him by
Syracuse University and that Of D. D. by Ohio
Wesleyan. He Is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa
and Delta Tau Delta fraterntties.
The Rev Dr. Wilson Seeley Lewis has been pres
dent OF Morningside College, at Sioux City, Iowa.
since 1897. He is native of St. Lawrence County.
y. Y. having been born at Russell on July II.
1851 His education received at St Lawrence
University, Canton. \. Y. and az Cornell Col
lege at Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he took his
bachelors degree in 1880. He taught for time IN
public schools in Iowa and then entered the minis
try of the Methodist Episcopal Church After serv-
ing few years as a pastor he returned to educa-
tional work and became principal Of the EpV-orth
Seminary. at EpUorth. Iowa, in 1885 and remained
there until elected president of Morningside Col
lege This is a Methodist Episcopal institution.
founded in 1894 and now has four hundred and
eighty students faculty of thirty-seven and prop
erty valued at $4,000. DR.. Lewis received the
honorary degree of A NJ. from Cornell College and
that of .. D. from Upper Iowa University.
The Rev Dr. Robert Mcintyre. clergyman and
author is of foreign birth. selkirk. Scotland, being
hs native place. He born November 20.
1881 and was brought 10 this country by his parents
when seven years old. They settled in Philadelphia.
where attended the public schools for ten years
After deciding a college career and earning
money for the purpose he attended Vanderbilt
University at Nashville Tenn, from which he vas
graduated in 1877. He was married the same year.
and in 1878 ordained 10 the ministry Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Jacksonville, HI
He has been pastor Of churches at Easton. Mar
shall Charleston and Urbana, Ill. and Chicago
and Denver. and for several years has had charge
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Los
Angeles Denver University conferred on him the
degree Of D. D. DR.. Mcintyre has wide reputa-
ton as pulpit orator of power. He is the author
Of two volumes Of poetry, AT Early Canole Llgnl
and "A Modern Apollo.
The Rev Dr. Frank NJ. Bristol is perhaps best
ton which President Mckinley attended when he
was the occupant OF the White House DR. Bristol
is native Of this state. and was born in Orleans
County on January T. 1851 His parents went West
in his youth, and he educated in the public
schools of kankakee Rockford and Galena. Ill,
and entered Northwestern University, at Evans
ton from which he graduated in 1877 with the
degree OF Phi. 3. He also received the degrees OF
NJ and D. D. from the same institution. He
was ordained TO the Methodist ministry in Chi
caeo and was In succession. under the rules OF
the Church pastor of the Trinity, the Grace and
the Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal churches
and Of the First Church Of Evanston In 1893 he
went TO Washington pastor OF the Metropolitan
Church where he has since remained. the time
limit of pa storates having been removed. He has
been Eve times a member of the General Confer
ence and is the author of ''Provfdenttsl Epochs,
THE Ministry Of Art Shakespeare ard Amer
lea etc. He is regarded as one OF the most elo-
ouent preachers In the national capital and is in
great demand as srt.r-dinner speaker. Several
months ago DR. Bristol narrowly escaped death
while praying Sunday morning service when
a large piece Of the high ceiling over the pulpit
fell on him. inturing him to such extent that
n. WAS confined his home about month