Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30


| First Baptist church on September G,
! 1850. As pastor he remained for the
| period of five years. 1t was during the
! period when the country was engrossed
| in Civil War and the chances for
| church advancement were at that
time impraoticable, although under Dr..
| Pepper, the church made a successful
| gain in membership. He'was endeared
| tC. all the parishioners also to the
residents. who were disappointed when
he resigned after five years service
and went to Newton to become Pro-
! fessor of Ecclesiastical History at the
Theological Institution. He also
taught in Upland, Penn. In 1868 he
became Professor of Systematic Theol
ogy at Grocer Theological Seminary,
Chester, Pa, where he remained four
| teen years. After a years studying
he accepted the presidency of Colby
| College and Professor of Moral and
Intellectual Philosophy.
Dr. Pepper succeeded President Rob-
| ms in 1882 and administered affairs
with great fidelity until failing health
compelled MIN TO resign in 1889. Dur
| ing the wears DR.. Pepper was at the
| head of Colby College he developed
| many measures for the Improvement
of work and finances of the college and
! greatly advanced it's reputation. Dur
| ing that time Hon. Abner Coburn,
dying in 1855, bequeathed 100000 to
The college of which he had been
| trustee Tor forty years. Hon. Richard
| C. shannon. who was graduated IN
| 1862, erected in 1889 the brick build
| ing called Shannon Observatory and
/ Physical Laboratory. Pres. Pepper III
| 1885. obtained the establishment of 4
| new professorship of geology and min
| eralogy. to which DR.. w. s. Bayley of
| the U. S. Geological Survey was
| called. DR. Pepper was the originator
| of the plan whereby the students
might have participa ton in the gov
| eminent of the collegiate body. This,
however. was not set in operation un-
| til later.
For almost two wears following the
| resicna ton as president of Colby. he
passed in travelling and supplied liz
| several ,1ulpitS in various parts of the
| State. In 1892 lie again returned to
! Waterville and accepted the chair OF
| Biblical Literature at Colby. holding
| that position until 1900. DR.. Pepper
| received the degree Of DID. from Colby
| i'm 1867 and from Amherst in 1882.
| From Iewisburg University he re-
ceived the degree of LII. d. in 1882
| and from Colby the same degree in
| 1890.
For the past ien years lie has resided
| at his comfortable home on Pleasant
| street Inactive? No. Il am here to
speak for myself" said DR.. Pepper,
Tuesday. and | am not dead by any
| means. Many times he has supplied
| the vacancies in local puipits and al
ways has been associated with the
moral uplifting of the city.
Ami" Grassie Pepper. wife Of Rev.
George y. y. Pepper, was born in
Lcith I,':ratr~ viIla"r. near the castle
| Of I<ildtrr,ir in Aberdeen shire. Scot
Iand. tic daughter pr George Grassic,
| Feb. Il. 1854 Three generations on her
| fathers side lived on tho Mains of
! klldrumic. Her mother was born in
London, and from her earliest recol-
| lection both her parents were active
| in religious work. Mrs Pepper well
remembers, how, when a small girl she
delivered tracts over different parts
of that country for her mother.
The Grassie family came to this
| country when Mrs. Pepper was nine
years of age, and settled in Bolton,
Mass. where Ter uncle held pastor
ate at the odd Hillside" church.
which is now standing She received
her early education in Bolton and
| later entered Mount Holyoke College.
from where she was graduated in 1857.
the same year that DR.. Pepper gradu-
ated from Amherst. In 1860 she was
married to DR.. Pepper
| Mrs. Pepper, since her residence in
this section, has been intimately inter-
ested in tie work of the church, tho
w. c. T.. L. and several other organ
| izations, which are doing work for the
| botterment of the community. Both
she and DR.. Pepper have all their life
as long as they can remember. been
| connected with the church, missionary
work and temperance work.
TO the union four children were born,
| three Of whom are now living. These
are Charles Hovey Pepper of Concord,
| Mass: Jessie Elizabeth, wife of Prof.
| +. w. Padclford of the University of
| Washington. and Annie Hutchinson.
| wife of Prof. Everett w. Varney Of
| Newton, Mass. They also have seven
grandchildren. The children were all
present at the festivities.
DR.. and Mrs. Pepper have for the
past few days received scores of let
ters from old college graduates and
| they were filed as Mrs. Pepper ex-
pressed it. with the springtine of
life No invitations were sent except
to these graduates.