Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-06

OF service. Judge Johnson, leader
of the old opposing faction, is now
Senator Sprouts close friend, and
Sproul has unbounded admiration
for and confidence in Judge john
son, whose like" he says, you'll
V see again."
With all of his business and pol
itical activities, Senator Sproul has
found time to pay a great deal of
attention to farming. He was born
on a farm and he has been close
to the soil all his life.
Senator Sproul has big farms, and
while he has had the experience
and is capable of doing the actual
farming himself, he employs mtn
to do the actual work.
Real farmers of the country
round about know that Sproul is one
of them. He is as proud, if not
prouder, of his membership in the
Brookhaven Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, as he is of his many
connections with some of the most
important clubs and organizations
in the country.
Throughout his legislative career
Mr.. Sproul has shown sympathy
with all movements tending to inn
prove conditions for farmers. With
him the idea that the farmer is too
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~obsession. He was largely instru-
mental in having established the
Bureau of Markets in this state,
which does such excellent practical
work in making easier and more
profitable the marketing of farm
products.
Lives on Farm
Mr.. Sprouts place in Neither
Providence, outside of the city of
Chester and within sight of the
swarmiing activity of that busy in
dustrial center, is a farm. He has
1873 acres there, about twenty of
within which sets the historic and
beautiful old mansion which Mr..
Sproul has developed into one of
the most interesting country houses
one might find in a long search.
The remainder of it, almost 10
acres of beautiful land, is devoted
to raising grain and dairying.
Senator Sproul is greatly interest
ed in Swarthmore College, his alma
I mater, and has been active on the
Board of Trustees there for many
years. A few years ago, upon the
twentieth anniversary of the gradu-
alton of his class, he furnished the
funds to equip the observatory at
Swartmore with astronomical ap-
paratus and with one of the best
telescopes in the East. The tele-
scope, of tw~enty-four inches aper-
ture, is widely known, and the
Sproul Observatory, under the di-
rection of Professor John A. Miller,
is famous for it's determinations.
This year an expedition from the
Sproul Observatory made very sue
cessful observations of the total
eclipse of the sun, a point in Colo
RADIO being the headquarters of the
party.
In 1912 Franklin and Marshall
| College, in Senator Sprouts native
county of Lancaster, gave him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
This year he was similarly hon
ored by Gettysburg College.
Senator Sproul is president of the
Chester Shipping Company, Ohio
Valley Electric Railway, Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming Valley Rail-
road, and General Refractories
Company. He is a director of the
Commercial Trust Company, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company, the Penn Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company and
of several other banks. He is a
director of the Pennsylvania School
for Feeble Minded Children at
Elwyn and is a member of many
clubs. He is president of the Union
League and a member of the Penn
~sylvania Historical Society and
chairman of the Pennsylvania His
torical Commission.