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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
Each one had a written sermon. We therefore recommend that they be excused from further
examination. J. W. Howe, A. M. Evers, and J. E. Whitesell for the Committee. The name of J. N. Fries
[among others] was referred to the Committee on Elder’s Orders.
Report of the Committee on Elder’s Orders (p. 12). The following report was adopted: We
your Committee on Elder’s Orders beg leave to submit the following. We carefully examined Bro. J. N.
Fries [among others], according to the Discipline, and found them well prepared. They rendered entire
satisfaction to the Committee, and [we] recommend their ordination. J. W. Kiracofe, William Beall, and
C. I. B. Brane, the Committee.
Report of the Committee on Education (p. 6). Resolved, (1) That we recognize in Union
Biblical Seminary a power for good in our Church, and that we will do all we can consistently in
procuring students for it. (2) That we express our satisfaction with the faculty of that institution and the
course of instruction; and that we accept the assessment made by the Board of Education, and are
pleased to have Bro. Hippard, its agent, among us. (3) That we are pleased to hear of the prosperity of
Lebanon Valley College, and are glad to have President DeLong with us. (4) That a committee be
appointed to confer with the authorities of Lebanon Valley College respecting the disposition of the
funds secured by Bro. Keedy as agent for that institution. (5) That a committee be appointed to audit the
accounts and reports of Revs. D. D. Keedy, Agent, and A. J. Harp, Treasurer, of the Educational Fund.
(6) That a committee be appointed to visit Shenandoah Seminary at its closing exercises in June next
year. J. N. Fries.
Shenandoah Seminary Catalog, 1877-78.57 Staff: Rev. A. P. Funkhouser,
Proprietor, History and Mathematics; Rev. J. N. Fries, A.B., Principal, Latin, Greek, and
Sciences; Miss Ida Funkhouser, Primary Department; Miss Anne Baer, Instruments and
Music; William C. Funk, Vocal and Instrumental Music; Rev. J. W. Howe, Securing
Agent; Mrs. E. M. Shipman, Matron; and John H. Hoffman, Janitor. Examining and
Visiting Committee: Rev. J. K. Nelson of Martinsburg, Rev. W. O. Grimm of
Rohrersville, Md., and William Wheeler, M.D., of Boonsboro, Md.; Rev. W. T. Price of
Mt. Clinton, Va.; Elder John Coffman of Rushville, Va.; and Rev. J. E. Hott, Long
Glade, Va.
Students for 1877-78 (those four becoming U.B. preachers are highlighted here and elsewhere with
underlining): Benjamin F. Akirs, Mollie Akirs, Jerome R. Baer, William R. Berry, Andrew D. Bertram, John M.
Bolton, Annie M. Burtner, Hattie N. Burtner, Johnson A. Burtner, Katie Burtner, Mary V. Burtner, Samuel C.
Burtner, Virginia G. Burtner, Susie Devier, Sue M. Fleisher, Lucy Frankim (Mrs. W. G. Keiter), Wildie Frankim
(Mrs. Davis Whitesel), Maggie Fries, Ratie A. Fries, William O. Fries, Alice F. Funkhouser, Etta F. Funkhouser
(Mrs. A. E. Andes), Ida F. Funkhouser, Luther G. Funkhouser, Newton E. Funkhouser, Lillie F. Hedrick, Arbelan
L. Hoffman, John H. Hoffman, Sylvester J. Hoffman, Abram M. Horn, Reuben B. Horn, George P. Hott, A. Belle
Howe, Fannie B. Howe, G. Statton Howe, Lattie J. Howe, Nannie E. Howe, Arbelan Huffman (Mrs. Harp),
Mellie Kagey, Preston J. Lawrence, Alice M. Long, Benjamin F. Long, Charles H. Long, Charles D. Loose,
William B. Obaugh, Snively S. Peterson, Mary E. Piper, Gertrude Pollard (Mrs. McGloughlin), Reese Pollard,
H. C. Reynolds, E. C. Rolston, Andrew L. Shrum, Mary S. Shrum (Mollie S. Shrum), Samuel H. Snell, Alice
Thompson (Mrs. John Byrd), Sallie Thompson, Solomon Thompson, Willie Thompson, Alice V. Whitesel (Mrs.
Luther Rogers), Lucy B. Whitmore, Sylvester K. Wine, Edwin R. Wise, and Lulu Wise.
Location—Shenandoah Seminary is located at Dayton, Rockingham County, Va., a pleasant and
healthful village, 4 miles southwest of Harrisonburg. It has daily communication with the railroad.
There are no saloons or other low places of resort. Buildings and Grounds—The Ladies’ Boarding Hall
is a large brick structure, pleasantly arranged. Two of the recitation rooms are in this building. The
57 First Annual Catalogue of the Shenandoah Seminary, 1877-78. Dayton, Ohio: U.B. Publishing House, 1878, pp. 3-12.
Reports 1879 102
Each one had a written sermon. We therefore recommend that they be excused from further
examination. J. W. Howe, A. M. Evers, and J. E. Whitesell for the Committee. The name of J. N. Fries
[among others] was referred to the Committee on Elder’s Orders.
Report of the Committee on Elder’s Orders (p. 12). The following report was adopted: We
your Committee on Elder’s Orders beg leave to submit the following. We carefully examined Bro. J. N.
Fries [among others], according to the Discipline, and found them well prepared. They rendered entire
satisfaction to the Committee, and [we] recommend their ordination. J. W. Kiracofe, William Beall, and
C. I. B. Brane, the Committee.
Report of the Committee on Education (p. 6). Resolved, (1) That we recognize in Union
Biblical Seminary a power for good in our Church, and that we will do all we can consistently in
procuring students for it. (2) That we express our satisfaction with the faculty of that institution and the
course of instruction; and that we accept the assessment made by the Board of Education, and are
pleased to have Bro. Hippard, its agent, among us. (3) That we are pleased to hear of the prosperity of
Lebanon Valley College, and are glad to have President DeLong with us. (4) That a committee be
appointed to confer with the authorities of Lebanon Valley College respecting the disposition of the
funds secured by Bro. Keedy as agent for that institution. (5) That a committee be appointed to audit the
accounts and reports of Revs. D. D. Keedy, Agent, and A. J. Harp, Treasurer, of the Educational Fund.
(6) That a committee be appointed to visit Shenandoah Seminary at its closing exercises in June next
year. J. N. Fries.
Shenandoah Seminary Catalog, 1877-78.57 Staff: Rev. A. P. Funkhouser,
Proprietor, History and Mathematics; Rev. J. N. Fries, A.B., Principal, Latin, Greek, and
Sciences; Miss Ida Funkhouser, Primary Department; Miss Anne Baer, Instruments and
Music; William C. Funk, Vocal and Instrumental Music; Rev. J. W. Howe, Securing
Agent; Mrs. E. M. Shipman, Matron; and John H. Hoffman, Janitor. Examining and
Visiting Committee: Rev. J. K. Nelson of Martinsburg, Rev. W. O. Grimm of
Rohrersville, Md., and William Wheeler, M.D., of Boonsboro, Md.; Rev. W. T. Price of
Mt. Clinton, Va.; Elder John Coffman of Rushville, Va.; and Rev. J. E. Hott, Long
Glade, Va.
Students for 1877-78 (those four becoming U.B. preachers are highlighted here and elsewhere with
underlining): Benjamin F. Akirs, Mollie Akirs, Jerome R. Baer, William R. Berry, Andrew D. Bertram, John M.
Bolton, Annie M. Burtner, Hattie N. Burtner, Johnson A. Burtner, Katie Burtner, Mary V. Burtner, Samuel C.
Burtner, Virginia G. Burtner, Susie Devier, Sue M. Fleisher, Lucy Frankim (Mrs. W. G. Keiter), Wildie Frankim
(Mrs. Davis Whitesel), Maggie Fries, Ratie A. Fries, William O. Fries, Alice F. Funkhouser, Etta F. Funkhouser
(Mrs. A. E. Andes), Ida F. Funkhouser, Luther G. Funkhouser, Newton E. Funkhouser, Lillie F. Hedrick, Arbelan
L. Hoffman, John H. Hoffman, Sylvester J. Hoffman, Abram M. Horn, Reuben B. Horn, George P. Hott, A. Belle
Howe, Fannie B. Howe, G. Statton Howe, Lattie J. Howe, Nannie E. Howe, Arbelan Huffman (Mrs. Harp),
Mellie Kagey, Preston J. Lawrence, Alice M. Long, Benjamin F. Long, Charles H. Long, Charles D. Loose,
William B. Obaugh, Snively S. Peterson, Mary E. Piper, Gertrude Pollard (Mrs. McGloughlin), Reese Pollard,
H. C. Reynolds, E. C. Rolston, Andrew L. Shrum, Mary S. Shrum (Mollie S. Shrum), Samuel H. Snell, Alice
Thompson (Mrs. John Byrd), Sallie Thompson, Solomon Thompson, Willie Thompson, Alice V. Whitesel (Mrs.
Luther Rogers), Lucy B. Whitmore, Sylvester K. Wine, Edwin R. Wise, and Lulu Wise.
Location—Shenandoah Seminary is located at Dayton, Rockingham County, Va., a pleasant and
healthful village, 4 miles southwest of Harrisonburg. It has daily communication with the railroad.
There are no saloons or other low places of resort. Buildings and Grounds—The Ladies’ Boarding Hall
is a large brick structure, pleasantly arranged. Two of the recitation rooms are in this building. The
57 First Annual Catalogue of the Shenandoah Seminary, 1877-78. Dayton, Ohio: U.B. Publishing House, 1878, pp. 3-12.
Reports 1879 102
