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  Alumni Association Dedicates First Issue of The Kentucky Alumnus
fi to William Benjamin Munson, B. S. 1869, First
`j · Graduate of University
ii Sixty years ago this month, the first president around for a college or university at which to con-
  of the University of Kentucky presented to the- tinue his education, he looked toward the Agri-
_ first graduate of the University of Kentucky his cultural and Mechanical College which was just
`· diploma. Sixty years ago is longer than all but a being established in Kentucky at Lexington. Ken-
4 very few of us can remember, still there is today tucky was the home state of his mother and with
  one of the most interested members of our Alumni this to influence him he came to Lexington and
` Association who remembers that day quite clearly. with his brother, Thomas Volney Munson, entered
That man is William Benjamin Munson. He re- the Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
' members that day sixty years ago because he was lege in the first year of its existence.
· that graduate who recieved me first diploma from In those days obtaining a higher education was
the first president of the University of Kentucky. a problem much different from that presented t0_
To Mr. Munson the Alumni Association of the day, He and his brother lived together in qual--
University of Kentucky dedicates this, the first ters that they obtained for almost nothing. They
issue of the newly organized Kentucky Alumnus. did all their own housekeeping and cooking, living
The me of William Benjamin Munson eenid be most frugally all the time They wetked at man- .
woven into 3 most interesting story, With little ual labor every available hour, receiving for their
embellishment his biography could be made into efforts the sum of twenty cents an hour. Still in
‘ a story the like of Which, in the youth of the most that day labor was more plentiful than it is today
of the members of the Alumni Association, played and the hours that they worked barely paid their
a big part in our rear-ling_ His has been a life of expenses. Since both of the brothers had consid-
hardships, work and achievement, both material erable more education than was usual in their home
and spiritual. Beginning his life close to the soil county, they had had some experience in teaching
he has continued close to the soil wresting from in the country Schools. The president of the Uni-
it wealth both monetary and spiritual, As he versity and some of the instructors learned of this
comes to the close of this life filled with activity and the two brothers were offered opportunities
and the will to do things his memory can carry him to teach in their spare hours. Since the pay was
back over the years, living again his early suc- rnore than they received for manual labor they ac-
cesses and failures, causing them to pass before cepted gladly With appreciation, but continued to
his memory’s eye like a motion picture. work as laborers on Saturday and during vaca-
Doubtless at this time he is living over again tions-
` that spring morning sixty years ago when he, 85 The same ambition that brought William Ben-
a young man, received from the hands of the P1‘cS· jamin Munson to Kentucky to educate himself,
· ident of his and our Alma Mater that certificate now urged him on and hastened the day when he
of work accomplished that all of us have worked vrras to leave his mother-*s home Stat€_ He chaffed
for. at the time that was necessary to complete the
William Benjamin Munson was born january 7, education that he thirsted for and soon began to
{ ‘ 1846, on a farm near Astoria, in Fulton county, Il- increase the number of his studies at the Univer-
if linois. On this farm he spent the early years of sity. As a result of this he was able to complete a
— his life, where with his father and brothers he four-year course in three years and to take addi-
ii; ‘ V wrested a living from the soil. His early educa- tional work as well. Besides his regular work
  tion consisted of all that was offered by the county toward a bachelor of science degree, he studied
  F schools at that time. Completing this rudimen- civil engineering, and when he was graduated in
  tary education his father sent him to college for the spring of 1869, in addition to a thorough un-
  one year at Abington, Illinois. derstanding of his scientific studies, aided by a
  He was ambitious and desired further knowl- natural aptitude for mathematics, he was well
edge, so he decided to work his way through col- versed in the rudiments of civil engineering. This
lege and complete his education. In looking knowledge served him throughout his life and was
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V E 6 KENTUCKY ALUMNUS  
l I largely responsible for the opportunities that made scale in Randall and Hutchinson counties, Texas.   -—-
it of him a success. This partnership was dissolved and Mr. Munson  
  r His first work after leaving the University was returned te Denisdn te liVe·  
    I as a laborer. He learned that the Rockford, Rock During this time Mr. Munson met and married Qi
 »   Island and St. Louis Railway was being construct- Miss Mary Ella Newton, of Texas, and to them   _
{ = ed through Illinois and he returned to his native were born six children, five of whom are still  
_   state and began work on the construction of the living. . ·
_   i road. Soon his keen mathematical mind was rec- In 1383 the partnership ef Gunter and Munson
I   egnized and he was Prerneted te the surveying was dissolved and Mr. Munson again actively en- hc
_   e°rPe as a transit rnan With the salary ef $l00 a gaged in his real estate business in Denison. At I m
r meath (fer that day munitleent)- Always alert this time he sent tor his brother, ]. T. Munson, to
i   fer °PP°rtunities» he realized that mere nieney who joined him and they formed the firm of Mun- . ot
¥& ‘   eeuld be made by fdrhlshlhgrillng and bridge son & Brother. The arm continued and in 1915 e
E   timbers to the railroad OH contract. He   his   was incorporated as the Munson Realty Cond- K
   {   i . job as transit man and entered the contracting bus- pany with Williarn ]3_ Munson as its president_ . m
i   iness then and there, realizing Sorne   success Soon after forrning the partnership   his _ W
    _ tram the Venture- brother, Mr. Munson became interested in the in
P     Z Fired again by his colossal ambition and the First National Bank of Denison. He became pres- at
j   blood of pioneers, he nrioved to Texas, the state ld€I’lt of that institution but SOOH tlI'€Cl of tl'1€ COD- Qi
_ ? he was destined to make his hOme_ In 187] he finement and disposed of his holdings in the in- sl
; i Went to Sherman, Texas, where   knowledge of Stlt\.ltl.OI1 and I`éSlgI'1€d as itS pl'€Sld€I`1t. Att€l` l€aV· it
  civil engineering again stood him in good stead. ing the banking business he engaged extensively pi
i . ’ He began in   new location   surveying and l1'1 railroad ll’lV€Stl’I’l€I`l.tS and lat€I` became pI`€Sl· {I']
i ’     . locating land by United States Certificates. Here dent of the Denison and Washitn Raiiread Cnnir if
{ t i   he again became obscessed by his iirst thirst for pany. and of the Sheri'nan· Shreveport and S°uth‘ dl
  ' knowledge and advancement and he took up the ern Railway Cernpany- Mining tellewed this and hi
‘ r study of l3w_ He studied in his spate time and by he organized and headed the Southwestern Coal m
? intensive work during the times when the survey- and llnPr0Venlent C0rnPany Whieh Owned and eP‘ rn
A ing business was slack he soon became familiar €I'at€(l coal l'l'lll‘1€S at COalgat€, Okla. Much of   t(
 _ ° i enough with the law to pass the bar examination life he spent obtaining railroads for Denison and vt
i i 1 and be admitted to the pi-aetiee in Texas_ franchises for the different roads. During this
, When the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Petieti et his hte he Wtete extensively ter ti il
J . began to make arrangements to locate a terminal newspaper edited in Mississippi and else Wrete e¤
  ~ in Texas, he was employed to assist in locating etihsidetehie P°ettY· N
  the site for the terminal. Through his work for In 1905 Mr- Mtlnsdn Organized the Denisdn C0t· ‘
i , this company he became interested in Denison, tdn Mill Cdlnlddny Whieh is still operating sue‘ ti
  2 _ Texas, which was finally selected as the terminal cessfully, with him as its president. He also or- ti
_ i B i V for the railroad. Here he decided to locate and ganized the Sdllthwestern Snrety lnsuranee Cen?  
[ i l establish his home. To this day he has been ac- pany and became its president. At this stage in ti
. ‘ tively and extensively interested in Dneison, its his Career, eleetrie power began te be an irnP°rt‘ ti
 H l progress and welfare, ant factor in every town of any size. With his ti
3  He opened a law and real estate orrree in the ability te grasp aa evvertahlty lust as seen as it a
new town and later. entered into a partnership became, such, he entered the light and power bus- it
with one Jet Gunteie The partnership continued iness and soon became president of the Denison  
I for more than ten years, expanding its interests Light ehti Pewet C°mPahY· _ i
_Q i and holdings until it was one of the largest op- With his adoption of Denison, Texas, as his a
 i i erators in land and cattle in Texas, At the htst home, he became greatly interested in its welfare. I;
ji _ the young firm engaged in land locating for rail- His interest soon grew to devotion and he spent i t.
4 ways, other companies and individuals, holding considerable time and money in its advancement.  
L I United States Land Certificates. They also began He Was instrumental in having two bridges built D d
  to invest in these certificates insofar as they were aeress Red Riyer Whieh dpened uP the trade ter· tl
  ° _ able. In this work Mr. Munson had many inter- ritery from Oklahoma to Denison. Later he oi'-
  esting and unusual experiences with Indians and ganized the Eastland Pdwer and Light C0niPany·
i   the rough frontier characters in the Panhandle of Eastland. Texas, heeerning President of that en- S ii
1 region of Texas, Late; the htm of Gunter and terprise. He afterwards disposed of this holding. t
A  i Munson went into the cattle business on a large (Continued on Page Twenty-two) · C

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. · May is here and June is to follow. will give a fair and friendly valuation of the part
n To the underclassmen this means examinations, the UniVetsitY ei Kentucky has PieYed in their
L- . home and vacations, to the majority of seniors it lives and of its value tn s0eietY§ at least to the
_t i means examinations, graduation and work, while extent Oi Wishing to return to the University at
-1, to the average Alumnus it gydjnarjly means an- C€I'lC3.lI1 COI’I’1l'1’1€I’lC(·.EI'I“1€I`1t tlIT1€S, to I’1'1€€t f0l' 3. few
1_ _ otho; month and angther Summon hours in happy association with men and women
.5 i The Alumni Association of the University of who were aswciated with them as stud€“tS·
1- Kentucky proposes to hold up before each Alum- This year the classes of the years ending in
· nus of this University his own dual character "four" and "nine" and the class of 1927 will hold
is - which may be described on the one side as count- reunions. The attendance at these class reunions
ie ing the dividing line between May and ]une as may not be large this year but the Alumni Asso-
s- another month going in another summer; and the ciation will never stop working and the _Univer-
n- other hidden or unexercised side which could, sity as a whole will never stop hoping for the time
n- should, and it is but a matter of short time until when the interest and attendance manifested at
v- it will awaken to {ind that he pleasantly forms a the University of Kentucky at commencement
ly part of a complex system of hu- time will indicate that the dual
si- man beings who, though they live   -i,‘‘     2Viiiiiii‘   _ _·i, i i’i`i‘ K,   natured Alumnus has disappeared
yr- in various places and are widely   -l»_,,i,,_ 1 .V;_ ZZ]; .·,"·i       and in his place will be found a
;h- diversified in their daily interests,   _»-·     ,   person who pleasurably antici-
nd have to a certain degree a com-     V   ivii Y pates the passing of May into
ml mon past and that is the days,   -:·_=     ._-,   june as the time to return to the
,p- months and years they have spent       _   _A‘V   University of Kentucky.
riis together as students of the Uni-    Q ‘,t_`;t--,.‘-·i,   in stdat that this thiai hattits
nd vérsity of Kentucky.   t_'r E   may disappear from an alumnus,
his As the years pass there is usual-   zpip  . _   ·=ii     it means that he must make a self-
a ly a change in the mental attitude     ,,_.a ;_ t-.·   spptaisemehti t¤ hate his spirit-
ote of studeats towards thsit Alma   ‘i` A `L``      hat tashtat Phvsitai ahti sstiai
Mater-   i;,,   i.»:;   Self before the altar at his inner'
pee _ Universities, as a rule, p as s   god, his conscience, and there to
ue_ through a trying period during   .`;;_::   fairly judge what these sides of
O1__ their early growth and this always  i :__I_   his nature are today and what they
)m_ holds true with alumni associa-   would havebeen had It not been
p in tions. As universities develop,     for' the University of Kentucky.
ig- ildiice biaiikigirooihsndvifhicthiiig cilogidfy DL G‘ Davis Buckmr rdiiiigijstitiidpizagiseisegtreglifxggberii tiiigi
S   associated with the yearly graduating classes and there is Ia direct contact between the alumnus and
)uS_ until a university has reached atcertain age and the University which means mutual improve-
Son the alumni have reached a considerable number, ment. The alumnus has gained a.pr1celess educa-
K there can be no chance for a live interested alumni tion and the University has gained a valuable
_ ~ association. This is true because there is only a asset in an educated alumnus. It certainly does i
his percentage of students, which varies with the dif- not reveal that on receiving a diploma, his contact,
are` ferent universities, who will fairly value the part responsibility and respect for the University has
itat » that the university and the education they received ended.
ieim , have played in their lives and this is the real in- AS an afterthought there is e deep Sense ef
iuilt dicator of the degree of interest they will show in Pride existing in the hearts ef all true Kemuek_
ter- tha u“iV°rSitY as tha Years PaSS· ians which causes them to sing the praises of
ag; And so it is that our University has existed beautiful women, bluegrass, iine horses, sports
;€n_ — long enough to develop a valued history and the and mellowed lmemories of-bygone days. Can
ling' Alumni have reached a state where dependance the Alumnus w1th justice praise these and exclude
'_ can be placed in a reasonably large number who our greatest asset, the University of Kentucky?
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8 KENTUCKY ALUMNUS 8
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Widely Known Chemist and Teacher Dies After Long Illness; U. K. gx
Alumnus Achieves World Wide Fame by Outstanding he
. Work and Discoveries  
` By Marguerite McLaughlin one
,Q Dr. A. S. Loevenhart, who had just passed the and M. College in 1898 and 1899, respectively, and the
i iiftieth anniversary of his birth, died at johns his doctors degree at johns Hopkins in 1903. He us
Q Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Saturday, April 20. remained at johns Hopkins holding the position G9
i} The news of his death came to his family and of associate professor of pharmacology and psy- Pm
g friends in Lexing- siological chemistry We
  ton, th e c i ty in for five years. Since but
Z which he was rear- that time he has wh]
  ed, and was heard _     been professor of Cat'
f with t h e deepest   pharmacology an d par
sense of loss. Trib-   S    Vp,__\ toxicology at th o exc
utes have been paid ,,=,:   —   University of Wis- ex?
him b h sicians       `ii_   consin. In 1910 he I'
· y P Y ’ ‘=.   . .   .
scientists and men _   Vfj i ; ___      married Miss Min- tml
of the more general _   __=‘‘`‘   __._`   nie Goldsmith, Of his
educational ranks .    U   r_._,_      s Chicago. His first A Sufi
and, realizing as . X       an d second child, sou
they do, his tremen-       both girls, died at M6,
· deus werthi h av e   _ ._      -'i`l    " . the ages or 4 and 6 Th·
. been unstinted in i f ,,,     years. His widow Jet
their praise- _   _.-—     :``   _ _i__ .2 I     A and third daughter nat
Sihee tlwse days A ~ i` ii i     K;.   _.....   . Y ·‘‘‘   ;»»; gl; .—-°-   Survive hm gud
wheh hue h hey he r- i   ’”ti     ,  Dr- L¤<=V€¤he“’S U;
smiled alimg Mm " '   A``    ‘‘’‘’· --·· i    , .`.—i: iii .:——.   P‘*‘S°“a1 °°"°Sp°“‘ me-
S“°°t· in L‘”‘i“gt°“·   .-»        S   d°“°° was a s°“”°° wi
called "Dudley" and .   -   ' °   S1 _‘.i,   ·-:_   ~»“_i`   his friends and his
there eat te heeeh at-   a     .   .`—`   :·;; ‘ .~£-‘»  if _._-   .»:¤i‘   phileeephy ef life SS-
tentively to some di-       i··,._     . i»»'.     V.“‘. s,Zi_iVii;g__j·¥¥};ig?  was gg X 4; g P t i Onal, ai
rection and instruc- '     if if     `i(.ii   i`i,_i_, 1   O n e realizes t h e WIS
heh, he hee been e - i . YL ·   .—»   i i ieie     ·*‘_ ¤     suffering he SQ ’
person of interest to   S     I     ie·- ‘   iii   if _`   bravely endured at che
» his fellow towns-   A ‘   _ .`._ , if i A       hi; the death of his the
men. He was grad- .   `·_=. i i   children when this wai
uated with honor in A ‘i$I.·i   V `V · ’ . ., . 1 ‘·ie   excerpt from a let- eva
1894 a n cl entered A   `·   ‘`:‘·   ter of condolence to am
. State Cellege. as it i . .   a beloved friend is uy
» Was tl'1€1'1 called, to » read and ygqggd; S
A i take lip the Study of Arthur S. Loevenhart iq always feel fhat in
chemistry under Dr. the value of life can am
joseph Hoeing Kastle, who to the day of his only be arrived at by taking the sum total of the me
death was Arthur Loevenhart’s guiding genius. joy that the life gave to others and subtracting lah
They were like brothers. The kindly, gentle from that the sorrow that the life gave them. If mei
nature of the older man was reflected in the life we grieve too deeply over the departure of a dear SH
of the younger whose very disposition responded one, it means that we are detracting somewhat the
to the best. His sterling manhood was uncom- from the usefulness of that life. If a man or Syl
' promising in its appreciation of quality. He re- woman has lived a splendid life, giving much eee
ceived his B. S. and M. S. degrees from the A. happiness to others, then when he passes on usa
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  causes an equal amount of sorrow and unhappi- lion dollars. With Dr. Lorenz he carried on this
  ness, the Sum total is zero, and is exactly equal work after the Rockefeller Foundation had dis-
  to that of a miserable characted who gives nothing carded the drug as unsuitable in the treatment of
  but sorrow during his life but, on passing on general syphilis. Their research in this field was
i   gives everyone a sense of relief and gladness that begun shortly after the end of the World War
ij he is out of the way. I always think of life as a and was completed in 1923. Hundreds of persons
si game to be played so as to get the most out of it suffering from paresis, the aftermath of syphilis,
  for those who come in contact with us, our dear have since been cured and have gone back into
Iv ones and ourselves. This means that we must get the world as se1f—supporting citizens.
1   the most out of each day and when one dear to Perhaps the idea over which Dr. Loevenhart
3   ns ieaves» we must School Ourselves to look back was the most enthusiastic was his conception of a
i   on that life as a W¤¤d€rf¤1 blessing to get hap- national therapeutic institute, where new drugs
_ . { Piness and not griei in dwelling on lt· For 8 time and medical treatments could be taken from the
Y ii we are overcome by loneliness and a sense of loss, laboratory stage and tried under practical hos-
e _ but we must resist that and eschew all self-pity pital conditions. Dr. Loevenhart’s enthusiasm for
is i which is so blitirig- Our emotions are such deli- this institute was increased by the knowledge that
{ 1 cate things that they are hard to control and the many institutes are conducted to promote pre-
d ii Partition that seParates our joys and our tears is ventive medicine while little time is devoted to
e `. exceedingly thin and gossamer-like. I speak from curative methods, .
s- experiences, The Mayo Brothers and other prominent medi-
le Having devoted his life to the task of benefit- cal men had endorsed the conception of such