Excerpt from The Songs That Are Unsung

This second school was two miles out from a nice little town where John found a comfortable place 'to board. He planned to walk every school day, out and back from school, and in fact did so. Here he also acted as janitor of the school building, sweeping it in the evening after school was dismissed, and dust ing in the morning before the children arrived. His pupils at this school were largely of German paren tage. Most of the farms in that vicinity were owned by members of a German religious sect. The children were well behaved and intelligent. Their parents wanted their children to learn to speak and to write English as well as German, which was used in the homes, and the children themselves desired to speak the English language.

Teaching in these two schools seemed to stimulate John's desire for more advanced learning. After he had given considerable thought to it, he decided to apply for entrance into the Illinois Wesleyan Uni~ versity located in Bloomington, Illinois. He made application for admission in the fall of 1894 and was admitted to the Freshman Class of that year. He con tinned with his class through four years, and graduated with it in the spring of 1898. During his time at the Wesleyan, he had taken a considerable amount of chemistry training, and this pointed him toward med icine. At the Wesleyan he was invited to join the Sig ma Chi Fraternity, and become a Sig, which he did.

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