Download or read book The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Vol. 8 written by Oberlin College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Vol. 8: March 1912 Leonard Fletcher Parker, preacher, teacher, soldier, was one, Of the immortal company of men which Oberlin early sent out as winners of the West. Born in central New York in 1825 of Puri tan and Revolutionary stock, he reached Oberlin thirteen years after it was founded with in his pocket. He began in the prepara tory department and eight years later graduated from the Seminary with $100 saved up, whereupon he married his classmate, Sara Pearce, the same year, 1853. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.