Among the stuff I've found in the family archives that I acquired after my dad died is a very beat-up red hardbound book. On the front it says "McPherson College, McPherson, Kans." No date is given. The first page (loose) is a photo of Sharp Hall and "old Fanny" (Fahnestock Hall); nothing on the other side of the page. The first bound page is page 49, and the last is page 92. The first section on page 49 is a chart of what classes to take Fourth Year, etc. Then follows the kind of stuff you'd find in a college catalog--descriptions of various departments and the courses offered. Included is a photo of Miss Jessie Ullery, teacher of Elocution and English Lierature, and there's a letter of recommendation about her from Mary A Blood, President, Columbia College of Expression, Steinway Hall, Chicago. (If Miss Ullery belongs to your family, it's a very interesting letter.) Another page has photos of Furman R Cline, M.Acct., Shorthand class, and Basketball team. The section on the Penmanship Department pays tribute to the department's principal, Mr. S B Fahnestock. An interesting side note is that "Tuition in the Bible School is free," which somehow translates to being one-fourth regular tuition. The last part of this book is a listing of McPherson College Alumni and (my guess) current students. The listing of alums doesn't perfectly agree with the listing in more recent Mac Alumni Directories, mostly because in this undated directory, graduates were divided by majors. I do not see a listing for 1890 in the older book. 1891's listings show only 3 persons, all of them majoring in Academics, and all 3 appear in the more recent directory listings for 1891, but the recent directory has 25 for that year, and I assumed they majored in something else that I would find later with another major. The three who appear in both lists are: Class of 1891: Harrison W Miller, Hinton, Okla. (listed in both books) Theodore Sharp, Winnebago, Neb. (listed in both books) Mary Kuns-Kleppinger, Herington, Kansas. (listed in both books) So what comes next surprised me. 1892 Academics lists 6 alums: Hattie Yoder-Gilbert, Los Angeles, Calif. Myrtle Miller-Netzley, Pickerell, Neb. Effa Kuns-Sharp, Winnebago, Neb. (listed in both) Samuel J Miller, McPherson, Kan. Maurice Sharp, deceased, McPherson, Kan. (listed in both) Sue Slusher-Saylor, Ramona, Kan. (listed in both) There are lists for 1895 (Arts & Academics), 1896 (Arts & Academics), 1897 (Normals), 1898 (Arts, Normals, Academics), 1899 (Master's Course A M & Bachelor's Course A B, plus Normal, Academic), 1900 (Normal, Academic), 1901 (Bachelor's, Normal, Academic), 1902 (Master's, Bachelor's, Normal, Academic). It is this 1902 listing which may tell me what year the book was published, but we may have another gap in pages, missing page 83-84, unless it's one of those loose photo sheets. Alas, I think it probably listed the juniors and seniors for whatever that year was, because page 85 begins with Sophomore and Freshman, then goes on to First Year and Second Year Normal students. This list, incomplete though it is, is very interesting to me because it is the only thing I've found to indicate that my grandma, Eleanor Slawson, took her Normal training at McPherson. Her name appears in the book twice, the second time as Eleanor Slosson. And, surprisingly, her little brother's name appears on page 91 as "Harry Slawson," a special student. I am still trying to find out when the Slawsons became identified with the Brethren, but Grandma could have gotten her Normal training at many places closer to McLouth. I could post these names if anybody's interested. Jan