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The first graduate to "become a college professor was George H. 

 Failyer, class of 1877, who was made professor of chemistry and 

 physics, Kansas State Agricultural College, in 1878. 



The first student to become a college president was William A. 

 Quayle, student 1S79-'80, who became president of Baker University 

 in 1890. 



The first graduate to become a college president was Ernest 

 P. Nichols, class of 1888, who, after a distinguished career as a 

 professor and an investigator, was made president of Dartmouth 

 College June 8, 1909. However, Edward O. Sisson, class of 1888, 

 became director of Bradley Polytechnic Institute in 1897. 



The first graduate to become a regent of the College was 

 William H. Phipps, class of 1895, who was appointed in 1898. 



The first graduate elected to represent his State in the National 

 Congress was Rollin R. Rees, class of 1885, who served from 1911 

 to 1913, being elected from the Fifth district of Kansas. 



The first child of a graduate to be graduated from the College 

 was May Haines Bo wen (now Mrs. Schoonover), class of 1896. Her 

 mother, Emma (Haines) Bowen, is a member of the first class, 1867. 



The first son of a graduate to be graduated was Raymond Haines 

 Pond, class of 1898, son of Belle (Haines) Pond, also a member of 

 the first graduating class, and one of the teachers the first year of 

 the College. 



The first death among the alumni was that of George L. Platt, 

 class of 1878, a brilliant young man who died the same year that 

 he was graduated. 



The first death in the Faculty was that of Prof. N. O. Preston, 

 professor of mathematics and English literature, who died very 

 suddenly, February 14, 1866. "He was present at the laying of the 

 corner stone, and had been a steadfast friend of the institution from 

 the first." 



ATTENDANCE 



The attendance at the College has always been a question of 

 interest, and is in a certain sense an index of the success with which 

 it has appealed to the people of the State as an educational institu- 

 tion. As time passes, students often acquire a wrong impression of 

 the numbers actually in attendance while they were in College, and 

 for the convenience of all, there is included herewith the statistics 

 on this subject as far as they could be ascertained. The record as 

 given for the period from 1863 to 1878 has been collected with con- 

 siderable difficulty, and is published for the first time. The later 

 years have been published in the College catalogue and are taken 

 from it, but the figures have been checked and corrected by the origi- 

 nal publications. 



The- early statistics concerning attendance were not published 



