GRADUATES CLASS OF 1gI11 287 

Potomac Area; during November and December of I9II on 
Natural Bridge Area; from January to April, 1912, on Georgia 
Area; and from May, 1912, to the present time on Shenandoah 
Area, Maryland. 
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
John W. Spencer 
Business address, Garniers, Fla. 
Home address, Emporia, Kans. 
John William Spencer was born December 4, 1887, in Cawker City, 
Kans., the son of Samuel Schaffer Spencer, a lawyer and formerly 
county attorney of Lyon County, Kansas, and Ida Florence (Zimmerman) 
Spencer. His father is the son of a Methodist minister and was born 
in Columbus, Ohio, being of German and Irish ancestry. His mother 
was born in Springfield, Ohio, and is of German descent. He has three 
sisters: Dorothy Spencer, a graduate of the Kansas State Normal School, 
Ruth and Louise Spencer; and two brothers: Robert and Ober Spencer. 
In 1909 he received the degree of B.A. from the College of Emporia, 
where he was manager of the college paper and annual and was a member 
of the debating team for three years. 
He was married April 28, 1912, in Cawker City, Kans., to Miss Blanche 
Olive Higley of Cawker City, daughter of Curt Mason Higley and Etta 
(Mayer) Higley. 
Upon graduation from the Yale Forest School Spencer entered 
the United States Forest Service as forest assistant. He writes: 
“Was engaged in cruising timber and surveying on Carson 
National Forest, New Mexico, during the summer and fall of 
1911. Since then have been permanently assigned as assistant on 
Florida National Forest.” 
In politics he is a Progressive Republican. He served two 
years (1906-07) in the Kansas National Guard and is a member 
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
Louis R. Stadtmiller 
Business address, Bureau of Forestry, Manila, P. I. 
Home address, 429 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Conn. 
Louis Roemmer Stadtmiller was born January 29, 1887, in New Haven, 
Conn., the son of Henry Roemer Stadtmiller, who took a special course 
in the Scientific School in 1879-80, a mechanical engineer, and Alice M. 
