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"Muskingum College, Ohio, has conferred the degree 

 of 'Doctor of Divinity' upon Dr. James E. Shepard, the 

 popular president of the National Religious Training 

 School, Durham, N. C. 



"While Muskingum is one of the smaller colleges, 

 it is regarded as one of the truly great colleges of the 

 country. It has sent out a host of notable men, who 

 have made their impress upon the intellectual life of 

 the nation and whose constructive labors have done much 

 to advance the general good. Among the alumni of this 

 college may be mentioned the late President Harper, of 

 the Chicago University; Dr. Moorehead, dean of the 

 Xenia Theological Seminar}^; Dr. Lawrence, Mr. Bryan's 

 pastor; Dr. McClenahan, pastor of the wealthiest Pres- 

 byterian church in Pittsburgh; and a host of others. It 

 boasts of the fact that 55 per cent of the male gradu- 

 ates of this college are either in the ministry or the 

 missionary work of the world. 



"Dr. Shepard is the only colored man to be honored 

 with a degree at the hands of Muskingum College, and 

 the vote in the faculty was unanimous." 



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Dr. A. Shepard had. such a profound rever- 

 ence and esteem for an able ministry, he named 

 his second son Charles Haddon, for the great 

 London divine, Charles Haddon Spurgeon. He 

 was born in Kaleigh, N. C, November 21, 1876. 

 He attended the public schools of Ealeigh, the 

 Shiloh Institute of Warrenton, xsT. C, and Shaw 

 University, Raleigh, N. C. He graduated from 



