MY BOY PUPIL OF TEE 1860s now, 1931, D.D-. , 11. D. etc. 
When in my school teaching days in Ohio, I taught 
the District School known as rT Science Hill" near the town 
of Cadiz and within one-half mile of my father's home, I 
had a pupil, a slender hoy of perhaps ten, Melvin Grove Kyle, 
whose father had a small farm and operated a saw mill in the 
Creek Yalley down the plank road below the school. He was 
not as yet of any particular promise and I lost trace of him 
on the day my service ended. 
Years later, after I had made my place in the world, 
and not having heard from Melvin for at least forty or fifty 
years, I came across his name in some publication as the Rev. 
Melvin Grove Kyle, D.D., 11. D., President of the Xena Theologi- 
cal Seminary of St. Louis, Missouri. I wrote him and had 
the pleasure of a reply and the opening of a correspondence 
that lasted for many years resulted. His various publications 
on explorations in Palestine and elsewhere are full of interest, 
even of thrill. 
The following clipping referring to my work in 
archaeology is worthy of preservation. 
