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in his Cincinnati speech. Later, on
March 21, 1864, he
quoted from this message to a labor
delegation that
called upon him in Washington, stating
in conclusion
that he had not changed his views on
this subject.
DOCTOR HENRY SOLOMON LEHR
A great educator, to whom Ohio owes
much, has
passed away. At four o'clock on Monday
morning,
January 29, 1923, Dr. Henry S. Lehr,
aged eighty-five,
founder and former president of Ohio
Northern Uni-
versity, died at his home in Ada.
Funeral services were
held in the Lehr Memorial Building of
the University
on Wednesday, January 31. President E.
A. Smith,
successor to the deceased, presided at
the services. The
funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. P.
H. Welshimer.
President W. O. Thompson of the Ohio
State Uni-
versity spoke in behalf of the Ohio
colleges. Dr. W.
H. McMaster, President of Mt. Union
College, read
the resolutions adopted by the Mt.
Union College stu-
dents and faculty. Dr. Lehr was a
graduate of Mt.
Union, receiving his A. B. degree from
that institution
in 1871 and his M. A. degree two years
later. United
States Senator Frank B. Willis and Mr.
E. L. Miller of
Ravenna paid tributes to their great
teacher.
Among the prominent alumni present were
United
States Senator Frank B. Willis; R. M.
Wanamaker
and E. S. Matthias, Ohio supreme court
judges; J. L.
Newhouse, supreme court judge of
Oklahoma; Timothy
S. Hogan, former Attorney General of
Ohio; ex-Con-
gressman Ralph D. Cole; Earl D. Bloom,
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio; Judge George P. Baer
of Cleveland,
and Judge Charles Crittenden of Toledo.
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