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Talks for the times

(2011)

p. 22

XIV
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
years course in three years. He spoke also of Prof. Crog-
man's carrying off as his bride one of their noblest and most
gifted and cultured young ladies, Miss Lavinia C. Mott,
of Charlotte, N. C. Immediately on his graduating from
Atlanta University, Prof. Crogman was called to a position
in the faculty of Clark University, where he has been ever
since, having occupied his present chair since 1880. Let¬
ters expressive of their highest appreciation of him and his
work were read from several of his students who now
themselves occupy prominent positions.
Rev. G. W Arnold, A.M., B.D., has been principal of
LaGrange Seminary and is now pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Savannah, Ga. His letter included
the following:
" I review with exquisite pleasure the eight years I
spent under Prof. Crogman as my teacher, and regard him
one of the most scholarly and one of the foremost men of
his race. His is a life whose influence is not bounded by
any section of country."
Rev. E. W Lee, A.M., is pastor of the A. M. E. Church
at Rome, Ga., and secretary of his conference. His letter
included the following:
"For twenty-one long years Prof. Crogman has been
incessant in labors and continuous in self-sacrificing in order
that he might break the fetters of ignorance and super¬
stition, and give liberty to the captives. His earnestness

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