1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 557retirement from active work. His friendship with some of the greatest menof his time was long and intimate. President McKinley was his lifelongfriend—a good thing to be said of any man.In the affairs of the District of Columbia, Gen. Bo3'nton was prominentin many ways, notably as president of the iraard of education. He performedhis civic duties as he had performed his duty as a soldier—promptly,modesty, efficiently. It was not in his nature to shirli, or to work halfheartedly.Yet he was not self-assertive or ambitious. He saw men withhalf his ability, and twice his assertiveness, win wider renown, but he didwell the duty which lay at his hand, and was content.The temporary fame of ambitious men may be sweet, but the long, honest,thorough life work of Gen. HenTy V. Boynton in an influence that willnever perish.On June 7, 1905 impressive funeral services were held atthe New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the remainsof Gen. Boynton were laid to rest in Arlington NationalCemetery.DR. JOHN LEVI CLEVELAND, CENTRE. '63.Dr. John L. Cleveland, son of Washington and HannahAllen Cleveland, was born in Kenton County, Ky., September20, 1841. He was descended from pioneers, both hispaternal and maternal grandparents having settled in Kentuckythere about the year 1785. His childhood was spenton the farm. In 1854 he entered the district school in (Covington,and in 1855 the high school, graduating therefrom in1859. In the latter year he entered Centre College, Danville,Ky., and was initiated into the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.He was graduated from Centre College in 1863. During theoccupation of Northern Kentucky by Bragg's army, in theautumn of 1862, he was prevented from returning to CentreCollege. He then attended Miami University until the closeof the session in December of that year, returning to CentreCollege after Christmas. After graduation from the latterinstitution he studied theology for two years at Princeton.In the autumn of 1865 he entered the Medical College ofOhio, and was graduated from that school in 1868. He wasinterne in the Cincinnati Hospital in 1868-9. He was professorof theory and practice in the Laura Memorial Collegein the days of its prosperity. During the last twenty yearsof his life he was a member of the staff of St. Mary's Hospital.For some years after he began the practice of medicinehe was a member of the Literary Club of Cincinnati. -All hislife a student, he was very fond of theological and philosophicalstudies, as his library and conversation with his intimatefriends will attest.