Show NOW A OF POLITICS IS New York June Ju sIn going to to taM take the Of politic the lint chair ot of the tort sort established tal td In an American institution of 01 keening though there thre are many chairs of f political cal John It Finley wilt will almost be going home for It he is collaterally from CIa one of tb the early pr presidents ut of tine the vigorous old school Tilt Thi n Dr D Samuel Finley broth brother of Dr Finley grandfather served both as pastor ot of the Presbyterian church In and president of the titeR then young and struggling school from to 1750 In n and nd It wu was du during residence his In that the l In the Presbyterians t of tIll otili worship vie built The first professor or of Is 0 only X and b by birth birch and training M be is a western man naan IllInois I Ia Ida native aut State ne II first saw MW the light on f farm near nul Grand RId JUdge on whIch lila ilia father who wu was rom from southwestern had located posse time In the theU U and JU It wee wa a conclusion that the inn I would follow tollow In his 1111 foot lite as a tiller or of the soil aoU aoUD D TO CLIMB TO TOO O OThla This wan If riot not to the lad liking bow lIow ever and before he had reached hI tn teens h lie began taking ItIN ete which should lead him away a from tile the farm JIll Ills tit tp step was taken at It IS w when he be took vii till lAU LAtin at the tIe hosts district school this thle II I not Bot pelting It with entire for ot of cou cones LaUn wee U not 1101 tau taught in lb III little at Grand Ridge t In some the bo boy learned tha that the Ow teacher a man named Long 1011 hd had a of the thela la language q In whick Cra Common ta tart rl Were written anti and forthwith md made to u na lu mastery t studyIng and aDd reciting before ead 11 alter alterI I tM the cJ daily lr sessions Iou Long wit wag follow by a man named Pinball and B continued his hII Lotia aUa I studies with him though fore th they parted compo company the boy wee wa l quite as well acquainted with the LatIn LatIna a the teacher Ida end nd then they worked together more as fellow tellow students than tun thana AI a matter master lUteS and JlII pupil Il When U the 14 wu wag 11 or 14 b he at attended tended tu to the recitations of part of the eI diesel and uel ft little later lilt left the tbt dl die dietrict school to enter th the hl high school at Ottawa Ottaw eight mil miles from home hom In Inthe the summer he worked Oil on him bla father fann and 04 all 0 one when help wu was scarce he be laid it at home hint oar car carrying JI C along hi hii M JC IC h he WI WIIt were It at school Whets When came cam camhe he took them With the othera ot of hi hie his e class I and too exam examination In 11 solid estee one at af w b be baa pt corn com un till IL alter w wh b ht he winced walked eight mU mUto miles to ottawa ancl of the questions sd walked waked home bome again aln That Thal he W wan somewhat of an swoop exception tion among the youth of his hll locality II shown hOWD b by the fact that he w wu the only boy In 01 alas of 11 11 was chosen valedictOrian b by his hll fellow students and d the preparation and delivery ot of the dd address were treat treal tn Idaho to him though 11 lie h has since made an record o lit in Ute the ot of oratory AND UNI After Atter tilt the Ottawa high school Mr Finley went to Knox college at tle burr burg There Thein be worked hll w way through h learning the art of the ty type typesetter setter In order t 0 be to work In a local printing oGle office and Interrupting bl his cou course oDe coo year Fear to 10 teach lie was wa graduated from JC oJ cot col kg In lilT 1557 before which he be had won two a worth liMIt first prizes u at a public at t an contest between his own and nd sll b or seven leven other colleges and second at an n Inter Interstate state contest ot of the tame same sort la in which representatives of college In Illinois Indiana Ohio Wisconsin Iowa Milt Wa MIOt Xu and Colorado took van Alt After or j st before his hll graduation he be urt t up a 01 o tn In ord order r to earn eam enough extra aY to pay the expanses or apart a art part rt of of a pal doine e t Johns The directory a b the its III W Were tt II y all hit his JOh JObI bilis at both ende n t meet IJ by maCtag proof while still at John Jolin no Hop HopkIn kIn he u associated dated with Dr lUck mch mchard lUckard ard T 1 DI lIly lit in the preparation 0 of th the letters n work ott on tue tua tiun One Ons Isaiah nr Dr Pin Flaky proof ii at Chautauqua on the daily published there thre In connection with the summer school and tb the next h he the paper per tu during durin lb the sessions of U Ike famous assembly taking r u lbs place of Mill Ida 14 Tarbell who hU has II since ce made mad madea a place piaN for herself u I historian A MAN IAN or OP After that he fat or some Um tints Umu u as secretary ee of the New York Tort State Itt Charities Aid I in the cou course tI of b service b he bt ame very taU famil tar lar with It the practIcal of 1 legis laU alive bodies bodiN t In w when only ii h he wu warn made president t at Knox cot aoI loge he remained seen ean Dr 11 Finley left Itt Knox eat to con connect neet himself wit the publish leg IDe hots here bere and t II Ia understood continue to be connected with it 11 itTie n Tie ii Ia l much interested In the eC ro |