Charles William Super, 97, the oldest man in Who's Who

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 CHARLES WILLIAM SUPER, 97
 

 The Oldest Man in
 Who's Who

  BORN in Pottsville, Pa.,
 Sept. 12, 1842, Charles
 William Super was early left
 with responsibilities. These
 he met by teaching and, in
 1868, by taking over a classical
 academy in Delaware. In
 1867 he had married Mary
 Louise Clewell of Canfield,
 Ohio. Soon he was in Ger-
 many stugying Latin, Greek,
 Anglo-Saxon, Sanskrit, He-
 brew, Arabric. Typical was
 his choice of the University
 of Tubingen--where English
 speaking students were few.
 In 1879 he accepted the chair
 of Greek at Ohio University
 in Athens, in 1884 he became
 president. He made a small,
 poor university outstanding:
 his first step was to secure
 $5,000 for a College of Edu-
 cation.

 [photo]
 Dr. Super's first picture, a daguerreotype, taken
 1861, two years before entering Dickinson College.

 [2 photos]
 (Left) In 1865 Dr. Super was an under-
 graduate at Dickinson, receiving his
 A. B. in 1866; (right) after graduation
 he taught schol, studied music.