The Monticola . C. EDMUND NEIL <L griimtnd Neil, £.%., £.TO. *Av. EDMUND NEIL was born at Jacksonville, Illinois. October 12th, 1871. His parentswere both English. He attended the public schools of Illinois.[n IS!).) he graduated firom McKendree Col-lege, taking the degree of A. B. lie was val-edictorian of his class, receiving the highestaverage grade that had been recorded inMcKendree College for twenty-five years. In18!)7, he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan School of Ora-tory, and later took the degree of A. M. from Ohio WesleyanUniversity. For some time Mr. Neil had devoted his chiefat
The Monticola . C. EDMUND NEIL <L griimtnd Neil, £.%., £.TO. *Av. EDMUND NEIL was born at Jacksonville, Illinois. October 12th, 1871. His parentswere both English. He attended the public schools of Illinois.[n IS!).) he graduated firom McKendree Col-lege, taking the degree of A. B. lie was val-edictorian of his class, receiving the highestaverage grade that had been recorded inMcKendree College for twenty-five years. In18!)7, he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan School of Ora-tory, and later took the degree of A. M. from Ohio WesleyanUniversity. For some time Mr. Neil had devoted his chiefattention to the work of Expression, and from 1895 till 1898he was the special private pupil of Mr. Leland T. Powers,during the summer seasons in Boston. He was Instructor in Elocution in Ohio Wesleyan Uni-versity 1895-6, and Assistant Professor of Oratory in thesame institution 1896-7. In 1897 he was elected Professorof Oratory in Denison University which position he filledtill the following year when he resigned to accept a positionwith the Centra] Lyceum Bureau.
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