. History of Gibson county, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . which they haw- done in their respective com-munities. WILLIAM PRENTICE DEARING. The life of the scholarly or professional man seldom exhibits any of thosestriking incidents that seize upon public feeling and attract attention to him-self. His character is generally made up of the aggregate qualities and qualifi-cations he may possess, as these may be elicited by the exercise of the dutiesof his vocation or the particular profession to which he may belong. Butwhen such a man has so impressed his individuality upon h
. History of Gibson county, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . which they haw- done in their respective com-munities. WILLIAM PRENTICE DEARING. The life of the scholarly or professional man seldom exhibits any of thosestriking incidents that seize upon public feeling and attract attention to him-self. His character is generally made up of the aggregate qualities and qualifi-cations he may possess, as these may be elicited by the exercise of the dutiesof his vocation or the particular profession to which he may belong. Butwhen such a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men asto gain their confidence, and through that confidence be retained in importantpositions, he becomes a conspicuous figure in the body politic of the com-munity. The subject of this review is one of the scholarly men of his county,who, not content to hide his talents amid lifes sequestered ways, by the forceof will and a laudable ambition forged to the front in an exacting and responsi-ble calling and earned an honorable reputation in one of the most important. P. DEARING. BSON COUNTY, [NDIANA. 9^9 branches of public service. A well educated, symmetrically developed man,his work as an educator has for man) years been of such a high standard oiexcellence that his position in the front rank of his profession has long been conceded. Keeping abreast of the times in advanced educational methods,and possessing a broad and comprehensive knowledge, he is, because oi hishigh attainments, well rounded character and large influence, eminently entitledto representation in the annals of his count}-. William Prentice Dearing, the president of Oakland City College, withwhich institution he has been connected for many years, is a native son of theI lousier state, having been born in Pike county on September 30, 1874, andis a son of J. B. T. and Betty A. 1 Selby 1 Dearing. the former a native of Ken-tucky and the latter of Pike county, Indiana. These parents are both livi
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