Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1898 — Willard E. Miller. [ARTICLE]

Willard E. Miller.

Willard E. Miller of Terra Haute will be a candidate for the office of State Geologist before the Democratic state convention. MrMfller is an Elkhart county boy and well qualified to fulfill the duties of that office. One of his home papers has the following to *say of him: Professor Willard E. Miller, of !' the department of chemistry at the ; Terra Haute High school, has equipped himself welt for his ; present position, science having j been made a specialty by him for a number of years. Mr. Miller was born in Elkhart j county, Ind., August 3rd, 1867. When he had finished the graded i schoo 1 near his home he entered the Goshen High school, from i which he graduated in 1884. Three ' years later he had completed the ' course of study at the Mt. Morris, I (Ill.) College. In 1892 he gradui ated from the Indiana State Normal school in this city. The school year of 1887-88 Mr. Miller waaqirincipal of the Millersburg, Ind., town schools. While a student at the Normal schools he was assistant in the departments of physic and chemistry in that institution during 1891-2 he taught I half time in the High school of i this city, of which faculty he was j elected a regular member in 1891. In 1895-6 he was granted leave of absence from the High School and during this time he completed the junior year’s work in Harvard University, making organic ehemistry a specialty. He is now doing the senior year’s work as a non-resi-dent student, and expects to take his degree in the near future. He is a member of the Terra Haute Science Club and was at one time president of the Bryant Chautauqua Circle in this city. He has contributed several articles for the newspapers and. takes a great interest in practical scienti sic problems.