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Harper, William Rainey

clergyman, college president, author, was born July 26, 1856, in New Concord, Ohio. He is a baptist clergyman and president of the university of Chicago. He is the author of Elements of Hebrew Syntax; Hebrew Vocabularies; and An Introductory New Testament, Greek Method.

HARRAH, CHARLES JEFFERSON, merchant, was born Jan. 1, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1852-57 he was proprietor of a ship yard at Rio Janeiro, and then engaged in railroad and navigation enterprises, amassing a large fortune, with which he returned to his native city in 1874.

HARRELL, MRS. SARAH CARMICH- AEL, temperance reformer, was born Jan. 8, 1844, in Brookville, Ind. She received her education at the Brookville college; subsequently and was engaged for twelve years in educational work. She has always been greatly interested in the public schools of her state; and during her husband's four terms in the general assembly of Indiana, she was called to fill many positions requiring executive ability and forethought. In 1891 she was appointed a member of the Indiana Columbian Exposition board; and was chosen a member of committee on education, and a member of committee on woman's work. She served two years as superintendent of the department of scientific temperance in the public schools; and was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill in the Indiana general assembly of 1895 making it obligatory to teach the injurious effects of alcohol and narcotics upon the human system.