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Yeager, James Martin

clergyman, lecturer, college president, was born Nov. 2, 1857, in Yeagerstown, Pa. He attended the Wyoming seminary and in 1880 graduated from the Wesleyan university, from which institution he subsequently received the degree of A. M. For two years he preached in Carmel, N. Y., then traveled through the principal countries of Europe and in Palestine and Egypt. During 1883-84 he filled a pastorate in Lenox, Mass., then for three years in Rhinecliffeon-Hudson, N. Y., and during 1888-92 in Hillsdale, N. Y., and since 1892 has been president of the Drew Ladies' seminary.

He lectures on Rembles on The Continent; Jauntings in the East; From Blarney Castle to The Nile; and Rocks That Wreck.