Excerpt from The Songs That Are Unsung

This second school was two miles out from a nice little town where John found a comfortable place to board. He planned to walk every school day, out and back from school, and in fact did so. Here he also acted as janitor of the school building, sweeping it in the evening after school was dismissed, and dust ing in the morning before the children arrived. His pupils at this school were largely of German paren tage. Most of the farms in that vicinity were owned by members of a German religious sect. The children were well behaved and intelligent. Their parents wanted their children to learn to speak and to write English as well as German, which was used in the homes, and the children themselves desired to speak the English language.

Teaching in these two schools seemed to stimulate John's desire for more advanced learning. After he had given considerable thought to it, he decided to apply for entrance into the Illinois Wesleyan Uni versity located in Bloomington, Illinois. He made application for admission in the fall of 1894 and was admitted to the Freshman Class of that year. He con tinned with his class through four years, and graduated with it in the spring of 1898. During his time at the Wesleyan, he had taken a considerable amount of chemistry training, and this pointed him toward med icine. At the Wesleyan he was invited to join the Sig ma Chi Fraternity, and become a Sig, which he did.

Deciding to study for an M.D. Degree, John went to Chicago and entered Rush Medical College. He was most fortunate here, to enlist the attention of one of the prominent professors of this school, who became a helpful friend in many ways. At Rush, John was elected the poet of his class. He produced a poem which he read at a meeting of the class. It recounted many of the events which had particularly interested his class, but would be of no interest to others. He has forgotten exactly the number of Rush graduates there were in his class, but it was more than one hun dred. In a communication from a member of this class some time during the past year, this fellow classman stated that there were more than fifty of the 1902 class of Rush Medical still living. This is the class with whom Colwell received his M.D. De gree, some 54 years ago.

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