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title: 'Memorial Address Delivered at Lafayette College, Founder’s Day, October Twenty-Third, 1892'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Cassady Cattell'
- 'Ethelbert Dudley Warfield'
date: 1892-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Orations and Addresses'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 127'
- 'Proverbs 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/cattell-warfield-1892-memorial-address-delivered-at-lafayette-college-founders-day-october-twenty-third-1892
---

# Memorial Address Delivered at Lafayette College, Founder’s Day, October Twenty-Third, 1892

William C. Cattell’s 1892 memorial address honors Ario Pardee, recounting his rise from farmer’s son to coal operator and benefactor who rescued and endowed Lafayette College.

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