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From the Archives - Vice President Fairbanks

1/15/2014

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Vice President Fairbanks
This photo shows M Club members escorting United States Vice President Charles Fairbanks and Morningside College President W. S. Lewis from Main Hall ca. 1907. Fairbanks gave an address to the students earlier that day on the importance of character. The visit was part of an attempt for Fairbanks to regain favor in the Methodist Church after serving cocktails at his home during a presidential dinner (Orwig, 65). "Already nicknamed 'Buttermilk Charlie' for his advocacy of buttermilk instead of hard liquor, Fairbanks had a brand new moniker after the affair--'Cocktail Charlie,'" (Purcell, 257). You can find more information about Fairbanks as well as the "Cocktail Incident" below.

Students pictured include Percy Brown, Jacob Wendell, Silas O. Rorem, Ray Chapman, Edwin Brown and Frank Heilman.

More information can be found in the October 22, 1907 issue of the Collegian Reporter on the newly released Digital CR Archives. For more information on the Digital CR, click here.

Additional Resources
Morningside College: a Centennial History. Timothy Orwig
Charles W. Fairbanks - Wikipedia
Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary - ed. L. Edward Purcell 

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