L. EDWARD HORTON.

L. EDWARD HORTON.
L. Edward Horton, president of the Cheyenne Business College, was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, September 3, 1892, a son of Richard and Patsy (Bowles) Horton. The parental grandfather, Richard Horton, was an Englishman and became one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he conducted a woodworking establishment and did other manufacturing. He also had one of the early bottling industries of Ohio. The maternal ancestors were Virginians of an early period. The grandfather, Wilburn Bowles, took an original grant of land from the government. L. Edward Horton of this review was educated in Glasgow and at Bowling Green, Kentucky, attending the common and high schools, while later he became a student in the university at Bowling Green and was graduated with the class of 1914, winning the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. Following his graduation he removed to Omaha, Nebraska, and engaged in commercial teaching in that vicinity. In the early part of 1917 he came to Cheyenne as president of the Cheyenne Business College, the oldest and best known commercial school in the state. Many prominent people have gone out from this school after completing a thorough course here and their training has served as a foundation for their later advancement and prosperity. The work of the school is thoroughly systematized, its course most comprehensive and its training of a most excellent character, the students attaining a degree of efficiency that enables them to secure and retain important positions in the business world. Mr. Horton attends the Methodist Episcopal church, is a boy scout official and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has won a wide circle of friends during the period of his residence in Cheyenne and has gained personal popularity which is the result of worth of character, professional ability and unfailing courtesy and geniality. He holds to the highest standards in his chosen life work and has made an excellent record as an educator in the field of commercial science. He studies everything that has to do with the improvement of business conditions and the thorough training of the young in preparation therefor and has introduced many advanced methods since he took charge of the school in Cheyenne.

L. Edward Horton, president of the Cheyenne Business College, was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, September 3, 1892, a son of Richard and Patsy (Bowles) Horton. The parental grandfather, Richard Horton, was an Englishman and became one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he conducted a woodworking establishment and did other manufacturing. He also had one of the early bottling industries of Ohio. The maternal ancestors were Virginians of an early period. The grandfather, Wilburn Bowles, took an original grant of land from the government.
L. Edward Horton of this review was educated in Glasgow and at Bowling Green, Kentucky, attending the common and high schools, while later he became a student in the university at Bowling Green and was graduated with the class of 1914, winning the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. Following his graduation he removed to Omaha, Nebraska, and engaged in commercial teaching in that vicinity. In the early part of 1917 he came to Cheyenne as president of the Cheyenne Business College, the oldest and best known commercial school in the state. Many prominent people have gone out from this school after completing a thorough course here and their training has served as a foundation for their later advancement and prosperity. The work of the school is thoroughly systematized, its course most comprehensive and its training of a most excellent character, the students attaining a degree of efficiency that enables them to secure and retain important positions in the business world.
Mr. Horton attends the Methodist Episcopal church, is a boy scout official and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has won a wide circle of friends during the period of his residence in Cheyenne and has gained personal popularity which is the result of worth of character, professional ability and unfailing courtesy and geniality. He holds to the highest standards in his chosen life work and has made an excellent record as an educator in the field of commercial science. He studies everything that has to do with the improvement of business conditions and the thorough training of the young in preparation therefor and has introduced many advanced methods since he took charge of the school in Cheyenne.