Philomathean Society, 1899

The Philomathean Society has been one of the oldest U.S. prestigious literary societies that still exists today with the motto "Sic itur ad astra" (Latin for "thus we proceed to the stars"). Members photographed here are as follows: (top row from left to right) Thomas J Lawrence, Paul Keyser, Seymour Case, Alfred M Smith, Margaret Henry, William F Drew, Scott E Jameson; (second row from left to right) Delle Boyd Fenton A Boham, Evan Session, Halbert H Howe, Aimee A Sherman, Eugene Staunton, Maud E Nash, Lulu O Culp; (third row from left to right) Mattie McIntire, John S Mayhugh, Frances Kerby, Walter C Lamb, Elizabeth S Stubbs, Patrick A McCarran, Ethel Sparks, George T Saxton; (bottom row from left to right) Maurice P Hayes, Amilia M North, Enid M Williams, Laura Smith, Agatha Henry, Irvin W Ayers.