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- ↑ Michigan Alumnus. Vol. 7. 1900. p. 84.
- ↑ Solberg, Winton U. (2000). The University of Illinois, 1894–1904: The Shaping of the University. University of Illinois Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780252025792.
