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Excerpt from L'agenda, 1901, Vol. 8 In 1882, Mr. Leas was elected a member of the board of trustees of Bucknell University, and at the. Same time he was made treasurer of the corporation, which office he still holds. Mr. Leas is also interested in college athletics and whenever the boys appear in any intercollegiate con test in Philadelphia or vicinity, he endeavors to be there and encourage them by his presence. In 1888, Mr. Leas was elected President of the Farmer's Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, to which position he has been elected succes sively ever since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.