John Herndon Julian Biography


	This biography appears on pages 343-344 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				JOHN HERNDON JULIAN. 

	John Herndon Julian, secretary and registrar of the University of 
South Dakota, was born in Warsaw, Indiana, May 19, 1886, a son of Paph 
and Felicia (Herndon) Julian, both of whom were born in Frankfort, 
Kentucky. The father is a minister of the Christian church. The mother 
passed away January 19, 1915. They had two children the sister of our 
subject being Margaret, the wife of William E Lattin, of Davenport, 
Iowa, head of the department of mathematics in the Davenport high 
school. 

	John H. Julian grew to manhood in the mountains of Kentucky, in 
the vicinity of Morehead and Corbin, and there attended the public 
schools until he was thirteen years of age. He then entered the high 
school of Frankfort, Kentucky, and in 1901 came to South Dakota. His 
parents preceded him here a year. He remained upon the Pine Ridge 
Indian reservation for one year and then entered the University of 
South Dakota at Vermillion as a student in the arts and science 
department, being graduated therefrom in June, 1907. During the summers 
of 1907, 1908 and 1909 he was a graduate student in the department of 
physics in the University of Chicago and was engaged during the winters 
of those years in teaching physics in the University of South Dakota, 
as immediately after graduation he was appointed instructor in that 
institution. He held that position for five years and in 1912 was made 
secretary and registrar of the State University of South Dakota, in 
which capacity he is now serving. He is systematic and methodical in 
his work and makes a study of the best methods to be pursued, seeking 
always the maximum efficiency. 

	Mr. Julian was married on the 24th of August, 1910, to Miss Elsie 
Sargent, a native of Akron, Iowa, and a daughter of E. W. and Abbie 
(Haskell) Sargent. Her father is a retired farmer living in Vermillion, 
South Dakota. While a resident of the Hawkeye state he founded the town 
of Akron. He is the owner of considerable farming land and is an 
esteemed citizen of Vermillion. 

	Mr. Julian is liberal in his political views and watches with 
great interest the events and developments that affect our civic life. 
He is active in church work, is a loyal member of the local Baptist 
church and for four years was superintendent of its Sunday school. His 
fraternal associations are with the Masonic order and he has been 
junior deacon in the blue lodge. While a student in the university he 
was popular among his fellows and honored by them with election to a 
number of offices. The same qualities of character that won him the 
liking and respect of his fellow students have gained for him the warm 
regard and esteem of those who are associated with him in his work as 
an official of the university.