Olin Clay Kellogg Biography


	This biography appears on pages 230-231 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				OLIN CLAY KELLOGG.  

	Olin Clay Kellogg, who since 1909 has been the head of the 
department of English and public speaking in the University of South 
Dakota at Vermilion, with which institution he has been continuously 
connected since 1906, was born at Spafford, near Syracuse, in Onondaga 
county, New York, April 21, 1870, his parents being William S. and 
Olive C. Kellogg, who in 1873 removed from Spafford to Homer, New York, 
with their family. In the schools of that place their son pursued his 
education and was graduated from Homer Academy on the completion of the 
literary and scientific course in 1887. The following year he completed 
the classical course by graduation in the same institution and in both 
connections was awarded high honors. He was also graduated as an honor 
man from Syracuse University, being given first honor place as one of 
the commencement speakers of his class in 1892, at which time the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him. The following year 
he received the degree of Master of Arts with the highest commendation 
from the same institution, having specialized in English. In 1894 his 
alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with 
highest commendation, the major part of his work having been done in 
English literature. He received special training in oratory and 
dramatic art in New York and Philadelphia under instructors of 
exceptional ability and repute.  

	In the year 1894 Dr. Kellogg was united in marriage to Miss Effie 
Adelia Wheelock, of New Woodstock, New York. His marriage followed 
several years, experience in teaching which profession he has made his 
life work. He was a teacher of Latin in the College of Medicine of 
Syracuse University from 1889 until 1892. During those years he also 
gave private instruction in Latin, Greek, French, German, history and 
mathematics. He taught English and oratory in Cazenovia Seminary at 
Cazenovia, New York, from 1892 until 1894, and he had charge of the 
department of rhetoric, English criticism and oratory in the same 
institution from 1894 until 1896. During the succeeding three years he 
gave private instruction in literature and oratory. chiefly in 
Syracuse. New York, after which he removed to the middle west and 
became teacher of English in the high school of Elgin, Illinois, during 
the year 1899. With the completion of the school year he accepted the 
position of senior instructor in English in the Northwestern University 
at Evanston, Illinois, where he remained for seven years or until 1906. 
He was then called to the University of South Dakota to become head of 
the department of the English language and literature, so continuing 
until 1909, and since that date he has been head of the department of 
English and public speaking in the same university. During a number of 
years he has staged and directed many Shakespearean, classic and modern 
dramas. He has also had a large experience in training young men and 
women for local and intercollegiate debates and oratorical contests.  

	Dr. Kellogg is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the National 
Geographic Society and he has been a frequent contributor of various 
treatises, essays and reviews to papers and magazines.  The concensus 
of public opinion ranks him high as one of the foremost educators of 
the northwest.