Theodore Perry Shonts was an American lawyer and industrialist who served as chairman of the Panama Canal Commission and president of a number of important railways, including the Interborough Rapid Transit Company of New York City and the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad.
Theodore P. Shonts
Shonts seated at his desk, 1907.
The Duke of Manchester (who married the American heiress Helena Zimmerman) with Shonts and his wife Millie, 1900.
His daughter, Theodora d'Albert, Duchess of Chaulnes in 1900, before she married Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Chaulnes.
Monmouth College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Monmouth, Illinois. It enrolls approximately 767 students who choose courses from 40 major programs, 43 minors, and 17 pre-professional programs in a core curriculum. It offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
Construction of Wallace Hall, 1908. Its entrance is modeled after the east portico of the ancient Erechtheion of the Athenian Acropolis. The building houses historic classrooms that played a part in educating all living alumni.
Incoming new students can participate in research projects with their professors and returning upper classmen during the summer prior to their enrollment.
Housing about a half million items, the Hewes Library also contains ancient antiquities and thousands of Native American artifacts.
Procured by the senior class of 1903 as its graduation gift to the institution, this Civil War-era cannon spent 50 years at the bottom of a creek after having been stolen by the rival junior class.