Cenie Myrtle Seyster Straw

(August 2, 1894 – fl. 1970)



“Class baby” of 1894



"It takes a village to raise a child."

African Proverb



. . . but in 1894, it took the women of Eureka College's graduating class to name a child.



We have all heard the expression "Eureka College is like a family," but today's story is one that puts a different spin on this concept. In addition, it challenges us all to recognize the multiple levels of relationship that connect us all as an extended college family.



Eureka alumnus David Franklin Seyster (Class of 1894) married Emma Wolf in 1885, several years before coming to Eureka College to pursue his studies in hopes of becoming a minister. David’s fellow students accepted Emma as one of their own, and the bonds of sisterhood were extended to her by the women of the Class of 1894: Cenie Allison, Myrtle Lee, Mabel Claire Maxwell, Olive M. Reynolds, and Maude Wodetsky.



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