▁Normal ▁School ▁( l ater ▁Juni ata ▁College ) ▁in ▁Hun ting don ▁and ▁was ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁He ▁later ▁attended ▁the ▁El kh art ▁Institute ▁( l ater ▁G os hen ▁College ) ▁in ▁Indiana , ▁also ▁teaching ▁English ▁and ▁music ▁there . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁he ▁switched ▁to ▁North western ▁University ▁in ▁Illinois . ▁He ▁also ▁taught ▁at ▁Lock ▁H aven ▁State ▁Te ach ers ▁College ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Much ▁of ▁his ▁subsequent ▁working ▁career ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁college ▁rec ru iter ▁for ▁Juni ata ▁College ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁He ▁also ▁organized ▁and ▁conducted ▁singing ▁schools ▁for ▁M enn on ites ▁throughout ▁that ▁state . ▁He ▁addition ally ▁attempted ▁to ▁achieve ▁re forms ▁within ▁the ▁Am ish ▁and ▁M enn on ite ▁churches ▁in ▁the ▁M if fl in ▁and ▁Hun ting don ▁County ▁areas . ▁ ▁At ▁almost ▁age ▁si xty ▁he ▁married ▁Em ily ▁Lane ▁of ▁Lane ' s ▁M ills , ▁Jefferson ▁County ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁Hun ting don , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Late ▁in ▁life ▁he ▁taught ▁at ▁Belle ville ▁M enn on ite ▁School . ▁ ▁He ▁comm enced ▁his ▁writing ▁career ▁in ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁har sh ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁another ▁writer , ▁Ruth ▁L ining er ▁Dob son , ▁whose ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁novel ▁St raw ▁in ▁the ▁Wind , ▁written ▁while ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan