Maryville College - Chilhowean Yearbook (Maryville, TN)

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REV. ELMER B. WALLER. (12)

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PRESIDENT WILSON CAAIUEL TYNDALE WILSON was born in Horns, Syria, February 17, 1858. He is the son of Rev. David M. and Emeline Wilson. His early education was received under the direct instruction of his father. Later he entered Maryville College, where he was graduated with the Class of ' 78. He received his A.i I. degree from the same insti- tution, and later was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. After graduating from Maryville he studied theology at the Lane Seminary, of Cincinnati. From the date of his ordination until 1884 he was a mis- sionary in Mexico, serving for two years as instructor in a theological seminary at Mexico City. On account of failing health he returned to the United States in 1884, and was made Professor of English- Lan- guage and Literature at Maryville College, in which capacity he served until 1901, when he was elected President of the College. Dr. Wilson has been Stated Clerk of the Synod of Ten- nessee for a number of years. He has published several pamphlets on historical subjects, and is a member of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Dr. Wilson has lived a useful and varied life. He is a cosmopolitan, and thoroughly in accord with the ways of man. He is a universal sympathizer and a profound scholar. No man could be better qualified to serve as President of Maryville College. (II)

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REV. E. B. WALLER, A.M. CLMER BRITTON WALLER, Dean of Maryville Col- lege, was born at Walden, N. Y. He was educated at LTnion College, New York, where he received his A.B. degree in 1882 and his A.M. in 1894. He studied theolog} ' at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1887. He was licensed to preach in the same year by the Presbytery of Geneva. On August 31, 1887, he was ordained by Holston Presbytery. Professor aller has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Elizabethton, Tenn., also Principal of the Davies Academy. In 1891 he was elected to the chair of lathematics at Maryville College, and still serves in that capacity. He was made Dean of the College proper at the beginning of the fall term of 1905. (13)