University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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ALFRED HVME. B. E., C. E., D. Sc., lYl'C'C-CIIZIIICCIIOI' and Dean of Engineer- ing. B. E., VanderbiltUniversity.1887g C. E., 1888g D. Sc., 18903 Fellow and Assistant in Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1887-90, Pro- fessor ol' Mathematics, University ol' Mississippi since 1890, Acting Pro- fessor ot' Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, 1900-02, Vice- Chancellor and Dean ol' the Department of Science, Literature and Arts, l'niversity ol' Mississippi, since 1905, Professor ot' Astronomy and Acting Chancellor, session ol' 1906-7. VV,xl.LER S. LEATHEHS, M. D., Professor of Biology and Pl1ys1'oIogy, Dean .llmlicfll Deparflncnl at O.1'ford A. M., Schools of Biology, Chemistry and Geology, University of Virginia. 1891g M. D., 1894, Graduate Student ot' Johns Hopkins, 1895, University of Chicago. 1897, 1900, 1901, 1907, tsunnnerslg New York Marine Biological Laboratory, 1898, tsunnnerjg Member Rocky Mountain Scientific Expedition, 18985 Student in Har- vard University, 1905-06, tsunnnerhg Student in Hospitals of Chicago, 1904, tsum- merjg Graduate Student Hospitals of New York City during Sunnner, 1908, In- structor in Biology, University of Virginia, 18913 Assistant Professor Biology and Geology, University ol' Mississippi, 189-1-955 Head o 5' Department oi' Science, Miller School of Virginia, 1895-963 Professor ot' Biology and Geology. University ot' South Carolina, 1896-983 Professor of Biology and Geology, University of Missis- sippi, 1898-053 Professor ol' Biology and Physiology, University of Mississippi, since 1905g Director ol' Public Health and Sanitation for the State ol' Mississippi. Page Fourteen Smiley Griflin: Naw, I haven't made my 'M' but I made a 'D' in Math.

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Glhamrrllnr .Unarph Nvrlg Hntuvra. On March 15, 1869, the subject ot' this sketch was born in Hale County. Alabama. His father was a Methodist preach- er, his mother a woman of rare literary ability, who wrote under the nom-de plume of Julia Westwood. The son Joseph Neely Powers was educated in various high schools, the Southern University, the University of Chicago and studied leading educational systems in the east and rorth- west. At an early age he began his career as a teacher, teaching first in rural schools, then in high schools and later was the Superintendent of several school systems. A record speaks better than words of praise and it can he said that he was re-elected unanimously to every school position he ever held. In 1907 he was appointed State Superintendent of' Edu- cation, and in the same year he was elected to itll this posi- tion t'or a term of four years. So well did he keep faith with the people in the discharge of the duties of' this re- sponsible position that he was re-elected without opposition to serve another four years beginning in 1912. As State Superintendent of Public Education his administration saw the building of a state normal college, the development ot' the county agricultural high school system, the beginning and much of the development of rural consolidated schools, the promotion on an extensive scale of school improvement work, and the passage of many progressive educational measures. His administrative work and its results brought to him the degree of LL. D. from Mississippi College and as a token of the high esteem in which he is held by the teach- ers ot' the state, they presented a beautiful and costly chest of' silvtr to him and his wife when he decided to accept the Chancellorship of' the University. When the Chancellorship became vacant in 1914, the Board of Trustees began to look for a man whom they thought was capable of' solving the many problems at that time confronting the Lniversity, and all eyes turned to- ward J. N. Powers as the man for the place. The position was unanimously tendered to him by the Board of Trustees, and after careful consideration he decided that he could better serve the youth of the state as Chancellor, and he, therefore, accepted the position, at the same time resigning as State Superintendent of Public Education. He happens to be the youngest Chancellor save the first President, Dr. Holmes, who has held this izziportant and responsible posi- tion. The first year of' his administration as Chantellor shows the largest enrollment in the history of' the L'niversity. The mere matter of enrollment is by no means the greatest achievement. The cost to the students attending the Ifni- versity has been greatly reduced, old conditions of' dis- content and strife have been driven from the Institution, ami now perfect harmony and co-operation exists among all members of the faculty and student body. Chancellor Powers believes that the only intelligent and logical system ot' education is that which carries the best educational advantages to all the people, and he is keeping faith with that belief by taking the University to the pelv- ple. His dominant thought is to make the University dena- ocratic in spirit, useful in its service, irreproachable in its morals, and above all to place its unrivaled advantages within reach of the youth of limited means. Hal Case: Aw naw, aw naw, speck you had better read that a little morei' Page Thirteen

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AI.1ix.xNnE1i LEE BoNm'1i.xN'r, A. B.. M. A.. Professor of I,f1l1'11 Lmzguage and Litera- ture. A. B., Hampton-Sidney College. 1884, A. M.. Ib: Instructor ol' Latin and Greek, Bound Rock Institute, Texas. 1885-87, Graduate Student ol' Latin and Greek. University of Texas 1886-87: Graduate Student of l'niversity ol' Virginia. 1887-89, tHolder of Carey Seholarshipjg Assistant and Associate Professor of Latin and Greek, University ol' Mississippi, 1889-941 Professor ol' Latin. since 18953 Graduate Student of Harvard University. 1892-933 Holder ol' Morgan Fel- lowship. A. M.. Harvard, Student, L'niversity of Pennsylvania. 1896. Csummerlg Munich and Home, 1905, Csummerjg Berlin. 1907. tsummerjg Research AVork in Berlin University, and in Italy. 1910-11. DAVID Homes Bisuor, M. A., Professor of linglislz Language and LI'fl'l'flfl1I'1'. A. B.. Emory and Henry College. 18913 M. A., Vanderbilt University. 1897, In- structor in Vanderbilt University. 1897-993 Professor ol' English. Millsaps College. 1900-04: Professor of English and Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres. Ll11YCl'Sliy ot Mis- . U . .t f sissippi, 1904-05, Professor of English Language and Literature. I11VCl'S1 y 0 Mississippi, since 1905. L ...gs PETEIR NV. IAOXVLAND, M. D., pl'0fl'SSUI' of Pharlnueology, I'111've1's1'ty Pllysieian M. D., Memphis Hospital Medical College, 18823 New York Polyelinie. 1887, Special VVork in Physical Diagnosis, Northwestern Dispensary, New York, 1887: President Mississippi Medical Association. 1894, Student in Hospitals of Phila- delphia, 18963 Member of State Board of Health, Second Congressional District. 19003 Member State Board of Health, State at Large, 1904-083 Student of Phar- macology, University of Chicago, 1908. fsummerjg Professor of Materia Medica Hygiene, University of Mississippi. since 1903. Reckless Smythe: You betcher, that's right. Page Fifteen