Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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PROF D. A. DuPRE. A. DuPRE was born at East Point, Va. He graduated at Wof¥ord in 1869. His career as a teacher began at Georgetown, wliere he remained for two years. Then followed one year at Ashville Male Academy, and three years at the Wofford Preparatory School. The year 1875 ' spent at the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, where he took courses in Geology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Professor DuPre left the University of Edinburgh to succeed his father. Professor Warren DuPre, as Professor of Science at Wofiford. In 1880 he was made full professor, and has held that position ever since. He has also held the. position of Lecturer on Geology at Converse College since the founding of that institution. He is also a mem- ber of the American Association for the x dvancement of Science. Professor DuPre ' s long career as a teacher of Science speaks for itself, and perhaps no teacher possesses more fully the confidence of his pupils. PROF. ARTHUR G. REMBERT. A RTHUR G. REMBERT was born in Charleston, S. C, May 30, i860. He was reared in Sumter County, but was sent back to Charleston to receive his preparatory training in Dr. Porter ' s School. Here he was thoroughly prepared for college work, and after a highly successful course graduated at Wofford in 1884. Not satisfied with this preparation for his chosen profession, he continued his studies at the University of Chicago, and there his work was characterized by the same thoroughness as had marked his early training. Indeed, thoroughness is his motto, both for his own work and that of his students. He began his work as a teacher in Laurenburg, N. C, where he remained for two years, 1884-5. I 1886-7 taught in Marion County, S. C. In 1887 he was called to Spartanburg to take the position of Head Master of Wofford College Fitting School, which position he held for ten years. In the mean time ( 1894) he was elected Professor of Greek in W 3f¥ord Collge, the position which he holds to-day. The reputation which Professor Rembert has made as a teacher, is shown by the many calls he has to teach in the State Summer Schools and Normal Training Classes, to say nothing of frequent calls to lecture on educa- tional subjects. He also holds the position of Secretary of the Association of Colleges of South Carolina, and is Secretary of the State 7 thletic Association. 14

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DR. HENRY NELSON SNYDER. HENRY NELSON SNYDER was born in Macon, Ga.. January 14th, 1865, of pioneer Virginia and Middle Tennessee ancestry. He prepared for college in the public schools of Nashville, Tenn., and entered Vanderbilt in 1883. I ' ' 7 graduated with the Degree of A. B., and in 1894 wath that of A. M. While at Vanderbilt, Dr. Snyder received many honors. The more important of these were Editor of the University Magazine, winner of the State Oratorical Medal, and class representative at commencement. Dr. Snyder began his life work as instructor in Latin at Vanderbilt University, where he remained from 1887 to 1890. He occupied the Chair of English Language and Literature in Wofford College, from 1890 to 1902, when he was elected President of this Listitution. In 1903 South Carolina College con- ferred the Degree of Litt. D. upon him, and during the same year he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, of the General Educa- tional Board of the Southern Methodist Church, of the Religious Educative Association, and of the Joint Hymnal Commission of the Southern and Northern [Methodist Churches. Although pressed with much work. Dr. Snyder finds time to make frecjuent contributions to magazines and periodicals on literary and educational topics. He was Professor of English Literature in the South Car- olina Summer Normal School, in 1898 and 1902, Lecturer on English Literature in the Summer School of the South, Knoxville, Tenn., 1903, a position which he will hold again in 1904, and also at the Summer Ses- sion of the University of North Carolina. Besides his marked success as a writer and teacher, Dr. Snyder enjoys a deserved reputation as a lecturer. The beauty of style and diction with which he clothes his thoughts, makes him universally popular on the lecture platform. The students and friends of Wofford feel that the interests of the Institution are safe in his hands, and that the College will continue the glorious career that has characterized its past history. The loyalty of Wofford ' s professors to the Listitution is most inspiring to the students. Flattering offers have been made to many of them to go elsewhere, but their devotion to the College will not permit them to accept. Dr. Snyder, especially, has been the recipient of offers of this kind, but no university position has been able to tempt him away from Wofford. 13

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DR. ARTHUR B. COOKE. A RTHUR B. COOKE was born at Meltons, Virginia, in 1869. He spent his childhood and youth in that State, attending the old field school near his father ' s home, as opportunity offered, which was some five or six months a year. He afterwards received three years instruction in the graded school of a neighboring town, walking the distance, four miles, every morning and afternoon. After another year in an Academy, he entered upon the work of a teacher, at the age of eighteen. The next five years were spent in this work in his native State, and in Tennessee, the young teacher giving all his spare time meanwhile to preparation for the University of Virginia. In 1892 he entered this institution, and after taking a four years course in three years, graduated in 1895. Immediately upon his graduation, he was elected to the Chair of German and French in Wofford College, where he has since served. The year 1899-1900 he spent in Europe. In 1901 he received the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from his Alma Mater. Professor Cooke is the author of Nature Sense in the German Lyric, and Life and Work, and is a contributor to several literary magazines. Few men of his age have made a higher reputation for deep thought and scholarly expression. PROF. JOHN GEORGE CUNKSCALES. PROFESSOR JOHN GEORGE CLINKSCALES was born in Abbeville County, S. C. He was pre- pared for college at Williamston, and entered Wofford in October, 1872. Graduating in June, 1876, he taught for three years in the schools of Spartanburg County. During the year 1881, he taught in The Williamston Female College. His eyes failing, he was forced to give up teaching, and was elected to the office of Superintendent of Education for Anderson County. This position he held for four years, resigning it to accept the Chair of Mathematics in the Columbia Female College. He was elected Associate Professor of Mathematics at Clemson College, when that Institution was started in 1893. Three years later he was made Full Professor of Mathematics, and in 1899 gave up that position to accept a call to the Chair of Math- ematics in Wofford College. Professor Clinkscales is not only immensely popular with his pupils, but is widely known and loved throughout the State, having spoken in almost every hamlet within its borders. 15