Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Board of Trustees Gov. William W. Brandon Lt.-Gov. C. S. McDowell, Jr. Dr. John W. Abercrombie Dr. Victor H. Hanson Dr. W. H. Oates Hon. T. D. Samford Hon. C. M. Hon. I . S. Haley Judge H. D. Merrill Non. Harry Herzfeld Hon. Oliver R. Hood Ex-Gov. Charles Henderson Hon. J. A. Rogers Sherrod Executive Council Dean George Petrie Dean Rupert Taylor Dean B. B. Ross Dean Zkbulon J udd Dean J. I. Wilmore Dean M. J. Funchess Mr. L. N. Duncan Dean Agnes E. Harris Mr. Roy Dimmitt Prof. M. J. Fullan Dean C. A. Cary Major John E. Hatch Prof. B. L. Shi Paze 18

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(9 a Spright Dowell, President SPRIGHT DOWELL received his A. B. degree from Wake Forest College, N. C., and his LL. D. from the University of Alabama. Me is a student of the University of Tenn. and Columbia University Summer Schools. From 1898-1900 he was principal of the elementary school at Shelby, Ala., and from 1900-1906 was principal of the I ligh School at Columbiana, Ala. From 1906-1919 he was superintendent of Schools at East Lake; from 1909-1913 he was principal of the Barrett School in Birmingham; from 1913-1915 he was chief clerk of the Department of Education of Ala.; from 1915-1917 he was Director of Teacher Training and Conductor of Institutes of the Department of Education of Ala. In 1917 he was appointed State Superintendent of Education, and in 1919 he was elected to the same office. On June 7, 1920, he was appointed as president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. c y

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 George Petrie, Dean FOR forty years it has been the policy of Auburn to encourage graduate work. Many chairs in Southern Colleges are today filled by men who got their first training in advanced work here. The graduate work is under the direction of the Dean of Graduate Studies in co-opcration with the Deans of the various colleges of the institution. Graduation from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute or from an institution of approved rank is a prerequisite for any graduate degree. 'I'hc applicant for a graduate degree must spend at least nine months at Auburn in earnest pursuit of the required work. GEORGE PETRIE was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1887, where he received the A. M. degree. In 1891 he received the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins. From 1887 to 1889 he was Professor of Modern Languages and History. In 1891 he was Professor of History and Latin. Since 1908 up to the present time he has been Dean of Graduate Studies of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the American Historical Association, Alabama History Teachers Association, Contributor to Educational Journal, Joint Editor of Mace-Petrie “American School History,” Lecturer at Summer Session of George Peabody School for Teachers, 1916-17, and University of Chicago, 1918. Page iq