Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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Judge Nathan Gr Judge Walter C. Caldwell

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J. 1 . Henry, B.D., Practical Theology. Dean of Theological School Jas. R, Hexry came from the State of Geoi-fjia. He graduated from the Theolog-ical School in 1885, taking the degree of B.D.; also from the Union Theological Seminary, New York. After graduation in New York he spent some months in Oxford, England, in special work. In addition to traveling in England and Scotland, he spent some time on the Conti- nent. In 1890-92 he was Secretary of the Board of Education of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. After this time he made a tour of Europe, and on his return in April, 1894, he accepted the call to the Shady Avenue Church, of Pitts- burg, Pa. During his pastorate the church grew in membership from one hundred to three hundred ; the Sunday school from seventy-five to two hundred. A second church was organized which has a membership of one hundred and twenty- five. The congregation during this time cleared itself of an indebtedness amounting to $11,500, and bought additional property worth S10,S00. Mr. Henry is the representative of his Church on the executive committees of the Western Sec- tion of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance. During his one year ' s administration of the affairs of the Seminary another member has been added to the faculty and five specialists have lectured to the students of his department on the work not covered in the regular course. F. K. Farr, C.E., B.D., Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation Finis King Farr is from Missouri. In 1889 he graduated from the Civil Engineering School of Cumberland University, and in 1894 received the degree of B.D. from the Theological Department. In 1894-97 he attended the University of Chicago, taking special work in Hebrew. In 1895 he was called to the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpreta- tion in Cumberland University. Prof. Farr was one of the editors of The Quarterly Review, a magazine published in the interest of modern theology and philosophy by Dr. L. L. Rice. He also writes the exegetical studies of the Sunday school literature in the Old Testament. One cannot read the history of Prof. Farr without at the same time reading the history of the music of Cumberland University. He has been the promoter and the life of every quartette, glee club and chorus since his connection with the institution. As a ready platform man and after-dinner speaker Prof. Farr has no equal in the University.

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Nathan Green, LLD. Dean of Law School Judge Nathan Green was born at Winchester, Tenn., February 9, 1827. He entered Cumberland University in 1843 and was g-raduated in 1847. In the same year he entered the law department and was graduated from there two years later. For quite a while he practiced law with eininent success, uniil 1856, when he was called to fill a chair in the law depart- ment of his alma mater. The degree of I L.D. was conferred upon him by Center College, Kentucky. He was elected to the Chancellorship of the University in 1873, and held that position until his resignation in 1899. Few people know how much Cumberland University and the church at large are indebted to this man. Just at the close of the war, when the whole South had been reduced to a desert waste, it became a problem to find a man who cou d direct successfully the fortunes of a great school like Cumberland. Judge Green was the man selected. He took an unendowed school which had lost its buildings during the war and made of it one of the greatest factors in the building up of the New South. During his half century of teaching many hundreds of lawyers have been instructed by him, the majority of whom have become eminently successful, some being senators, some supreme judges, and many being in the congressional halls. W. C. Caldwell, LL.B., Constitutional Law Walter C. Caldwell is a son of Tennessee. Cumberland University conferred upon him the degrees of A.B. in 1873 and LL.B. in 1874. Immediately after graduation he formed a partnership with Maj. Robert Caldwell, of Trenton, Tenn. Mr. Caldwell became one of the leading lawyers at the bar of West Tennessee, enjoying a lucrative practice. From almost the beginning of his career he was engaged hy large corporations, and is now the attorney for the largest land corpora- tion in the South. Since beginning his practice his success in chancery work has been remarkable. Early in the eighties he was appointed to a Tennessee judgeship, and was elected in 1886 to the Supreme bench of Tennessee. Judge Caldwell is a son-in-law of Chancellor Nathan Green, having profited much by his intimate connection with that man who has moulded so many famous lawyers. He was called to the Professorship of Constitutional Law in Cumberland University in the fall of 1902. His eminent qualifications as a jurist, together with his wide-spread reputation gained from his long services on the bench, make him a valuable accession to the Law School.