Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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L. L. Rice, Ph.D., English Language and Literature Laba - Lacy Rice was born in Dixon, Ky., October 14, 1870. He received the decree of A.B. from Cumberland University in 1891, and Ph.D. in 1894. During ' 93 and ' 94 he taug-ht at Auburn Seminary, putting the school on a much surer basis than it had ever been before. He resigned this position to teach Eng-lish in Cumberland University, in ' 94. From 1896 to 1898 he served as associate editor of The Cumberland Pi-esbyterian and was recalled to the chair of English in ' 98, which position he now holds. As a teacher Dr. Rice has few equals. His lectures and literary criticism have been such as to lead his friends to believe that some enduring work may crown his later years. In the spring of 1902 he was called to the head of the English department of the James Millikin University ' , but his love for Cumberland kept him in his place at Lebanon. To him is due the credit of having edited successfully the first high-class magazine on theology, science and literature in our denomination. W. D. McLaughlin. A.M., Ph.D., Latin and Greek William D. McLaughlin is a loyal son of Alabama. He left his own state and came to Tennessee, where he entered Cum- berland University and took three degrees, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. In 1870 he was called to the chair of Latin and Greek in Cumberland University, and is still holding that position to the satisfaction of trustees and students alike. For a mix- ture of the scholar and humorist Prof. McLaughlin cannot be excelled. Greek and Latin and Sanskrit, which to the ordinary teacher and pupil are dry and painful, are, under this man ' s instruction, made live, interesting and useful. A profound scholar, a keen observer, and yet a humorist, Prof. McLaughlin holds a place which will never be filled by another in Cumberland University. He has had many calls to more lucrative fields, but his loyalty to the school and church of his choice kept him here in this, the best school of the land, as he terms it.

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