Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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A. H. Buchanan, LL. D. W. D. McLaughlin, Ph. D. Miss Clara Earle

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a, Mathematics On the 2Sth day of June, 1828, at Boonesboro, Ark., Andrew H. Buchanan first beheld the light with which he is now so familiar. Fresh from the backwoods and with only a heroic courage and an in- domitable will to support him, he entered Cumberland University when twenty-one, to emerge therefrom four years later with two degrees, A. B. and C. E. His instructor in Mathematics was the scholarly and afterwards soldierly, General A. P. Stewart. L incoln University later conferred upon him a I L . D. degree. Since 1869 he has been teach- ing Mathematics in Cumberland. For twenty years, during his vaca, tions, he was employed in the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey where officially and publicly he received many compliments for accuracy. His work as a Topographical Engineer, during the war, under Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, was remarkably accurate and trustworthy. He uses his own text book in Trigonometry and is Dean of the Faculty. W. D. McLaughlin, Pk D. Latin and Greek William D. Mcl aughlin was born in Bessemer, Alabama, March 11, 1847. A rustic son of toil, he early evinced an inclination to absorb wisdom and resolved to win an education whatever the cost. Penni- less and alone he made his way to Cumberland University and became a student. Since that eventful day he has earned three degrees; A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. In 1870 he was called back after having served throughout the war (much of the time in prison), and accepted the Chair of Latin and Greek, which he has honored from that day. A humorist of high order and a finished scholar, his class work is in- tensely interesting. Never is the hour dull, no matter how hard the lesson, or how homesick and blue the class. His trite sayings are on the tongues of every student who has ever recited to him. He occu- pies a warm spot in the heart of every one who knows him. Iis§ Clara Earle lern Languages Miss Clara Earle was born at Cane Hill, Ark., and is the daughter of Rev. F. R. Earle, a pioneer and highly respected minister of the Presbyterian Church. Her preparatory work was done at Cane Hill College. . She took her A. B. degree from the Univei ' sity of Arkansas. She also did post-graduate work at the University of Chicago and spent a year studying in Europe at Sarbonne and the College de Prance. She traveled extensively in Prance, Italy and Spain. Her first teaching w-as done in Arkansas Cumberland College at Clarks- ville, Ark. L,ater she was called to her Alma Mater as a teacher. She was called to Cumberland in 1902 where she has since occupied the Chair of Modern Languages. Miss Earle lives for the students. Her constant study is to make them happy and to lend encouragement and sympathy. Her unselfish spirit is manifest to all who know her. 12

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E E. Weir, Ph. D. J. S. Waterhouse, A. M. C. H. Kimbrough, A. M.