Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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MEMORIAL HALL

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X.VX It was during the administration of the Rev. T. C. Anderson, D.D., that Cumberland rose to great prominence in the State. Dr. Anderson had been a professor in this in- stitution in its days as Cumberland College and also after it had been moved to Leb- anon. He had served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Missions of his church. The Rev. B. W. McDonnold, D.D., LL.D., was Cumberland ' s third President. He was a professor in, Bethel College, Professor of Pastoral Theology in Cumberland Univer- sity, and President of Bethel College. He will be remembered as the author of a history of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Judge Nathan Green, LL.D., was one of the grandest figures that ever graced Cum- berland and the only President to be known as the Chancellor. He held this position for thirty years, but was closely connected with the University for seventy-five years. ; . j. He was Dean and Senior Pr ofessor of the Law School, President of the Alumni Asso- i elation, a ruling elder of his church, and the author of The Tall Man of Winton and ' - of Sparks from a Backlog. David Earle Mitchell, the next President, was Cumberland ' s youngest President. He was graduated from the Southwestern State Normal School, of California, Pa., in 1893; was called to the principalship of the Roscoe (Pa.) High School in 1894; and began editorial work at Uniontown, Pa., in 189.5. Then he entered Cumberland, and upon graduation was elected President. Mr. Mitchell is gratefully remembered as the donor of the Mitchell Library and of several houses used for dormitories. Our own Dr. W. P. Bone, A.M., D.D., was Cumberland ' s next choice as President. He received his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Trinity University, the B.D. degree from Cumberland, and the D.D. degree from Trinity University. He has studied in Union Theological Seminary, the University of Chicago, and the University of Berlin. He has traveled extensively in England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, and France. He has held pastoral charges in Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee, and for years was Professor of New Testament Greek and Interpretation in Cumberland ' s Theological Department. In 1909 he became President. Since his retirement, he has remained with us as our beloved Professor of Bible and Ethics. He is also the Alumni Secretary and the faith- ful editor of the Cumbeiiand Ahimmis. The sixth President was Dr. A. S. Coile, whose recent death has brought sorrow to many Lebanon friends. He was pastor of the local church for many years before be- coming President. At the time of his death. Dr. Coile was pastor of the McCausland Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Mo. He had also been pastor of the Presby- terian Church of Maryville, Mo. He was highly effective as a speaker. Edward Powell Childs was the next President. He was a student in the University of Michigan, Denison University, Harvard Summer School, and the University of Wiscon- sin, receiving- the M.A. degree from this institution in 1917. As a teacher, Mr. Childs had been connected with the following schools: Fargo College, Denison University, Pueblo (Col.) High School, University of New Mexico, the Newark (Ohio) High School, and the University of Wisconsin. He has worked as President of the Normal and Collegi- j jgsi ate Institute, of Asheville, N. C, and as Field Superintendent of Mountain Schools un- I gj der the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. ' ' ' = Our present President, Dr. John Royal Harris, was born in the adjoining county of Rutherford, and is an alumnus of Cumberland. He is most widely known as a re- former, but he has done pastoral work in Lewisburg, Tenn., and in Pittsburg, Pa. He .. l has been Secretary of the State Anti-Saloon League, Superintendent of the Dry Feder- ' ation of Pennsylvania, and Southern Secretary of the National Reform Association. From log calDins to brick buildings, from one department to six, from forty-five stu- dents to moi ' e than seven hundred — such is the honorable record of Cumberland Uni- versity. Elizabeth Habris, ' 27. iii ■ m

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CARUTHERS HALL