Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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John L. Douglas, M. A. Professor of Mathematics. Born in Winnsboro, S. C, in 1864. Entered Davidson College in 1 884. Withdrawing from College at the close of his Sophomore year, he taught a year at his home, Blackstock, S. C, then at Hampden, S. C, Rock Hill, S. C, and at length was elected Superintendent of Public Schools ,it Chester, S. C. Re-entered Davidson 1892, gradu- ating the following June with the highest honors, and winning the Debater ' s medal. During his whole course his average grade was 98. The following October entered Johns Hopkins University, taking graduate courses in mathe- matics, physics and chemistry. Completing the l ' h. D. course with the exception of his thesis, he was elected to the Chair of Sciences in the Chat- ham Academy .it Savannah, Ga. In 1S97 he came back to his Alma Mater as Professor of Mathematics to take up the work laid down by his old instructor, Dr. W. D. Vinson. Frederick Finger Rowe, A. B. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Greek and Latin. Professor Rowe was born in Newton, North Carolina, in 1874; in 1883 he moved to Conover, N. C, his present heme, where he studied under his father ' s tutorage until 1 890. He then spent tlnxc years in Catawba College. In September, 1893, he entered Davidson as a Sophomore. Won Shearer Bible Prize and stood among the first in his class. Since graduation he has held his present position in Davidson College. 24

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the degree of A. B. in 1880. During the next year he was engaged in teaching. Between 1881 and [887 he spent each alternate year at Johns Hopkins pursuing post-graduate work. From [883 t.i [885 he was Professor of Greek at Hampden- Sidney College, Va., and between 1886 and [888 was engaged in teaching at Kenmore High School, Kenmore, Va. In [887 he received the degrei oi I ' ll. U., from John-. 1 [opkins, and in 1 889 was eh Professor of Greek and German at Davidson. Wm. Ri hard Grey, A. B., Ph. D. Professor ol Latin and French. Dr. Grey was born in [858 in Union County, N. C IK- entered Davidson in [880, and received the degree of A. B. in 1884. winning the Latin Medal in 1885, and the Greek Medal in 1884. During the session of [885-6 lie conducted the village academy at Davidson, hi [886-7 ne had charge of Moorcsville Academy, and from [888 to 1880 was at the head of High Schools in Georgia. In [889 he entered the University of Johns Mop- kins; was awarded an honorary Hopkins scholar- ship in [890, and the degree of l ' n. I), in 1893. Immediately afterward he was elected Professor of Latin and French at Davidson. Wm. Jo-i in M vrtin, Jr., M. D., l ' n. I). Professor of Chemistry. Was horn in Columbus, Tenn., in the year [868 lie entered the preparatory 1 las-, at Davidson College in [883 and graduated third in his 1 l.i in [888. The following year he spent as Pn ifessor of Si iences at Clinton ( ' ollege, S. I ., and in [8 od the Medical Department of the University of Virginia, where lie received the de- f M. D. and some years later that of I ' ll. 1). In 1896 he succeeded In- late father to the Chair of Chemistry al Davidson College, with which in- stitution lie is now Ci mnet ted. I HOMAS I ' . 1 [ARRISON, I ' ll. 1 . Profess, n ..i Qnglish. Horn October i I, 1864, Abbeville, S. C. hal- tered .■south Carolina Military Academy, Charles- ton, [882; graduated [886, being one of the two honor men in class of fifty-three members. Upon graduation was appointed Assistant in English in the above named institution, a position retained lor three years, and then resigned in 01 del tu pursue advanced stud} ' at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Entering Johns Hopkins in 1888, Mr. Harrison was appointed in 1 University Scholar in English, and subsequently Fellow in English. He received his Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in June, i8yi ; in same year studied in Paris and British Museum in London. In [892 he was elected Assistant Professor ol English in Clemson College, S. C, his rank afterwards being raised to Associate 1 ' rofessor. This position was held until last October, when Dr. Harrison was elected Professor in English in David- son College, N. C.

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-lar gv-ftjJJV SENIOR CLASS 1893 Ferguson CARR MUM! HIM S McSWAIN Woo Perry ROSS llARTH ALLEN WATKINS SllEki ) 51 i SAN FORD STBELR, J. A. GOODUAN Withbrspooh Wilson Steele, r. s.