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

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ni embet8 of ifacult . Rev. John Bunyan Shearer, M. A., D. D., LL. D. President and Professor of Biblical Instruction. Born in 1832 in Appomattox County, Virginia. Was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts from Hampden-Sidney College in 1851, and received the degree of master of arts from the Univer.=ity of Virginia in 1854. The next year he was principal of Kemper School, Gordonsville, Virginia. Was graduated at Union Theological Seminary in 1858, minister at Chapel Hill, 1858-62, in Halifax County, Virginia, 18G2-70, and principal of the Cluster Springs High School from 1866 to 1870. In 1870 he was called to the presidency of Stewart College, Clarksville, Tennessee. After the reorganization of the College as the Southwebtern Presljyterian University, Dr. Shearer held the Chair of History and English Literature from 1879 to 1882, and- of Biblical Instruction from 1882 to 1888. In the latter year, he was elected President of Davidson College and Professor of Biblical Instruction. Henry Louis Smith, M. A., Ph. D. Vice-President and Professor of Natural Philosophy. Born at Greensboro, North Carolina, in 18.59. Studied at Davidson from 1877 to 1881. Was awarded the mathematical medal in 1879, the Greek medal, the essayist ' s medal and the degree of bachelor of arts in 1881, and the degree of master of arts in 1888. Principal of the Selma Academy at Selma, North Carolina, from 1881 to 1887. Pursued graduated studies at the Univer- sity of Virginia in 1886-87, and again in 1890-91. Was awarded the orator ' s medal of the Temperance Union Society in 1887, and of the Jefferson Literary Society in 1891, and the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1890. Since 1887, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Davidson. Caleb Richmond Harding, M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Greek and German. Dr. Harding was born in 1861, at Charlotte, North Carolina. Entered Davidson College in 1876, received the degree of bachelor of arts in 1880. During the next year he was engaged in teaching. Between 1881 and 1887, he spent each alternate year at Johns Hopkins, pursuing post-graduate work. From 1883 to 1885 he was Professor of Greek at Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, and between 1886 and 1888 was engaged in teaching at Kenmore High School. Kenmore, Virginia. In 1887, he received the degree of doctor of philosophy from Johns Hopkins, and in 1889 was elected Professor of Greek and German at Davidson. I?