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

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W. J. MARTIN C. R. HARDING J. M. DOUGLAS Davidson College Faculty j. b. shearer H. L. SMITH, (Brest.) T. P. HARRISON J. L. DOUGLAS W. R. GREY A. CURRIE

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ilmtes of % iFantlty HENRY LOUIS SMITH, M. A., Ph. D., President. Born at Greensboro, North Carolina. Graduated at Davidson College in 1881, and while there was awarded the Mathematical medal, the Greek medal, and the Essayist ' s medal. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him in 1888. He was principal of Selma Academy, at Selma, North Carolina, from 1881 to 1887. Pursued post-graduate studies at the University 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 he has been Professor at Davidson College, being elected President in 1901. REV. JOHN BUNYAN SHEARER, M. A., D. D., LL. D., Vice-President and Professor of Biblical Instruction. Born in 1832, in Appomattox County, Virginia. Was graduated with the Degree of Bach- elor of Arts from Hampden-Sidney College in 1851, and received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1854. The next year he was principal of Kemper School at Gordonsville, Virginia. Was graduated at the Union Theological Seminary in 1858. For the next four years he was minister at Chapel Hill ; then from 1862- ' 70he preached in Halifax county, Virginia; he was principal of the Cluster Springs High School from 1866- ' 70. In 1870 he was called to the presidency of Stew- art College, Clarksville, Tennessee. After the reorganization of the College as the Southwestern Presbyterian University, he held the chair of History and English Literature, and of Biblical Instruction from 1882- ' 88. In the latter year he was elected President of Davidson College, and Professor of Biblical Instruction ; he resigned his presidency in 1901. The degree of Doctor of Divin ity was conferred upon him by Hampden-Sidney College in 1873. In 1889 the Southwestern Presby- terian University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. CALEB RICHMOND HARDING, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Greek and German. Born in 1861, at Charlotte, North Carolina. Graduated at Davidson College in 1880 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Between the years 1881- ' 87 he spent each alternate year at Johns Hopkins, pursuing post-graduate work. From 1883- ' 85 he was Pro- fessor of Greek at Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, and between 1886- ' 88 he taught at Kenmore High School, Kenmore, Virginia. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins in 1887, and since 1889 he has been Professor of Greek and German at Davidson.