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

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Caleb Richmond Harding, M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Creef( and German Dr. Harding was born al Charlolle, N. C. In 1861. Entered Davidson College m 1876, and received the degree of A. B. m 1880. Durmg the next year he was engaged in leaching. Between 1881 and 1887 he spent alternate ysars at Johns Hopkins, pursuing post graduate work. From 1683 to 1886 he was Professor of Greek at Hampden-Sidney College. Vir- ginia; and between 1886 and 1888, was engaged in teaching at Kenmore High School. Kenmore. Va. Received the de- gree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins in 1887. and was elected Professor of Greek and German at Davidson in 1889. William Richard Grey, A. B., Ph. D. Professor of Latin and French Was born in Union County. N. C. in 1858. Entered Davidson College, 1880. and received the degree of A. B. in 1884. winning the Latin Medal in 1883 and the Greek Medal in 1884. During the session of 1885-86 he conducted the village acad- emy at Davidson. In 1886-87 he had charge of Mooresviile Academy, and from 1888 to 1889 was at the head of high schools in Georgia. In 1889 he entered Johns Hopkins University. Was awarded an honorary Hopkins scholarship in 1890, and the degree of Ph. D. in 1893. Im- mediately afterwards he was elected Pro- fessor of Latin and French al Davidson. M. E. Sentelle, M. a., D. D. Professor of Philosophy) Gv Te 1874. Entered Junior Class al Davidson m 1892 and graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1894. winning the Debater ' s Medal. Bible Medal, and being valedictorian of his class. After graduation, taught at Davidson High School from 1894 to 1896. and at King College 1896-97. Thence lo Harvard, where he studied Experimental Psychology. Then lo Yale, 1898-99. where he studied Philosophy, History, and Sociology; and al Princeton from 1899 to 1901. Then he preached in Texas, till he was elected lo the Chair of Philosophy at Davidson in 1903.

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Henry Louis Smith, M. A., Ph. D., LL. D. President Bom at Greensboro, N. C, In 1859. Studied at Davidson from 1877 to 1881. 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, N. C., from 1881 I I8S7. Pursued graduate studies at the University of Virginia m 1886-87, and agam m 1890-91. Was awarded the Orator ' s Medal of Temperance Union So- ciety in 1887, and the Jefferson Literary Society in 1891; the degree of Ph. D. in 1890, and the degree of LL. D. in 1906. Since 1887, Professor at Davidson Col- lege, being elected President m 1901. Rex ' .John Bunyan Shearer, M. A., D. D., LL. D. Vice-Presidenl and Professor of Biblical Instruction Born in 1832 in Appomattox County, V a. Awarded the degree of A. B. at Hampden-Sidney College in 1851. and the degree of M. A. at the University of Vir- ginia in 1854. Taught the next year at Gordonsville, Va. Graduated at Union Theological Seminary in 1858. Minister from 1858 to 1879. Taught again from 1866 to 1870. Elected President of Slew- art College, Clarksville, Tenn., m 1870. After its reorganization, he was Professor from 1879 to 1888. Elected President of Davidson College in 1888. Since 1901 he has held the Chair of Philosophy and Bib- lical Instruction.

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William Joseph Martin, Ph. D., F. C. S. Professor of Chemistrv Born in Columbus, Tenn., in 1868. Graduated al Davidson College in 1888, standing third in his class. The following year he was Professor of Science at Clin- ton College, S. C. In 1889 he entered the Medical Department of the University of V ' lrgmia, where he received the degree of M. D., and some years later, that of Ph. D. In 1894 he was elected Fellow of the London Chemical Society. Since 1896 he has held the Chair of Chemistry at David- son College. James McDowell Douglas, M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Phvsics and Cheniistrxi Dr. Douglas was born in Fairfield County, S. C, in 1867. He entered Da- vidson in 1890. and received the degree of A. B. in 1893, being one of the honor men of his class. During the following year he pursued his studies in Mathematics and in 1894 received the degree of M. A. The three years after graduation were spent in teaching at Davidson High School, and as Superintendent of Gastonia Insti- tute, Gastonia, N. C. He entered Johns Hopkins University in 1897, graduating in 1901 with the degree of Ph. D. In the same year he was elected to the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Davidson College. John L. Douglas, M. A. Professor of Mathematics Born at Winnsboro. S. C, in 1864. Entered Davidson College in 1884. He withdrew from College at th? end of his Sophomore year. He was engaged in teaching until 1892, when he re-entered Davidson and graduated the following year with highest honors, winning the De- bater ' s Medal. The following October he entered Johns Hopkins University, taking a graduate course in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Completing the Doctor of Philosophy course, with the exception of his thesis, he was elected Professor of Science in Chatham Academy, al Savan- nah, Ga. In 1897 he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics at Davidson Col- lege.