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

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WILLIAM RICHARD GREY. A.B.. Ph.D. Professor of Latin and French. Dr. Grey was born in Union Coun- ty, N. C, in 1858. He entered Dav- idson College in 1 880. and received the degree of A.B. in 1884, after win- ning the Latin Medal in 1 883, and the Greek Medal in 1 884. During the session of 1 885-6 he conducted the village academy at Davidson. In 1886-7 he was principal of the Mooresville Academy, and from I 888 to 1 889 he was at the head of high schools in Georgia . In 1 889 he en- tered Johns Hopkins University. Was awarded an honorary Hopkins Schol- arship in 1 890, and the degree of Ph.D. in 1893. He was at once elected professor of Latin and French at Davidson. M. E. SENTELLE. M.A., D.D. Professor of Philosophv. Dr. Sentelle was born in Greenville, Tenn., in 1874. Entered Junior Class at Davidson in 1 892, and grad- uated in 1 894, with the degree of A.B., after winning the Debater ' s Medal, and the Bible Medal. He was also Valedictorian of his class. He taught at- Davidson High School from 1 894 to 1 896, and at King Col- lege, 1896-97. Then he studied Ex- perimental Psychology at Harvard, and at Yale, in 1 898-99 he pursued courses in Philosophy, History, and Sociology, also at Princeton from 1899 to 1901. He then held a pas- torate in 1 exas. until he was elected professor of Philosophy at Davidson in 1903. 10

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REV. JOHN BUNYAN SHEARER, M.A., D.D.. LL.D. Vice-President and Professor of Biblical Inslniction. Born in 1832 in Appomattox County, Va. Awarded the degree of A.B. at Hampden-Sidney in 1851, and the degree of M.A. at the Univer- sity of Virginia in I 854. Taught the next year at Gordonsville, Va. Hav- ing graduated from Union Theological Semmary m 1858, he was a mmister until 1879. He taught again from 1866 to 1870, when he was elected President of Stewart College, Clarks- ville, Tenn. After its re-organization as the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni- versity, he served as professor from 1879 to 1888, when he was elected president of Davidson College. Since 1901 he has held Chair of Philoso- phy and Biblical Instruction. CALEB RICHMOND HARDING, M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Creel( and German. He was born in Charlotte, N. C, in 1861, and, entering Davidson in 1876, graduated in 1880, with the degree of A.B. During the next year he was engaged in teaching. Between 1881 and 1887 he spent alternate years at Johns Hopkins, pursuing post- graduate work. From 1883 to 1886, he was professor of Greek at Hamp- den-Sidney College, Va. Between 1 886 and 1 888 he was engaged in teaching at the Kenmore High School, Kenmore, Va. Received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1887, and was elected Professor of Greek and German at Davidson in 1 889.

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WILLIAM JOSEPH MARTIN, M.D.. Ph.D., F. C. S. Professor of Chemistrv. Born at Columbus, Tenn., in 1868, and graduated from Davidson in 1 888, standmg third in his class. The fol- lowing year he was professor of Science, at Clinton College, S. C. In 1889 he entered the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Va., where he received the degree of M.D., and, later, that of Ph.D. In 1894 he was elected Fellow of the London Chemi- cal Society. Since I 896 he has held the Chair of Chemistry at Davidson College. JAMES McDowell douglas, m.a., ph.D. Professor of Physics and Geologv. He was born in Fairfield Coun- ty, S. C, in 1867, and entered David- son in 1890, graduating in 1893, with the degree of A.B., being an honor man. During the following year he pursued his studies in Mathematics, and received his M.A. in 1 894. The three years after graduation were spent as principal of the Davidson High School and as Superintendent of the Gastonia Institute. He entered Johns Hopkins in 1897, and received the de- gree of Ph.D. in 1901. In the same year he was elected professor of Nat- ural Philosophy at Davidson.