Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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College of Philosophy, Letters and Science. For the position of Chancellor of the University Rev. R. L. Breck, D. D., was chosen. In a short time the period of depression came and Dr. Pratt was forced to return to the pulpit. Soon after, Dr. Breck and other members of the Faculty resigned, and the number of students was greatly decreased. After a few years Col. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., came forward and suggested a reorganization, and renewed the efforts to establish the Universit) ' on a firm financial basis. To the vacant chancellorship Rev. L. H. Blanton was chosen. This proved to be the turning point in the career of the institution. Rev. J. V. Logan, D. D., Ph.D., who was prominently connected with the establishment of the institution, was now elected President of the Faculty. The first step made by the Chancellor was the securing of contributions to the endowment fund to the amount of $60,000, with which the educational facilities were increa.sed, and the grounds beautified and ornamented with additional streets, drives and shade trees. New and large sums were now added to the endowment, and it is needless to say that under the impetus of such success the University continued to jirosper. In the fall of 1897, in connection with the University at Richmond, was established the Col- lege of Law, with Judge William C. Chenault and Hon. R. V. Miller at its head. Such moves as these fully show that the University has lost none of its youthful vigor, but is steadilj ' improving each year. With an institution in this state so thoroughly equipped to do the best work in higher education, and striding so rapidly to the front place among similar institutions in this country, it is unreasonable for our xonth to seek elsewhere for their Alma Maters. The l niversity is now resting upon a good financial basis in all four of its colleges — Medicine, Dentistry, Law, and that of Philosophy, Letters and Science.

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JAMES VENABLE LOGAN, D. D„ LL, D,, PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY. Dr. Jame.s Veuable Logan was born in Scott county, Ky., July ii, 1S3S. His early life was spent in his native county until his entrance to Centre College, from which institution he was graduated in 1S54. He then entered the Danville Theological Seminary, but did not finish his course until iS6o, on account of the death of his father, which occurred in 1S56. After his graduation he accepted a call as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Harrodsburg, K -., where he remained eight years. In 1863 he married Miss Mattie McBrayer, of Harrodsburg. In 1S6S he resigned his pastorate to accept the editorial conduct of the Free Christian Com- monwealth, then published at Louisville, Ky. He held this position until the union of the Kentucky Synod with the Southern Assembly. Dr. Logan was one of the foremost leaders in the effort of the Synod to found Central Uni- versity, and was the first man to take a chair, having been appointed b v the Synod to the Chair of Ethics and Christian Evidences. Assuming his duties with the first senior class in 1876, he has faithfully filled his position up to the present day. In 1880 he was elected to the presidencj ' of the l niversity, and the same year the degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Hampden-Sidney College. In 1890 he was honored 1)y the degree of LL. D. by the same institution.