Hendrix College - Troubadour Yearbook (Conway, AR)

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Introducing Hendrix College’s President We Honor Him A friendly nod, the sound of a hearty chuckle as he crosses the campus serves to in- troduce Hendrix’s alert and buoyant chief executive. In twenty-five years of administrative ad- vance this man of energy and purpose has en- larged student concepts under a progressive curriculum and has oriented personalities to a dynamic world. This is the educator whose keen and efficient tutelage impells Hendrix forcefully onward in its development of a lib- eral Christian culture. For his judicious insight and executive abil- ity, we respect him. And for his friendship and zestful interest in the problems of youth, we like him immensely. Whether he is delivering a message from the chapel platform or mingling with thought- ful enjoyment at some college function, we are invariably captivated by his grace and spirit. To this liberal educator, forceful execu- tive and stimulating friend—to John Hugh Reynolds—the Troubadour of 1938 pays tri- bute.

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In Memory of PROFESSOR W. O. WILSON A Scholar, a Friend, a Man

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iReynolds----- A Leader Among Mentals Because: On January 3, 1869, there was born to Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Reynolds, a son, John, at Enola, Ark., a small village in Faulkner county. This young man was destined to become one of the South’s outstand- ing educators and to make history in Arkansas. He received his A. B. degree at Hendrix Col- lege, Conway, Ark., in 1893. He received his A. M. degree at the Univer- sity of Chicago, in 1897. He married Margaret Harwood of Brook- field, Mo., June 27, 1895. Four children were born to this union, all of whom figure prom- inently in educational circles today. He was teacher, principal and county super- intendent of schools, 1893-96. He was professor of History and Political Science, 1897-1902, and vice president, 1899- 1902, of Hendrix College. He was professor of History and Political Science, 1902-12, and acting president, 1912-13, of the University of Arkansas. He received the LL. D. degree from the Uni- versity of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. He did special study at Oxford, England, 1911-12; and in 1913 he became president of Hendrix College. Coming to Hendrix College he had to change his whole philosophy of education. While at the Uni- versity of Arkansas he had conceived the vision of a great university, giving an education to all that came. Hendrix could not educate the masses; he must build an institution superior in educational standards, and develop a cultural center to educate leaders of a high character. This he has done, building Hendrix from a small, provincial college with a $100,000 physical plant and $200,000 endowment, to an institution of national standing with $900,000 physical plant and a million-dollar endowment.