Lambuth College - Lantern Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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A graduate of Lambuth, John David Batsel, head librarian, has also obtained degrees from Vanderbilt Divinity School, Vanderbilt Graduate School, and George Peabody College for Teachers. He holds the B.A., B.D., M.A., MA. in LS degrees. Mr. Batsel ' s efficiency and organization in the Luther L. Gobbel Library is well known to the student library staff. He also teaches in the history department, especially a philosophy of history course. Mr. Batsel is married and has four children. «;; Miss Katharine Clement, teaching at Lambuth for many years, offered the only major in Latin to be permitted at Lambuth, several years ago. She has also taught French, Latin, and library science. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, of the University of Colorado, and of George Peabody College for Teachers. She holds the A.B., A.M., and B.S. in L.S. degrees. She is currently serving as associate librarian. Starting in 1939 as head Librarian with a few books in a classroom, Miss Clement has built the library to its present status of a four story building and more than 30,000 volumes. Dr. Gordon Finnie, head of the department of history, is noted for his controversial opinions. He is known as the ' Great Radical ' . A graduate of Lambuth and of Duke University, where he received his M.A. and Ph.D., Dr. Finnie tries to stimulate his students to approach history critically rather than as blotters to absorb absolute knowledge. Dr. Finnie is also active in Jackson community affairs, working for better understanding, and better relationships, among the citizens of Jackson. 30