Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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PROF. J. L. JARMAN

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President Joseph L. Jarman | ROFESSOR Joseph L. Jarman, recently elected President of the Virginia State Normal at Farmville, is descended from two of the oldest families of Virginia — the Jarmans and Lindsays. His father was William Daniel Jarman of Albemarle County, and his mother Catherine Goodloe Lindsay. On his mother ' s side he is related to W. A. Harris, who for many years was President of the Wesleyan Female College at Staunton, Virginia. Professor Jarman, who is thirty-four years of age, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, and was educated at the Miller School in Albemarle, and at the University of Virginia. At the Miller School he prosecuted his studies with such marked success that on graduation, although very young, he was elected to a professorship in the school. At the University he pursued special courses in natural science, in which he graduated with distinction. After leaving the University he filled for twelve years the chair of Natural Science at Emory and Henry College — one of the oldest of Southern institutions — in which position he was serving when called to the presidency of the State Normal. By his enthusiasm, diligence and thoroughness at Emory and Henry College he easily brought his department to the front, and by his strong and helpful personality, as well as by his conscientious and tactful discharge of duties, he endeared himself to both Faculty and students. His good comradeship, wide sympa- thies and faith in his fellow man rarely fail to make friends. By nature and equipment Professor Jarman is a true educator, but he is extensively known and highly appreciated in south-west Virginia outside of educational circles. To his scholarship and rare executive ability he adds a wide and active interest in public affairs which makes his influence felt in his community, his state and his church. He is a consecrated Christian layman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is a delegate-elect to the general conference of this denomination soon to convene in Dallas, Texas. The family of Professor Jarman is a most attractive one. His wife is descended from the family of Massachusetts Emersons of which the celebrated Ralph Waldo Emerson was a member, and is a daughter of the late Rev. E. E. Wiley, D. D., who was for many years the President of Emory and Henry College, and one of the fore- most men of his church. Mrs. Jarman ' s culture and pleasing social qualities have made her very popular at Emory, and will render her a most valuable acquisition to the social and church life of Farmville. The people of south-west Virginia deeply regret the departure of this family from among them, but realize that in his new work Professor Jarman has a broader field of usefulness, and can more effectively stamp the impress of his progressive spirit on the educational life of his State.