Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE MAC BIENNIAI. James Wallace ROEESSOR JAMES XVALLACE, President Emeritus of Macalester College, came to the college in 1887 as professor of Greek, Anglo-Saxon, and Modern Languages. During the years from 1894 to 1906, while he served as president and professor of political science, he also was the force which kept his beloved college existing when hope for a future was gone. For a time he traveled in Greece to perfect his knowledge of the Greek tongue. ln 1909 he became Professor of Biblical Literature on the XVeyerhauser Founda- tion, which position he has held since. His classical training has been more than an intensive study of Greek syntax, or investigation of ancient civilizations. He has traveled widely in Egypt and Palestine and can speak from his own experience of these lands and their peoples. He has been on leave of absence since 1927 and the present student body has had but little opportunity to make his acquaintance. Qu occasion Dr. NVallace has addressed the chapel convocation, and has endeared himself to the students through his genial humor and democratic understanding of their problems. If any one man can be said to typify the spirit of the college, that man is Dr. XVallace. He has given abundant evidence of his ability in this world of practical affairs, his scholarly achievements are high, and his sense of humor has done its share in the making of himself and the college. ' Page S

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NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO 1 l l 9 l , il l 1 l 3 i i ll li 1 l l Andrew Work Anderson ROFESSC JR ANDREW' XYORK ANDERSON received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of XYooster in 1889. and his Master of Arts degree in 1892. Professor Anderson came to Macalester College from the A cadeniy at Poland, Ohio, in 1891 as professor ot philosophy and education. During the presidency of Dr. llodgenian he became Dean of the college. After performing the duties of this office for almost a decade, he then devoted his ettorts to the teaching of philosophy. There has been no Macalester graduate since that time who has not passed through his hands at least once, and many have been more than glad to return every year to the gentle councils of the philosophers as they are presented, pro- pounded, and interpreted from his desk. Prof Andyn is remembered affection- ately by all as one who has revealed to them thevast possibilities of speculation, of weighing values, and of exercising ethical judgments. Ile is one who has awakened many latent logicians, metaphysicians, and moralists to their own na- tures and to the inexhanstible pleasures of the mind. Ilis life is so interwoven with the history of the college that to know one is to know the other. No one really is intimate with Macalester until he has learned that t'Prof Andy was a boy in Ohio. Page 7 l l

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XIAYETEENV THIRTY-TIVO l l 1 V W. 1 wx , 1 , l 1 l . ' l 1 i 1 Q M, E, f Mi 1 George William Davis ROFESSOR GEORGE XVILLI.-XM DAVIS received his ll, A. degree from Yictoria University, Manchester, England, in 1882. In 1886 he was graduated from Auburn Theological Seminary. Five years later Yale University conferred on him the degree of Ph. D., and in 1901 he was awarded the D. D. degree from Macalester College. From 1899 to 1901 he did graduate work at the college de France in Paris. ' He came to Macalester as Professor of English and Biblical History in 1892, and remained in this capacity for seven years. After an absence of nine years from the college he was recalled in 1908, this time as Professor of Hebrew and Literature, as well as Political and Social Science. Dr, Davis is an able scholar and an enthusiastic teacher. His English back- ground and versatile gifts, combined with a sociable disposition have made him a delightful conversationalist. Not only is his scholarship keen and scientifically accurate, but his teaching is tempered on the one hand by a sense of social justice, and on the other by the aesthetic understanding of an artistic nature. lu addition to his pedagogical activities Dr. Davis has served as a church pastor on various occasions and is known to be an excellent organist and musician. A brilliant political scientist and economist, yet Dr. Davis will be remembered longest for his friendliness. ln the words of another professor, Di: Davis is a man upon whom you can depend. Page 9