McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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B ' Mv JAMES C. DOLl.EY, A. M. Professor of Latin.

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EDWARD B. WAGGONER, A. M. PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCE. The subject of this sketch, l-lihvard I ' .. Wasgom-r, was Imrn in ( ' .Milfro , 111., in 1852. His bdvlioml days were spent ufxin the farm near (Kulfrev. He moved tn Leban.m in S(«i ami in the fall nf the same year, at the aye nf i-. Ik- entered McKendree I ' ollege. from whicli institutinn he graduateil in 1875. receiving ' tlie detjree i f I ' .aelielnr cif . rts. Soon after sraduatins from .McKendree he acce])ted a position as instruetur in the school at C ' liattiii. 111., where he taught for several years, from there he went to Chautaiuiua, where he completed a course un- der the directions of the E. L. S. Fv ; he also finished a coiirse in Sunday school normal work at the same place. In 1879 he attended the CoUcfje at ' alpraiso. Indiana, and a year later he entered the Snutlurn Illinois N ' ormal College at Carlxmdale. where he remained fur one term. In 1881 he was elected to the Chair of .Vatural Science in .McKendree College, which position he Imlds at the jiresent time, thus having served on the faculty since his election as Professor of Natural Science, with the e :ception of one year when he tau.tjht in the Southwest Kansas College of Winlielil, Kansas. lie has alwavs beer, greatly interested in institute work, having taught in the various institutes in Illinois for twelve years during the summer vacation at McKendree. I ' rot. Waggoner is a leading member of the M. I- ' . Church at Lebanon, and has held the imsition of Siindav . .chfxjl superintendent for the last fifteen years. ; s an instructor of N ' atural Science he is a cap- 2»le and tireless worker and great credit is due him for iin|iroviiig his dei)artnKnt until to-day it is unsur- passed by any college in this State.

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JAMES O. DOLLEY, A. M. PROFESSOR OF LATIN. James C. Dollcy was born in llitjhlanrl county. ' a., Augiut 7, 1865. When a young man he at- temled the public schools in Maryland, after which he entered the Randolph-Macon College at . ' shlan(I. Va., from which institution he graduated in June. 1888. receiving the degree of Baclulor of Arts. Soon after his graduation the degree of aster of .Arts was conferred u])on liim by his alma mater. Prof. Dolley ' s ambition to liecome an instructor was given its tirst impetus wlien lu- served as prin- cipal of the Alleghany Institute nf West X ' irginia for two years. Tlie following year he was elected teacher of Latin and Greek in the RfKkville . cadcmy of Maryland, ai endowed training school for boys. The three succeeding years he served as instructor in the Randolpli-Macon . cadomy nf ISedford. a., and then tor four years as Superintendent of Instruction, and teacher of Latin and Creek in the I logsett Military . cademy in Kentucky. The next year he was elected principal of the Kentucky cslyau .- cademy, where he served one year. In iS he was elected to the Chair of Latin in .McKendrec College, wliich position he holds at the present time. Prof. Dolley is a graiumarian nf note. I lis thorough kr.owkilge of the Latin language combined with the ability to impart it to the student. ten l to make it one of the most interesting studies pursued in the college course. X V