Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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E. S. WERTS.

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DEJDICATHOM TO THE PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE CONSTANTLY STRIVEN TO INCUL- CATE IN US THE TRUE IDEAS OF MANHOOD AND REAL WORTH, AND WHO HAVE LABORED SO EARNESTLY TO MAKE THE UNIVER- SITY SCHOOL A SUCCESS, THIS, THE FIRST VOLUME OF M. U. S.-KITO, IN AFFECTIONATE APPRECIATION, IS DEDICATED. :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

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Mr. E. S. Werts. mR. E. S. WERTS, the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in New- berry County, South Carolina. In 1883 he matriculated in Roanoke Col- lege, of Virginia, and there for three years devoted his entire time to the study of Ancient and Modern Languages, and English. He was an active member of the Ciceronian Literary Society, and acquitted himself with honor in its contests. In 1888 he entered the University of Virginia, and pursued the study of French, Latin, Mathematics, German, and Physics in the M. A. Department of that institution for three years. In 1891 he accepted the position of instructor of Latin and Mathematics in the Knoxville Classical School, at Knoxville, Ten- nessee, where he remained two years, and during that time established a reputa- tion for skill and efficiency in instruction that has but increased with the passing years. It was during his second year in this school that he met his present col- league in the Memphis University School. Mr. J. W. S. Rhea, and formed with him a friendship that ripened into their present association. While in Knox- ville Mr. Werts pursued a course in Greek at the University of Tennessee, and played tackle on the Varsity team of that institution in 1891. In 1893 Mr. Werts, in conjunction with Mr. Rhea, came to Memphis, and established the Memphis University School, the rise of which to its present high