Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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SL ' T BOB ISMEL 1911 - l rrsitifnt Iia )iti Carlislr i)ull N its first issue since the new administraticn came in the Bobashela takes pleasure in introducrng to the pubhc our new president. Dr. D. C. Hull. I he choice of a successor to Bishop Murrah was a matter ot serious import, not only to the College and the patronizing Conferences, but to the cause of education throughout the State. It is needless to say that it was regarded with the keenest interest by both undergraduates and Alumni. I he Board of Trustees, therefore, acted wisely in taking time for action. Every eligible educator in the Church who was thought to be available passed under review, and their qualifications were carefully canvassed before a decision was reached. The time and the conditions called for no ordinary man. The College, under the wise management of Dr. Murrah, was already an assured success along the line on which it was originally pro- jected, and it could not afford to lake a step backward by making a mistake in the choice ol his successor. Moreover, important changes in the college organization were necessary to (it it for the larger held which it was to occupy, and this called for a man well versed m school methods and discipline, of mature experience, in full sympathy with young men, and thoroughly devoted to the w ' ork of teaching and character-building. The choice made by the Trustees has already been demonstrated: President Hull is making good. Not least among his assets in early life is the tact that he was brought up in the wholesome atmosphere of a Christian country home. 1 o these advantages of heredity and environment, he has added the important third factor of success m life, which has been called individual self-assertion. Of the last, while it has never been offensively exhibited, tradition has preserved a notable instance in which it is said that once upon a time during vacation he routed a former teacher, who had done him an injus- tice, by a strenuous appeal to the arguTientum ad hominem. Under changed relations this might be thought a dangerous precedent, if his broad shoulders and athletic build did not warn an offender that it might be best to let by-gones be by-gones. In the following ex- tract from the New Orleans Christian Advocate of June 30, 1910, the main facts in Presiden Hull ' s life are so admirdably given that we may be pardoned for quoting them in full: — iMr. Hull was brought up on the farm in the county of his nativity, and attended the common schools maintained about the neighborhood where his parents resided. He joined the M. E. Church, South, at fourteen years of age under the pastorate ot Re . . S. Lagrone. In 1890 and 1891, he was a teacher in Choctaw County. He entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College in September, 1881, and was graduated with first honors in June, 1895. While taking his collegiate course, he was especially active in religious work, and made his influence strongly felt in the oung Mens Christian .Asso- ciation. L ' pon leaving College he taught for several years in leading public schools, mak- ing a fine record as an instructor: since 1902 he has been one of the Faculty of the .A. and M. College, where his faithfulness and efficiency have won him high distinction. He

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i L ' BOB 15nEL • 1911 -Sc S has done considerable post-graduate work, having taken the Master of Science degree at his Alma Mater, and pursued courses of study two summers at the University of Chicago. Mr. Hull is closely identified with the educational interests of Mississippi, being Vice- President of the State Teachers ' Asosciation, and has wide acquaintance among the educators of the State, by whom he is held in high esteem. He has been a licensed local preacher since 1 890. and is a speaker of great force and impressiveness in the pulpit and upon the platform. With such a past, with his powers at their best, with the confidence and esteem of the teachers of the State, and with the enthusiastic and loyal support of the students and faculty. President Hull already enjoys an earnest of a brilliant career. The Bobashcla, therefore, extends to him its greeting in the hope that he may live long to demonstrate his gifts as a wise builder, known far and wide as a maker ol men.