Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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BobasheJa 19 2 4 Faculty Verxox Blrkett Hathorx B.S. Bursar B.S. Millsaps College, 1915; Professor of Science and Athletic Coach, Missouri Military Academy, 1914-16; Graduate Student, University of Missouri, 1915-16; Instructor and Athletic Coach, Sea Shore Camp Ground, 1916-17; Mississippi Education Association; Knights Templar; Shriner; Kappa Sigma. Mrs. C. A. Bowex A.B. Assistant Professor in French A.B. Woman ' s College of Alabama, 1919. Mrs. Mary Bowex Clark A.B. Assistant Librarian A.B. Millsaps College; Assistant Librarian; Coach in Latin and French. Student Assistants R. H. Moore Chemistry M. B. Swayze Mathematics C. A. TATUM Mathematics V. M. Cross Chemistry J. M. Weems Chemistry and English R. L. Hunt English M. S. W.VTSOX History F. E. Ballard Education

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ra Bobashela 19 2 4 Faculty George Lott Harrell B.S., M.S. Professor of Astronimy and Physics B.S. Millsaps College, 1899; M.S., 1901 ; Professor of Science, Whitworth College, 1 899-1 900; Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Hendrix College, 1900-02; Pro- fessor of Physici and Chemistry, Centenary College, 1902-04; Professor of Mathematics, Centenary College, 1908-09; President Mansfield Female College, 1909-10: Professor of Science, Wintie ' d High School, 1910-11; Professor of Mathematics, L. S. U., Summer of 191 1; Member of American Association for Advancement of Science; Member of American Astronomical Society; Kappa Sigma. George W. Huddlestox A.B., A.M. Associate Professor of Latin and Greek A.B. Hiawassee College, 1883; Professor of Greek, Hiawassee College, 1884-91; A.M. Hiawassee College, 1886; Professor of Latin and Greek, Harperville Col- lege, 1891-93; Professor of Ancient Languages, Mill- saps Preparatory School, 1900-22; President State Board of Teachers ' Examiners. Olix E. McKnight B.S., A.M. Professor of Education and Social Sciences Graduate of State Normal School, Troy, Ala., 191 2; Principal Geraldine High School, 1912-15; B.S. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1916: Professor of Education, Birmingham College, 191 6-1 7; County High School Principal, Alabama, 1917-19; Student Summer Schools, Peabody, 1918, and Columbia, 191 1-20; M.A. Columbia University, 1920; Superintendent of Schools, Middletown, Del., 1920-23; Teacher in Psychology and Education, State Normal School, Florence, Ala., Sum- mer.; of 1922 and 1923; Professor of Education, Mill- sap College, 1923. Welborxe Summers B.S., A.M. Associate Professor of Religious Education B.S. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, 1910; Fellowship Student, University of Illinois, 1910- 11; Associate Professor of Animal Industry, Auburn; Professor of Animal Industry, Auburn, 1912-13; Head of Department of Animal Industry, Virginia Poly- t-chnic Institute, 1913-14; Livestock Specialist, Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D.C., 1915-18; Stu- dent in Emory University, 1919-22; Assistant Pastor, First Methodist Church, Atlanta, 1920-21 ; A.M. Emory University, Summer of 1921 ; Assistant in Religious Education and Sociology, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 1921-23; Instructor in Sociology, Agnes Scott College, 1922-23; Associate Professor of Religious Education, Millsaps College, 1923. 19

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Bobashela 19 2 4 n Doctor A. F. Watkms, An Appreciation OR the past eleven years the roll of the Faculty, as it appeared in the Bobashela, has been headed by the name of Doctor A. F. Watkins, as president of the college. This year it appears as President Emeritus. Therefore it is fitting that the Bobashela should contain an appreciation of the man who has guided the fortunes of this institution for more than a decade, and to recount the progress which our Alma Mater has made in the years of his presidency. When D. C. Hull resigned the presidency of Millsaps College in 1912 the trustees of the college had under consideration many distinguished men as possible successors to that high position. Among them was a man who had served with brilliant distinction in many responsible positions in the Methodist Church in Mississippi, and in the South at large, and who had rendered great service in the establishment of the college. It is inspiring to hear a distinguished banker of Mississippi, now a loyal trustee of the college, tell of the fine young minister who first roused the Methodists of Mississippi by his advocacy of the project of establishing a great Methodist college in our state. The trustees accordingly placed in charge of the college, Dr. A. F. Watkins, who now closes a notable administration. Dr. Watkins sprung from a family distinguished for ability and character and for services to the church and the state. His father, Doctor William H. Watkins, was one of the most eminent ministers of the Methodist Church in Mississippi and was a member of the historic General Conference which separated the Methodist Episcopal Church into the Northern and Southern branches. Many members of his family are now prominent in Mississippi and Louisiana. It is not within the purpose and scope of this article to recount the honors which have come to Dr. Watkins in the service of his church, but hardly any other Methodist has occupied so many high positions in the gift of his brethren, or has rendered so eminent or varied service to his church and the cause for which she stands. Only a few of the many high offices which he has filled with distinction can here be noted, but a sketch of him, though brief, would be incomplete without some account of his work as a minister. Coming of so staunch a Methodist family, it was to be expected that he would attend a Methodist college, and while but a youth he won distinction in Centenary College, at Jackson, Louisiana, the Alma Mater of so many distinguished men of Mississippi and Louisiana. Yanderbilt University was then in its mighty youth, and attracting the choicest young men of the South to obtain a type of education not equalled in the South, except at the University of Virginia. Among the remarkable group of young men who attended Vanderbilt, one of the most promising was young A. F. Watkins, drawn thither from Centenary by the fame of the new seat of learning and his own steadfast determination to be content with none but the best. Among the ablest of that fine band, he was distinguished by his personal charm, his lofty character, his scholarship, and his devotion to Christian ideals. From the beginning of his ministry in the Mississippi Conference, to which he came on graduation from Vanderbilt, he advanced steadily and rapidly. He filled the best appointments with great success, and soon became known beyond the bounds of his home conference. He frequently represented his conference in the councils of the church at large, and was as eminent among the leaders who assembled at the General Conference of Southern Methodism and the Ecumenical Council of World-wide Methodism as he was in his home conference. Among the many positions of honor which he held were these: Field agent of the Superannuate Endowment Fund of Southern Methodism, delegate to the Ecumenical Council, member of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; seven times delegate to the General Conference, president of the Methodist Educational Association, and secretarv of the General Conference for sixteen years. It is a notable fact that, as his father was a member of the General Conference whose action divided Methodism into two bodies, so Doctor A. F. Watkins was a member of the Joint Commission on Unification which labored so earnestlv for several years to perfect plans for bringing together the two great branches of Methodism. To the presidency of Millsaps College, Doctor Watkins brought many eminent gifts. He had been president of Whitworth College, field agent for the establishment of Millsaps College, and a trustee of the institution for twenty-three years. He was a trained and acc urate scholar,