Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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President John William Provine, M. A., Ph. D., LL. D. B. S., University of Mississippi, 1888; A. M., ibid., 1890; Ph. D., Goettingen, 1892; Fellow in Chemistry, University of Mississippi, 1888-90; Chairman of the Faculty of Mississippi College, 1895-97; President of Mississippi College, 1911- IO

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country North and East. But, after all, it is not the position one holds, the books he has read, the distinction he has attained, but the quality of manhood on the inside. The his- torian or biographer may give you all the names and dates and outward incidents, but these are not the measure of the man. You may know all these, but not know the man himself. To appreciate this friend of ours, you must take a photograph of the soul, and see a spirit royal in its sense of honor, as transparent as a maiden in its purity, as susceptible as an artist to the beautiful, as responsive as the most delicate musical instrument to the touch of friendship, as passionate as a devotee in his love of the true, and as clear as a cameo in his portrayal of them all. With justice and pride he points to the little woman by his side, Mrs. Mary Whitfield Eager, and says, “If you can find anything worthy in me, she did it.” P. I. L. The Cow Slips Away The tall pines pine. The pawpaws pause. And the bumble-bee bumbles all day; The eavesdropper drops. And the grasshopper hops. While gently the cow slips away. — Ben King. 9

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Algernon Jasper Aven, M. A. Professor of Latin. Porter Walker Berry, M. A. Assistant in Mathematics. B. S. Mississippi College; Principal Hickory High School, 1903; Principal Ackerman High School, 1906; Graduate Student University of Chicago, S ummer Terms, 1907-’08. A. B. University of Mississippi, 1 884 ; M. A., ibid., 1889; Principal of Coles Creek Academy, 1884-83; Principal Winona Male Academy, 1883-’89; Professor of English Mississippi College, 1 889-’90 ; Graduate Student University Chicago, Sum- mers of 1894 and 1893. 1 1