Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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- .ThE- Revtollb i©i William Newton Logan, A. M., Ph. D. THE honored subject of this brief biographical sketch was born at Barbours- ville, Knox County, Kentucky, November 4, 1869. He is a descendant of refined cultured parents, who were active and prominent in the affairs of his native State. In his early youth, Mr. Logan ' s parents moved to Kansas and he obtained his elementary education in the common schools of the district. From the common schools, he went to the High School and was graduated from the Beloit High School in 1889. At this time, he began his work as a teacher and taught the District School, though continued his education by attending Campbell University. After teaching two years in the village schools, he was elected teacher of Science in the Beloit High School, from which he was graduated only three years before, but resigned in 1893 to enter the University of Kansas, where he excelled in scholarship and graduated in three years with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, thus leaving a brilliant record to his credit. While at tending College his perservering energetic spirit showed itself, more and more, and he spent his vacation months in teaching Summer Schools and in work on Geological Surveys. At the completion of his College course, he was elected Superin- tendent of the City Schools of Pleasonton, Kansas ; but resigned this position at the end of two years to accept a Fellowship in the Geological Department of the Uni- versity of Chicago, where he could complete his University education and develop his talents doing research work. This graduate Fellowship was won over a large num- ber of worthy competitors and gave him a place of prestige and distinction in the Uni- versity from the very start in his graduate work. Rich success marked every step of his progress and his brilliant work in the Department of Geology was crowned with royal honors in 1900, when the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him by the University of Chicago. Dr. Logan was next called to accept the Professorship of Geology and Miner- alogy at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York; he held this position three years and in 1903 resigned to accept the position of Professor of Geology and Mining Engineering in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, which he has filled with great credit and distinction. In taking charge of this Department, he entered at once into the spirit of his work and soon identified himself with the condi- tion of the College, and took up the lines of Geological work needed to be done in the State and whicn would furnish valuable information and be highly beneficial to the

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F o r e w o i N ORDER TO MAKE VOLUME VIII. OF THE REVEILLE A SUCCESS, WE HAVE ASKED AND OBTAINED THE CO-OPERA- TIOX OF ALL CLASSES IN COLLEGE, AS WELL AS THE MEM- BERS OF THE FACULTY. WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS VOLUME WITH ENERGY AND DETERMINATION, AND IN PRESENTING IT, WE ARE AWARE THAT IT IS NOT WHAT WE TRIED TO MAKE IT, OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT, BUT WE TRUST THAT OUR CRITICS WILL NOT CAST IT ASIDE AS WOR THLESS. TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED A. M., THE PICTURES WILL GIVE AN INSIGHT INTO LIFE AT THE COL- LEGE; TO THOSE WHO HAVE, THEY WILL CALL UP MEMO- RIES OF HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS. THE STORIES AND VERSES FROM MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES WILL SHOW THE VARIOUS STEPS IN THE MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS. TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THIS BOOK REPRE- SENTS THE COLLEGE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES IN A WAY THAT NOTHING ELSE CAN, AND WE HOPE THAT WHEN THE ' l2 REVEILLE IS WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES OF PUBLIC OPINION, IT WILL NOT BE FOUND WANTING IN THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A PUBLICATION OF ITS KIND. THE EDITORS.

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WILLIAM NEWTON LOGAN, A. M., Ph. D.