Randolph Macon College - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Ashland, VA)

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FACULTY-CONTINUED H. C. LIPSCOMB, INSTRUCTOR IN LATIN. .I. FRED PEAKE, INSTRUCTOR IN GREEK. J. MILLER LEAKE, INSTRUCTOR IN FRENCH. GRANVILLE BURRUS, INSTRUCTOR IN ASTRONOMY. MRS. HARTSOOK, COLLRG E LIRRARIAN. CAPT. RICHARD IRBY, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. D. S. ELLIS, M. D., 'COLLEGE PHYSICIAN. REV. JOSHUA HUNTER, CHAPLAIN. IS

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The Faculty WILLIAM W. SMITI-I, II. M., LL. D., WILLIAM G. STARR, PRESIDENT OF RANDOLFII-MAOON COLLEGE. ROBERT EMORY BLACKWELL, A. M., VICE-PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH. ROYALL BIISOOM SMITIIEY, II. M., PROFESSOR OF PU EDWIN W. BOWEN, A. M., FH. D., PROFESSOR OF LATIN. .IRTIIIIR O. WIOIITMIIN, M. PH. D., PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS. WILLIAM EDWARDS, A. M., D. D., PROFESSOR OI' MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND BIBLICAL LITE THOMAS M. JONES, A. Ii., PROFESSOR OF GREEK ,IND GERMAN. WILLIAM E. DODD, M. S., PH. D., PROFESSOR OF HISTORY .IND ECONOMICS. HALL CANTER, A. M., PII. D., PROFIISHOR OI' CIIEMISTRX' AND f:EOI.Om'. IV. S. BROWN, DIREc I'OR OI IIIIYSICAL CU'L'l'URIi. R. M. GRIM M, AHQISTANT IJll!IiC'l'OR OF PHYSICAL l'l'L'l'URE. 17 CHANCELLOR OF THE RANDOLPH-MACON SYSTEM. RE AND APPLIED IMATIIEMATICS. RA 'FUR E

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A Sketch of the Faculty. DR. WILLIAM G. STARR, A M., D. D., President, Was graduated from Randolph-Macon a Master of Arts in 1859. Licensed to preach in 1860. Served in the Confederate Army during the four years of the civil war as a chaplain. Then he engaged himself regularly in the liiethodist itinerancy of Virginia, except for interruptions during educational work. In 1879 the University of North Carolina conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. He has contributed much to the cause of education in his own State and elsewhere, being now identitied as a special factor in the Twentieth Century movement. Elected President of Randolph-Macon College in 1899. ROBERT EMORY BLACKWELL, A. M., Vice-President of the Faculty, Professor of English and French, XV as graduated from Randolph-Macon as a Master of Arts in 187 4. Studied two semesters in Leipsic. Traveled elsewhere in Europe, spending several months ot' study in Paris. lVas elected to the chair ot' English and French in 1876. A member of the Modern Language Association of America. ROYALL BASCOM SMITI-IEY, A. M., Secretary of the Faculty, Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Graduated at Randolph-Macon as Master of Arts in 1876. Pursued the study of' Mathematics at the University of Chicago. Author of Smithey's History of Vir- ginia, also, of Smithey's Civil Government of Virginia. TVas elected to the chair in 1878. DR. EDWIN W. BOWEN, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Latin, Graduated at Randolph-Macon with the degree of Master of Arts in 1889. Stud- ied at Hopkins, receiving the Doetor's degree in 1892. Cne year Assistant Pro- fessor ot' English in the University of Missouri. Studied several semesters at the University of Leipsic. Author of The History ofthe O Vowel in English. Con- tributes to periodicals, both American and European. Elected to the present position in 1894. ' DR. ARTHUR C. WIGI-ITMAN, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Biology and Physics, V Graduate of 1Vott'ord College, South Carolina. Studied at Hopkins, where he received the Doetor's degree in Biology and related subjects. Eellow by courtesy at Hopkins. tVas senior demonstrator in Physiology while at Hopkins. Did ' nr