Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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The Faculty Claude Carr Cody, A. M., Ph.D., Mathematics. Georgian by birth; First honors Emory, 1875; A.M., Emory, 1878; later Ph. D., from same insti- tution. Elected Professor of Mathematics in 1879. Senior member of Faculty in S. W. U. and it is claimed that he is the Senior Professor of Texas, holding a Professorship longer than any man in Texas. Secretary of Faculty, Chairman of Facul- ty, President of Annex and Manager of Giddings Hall at different times. Dean of the Summer Schools. Ryland Fletcher Young, A.M. Romance Languages. Born in Fayette County, Texas, on September 30, 1 858. First A.M. graduate of S. W. U. Three years at Leipsic, Germany, and later in France, Italy and England. Elected in 1884 to present chair of Romance Language, which he still holds. John Robert Allen, A.B., D.D., Philosophy. Born in Iredell County, N. C, A.B. degree from Southern University in 1873, D.D. degree in 1890. Ex-Member of North Mississippi Conference. At present member of North Texas Conference. Held chairs in Dallas Female College and Marvin College. Elected to chair of Philosophy in 1890. President of Annex. 18

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R. S. Hyer, A.M., LL.D., Regent Professor of Physics. Robert Stewart Hyer is a typical Southerner, his native state being Georgia. His college education was received at Emory College, Oxford, Georgia. In 1900, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Central College, Fayetteville, Missouri. He became a professor of Southwestern University in 1882, and despite the special inducements from larger institutions, he has remained with his beloved employ in Southwestern. There is now a movement well under way looking to the endowment of the R. S. Hyer Chair of Physics. Friends all over Texas are con- tributing and success is assured. Dr. Hyer was elected Regent in 1898. The raising of the curriculum, the opening of the New Building, the enlargement of the corps of instructors, the creation of the Summer School of Theology, the addition of new equipment, and the establishment of the Southwestern University Medical College, at Dallas, Texas, attest the efficiency of his administration. As a scientist, Dr. Hyer is almost without equal in the South. 2 ri 17

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Hubert Anthony Shands, ' A.M., Ph.D., English. Born in Sardis, Miss., Feb. n, 1872. Son of Ex-Lieut. Governor G. D. Shands of Mississippi, Dean of University of Mississippi Law School. Graduated Univ. of Mississippi with A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Taught in University of Mississippi. Elected to Chair of English in S. W. U. In July 1902 he received his Ph.D. degree Magna cum laude from University of Halle, Wittenberg, Germany. Wesley Carroll Vaden, A.M., Latin and,. Greek. A Virginian by birth. A.M. degreed man from Randolph-Macon College. Associate Professor of Latin and Greek in Randolph-Macon. Taught in Chesapeake Academy. Elected in 1893 to chair of Latin and Greek in Southwestern Univer- sity. Charles Geiger Carroll, A.M., Ph.D. Chemistry. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, October 15, 1875. Two years at University of Denver. A.B. from Southwestern 1896; M.A., 1897. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1904. Elected to Chair of Chemistry after teaching several years in S.W. U. 19