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R. S. HYER, A. M., LL. D., President, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS. Robert Stewart Hyer is a native of Georgia, His collegiate education was received at En ory College, Oxford, Georgia, The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upoq qirq in 1900 by Central College, Fayetteville, Missouri. He became a professor iq Southwestern University in 1882, and, despite tqe special iqducemeqts from larger institutions, he qas remained with qis beloved Southwesterq, Dr. Hyer was elected Regeqt iq 1898, He qas resigned tqe Regeqcy on four different occasions iq order that he might devote more tirqe to qis Chair of Physics, but each) time tqe Board of Curators has refused to accept his resignatioq. In 1905 his official title was changed from Regent to President. The raising of tqe curriculum to tqe standard of tqe leading universities, tqe opeqiqg of the qew building, the enlargemeqt of tqe corps of iqstructors, tqe creatioq of the Summer Scqool of Theology, tqe addition of qew eguipmeqt, the establishment of Southwestern University Medical College at Dallas, Texas, the rapidly iqcreasiqg student body, and the recent endowrqeqt nqove- nqeqt, attest tqe efficieqcy of qis administration. As a scientist, Dr. Hyer is almost without equal in the South. 13
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