Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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20 CLAUD CARR CODY. A. M„ Ph. D. DEAN. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS

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». . fjscr, Jt. |i., I. ». Jl Iresiocnt nf ' outlimcstcrn llnhtcrstty |h ofcs5iu- of |)liysic5 NATIVE of Georgia, the mother state of so many illustrious sons, Robert Stewart Hyer stands abreast of the foremost of those whom Georgia and the entire South are proud to own as sons. He graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, with first honors, taking his A. M. degree from the same institution. In 1900, his learning and ability were formally recognized in the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws upon him by Central College, Fayetteville, Mo. Coming to Southwestern in 1882, shortly after his graduation from Emory, he became Professor of Science, the department at that time including physics, chemistry, and biology. Since then the growth of the University has been such that professors of chemistry and biology have been added, and Dr. Hyer now is professor of physics, with an instructor and a student assistant to aid him. The same period of time that has witnessed the phenomenal growth of Southwestern University, has seen Dr. Hyer advance to the enviable position he now occupies as one of the very foremost educators and leading scientists of the South. In 1898 he became Regent of Southwestern, and in 1906 his official title was changed to President. Under his administration Southwestern has grown from an obscure college to a university, whose graduates are recognized in the leading literary circles of the United States. The truly noble character and purpose of Dr. Hyer is illustrated by the fact that he has repeatedly been offered higher paying positions in larger institutions, but has as often declared: I had rather make men than money, and indeed he is performing with visibly great results his life ' s work. As a disciplinarian and teacher he is unsurpassed, and his personality commands the utmost confidence and respect of the entire student body. What a truly great life work it is to leave a living, growing testimonial to perpetuate one ' s name and mission in life, so long as religion and education shall advance. A great scientist, a broad and deeply read scholar, a most elo- quent, impressive, and tactful orator, a writer of no mean ability, a patriot, and a Christian gentleman with a great and noble purpose in life, he stands today pre-eminent among the educators and scientists of the South.

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2 1 (E. €. (EoM», A. i t, |)l). P-, ?«att Professor of jMatljematics. ' LAUD CARR CODY, a true type of the beloved and rapidly disappearing Southern gentleman of the old school, is a Georgian by birth. Graduating from Emory College in 1875 with first honors, he, in 1878, received his A. M. degree from the same institution. After a few years of highly successful teaching, his Alma Mater, in recognition of his learning and ability, honored him with the Ph. D. degree. In 1879, he was elected Professor of Mathematics in Southwestern Uni- versity, then a newly-established, obscure and struggling college, and here he has remained ever since, standing loyally by Southwestern in her days of adversity, making her advancement his great purpose in life, and exerting with his lovable Christian character and magnetic personality a tremendous influence for the good upon the lives of all her students. His great love for Southwestern, and his self-sacrificing spirit can be no better illustrated than by the willingness with which he has always placed his services at the disposal of the University. He has held the office of Secretary of the Faculty, Chairman of the Faculty, President of the Ladies ' Annex, Mana- ger of Giddings Hall, and Dean of the Summer Schools, and is now Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts. Dr. Cody is now the senior member of the faculty and is believed to be the senior college professor in Texas. The biography of Claud Carr Cody and the history of the development of Southwestern University are one and the same. He has lived to see his early efforts in life bearing tremendous fruits. May time deal gently with him in his declining years and permit him to secure on earth a foretaste of that great reward so justly laid up for him in the Great Beyond.