Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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3ss |£ THE T)r. J. Sam Barms, M. A., T . T ., President DURING the past fifty years Southwestern University has furnished a large number of College Presidents and Professors for schools in and out of Texas and it is befitting that now as she begins her second half century of service she should call to be the directing spirit of her activities one of her own sons. This she has done by the unanimous election of Rev. James Samuel Barcus, M. A., D. D., to the Presidency. Among the many distinguished sons of Southwestern there is no one upon whom this honor and responsibility could be more worthily bestowed. The Barcus family has been a continuous patron and friend of the school for forty- five years. Dr. Sam himself an A. M. of the class of 1889. During his career as a student he was an acknowledged leader. He assisted in winning, for his society, the Brooks Prize Debate and was awarded, at his graduation, the medal for the best oration. He took a course in Theology at Vanderbilt University and was there awarded a medal for oratory. Upon his entrance into the itiner- ancy he at once took rank as an able preacher and was recognized as a leader to be trusted. While he was uniformly popular and successful as a pastor he was always regarded as being exceptionally qualified for educational work. He was twice called to the presidency of Junior Colleges and for four years was Professor of Bible in Southwestern. For several years he has served the institution as a Trustee and was honored by his Alma Mater with the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. His connection with the institution as student, professor, patron and trustee has given him a familiarity with its problems, its ideals and its difficulties, and also a personal acquaintance with a very large per cent of its former students. Having done pastoral work in four of the Annual Conferences in Texas he is well known to practically every preacher in the State. Everywhere he is known he is loved for his personal attractions and is admired for his ability and trusted as a safe and sane leader. Since his election, letters of commendation and con- gratulation have come from many prominent leaders in church and state and from every section of our constituency. He comes to the Presidency, not onlv with an intimate knowledge of conditions but with a passionate love for the school and an unconquerable faith in its future. While he has a commendable pride in the past glorious history of Southwestern which he himself had a large part in making, yet he believes that the best is yet to come. There is every reason to believe that the friends of Southwestern will enthusiastically rallv to his optimistic leadership, and a Greater Southwestern is assured. Dr. Barcus keeps himself young by his sympathetic interest in young people. The students will all love him. They will find in him a wise counsellor and a faithful friend. Parents of the State will commit their sons and daughters to his guidance with absolute assurance that their mental, moral and social life will be safeguarded and sanely directed. Page ig South

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DR. J. SAMUEL BARCUS, M. A., D. D. President Page lS

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PAUL WHITFIELD HORN, A. B., A. M., LL. I). Ex-President of Southwestern University I ' line 20