Transylvania University - Crimson Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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As a teacher, Professor DeVVeese is thorough and just. He not only in- structs in the courses of which he has charge, but he conducts helpful discus- sions and gives wise advice concerning the practical problems which his stu- dents are likely to encounter in their ministry and in life. He is always a kind adviser and a sincere friend who seeks to understand his students in order that he may increase the efficiency of their work and aid in the devel- opment of their characters. lfVhat they my of him, all who know him fl11'11lf,- that he is a cultured Christian gentleman, broad in his learning, firm in prin- ciple, modest in manner, loving in heart, and sincere in action.

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g v rw elf' A'Q'5vl7?' Ni sigh l .S Benjamin Cassel DeWeeSe ,..,,..i.i-1 MARY M. COCKE Benjamin Cassel DeWeese was born of Kentucky parentage, near Jackson- , . . on a farm and was accustomed to manual labor ville, Illirioliiliilyeegvrggv gsring his teens. In September, 1870, he entered EES,,riZE3n5l,,iver5ity, He remained until June, 1876, when he was graduated ' ible. fmm,l.ll:i: Eiiilltiifztifolirbiigsigor DeWeese embraces two Fields,.-the ministry and regretting, I-Ie began to 'preach in 1874, two years before his graduation, For several years he was engaged in evangelistic work, after which he filled impor- i.mt pulpits as resident minister. He served the churches at Henderson and lfuliz, Kentucky, the Richmond Street Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the rliurcli at Columbia, Missouri. Since 1889 Professor DeWeese has been en- gagcil principally in teaching, but has been able without detriment to his vollege duties to minister to smaller churches in country or village. Since IMT-l he has held office in connection with missionary work. He was for nine- it-en years xi member of the Executive Committee and a Vice President of the l'-'reign Lfliristian Missionary Society, and is in intimate personal touch with m.my ut' our representatives upon the foreign Held. lle was elected Professor of Latin and Greek in South Kentucky Christian . election as President of the college, he lilfulll nlnlosopliy. In 1889 he becam th h li-'liege :it Hopkinsville. After his 1 as e e lead of the Biblical Department --t l-Qurekgi College, Illinois. He is closing his nineteenth year as a professor in the College of the Bible in Lexington, at present filling the Chair of Exe- l5 tl'l-, swf IWSNYY-five years he has trained young men for the ministry. ii -5' - - . . . . mmciwfi ELI islggifiialgasqlneen an-untlring student. inclinations have oz the tireek Testament and itrfizbtatloni dimd he has Specialized m the Stuiiy W Umm! history and the Refor nliectep problems. The First.two centuries txtreliul investigation. Particulalgiaffm 'erlod have beet? Special Fu-biects Ot unit-ii subject he taught for ten Yegarsentl-C-in figs been given to ilillowpiiyi i'l'iiex'itl!l that a Workman to do good. ke as accumulated ' ii hu? library' ,Sq ,mls accessible. Prgfessor Dew wor , sh-ould provide himself with the Nliefnuri and courses in the Harvard EPS? Studied Hebrew In the Umwrslty Ot mil. brent Britain, visiting the universitivmlty School' mid lmgfpont ii Summer tizgisgow, Edinburg and St. Andrew, lCSVGt.OX.fOl'Cl, .Cambridge,- Aberdeen, courses of lectures. TO Dreserve mC ill b hlle in Britain he delivered tour .i medium of thought and the rel . U 3 alance, he has studied language as . ations betw . - - een science and religion.

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The lnfiuence of Transylvania University On Education -?,,Li.i--- 'l'h min facts in the history of Transylvania are more or less familiar, C 1 L 1 it the influence which the University has exerted upon education outside of ll is ,tt-it wills may not be so fully realized. In a recent address Dr. Thomas 1 l ' ' . . ltentnn Xlicirtney gave an interesting account of the relation of Transylvania ional institutions in the West and South, and it is through his ktnrlncss that we present the following facts concerning the University itself t.. other ctlncat .intl its intlucnce on certain educational tendencies and on their realization. litre institution is the oldest college west of the Alleghany Mountains .uiii is .i tnnnntnent of our early national endeavor. It dates back to 1780, when .i tiuasi-charter was granted through an act of the Virginia Legislature t-- test certain escheated lands in the County of Kentucky in trustees for a g..ihh.: school. In 1783 this act was amended, the powers of the trustees t-iiiirtgetl .intl inure clearly defined, and the public school was named Transyl- x.tnt.i beininary. lt began its first session near Danville, Kentucky, February 1. 1785. lhc Seminary was removed to Lexington four years later. ln 17 -1 a rival institution, called Kentucky Academy, was established num-r l'rt-sbytt-rian auspices at Pisgah, eight miles southwest of Lexington, .tar-1 i-pt-tit-ti in October, 1795. In 1798 these two seminaries were by joint f'1'i1il1'1l 1 their boards united by act of legislature under the name Transyl- -. .1:.t1'nix't-rsity, which began its first session on Ianuary 1, 1799. The first In . .t-nit-tint of the L'niversity was the Rev. James Moore, formerly a Presbyte- .fri ziiintstcr, but at the time of his election an Episcopalian minister and the Ne? tcvtur -it Christ Church. A college of good standing for the times was 1-visor:---,Q s f . tt yt ir, nhnntatned. At the very first meeting of the board of trustees -1 V111 'ss t . 1 - a - . 1 fr' -it law and professors of chemistry and surgery were appointed. 1 Q, ' t eginning of the famous law and medical . ,s y' ,' . . , , . ll' 1' -11-lilmsfcr, were not fully organized until later. ' l'1 1 91 lf3'15YlVHn1a's history from 1798 to 1818 may be character- !. i .is uric yf 4 tg ' ,M V. Y Z ' fn-fmlltlfil gfOMh and of excellent preparation for the future. ..t .i.i.n.ier of students in attendan ij-Pwt' lHt1fQiiryfghlpS xx-ere b N ini Wim Un V I 'I . . ce was not large, and in these twenty - wenty-two degrees, tncludin ho In lx X D , E-I norary degrees, were conferred. iicmmlc IlyzgsillourtaceHblsollilygaigisgraduate of- Yale and 'a Unitarian minister. anus: brilliant era of the Universiai lfisnihivinch ended In 1827, IS by far the lcofvlazlifidtl and enlarged for all the dels OW. Under him the ficulty was were Caged -1 ' . t Dartments, and men of high repute I0 nil the xarton- - 5 Chalfs- The number of students increased rap-