Transylvania University - Crimson Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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H1StOr1Ca1 Sketch Transylvania is especially rich in historic backgrounds. I Her history and traditions go back to 1780, when, through the efforts of the Reverend John Todd, of Kentucky, the ' ' Virginia Legislature passed an act to vest the escheated lands of three wealthy Tories who had fought against the Colonies in the Revolution in Kentucky County, in 'ftrustees for a publik school . It was then that the foundation of what was destined to be the oldest institution of higher learning west of the Alleghenies was laid. During the 1 same year a board of thirteen members was appointed. In 1783 the grant was enlarged to include I2,000 addi- tional acres, and the Board was increased to twenty-five members. This Board, among whose membership we find the names of Isaac Shelby, George Rogers Clark, Chris- topher Greenup, Thomas Marshall, and John Crittenden, met at Crow's Station, near Danville, in November, 1783, and named the school Transylvania Seminary. A legislative act of Virginia gave one-sixth of the sur- A veyors' fees collected in the Kentucky District to the sup- port of the institution. Twenty-one pounds and thirteen shillings had been donated by individuals, and a library and philosophical apparatus had been given by the Reverend john Todd. On February 1, 1785, the First session began in the house of the Reverend flfatherl David Rice. James Mitchell was master. In 1788, the school was moved to Lexington and located on a three-acre campus. In 1798 the Kentucky Legislature united with the seminary a school called Kentucky Academy, which had been established in 1794 under Presbyterian auspices, at Pisgah, eight miles southwest of Lexington. On January 1, 1799, the consolidated institution assumed the name of Transylvania University. It was in the newly created law school of this institution that Henry Clay served as professor from 1805 to 1807, and as a trustee throughout the remainder of his life. The present Morrison College was dedicated in November of 1833, having bee11 built from funds bequeathed by James Morrison, a wealthy landowner and trustee of the university. In 1841 the academic department was committed to the Kentucky Conference of the Meth- odist Church. During the Civil VVar, the university buildings were seized by the Federal gov- ernment for use as a military hospital. At the close of the war, Tra11sylvania University was consolidated with Kentucky University, an institution controlled by the Disciples of Christ. The official name the11 became Kentucky University. The College of the Bible was added in 1865. Later an agricultural and mechanical college was affiliated with the university, but was discon- tinued in 1878. In the same year the College of the Bible received a separate charter. In 1908 the name of the institution was changed back to Transylvania University, and the Carnegie Science Hall was completed. In 1912 the College of Law was suspended, and two years later the Pre- paratory Department was abolished. In 1915 the name of the institution was changed to Transyl- vania College, since only the College of Liberal Arts remained of the former university group. Transylvania is built on a wealth of strong and noble traditions. Her history is filled with pages of stupendous deeds, service, and illustrious men. And now, guided by the hands of President Andrew David Harmon, we have no fear that she will not pass on to new growth and prosperity, to greater usefulness, and to a history in the future as invigorating as her past.

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..- Y .V at W? lllllll I L 4 4.4 4.43, ,1.,L.s, .g..:g 'ITAIZ QZOIOZOZQZOZOZOZOLQ ' 3 , I I I' IIIII IIIIIIII .I . I. . ..,.Y YY,Y Y.. ,-.J.-I--...L ' z ' 7' ' 'U' f -1--1 t Faculty THOMAS BENTON MACARTNEY, jIR. M.A., PH. D. Professor of Greek Milligan College, Tennessee, A.B., 1895: ibid., A.M., 1900: Graduate Student, University of Virginia, 1898-1902: ibid., M.A., 1902: ibid., Pl1.D., 1903: Professor of Greek since 1906: Act- ing President, 1906-1908: Dean of the College since 1906: Acting President, 1921. VVILLIAM CLAYTON BOWER, A.M. Professor of Sociology and Education Tri-State College, A.B., 1S9S: Student, Butler Vollege. 1899-1900: Graduate Student, Columbia University, 1908-1909: ibid., A.M., 1910: ibid., Professor ot Sociology and Education since 1912. IxqYRNA BOYCE, A.M., PHD. Professor of History Vniversity of Iowa, A.B.: ibid., A.M.: ibid., Ph.D,: Professor of History, Palmer College, 1919-1921: Dean of Women since 1921. EARNEST CARL IXIILLER, A.M. Professor of German and Mechanical Drafwing Ohio University, B.S., 1911: Centre College, Ky., A,M., 1913: Graduate Student, Northwestern University, 1915: Graduate Student, University of Chicago, 1918: Assistant Professor ot' Modern Languages, 1916-13: Professor of German since 1918. ANSEL FRANCIS HEIVIENWAY I A.M., P1-1.D. Professor of Biology and Geology University of Oregon. A.B., 1902: ibid., A.M., 1904: Graduate Student. Harvard University, 1908-1911: ibid., A.M., 1909: University of Chi- cago, 1911-12: ibid., Ph.D., 1912: ibid., Assistant Pathologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Summer 1918-'19-'20: Professor of Biology and Geology since 1912. I4 I I. I 1 . I Y , I E I I i I I X, I t I I I I I II I I I I I I I. I I I . i, I I I I I 4 I: II' I, II. I I I I I I L I I 1 I If I A A , - ' II :II 'II Q I:I : - I , . I I ' I 'I j X A.. ....,, I Q 3? ff ,H ' I., ss:-'ET -,te .-4 W 3 I ll VV. f . ' ,Lib .J- ' 1. f, 'I A- I ,I - I If M, ,s1..a..p:.,.:. ..... -.-si.. -. ---- -f-T