Troy University - Palladium Yearbook (Troy, AL)

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-O The subject of this sketch is just rounding out a hal. century of faithful and etlicient work as a teacher, having begun in 1862. Prof. K1cCartha is a native ot bouth Larolma, hating been born in l ur ticld llistrict. March 15, 1841. lle graduated from XYottord College. Spartanburg. S. C., in 1861, as A. IS.. and received the degree of A. Al. from the same institution three years later. lle at once en tered on his lite vocation. NYhile in College. l1e re- ceived license as a local preacher in the Methodist lipiscopal Church South, and through all these years has ilili-r-ntlv followed his twofold calling. After the Civil XYar. he came to Alabama and taught sues cessful schools of high grade at Lawrenceville, Union Springs, Gordon. Geneva. Newton, Ala.. and Green- l l'lt XYIHN THE PAILTJADIUM-1912 ff Bl.XT'l'1lliXV DOXVNIZR PACE Professor Pace was born in Macon County. Ala., ljecember 5, 1867. His primary training was rc- ceiyed in the public schools of Auburn. after which he entered the Polytechnic Institute, and completed the course with credit, receiving the degree of lflachelor of Science in 1889. and that of Civil En- gineer in 18911. He had several years experience as teacher in the rural schools before his graduation. and was assistant professor of Klathematics in his Alma Klater for two years alter. lle was elected Professor of Mathe- matics in the State Normal School at Troy in 1891, in which position he has remained continuously since. Cl..XRliNC1Zl.lNlJEN BlcCAR'l'1'1A bk . 5 l l.li'1'CllliR JACKSON COXYART A native of Pike County. Prof. Cowart was born near Henderson, Dec. l, 185114 rfhe neighborhood schools gave him his early training. He afterwards attended the College at Auburn. from which he re- ceived his degree of Blaster of Science. Leaving school, he taught live years. two of which were at l-irundidge. ln 1875, he came to Troy and became editor of the Messenger. Two years later. he was elected County Superintendent of Education. This position he resigned in 1880, having been elected to , the Legislature. lle was made Chairman of the f Temperance Committee and introduced and had had passed a local option law which retnained in force in Pike County for nearly twenty years. He was also author of one of the earliest laws in Alabama, re- quiring the examination and licensing of teachers. ln 1885. he was appointed by President Cleveland to a very responsible position in the lndian service and stationed in New Klexico, Returning to Troy in 1889. he engaged for four years in mercantile pur- suits, when the superintendency of the City Schools was tendered him. After tive years of this work he was elected to the chair of Science in the Troy Nor- mal. and is now completing' his lifteenth year in that capacity. 2-1- S

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--O S 'PHE PALIJADIUM-1912 ff CHARLES RODERICK MCCALL The only member of the Faculty who has passed away while in active connection with the school since its foundation was Charles R. llckfall. Thirteen years have elapsed since his death, still he holds a large place in the memory and affections of his friends and fellow-worlqrrs. He was a native of that part of Pike which afterwards became a part of Bullock county. An alumnus of the State University, he taught as an assistant in that institu- tion for a year and then entered the field of journalism, being first connected with the Greenville Advocate and then becoming editor of the Troy Klessenger. This position he surrendered to go into the consular service in South America, being first secretary to the Consul General at Rio Janeiro and afterwards consul at Santos, Brazil. Soon after his return to the United States, he became teacher of Latin in this Institution and continued so until his death, August 24, 1808. As a brief and fitting estimate of his character, we quote from the preamble to resolutions adopted in the College Chapel the day after his death: ln the short space proper to be accorded as a preamble to resolutions of love and respect, it is impossible to allude satisfactorily to the many and extraordinary virtues of our dead friend, so we will say briefly that socially and educationally we feel that we have suffered a loss that can never be repaired. He was everybody's friend-big hearted, big-brained, full of sympathy and love, an altruist of the noblest type, a gentleman by intuition, and in the best sense. one of nature's noblemen. lntellectually he was splendidly equipped. The artistic instinct was very strong in him, and his literary culture was profound. The pen of no writer on the Alabama press was more trenchant, yet at the same time more graceful and delicate in its touch. He published many sketches of surpassing power and beauty, and his lectures will always be remem- bered by those whose good fortune it was to hear them. as finished productions of their kind. 23

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