Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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October 6. Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Trenton, leads chapel exercises. Henry Clay Irby, A. M., LL.D., Professor of Mathematics. Retired. Graduated Union University, 1860; taught at Gateswood Academy, 1861; Captain Company D, Ninth Tennes- see Infantry, 1861-5 ; founded Mc- Kenzie College 1867, and taught there until 1875; Professor of Mathematics Southwestern Baptist University 1875- 1905. Lucius Lamar Patterson, A. M., M. E. Professor of Mathematics. Graduated Mississippi College, A. B., 1898, A. M., 1899; Principal and Pro- fessor of Mathematics Hooker Graded Schools, 1899-1901 ; Principal and Pro- fessor of Mathematics of Hebron High School, 1901-1902; of McHenry High School, 1902-1903 ; Cornell University, M. E. , 1906. Engineering Department Stanley Electric Mfg. Co., Pittsfield, Mass. , 1906-07 ; Professor of Mathemat- ics, Union University, 1907 — 17

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September 21. First meeting of the faculty. George Martin Savage, A. M. , LL- D. Professor of Bible Study, Hebrew, Fre?ick and Logic. Graduated Union Unversity, A. M., 1871; Principal Henderson Institute; Professor of English, Southwestern Bap- tist University, 1877-80; Taught at Ea- gleville, Tenn., 1883-1890; President Southwestern Baptist University, 1890- 1904; Professor of Philosophy and He- brew, Southwestern Baptist University, 1904-5; Traveled in Europe and Asia, 1905-6; Acting President, S. W. B. U., 1906-7; Professor of Bible Study, He- brew, French, and Logic, Union Uni- versity, 1907 — Charles Bell Burke, A. B., Ph. D. Professor of English Language and Lit- erature. Maryland Military and Naval Academy, 1885; Vanderbilt University, B. L. , 1889; First Assistant in Chapel Hill Academy, 1889-1890; Harvard University, A. B., 1891; Professor of English Language and Literature in S. W. B. U. , 1892-1900; Cor- nell University, Ph. D., 1901; Office Edi- tor of Literature in the new International Encyclopedia, New York City, 1902; Pro- fessor of English, Adelphi College, Brook- lyn, 1903-1905; Vice-President S. W. B. U., 1905-06; Professor of English Lan- guage and Literature, Union University, 1905 — 16

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Joseph Solon Williams, A. B. , Professor of Latin and Greek Lan- guages. Bingham School, 1889-1892 ; Univer- sity of North Carolina, 1892-1897, A. B.; Instructor Bingham School, 1897-1900 ; Graduate Student, University of Chi- cago, 1900-1903 ; Instructor North Car- olina State College, 1903-1905 ; Profes- sor of Latin and Greek, Union Univer- sity, January, 1905 — Harold Lester Madison, Ph. B., A. M., Professor of Natural Science. Graduated East Greenwich Academy, 1897; Brown University, Ph. B. , 1901; Brown University, A. M., 1902 ; Instructor of Zoology, Brown University, 1905; Pro- fessor of Natural Science, Union Univer- versity, 1905 — 18