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

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joHX JETER Hl-rt, D.I)., Th.Cl., LL.D. Prisidiiit President John Jeter Hurt graduated from Bryant and Stratton Business College in 1890. He was a student of Richmond College, Virginia, until he entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, where he received the degree of Th.G. in 1903. He was a varded the honorary degree. Doctor of Divinity, by Union I ' niversity in 1914, and by Wake Forest College, North Carolina, in 1921. Georgetown College, Kentucky, honored President Hurt li coiiferring on him the degree. Doctor of Laws, in 1933. He vas pastor of the First Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina, from 1912 until 1916; First Baptist Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1916 until 1923; First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tennessee, from 1923 until 1932, when he became President of Union. Dr. Hurt was the editor of the liaplist Advarue, 1900-1903. He was president of the Board of Trustees of Central College, Arkansas, 1906-1912. He was president of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention, i9T4-I92.- ' ,. In 1927 he served as vice-president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Dr. Hurt is the author of Strviggles For Religious I.ibertv in ' irgiiiia, 1912; Some I5aptist Wh s and lierefon-s, 1919; .A Handbook For Every- Member Canva-s 1931. lie has been listed in ■W ' hi ' - Who in .America i n tweiuv xears. 14 -

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES D. A. Ellis, ' oz, Piisident Memphis, Tear). I. B. TiGRETT, ' 98, Treasurer Jackson, Tcnn. I. L. Grauv, Sccri-lary Jackson, Tenn. Tirin of Offirc Expires icij6 J. B. AvKRv, Lawyer Alamo, Tenn. O. C. Barton, Capitalist Paris, Tenn. H. V. Ei.l.is, Pastor Humboldt, lenn. Fleeiwood Ball, Pastor Lexington, Tenn. Homer G. LindsA ' i, Pastor Covington, Tenn. 1 . J. Harrell, Pastor Jackson, Tcini. N. M. Stigler, Pastor IVlartin, Tenn. Homer H. Waldrop, Lawyer Jackson, Tenn. R. E. Guv, Pastor Jackson, Tenn C. O. SiMPSOS ' , Pastor Trenton, Tenn. Llovd T. Bineord, Insurance Memphis, Tenn. LL J. Huev, Pastor Milan, Tenn. D. C. Warren, Banker Halls, Tenn. H. C. Sanders, M.D., Physician Selmer, Tenn. Term of Offiee Expires njjy J. L. Crook, M.D , Surgeon . Jackson, Tenn L B. TiGRETT, R. R. Pres O. O. Green, Pastor . . Nestor James, Banker . . J. T. Herron, Oculist . . D. A. Ellis, Pastor . . . Jackson. Tenn . Ripley, Tenn . Gibson, Tenn . Jackson, Tenn Memphis, Tenn E. Dii.woRiH, Merchant . Memphis, Tenn W. W. Jones, Banker . . . Martin, Tenn. T. L. Tho mpson, Merchant , Jackson, Teiui. C;. T. Webb, Cotton Factor . Memphis, Tenn. A. v. Pattov, Banker . . . Jackson, Tenn. R. W. Hale, Mfr, . . . Nashville, Tenn. R. L. Sanders, M.D., Surgeon Memphis, Tenn. E. A. Harrold, Merchant Millington, Tenn. Ter ii of Offcf Expires 1 9 34 A. R. DoiisoN, Banker . . W. C. Boone, Pastor . . H. P. Nam or, Farmer . . I L L. (;r d., ()ptonK-tri t . Herron Pearson, Lawyer Dan Majors. Banker . . J. Carl McCoy, Pastor . . Ilumbolilt, Tenn Jackson. Tenn nion City, Tenn . Jackson, I ' enn . Jackson, Tenn . Ripley, Fenn Memphis, I ' cnn L. L SlIORl, Merchant Brownsville, Tenn. Ben Co.v, Pastor, .... Memphis. Tenn. A. M. Ai.E.KANDER, Merchant Jackson, Tenn. J. E. Edenton, Merchant . . Jackson, Tenn. W. R. Pettigrew, Past ir Springfield, Tenn. K. W. Rogers, Merch mt . Dyersburg, Fenn. R. N. 0 en. Pastor ... Paris, I ' enn.

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Arthlr AVarrex Prince, A.B., A.] I., D.Sc. Dean Dean A. W. Prince is a grailiiate of William Jewell College, receiving his A.B. degree in 1904 and his A.M. in 1905. His postgraduate work was taken at the University of Chicago and at Columbia University. He acted as instructor in physics for his alma mater, 1904-1905. From 1905 until he became affiliated with Union, he was head of the science department in the Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois. In 1908, he became head of Union ' s Chemistry Department. In 1918, he also became dean of Union. For the year nf 1931-23 he acted as president, retaining general supervision of the chemistry department. Dean Prince is the author of scientific lectures, The Reality of the Invisible, and Science and Religion. He also compiled Laboratory Outlines in Physiological Chemistry. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science, Tennessee Academy of Science, mem- ber of Phi Gamma Delta College fraternity and a Rotarian. He is a captain in the chemical warfare reserves of the United States army. He is listed in American Men of Science, and in recent editions of Who ' s Who in . ' merica. In 1933, Union Univer- sity conferred on him the degree, Doctor of Science.