University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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«4 PROF. R. E. PARK, Jr.

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The Academic Faculty. Wai.tkr Harsard Him., A. M., B. L., CliniH-vlIor. mul Profoiuir of • ' Lllilo . Henry Ci.ay White, Ph. I)., E- C. S., I'nvitlitil nf (In Georgia S|hi«' of Agrieulturw himI tlir Mcelinnic Art», mul l itifi »nr of (’licmiidry. David Crenshaw Harrow, A. M., C. and M. K., Iof Fniiikliu College. xml l’n fi- or of MhiIwiihIki. John Pkndi.hton Campbell, A. H.. Ph. D., l'nifi Hir of Itiolvjty. Wim.is Henry Bocock, A. M.. I’mfnwir of Amnciit I .mulling . Charles Norton Strahan, C. and M. ]• ., I’nofcMuir of Civil Hugim-oring. John Hanson Thomas McPherson, A. H., P11. D., Prufiaxor of lli.tory mul I’olitu-nl Sciwuv. Chari.es Mercer Snei.i.ino, A. M., l'rtif««Mir of Mntlii'inutio. William Davis Hooper, A. M., I'mfuMir of l.niiii. John Morris, A. M., I’rofi w.r of Knglidi Lmtgiiiigc mul Teutonic Philology. Law Walter Barnard Hill, A. M., H. L., Chancellor, mul Ixvturvr on tlx- Science mid History of l.nw. Federal bw, und Ia yul Kiliii . Howell Cobh, A. M., B. L., 1’rofcMor of l,nw. Sylvants Morris, A. M., B. I,., I’rofwworof I aw. Joseph Lustrat, Bach, ks J.ett., l,rofi »orof lioiniuiir Uiigunt'M. Andrew Henry Patterson, A. M., I’mfiwr of Pliv.ic mid A»troliotiiy. Hugh Nkshit Starnes, A. B., I'nifatMir of Agriculture. Robert Emory Park, A. B., A. M., I’rofoMor of Rhetoric and KnglUli l.itcrwlurv. Charles Holmes Herty, Ph. B., Ph. D., Adjiini'l I’rrifcMor of Chfinutiy. Uriah Harroi.d Davenport, B. S., InMnirtor in IMivniin miul Klectricnl Ernest Lee Griggs ( Graduate V. M. I.), ln»lnictor in Kii iiiivrino nnd Coiniiuinilmil of Cadet . James Madison Stephenson, Jr., A. B., Tutor in Knglixh. James Boi.an Lawrence, A. B., Tutor in Aui'ii'iit l.iiiigunge . Eugene Cunningham Branson, A. M., I.veturer in l vclio)ogy mid I gic. Miss Sarah A. Frierson, Librarian. Faculty. John D. Mell, A. B., B. L., I'tufiUMir of pHrlimncntiiry Law. Samuel C. Benedict, M. D., l'n ft M.r of MhImhI .lurtf|iru«lence. J. H. T. McPherson, A. B., Ph. D., Lwtuivr on Koinun Law. 3

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Robert Emory NOT many pleasures arc as genuine as that which now is afforded us. Almost solely to the counsel of Mr. Park and his financial aid, is this edition of Pandora made a possibility. This act of his is an index to the true character of the man. Mainly through his untiring efforts was Georgia able to successfully cope with North Carolina. Solely, might we say, was a new Georgian resurrected, and it has profited by the errors of the past, making from an apparently unrccon-structiblc failure, a college magazine that is the peer of any such publication in the South. Not only has this benefactor of Georgia oiled the hinges of our brains and made Georgia foremost in the forum and journalistic field, but he has encouraged the union of brain and brawn in the athletic field. Thus we see that Georgia has been indeed fortunate in the selection made for the chair of English. By some this eulogy may appear inappropriate but the editors of Pandora willingly submit to all criticism in order to be able to express in lasting words their appreciation for one who has made his every effort and the advancement of Georgia’s interest synonymous. Professor Robert Emory Park was born in Tus-kegee, Alabama, December nth, 1869, where he was educated in Park High School of that place. He received an appointment in 18S8 to West 5 Park, A. M. Point Military Academy, where he was in college for eighteen months being compelled to withdraw on account of crushing his ankle. He received In’s degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama in 1892 and one year later he received his Master of Arts degree. He then accepted the position of superintendent of public schools of Gainesville, Georgia. After holding this position for three years he gave it up to open a private school in La Grange, Georgia, the citizens of that city giving him the ground and building to induce him to take charge of the school. This position he resigned in the spring of 1899 in order to complete his education at the University of Chicago. While there he was elected to the chair of English which duties he began in September, 1900. Though a native by birth of Alabama, Professor Park has ever been a Georgian by sentiment and descent. In the roll of the alumni of the University there arc perhaps more of his immediate family than that of any family in the State. His father, grandfather, two uncles, and a first cousin all bearing the name of Park, and a number of other relations of different names, all appear on the roll, and it affords us much genuine pleasure to record among the lovers, supporters and promoters of our dear old University the name of Professor Robert Emory Park.