University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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the same institution, which position he held until his removal to Texas University, in 1883. The war between the States having nearly emptied the Sem- inary of students, Dr. Dabney followed them, in May, 1861, into the army, first as Chaplain of the i8th Virginia Volunteers In- fantry, and in 1862, as Chief of Staff to General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson, obtaining furloughs from the institution. In Septem- ber, 1862, he resigned his position on Jackson ' s staff, on account of protracted disease, camp tevers, etc. Partially recovering, he divided his time during the remainder of the war as Major of Home Guards and missionary preacher of the army of Lee. In May, 1883, he resigned from Union Theological Seminary on account of broken health, the result of old camp diseases and malaria, threatening pulmonary results. The same year he was elected Professor of Philosophy in the new University of Texas, and took part in its foundation, September, 1883, I June, 1890, his resignation was tendered to the Board of Regents, on account of loss of eyesight and impaired health. The Board, however, declined to accept the resignation, and made the following al- ternative offer, viz.: for him to retain full control of the School of Philosophy on half salary, with an adjunct professor to lighten his labors. This was accepted, and continues to the presnt time. Dr. Dabney ' s position has constrained him to frequent author- ship. First, in 1854, Memoir of Dr. Francis S. Sampson; in 1862, Defence of Virginia and the South, written for the Con- federate Government; in 1865, Life of Stonewall Jackson, by request of his widow; in 1866, Sacred Rhetoric; in 1871, Course of Systematic and Polemic Theology; second edition in 1879; in 1882, History of Sensualistic Philosophy of the i8th Century; in 1885, Inductive Logic, treatise for the Vic- toria Institute, London; 1890-93, Collected Discussions, three volumes, besides many review essays uncollected. Dr. Dabney received the title of D. D. from Hampden-Sidney College, and aftewards that of LL. D. from two colleges simul- taneously.

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Pendleton, who was a professor in Union University, Murfrees- boro, Tenn., at the time Dr. Waggener was connected with the institution as a student. In 1870, he was given the chair of En- glish lyiterature in Bethel College, Russellville, Ky., having pre- viously been principal of the preparatory department. In 1873, he succeeded Noah K. Davis as chairman of the faculty, the lat- ter gentleman having accepted a position in the University of Virginia as Professor of Moral Philosophy. He was president of Bethel College from 1876 to 1883, when he came to Austin, hav- ing been elected Professor of English Literature and History in the newly established University of Texas. Dr. Waggener has been chairman of the faculty since 1884, and under his guidance the University has made great progress. In 1867, Dr. Waggener received the degree of A. M. from Bethel College, Ky., while in 1875, Georgetown College, Ky., conferred on him that of I L- D. ROBERT LEWIS DABNEY. Robert Lewis Dabney was born March 5, 1820, in the county of Louisa, Virginia, forty miles west of Richmond. His parents were Col. Chas. Dabney and Elizabeth Price, his wife, descend- ants of early colonists from the adjoining county of Hanover. He was prepared for college in mixed classical and English schools of the neighborhood, and on June i, 1836, joined the Sophomore Class half advanced in Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia. Leaving here in October, 1837, on account of his mother ' s widowhood, he taught a mixed neighborhood school in his native county for two years. In December, 1839, he en- tered the University of Virginia, which institution he left July 4, 1842, with the degree of Master of Arts. October, 1844, he entered Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, leaving in June, 1846, Bachelor of Divinity. After preaching seven years and two months, — one year as licentiate in the Presbyterian Church in Louisa county, and six years and two months as ordained minister in Augusta county, Virginia, — he returned to Union Seminary in September, 1853, as Professor of Ecclesiastical His- tory and History of Doctrine and Philosophy, etc. In 1859, he was transferred to the professorship of Systematic Theology in

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KDGAR EVERHART. The subject of this sketch was born April 8, 1854, in Stokes county, North Carolina. He was educated at Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Racine, Wis., at which latter place he re- ceived the Master ' s Degree. He then attended the School of Mines of New York city. After remaining there for some years, he went to Germany and attended lectures at the Universities of Wiesbaden and Freiburg. After receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Freiburg, Dr. Bverhart re- turned to America, and taught Chemistry and the allied branches for five years in the Stevenson Institute, Hoboken, New York. He came to the University of Texas in 1884, where he has, for the last ten years, been Professor of Chemistry. The splendid chemical laboratory will always remain a monument to his untir- ing efforts to make the School of Chemistry what it is, the best in the South. Doctor Everhart has written many articles for American scien- tific journals that have attracted wide attention, and he has been elected a member of the German Chemical Society, the American Chemical Society, and American Society for the Advancement of Science. GEPRGE BRUCE HAI TED. The subject of this sketch was born in the State of New York. In 1875 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Princeton. While at that institution, Dr. Halsted ranked high in all his classes, but especially did he distinguish himself in mathematics. On graduation, he won the fellowship in the above mentioned branch, besides gaining the intercollegiate prize. He next repaired to the School of Mines of New York City, where he devoted himself to mathematics and the natural sci- ences. Prof. Halsted next spent several years at the University of Berlin, Germany. Then followed his appointment as Fellow in Mathematics at the Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he studied two years, enjoying, at the same time, the instruction of that eminent mathematician, J. J. Sylvester, now professor in the University of Oxford. In 1879, Dr. Halsted received the de-