University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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..i.m a 5m mm A Few Prominent Professors On this and following pages are photographs and brief biographies of a few of the faculty men of the University who because of the unusual value of their work and their active interest in student affairs are among the outstanding famlty men on the campus. 9U AMES DOUGLAS BRUCE Everybody knows Dr. Bruce; in fact he is one of the land-marks of U. T. Were he gone, we would miss him as much as Ayres Hall. A Vir- ginian by birth, he studied at the University of Virginia, where he received his RA. and M.A. degrees. A Ph.D. came later at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Bruce came to Tennessee in 1900, after having taught at Centre College, Bryn Mawr and Penn- sylvania. He was President of the Modern Lan- guage Association in 1915. Besides being an authority on Anglo-Saxon literature, he has pub- lished a number of valuable works including the authoritative work on the King Arthur legends. ASA ARTHUR SCHAEFFER Although he works us very hard in his laborav tory we all like Dr. Schaeffer. He knows animals from amoebas up. He came to U. T, in 1909, after studying at Franklin and Marshall and re- ceiving his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, where he was a Fellow in Zoology. Since coming to U. T., Dr. Schaeffer has done a great deal for the Biologi- cel Department. He is well known in scientific Cll'Cles and has published several valuable 'papers and books on zoological subjects. N ATHAN WASHINGTON DOUGHERTY While we are not all engineers, we are well acquainted with Professor Daugherty. As the financial caretaker of our athletics he is invalu- able. Professor Daugherty did not come to U. T. until 1916, when he was made Associate Profes- sor of Civil Engineering. In 1918, he became a full Professor of that subject. He obtained his M.C.E. at Cornell University. He has made a number of scientific investigations in his special lines of study, edited the Tennessee Alumnus from 1917 until 1920, has represented U. T. at numerous athletic conferences and was Secretary of the S. I. A. A. in 1922. iEditor's Note:-The above sketch of Dr. Bruce was CUIIlv pleted shortly before he was so suddenly stricken with his fatal illness. In spite of his death we feel that to puhlish this in its original form, unchanged, will more tittingly ex- press the true esteem in which he was held by the students. Page Twentywnr

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.nu-uu.....unuu ....... Iuunnuuuunuuuu DEAN MULVANIA DEAN MULVANIA School of Preliminary Medicine Perhaps in no field of knowledge has progress gone forward more rapidly within the last century than in the science and practice of medicine. Based on the establishment of the relation of microorganisms to disease, understanding of human ills has expanded to a re- markable degree. Such a mass of information has accumulated within the last few decades that it has taxed to the utmost the capacity of medical' students to encompass it in the period normally allotted to his professional training. This burden has precluded the possibility of including in modern medical curricula any of the studies calculated primarily to instill broad, humanitarian ideals into the prospective doctor. By the profession as well as the laity it has generally become apparent that the physician should be possessed of an interest in thought beyond the borders of his professional field. This, among other things has brought about the establishment of pre-training of college grade for prospective medical students, which shall serve the dual purpose of giving basic knowl- edge of the sciences related to his professional studies as well as a more liberal view point toward the world at large. The effort to subserve this double purpose has focused attention on the relative quantity of humanities and sciences that should be included in this preliminary study. Considerable difference in opinion exists in this respect and therefore no fixed ratio has been accepted among the schools attempting this work. At the University of Tennessee the course has varied somewhat according to the success of those most interested in its success at any given time. Accordingly some slight changes have been made which, it is hoped, will prove helpful. The past year brought a very gratifying number of students to our university to fit them- selves for entrance into the medical college, and a very creditable rating in the institution has attended their efforts In this department our steadfast aim inspires the hope of worthy accomplishment. mMaurice Mulmmia Page Twenty

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h e .......... x I: l ' W l w H! w-mwidl l l. n, I l t W a HENRY JOHNSTON DARNALL Do you know anything about foreign languages? If so, you know Professor Darnall. What he doesn't know about them is hardly worth know- ing. Professor Darnall studied at North Carolina and Washington and Lee, where he received his B. A. and M. A. degrees, and later completed his studies at Leipsig and at Paris. He is one of the oldest faculty members of U. T. having begun teaching in 1898. His broad knowledge together with his numerous travels, has made his courses among the most popular at the University. LEXEMUEL RAY HESLER As head of the Department of Botany, Dr. Hesler handles many students from all of the colleges. Born in Indiana, he took his under- graduate courses at Waba'sh College, and later received his Ph.D. degree at Cornell University. Dr. Hesler has only been with us at U. T. since 1919, but during this short period he has become immensely popular. He has issued several bul- letins on Botanical subjects within the past few years, has taken a great interest in college ath- letics, especially tra:k, and is just about the back- bone of our University Y. M. C. A. CHARLES BELL BURKE Most of us heard of Dr. Burke before we ever came to Tennessee. His courses are all famous, and if you make even a llCll under him you know some English. Dr. Burke came to the Hill in 1909. Previous to this he taught at Union College, Southwestern Baptist University and Adelphi Col- lege. He received his B.L. degree at Vanderbilt, later took his BA. at Harvard and finally his Ph.D. at Cornell, where he was a Fellow in English Literature. He was made full Professor of English in 1914- at U. T. Dr. Burke is a native Tennessean and loves the University and its students. We could not do without him. Page Trwmzty-Icwo