University of the South - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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C T) THE CAP AND GOWN i5 Dr. B. F. Finney III I ' Cliaudtlor Dr. B. F. FiniK ' v attended Sewanee as a .student, and later graduated from V. P. I. at Blacksburg, Va. In 1924, he was given th; honorary degree of LL.D. from Hobart Col- lege, Geneva, N. . Dr. Pinney was named a regent of the University in 1913, and in 1922 accepted the call to come to Sewanee as vic;- chancellor. During the time that he has been in office, Dr. Finney has accomplished and done much for the betterment of the University. His regime has been an active one, filled with the undying spirit and love for his old Alma Mater — Sewanee. Dean George M. Baker Sewanee has been fortunate in having for her dean Dr. George Merrick Baker, who, in his several years in that capacity, has won as his friends and companions the majority of men who have left this Uni- versity. Dr. Baker, a graduate of Yale Univer- sity, came to Sewanee in 1917 as Professor of the Germanic Languages. A few years later he was made Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Previous to coming to Sewanee, he had been Instructor in German at Yale, and later head of the German De- partment at William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia. During the World War, he enlisted in the Foreign Service Department of the A. E. F., and witnessed actual serv- ice in France. - 19 28 (T — ■

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■ -. S THE CAP AND GOWN (Tv. Bishop Gailor Chancellor Board oi Regents Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, S.T.D., Cliancellor, Chairman . . . Memphis, Tenn. Rt. Rev. William A. Guerry, D.D. , Charleston, S. C. Rt. Rev. Frederick F. Reese, D.D. Savannah, Ga. Rt. Rev. Theodore D. Braiton, D.D Jackson, Miss. Rev. Charles T. Wright, D.D Memphis, Tenn. Rev. Carroll M. Davis, LL.D New York, N. Y. Rev. Walter C. Whitaker, D.D Knoxville, Tenn. Dr. B. F. Finney Sewanee, Tenn. Z. D. Harrison, D.C.L Atlanta, Ga. William B. Hall, M.D Selma, Ala. G. W. Duvall Cheraw, S. C. George R. Parker Lexington, Ky. Robert Jemison, Jr Birmingham, Ala. •Died June 10. 1928. .. s 19 20 tt 28 (?

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' y THE CAP AND GOWN s ' Faculty oi tke College of Arts and Sciences Henry Markley Gass, B.A. (Oxon); M.A., University of the South. Professor of Greek William Howard MacKellar, B.A., M A. University of the South. Professor of Public Speaking William Boone Nauts, B.A., M.A. LTniver.sily of the South. Professor of Latin William Skinkle Knickerbocker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Columbia. Professor of Entjlisli Literature John Mark Scott, B.A. Southwestei ' n College; M.S.. Iowa State College. Assistant Professor of Cliemistry Sedley Lynch Ware B.A. (O. on); LL.B., Columbia; Ph.D.. Johns Hopkins. Professor of History William Waters Lewis, C.E. University of the South. Professor of Spanish Brigadier-General James Fostell Jervey (United States Armj-. Retired). Professor of Mathematics Tudor Seymour Long, B.A. Cornell. Associate Professor of English The Rev. Raimundo de Ovies LTniversity of the South. Chaplain of the University and Professor of English Bible Eugene Mark Kayden, B.A. University of Colorado; M.A., Harvard Univer- .■jlty. Professor of Economics Roy Benton Davis, B.A. Earlham College; M.A.. MLssouri. F. B. If ' illiams Professor of Chemistry George Merrick Baker, B.A., Ph.D. Yale. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Germanic Languages •On Leave. 1927-1928. c 19 28 (T — 7