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

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Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences Henry Marki.ey Gass, B.A. (Oxon); M.A., University of the South. Professor of Greek William Howard MacKellar, B.A., M.A. University ot the South. Professor of Public Speaking William Boone Nauts, B.A., M A. University of the South. Professor of Latin William Skinkle Knickerbocker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Columbia. Professor of English Literature John Mark Scott, B.A. Southwestern College; M.S., Iowa State College. Assistant Professor of Chemistry William Waters Lewis, C.E. University of the South. Professor of Spanish Brigadier-General James Postell Jervey (United States Army, Retired). Professor of Mathematics Tudor Seymour Long, B.A. Cornell Associate Professor of English The Rev. Raimundo de Ovies University of the South. Chaplain of the University and Professor of English Bible Eugene Mark Kayden, B.A. University of Colorado: M.A.. Harvard Univer- versity. Professor of Economics Roy Benton Davis, B A. Barlham College; M.A., Missouri. F. 11. Williams Professor of Chemistry Georce Merrick Baker, B.A., Ph.D. Yale. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Germanic Languages •Called to serve as Dean of St. Phillips Cathedral in Atlanta. 16

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Dean George M. Baker Dr. George Merrick Baker has very ably served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sewanee since 1920. During that time, he has greatly improved the educational program in the University, and he has gained friends among the profes- sors and students alike. Dr. Baker was graduated from Yale University in 1900, and in 1905 he received his Ph.D. from that university. He served as Instructor in German at Yale from 1901-1910, with the exception of 1906, which he spent studying in the Universities of Berlin and Munich. From 19 10-19 14, he was head of the German Department at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. In 191 7, he came to Sewanee as Pro- fessor of the Germanic Languages, which position he held until he was made Dean. At the outbreak of the World War, Dr. Baker enlisted in the Foreign Service Department of the A. E. F. He was a member of the General Staff College in 1918, and after the close of the war, he served on the General Staff with the Army of Oc- cupation in Germany. Dr. Baker is also well known for his commentaries on Germanic philology. He is the editor of German Stories and also Kleist ' s Prinz von Homnurg. Moreover, he has been a frequent contributor to the Sewanee Review, the Journal of Germanic Philology , and the Modern Language Notes. 15

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Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences Moultrie Guerry, B.A. Sewanee. Chaplain of the University and Professor of Englisli Bible Michael Smith Bennett, B.S., D.D.S. Pennsylvania. Professor of Physical Education Charles Carroll Montgomery, A.B. Leland Stanford. Instructor in Spanish Georce Francis Rupp, B.S. Penn State College; M.F., Yale. Acting Professor of Forestry John Maxwell Stowell McDonald, A.B. Harvard; M.A., Columbia. Acting Professor of Philosophy Gaston Swindell Bruton, B.A., M.A. University of North Carolina. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Albert Gaylord Willey, B.A. Dartmouth. Associate Professor of Biology Abbott Martin, B.A., M.A. University of Mississippi. Instructor in English Sedley Lynch Ware, B.A. (Oxon); I.L.B., Columbia; Ph.D.. Johns Hop- kins. Professor of History John James Davis, B.A. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Professor of French James Fenton Daugherty, B.A. Dickinson; M.A., North Carolina. Acting Professor of Physics 17