Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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•Professor Cfjarles P roue Raines - .. 'HARLES GROVE HAINES was born :n the little village - t Eincliorn Maryland, the twentieth ■ Scplcmb: r. i8;o S; rung from English and German parentage. lie was from his mi. 'ny endowed '••• ' ‘hat enviable physique which .is since borne the constant strain of his-«ver busy and useful life Vm yi. - . Hi-; early education was received in the small c nmtry school mar Oxford. Pa. After absorbin'.: what learning the little red schoolhouse afforded, he entered Kiohclberg Academy, at Hanover, l’a.. in 1896. As a student here Professor Haines was so successful that lie was appointed Instructor in Mathematics and History. In this capacity he served until Ins graduation from the Academy in June. i8yy. The following September he came as a student to Ursinus From he beginning of his college career Professor Haines ranked am 11. the first in the classro m. and took an active interest in athletics. As a loyal member of S. haff he won first honor in tile Prize Debate •: 1902 In his Junior year he was chosen Editor-in-Chie: of the n»c Ri'iiv, and the excellence of the book is sufficient evidence of the Pr fessor s literary ability. As an athlete, particularly in football, lie is classed as one of the best Ursinus has produced, and was a member of the victorious team of 190s While he was still pursuing his studies at college. Professor Haines was elected Assistant in History His brilliant career as a student reached its climax in 19c,;. when he graduated as saint at onan of Ins class, an 1 took Department honors in History and in Political Science In September. 1903. Professor Haims received the University Scholarship in Constitutional Law at Columbia. The following June he was appointed to the George Curtis Fellowship of that institution, and at the same time incivc l the degiee of Master of Arts. The following year he was elected to the chair of History and Political Science at Ursinus. with'a year's leave of absence, and in Scptcmlier of :go he entered upon the duties of his office. Shortly before the assumption of his professorship, a romance of college days reached its culmination in the Profes stir's marriage to one of the co-eds of the class of 1902 Recently Professor Haines lias been «•!«• ted to the American Academy of Political an i S k hi Science, and also to the American Political Association At present lie is completing a thesis foi the decree of Ph D from Columbia University Though his indefatigable exertions tor the welfare of Ursinus have won the respect and admiration of all students, it is to the members of his own group that Professor Haines is best known. He is deeply interested in the advancement of the American youth into strone broad-minded manhood and womanhood, and lesezves all praise for his self-sacrificing, persevering efforts to raise the standard of Ursinus to the highest level and to keep it there.

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