Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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l)e jfacultp HENRY LOUIS SMITH. A o, l H K, A K, President of Washington and Lee University. He received the degree of B. A. from Davidson College in 1881, and M. A. in 1880. Ph. D., Uni- versity of Virginia, 1891; LL. D., University of North ( arolina, 1906. Principal of Seln a Acaden y for rive years; occupied the ( ' hair of Physics at Davidson College, 1887-1901; President of Davidson College, 1901-1912; elected President of Washington an. I lee University in 1012, and inaugurated as such in 1913. President of the North Carolina Teachers ' Association of the Higher Edu- cational Section of the Southern Educational Association; Vice President of the American Society for Broader Education; Presi- dent of Association of Virginia Colleges. 167 HENRY DONALD CAMPBELL. A T !, B K, Dean of the University, and Robinson Professor of Geology ami Biology, is the subjeel of this sketch. He took his B. A. at Washington and Lee in L880, his M. A. in 1882, and Ph. D. in 1885. For the next two years, he studied at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, whence lie was called to a professorship at this university. While at Washington and Lee, he was Instructor in Chemistry and Bio- logy in 1883. and for the following two years, was Assistant Professor in these courses. He became Dean of the Academic College in 1906, and in 190S was made Dean of the University. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of various articles on Geology in American Journal of Science, Bulletin Geological Society of American, etc. Was one of the acting presidents of the university in 1912. LIVINGSTON WADDELL SMITH, K , Dean of tin- Aca demic College, and Cincinnati Professor of Mathmatics. He was a student at Washington and Lee. receiving an A. B. in 1896, an M. A. in 189S, and a Ph.D. iu 1902. Studied at Johns Hopkins University, 1902-03; Instructor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1903-06; Professor of Matlm aties since 1906 at Wash ington and lee University; was made Dean of the Academic Col lese in 1908.

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atjmfnfstratftje Officers HENRY LOUIS SMITH, Ph. D., LL. D. PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY HENRY DONALD CAMPBELL, Ph. D., Sc. D. DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY LIVINGSTON YVADDELL SMITH, Ph. D. DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC COLLEGE MARTIN PARKS BURKS, LL. B., LL. D. DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW DAVID CARLISLE HUMPHREYS, C. E. DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF APrLIED SCIENCE NOBLE DOAK SM1THSON, LL. B. REGISTKAR OF THE UNIVERSITY MISS ANNE R. WHITE LIBRARIAN

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MARTIN PARKS BURKS, A , B K, Dean of the Law School, and Professor of Common and Statute Law. He received his B. A. degree at Washington College in 1870, an LL. B. from the University of Virginia in 1872, and an LL. D. from Roanoke College in 1903. In 1899, he was called to a professorship in Law at Washington and Lee, and in 1903 was made Dean of the Law Department. Reporter of Supreme Court of Appeals, 1895; Author of Property Rights of Married Won en, ' ' Notes on Conveyanc- ing, Notes on Common Law, Pleading and Practice ' ' ; contri- butor of numerous articles to the Virginia Law Register ; one of revisors of the Code of Virginia, 1915. 1246 DAVID CARLISLE HUMPHREYS, $ T A, O A K, Scott Professor of Civil Engineering, studied at Washington and Lee from 1875 to 1878, receiving the degree of C. E. in this latter year. In 1879 he taught at the McDonogh School, and from that time until 1885 was United States Assistant Engineer on the im- provement of the Missouri River. From 1885 until 1883 he was Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering, after which time, he became full professor, and since 1903 has been Dean of the School of Applied Science. Me., ber of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the promotion of Engineering Education, Hydrographer U. S. Geological Survey, 1895-1906. Author of Notes on Ran kins ' Civil Engineering. 161 ADDISON HOGUE, K , the Corcoran Professor of Greek since 1893, received his B. A. at Hampden-Sidney College in 1S69, where he taught Greek and French from 1872 to 1876. From 1886 until 1893, he held the Professorship in Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. In 1893, he was called to the Chair of Greek at this university. He is the author of ' ' Irregular Verbs in Attic Prose, 1889.