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

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JAMES ROBERT IIOWERTON, IT K A, Professor of Philos- ophy and Bible Study. Doctor Howerton receive, 1 li is M. A. at Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1882, and received the degree of D. D. from Arkansas College, 1890, and Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1892. lie has been pastor in the Presby- terian churches of Corpus Christi, Texas; Little Roekj Ark.; Nor- folk. Va.. and Charlotte, North Carolina. Professor of Theology at Tuscaloosa Institute, 1887-1888; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1907; Member of the Council of the Reformed Churches in the United States; Lecturer at Princeton University anil other Northern Theological Schools, 1912; Author of The Church and Social Reform, and other well-known books. DE LA WARR BENJAMIN EASTER, K 2, 2 T, $ B K, A K, an M. A. from Randolph-Macon College in 1891, and Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University, 1905. Studied in France in 1903 and 1906. Has taught at Randolph-Macon College; Wofford College, South Carolina; Johns Hopkins University, a ad since 1910, Pro- fessor of Modern I anguages at Washington and Lee University. Hopkins Scholar, 1900-1904; Member, 1905-1910, and Chairman, 1908-1910, of the Committee of German Entrance Examinations in the Association of Southern Schools and Colleges; Autnor of A Study of the Magic Elements in Romans d ' Aveuture et Romans Bretons, 1906, and of French Composition, (pub- lished in connection with Armstrong ' s Syntax of the French Verb), 1910; Professor of French, Johns Hopkins Summer School. 1912. GLOVER DUNN HANCOCK, 1 X, Wilson Professor of Eco- nomics, Political Science and Commerce, received the degree of B. A. at William Jewell College, Missouri, 1S9S, and M. A. in 1899. lie took the Ph. D. degree in Economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1908. and was Professor in various preparatorj schools from 1900 to 1905. Special Agent, Wisconsin Tax Com mission, 1905-1907; Assistant Professor of Economics at Amherst College, 1908-1910; since that time he has served in the Professor- ship at Washington ;ind Lee. Member of the American Economics Association; Lecture,! on Currency and Hanking in the Post gradu- ate School of Johns Hopkins University, 1912.

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JOHN WILLIAM KERN, B 6 II, B K, has been, since 1902, in the Peabody Chair of Latin at Washington and Lee. lie re- ceived the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1899, and was Fellow by Courtesy, Johns Hopkins, 1899-1901. From 1S84-S6, he occupied the position of Assistant in Languages at the University of Virginia, and for the next ten years was In- structor in Arcient Languages at the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia. Author of Case Construction of Verbs of Sight and Hearing in Greek. THOMAS JAMES FARBAB, S T A, has for ten years been Professor of German at Washington and Lee. He was a student at this university from 1S93 until 1901, and while here received his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. His record from that time nntil he was made a professor in Washington and Lee is as follows: Studied at the Universities of Gottingen and Paris, 1908; In- structor in Modern Languages, Washington and Lee University, 1895-99; Associate Principal of Donald-Fraser School, and from 1902 until 1905, he was Professor of English at Agnes Scott Col lege. Doctor Farrar is a member of the Modern Language Asso ciation of America, and of the Southern Educational Association also of L ' Alliance Francaise. He is editor of Legouvi and La biche ' s La Cigale. His work, The Gerund in old English was read before the Modern Lanuage Association in 1903. EOBERT GRANVILLE CAMPBELL, A 6, B K, Professor of Political Science and Commerce at Washington and Lee, re- ceived his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. at this institution. He has taught in the following scho ols: Episcopal High School, Washing- ton School for Boys, Emerson Institute, Boys ' Country School, Baltimore City College. He received the Virginia Scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, 1904-07, and was Fellow at Johns Hop- kins University in Political Science, 1907-08. He performed work in Editorial and Statistical Research for the Bureau of Census in 1906-07. Member of American Economic Association, American Political Science Association, and the American Society of Inter- national Law. Is the author of Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War.

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JOHN WILLIAM I-IOBBS POLLAED, G A X, A K K, Professor of Physical Education, and Professor of Biology. B. L., Dart- mouth College, 1895, and M. D. from University of Vermont, 1901. He has studied Physical Culture, Preventative Medicine, Histology and Embryology, and other special subjects at Harvard, and has been Physical Director and Director of Athletics at the following instutions: University School, Chicago, Illinois; Union University, Schenectady, New York; Lehigh University; University of Roches- ter; East Side High School, Rochester; University of Alabama; and Washington and Lee. Member American Microscopical So- cieyt; Society of the Genesee; sometime Member of the American Physical Education Society of College Gymnasium Directors; Former Alabama State Representative; Department of Physical Education, Southern Educational Association; President S. A. I. A. A. FRANKLIN LAFAYETTE RILEY, ! B K, Professor of History, received the degrees of A. B. and M. A. at Mississippi College and later took a Ph. D. degree at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. For some years he taught in the Hillman College for Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi, being called to the chair of History in Washington and Lee in 1914. Fellow in History, Johns Hopkins University, 1895-96; Author of Oolonial Origin of New England Senates, ' ' (Doctor ' s Dissertation); Editor Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, (fourteen volumes), and A Political History of the South (South in the Building of the Nation Series); Literary Editor Library of Southern Literature (fifteen volumes); Associate Editor World ' s Orators (ten volumes); Contributing Editor The Practical History of the World (eight volumes). EDGAR FINLEY SHANNON, A K E, Professor of English. Received an A. B. degree from the Central University of Ken- tucky, and an A. M. and Ph. D. from Harvard University. While at Harvard, he held the Austin Scholarship for Teachers. Taught at the University of Arkansas as Professor of English, and later as Dean of the University. Library Coran ittee at Washington and Lee University. Contributor to various Modern Lanuage journals.