1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

362 THE SCROLL.erate senate; T. M. Norwood, '50, United States senator; J.S. Bixby, '53, congressman; J. F. Izlar, '55, congressman;J. E. Cobb, '56, congressman; Y. J. Allen, '58, the distinguishedmissionary to China; A. G. Haygood, '59, presidentof Emory College, bishop M. E. Church, South; R. U. Hardeman,'59, state treasurer of Georgia almost 25 years; J. W.Heidt, regent of Southwestern University; I. S. Hopkins,'59, president of Emory College and first president of GeorgiaSchool of Technology; J. Lewis, '59, president of SouthernUniversity; R. E. Park, '62, treasurer of Georgia; OlinWellborn, '62, congressman; W. L. Chambers, '71, chiefjustice, Samoa; C. E. Dowman, '73, president of Emory College;W. N. Sheats, '73, state superintendent of public instructionof Florida; W. A. Keener, '74 (* A 0), dean ColumbiaLaw School; W. A. Candler,'75, president of EmoryCollege, bishop M. E. Church, South; J. G. Lee, '80(* A 0), congressman; R. S. Hyer, '81, regent of SouthwesternUniversity; W. B. Merritt, '85, superintendent ofpublic instruction of Georgia; J. E. Dickey, '91, presidentof Emory College.Emory has been fortunate in having been able to securesuch men for presidents as have labored most wisely an'dearnestly for her welfare. Dr. I. A. Few was elected in 1837.He accepted the position on condition that he would be relievedas soon as a suitable man could be found. Such aman was secured in 1839, in the person of the Rev. A. B.Longstreet, LL. D., who served the college faithfully until1848. Dr. Longstreet, as the author of "Georgia Scenes,"has become well known over the entire country on account ofthe rare ability shown in the portrayal of ante-bellum "characters."From 1848 to 1854, Rev. George F. Pierce, D. D.,LL. D., served the college well, having won for it manyfriends and the fuller co-operation of the Methodist Church.He was followed by .Mexander Means, D. D., LL. D.,1854-1855; Rev. J. R. Thomas, LL. D., 1855-1867; LutherM. Smith, D. D., 1867-1871; O. L. Smith, D. D., 1871-1875.In 1875, there came to the presidency Rev. A. G. Haygood,D. D., afterward Bishop Haygood. Owing to the reputationof this gifted pulpit orator, Emory became still morewidely known. The college took on new life now, for GeorgeI. Seney, of New York, gave about $100,000 to the institution,erecting the building knopwn as Seney Hall, and addinggreatly to the endowment fund. Rev. I. S. Hopkins, D. D.,1884-1888, was followed by Rev. W. A. Candler, D. D.,