The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-27
REV. FIELDING POPE.

distance and in collecting data
made it Impossible to do justice to
the work of Rev. Fielding Pope
when other papers were read at
our memorial service. At our
special request this paper has been
prepared by Mr.. w. II. Henry, (who
was converted Under Mr.. Pope's
ministry and is based on his own
"reminiscences together with facts
credited to parties herein.
F. f. MOORE.
h'v. Fielding Pnpe, third pastor
OF New Providence church, was
h"rn in Goochlnnd county, Va,
Nov. 2lst 1900 His fatherlremoved
from Virginia to Knox county Ky,
wh"n he was about ten years old.
lie received a liberal education in
an academy the name of which
fhe writer has failed to ascertain,
and was married Jan. 3Dth. 1923, to
Miss Eliza G. Craig OF Whitley
comfy Ky,after which he completed
hi- Literary course under DR.. An
drr>on in theSputhern and. Western
Theological Seminary, now Mary
vi'ie Cnllrge. He then Studied
Theology in the same Institute UNI
der DR.. Anderson, and with Thos.
Brown and Davis Hoyt was licens-
ed as IL minister Of the gospel by
Union Pre@bytery, April 18th. 1927,
when lie became Stated Supply for
Mars Hill Presbyterian church at
Athens, Tennes-. t,at thalNtime one
Of the most important Presbyter-
ian churches in Hiwassee District.
The writer has not had the oppor-
tunity Of examining the records of
Mars llill Church during the five
years Mr.. Pope supplied II, but
from other sources he learned that
his preaching was very acceptable,
and the kindly relation Of pastor
and flock was uniformly reciprO-
cal When in the providence of
God the number of students i'm the
Sou hern and Western Seminary
had increased so ms to demand il,
and arrangements had been par
italy effected through Rev. E. N.
Sawtell, financial Agent of the In
stitutlon to warrant the establish
ment Of chair Of Mathematics
the duties of which had heretofore
been shared between President An
d1rs,n and Professor Hoyt, DR.. An
derson's quick discernment pointed
to his former pupil and son in the
gospel, as the one best qualified to
fill the office, and accordingly Mr..
Pope was elected to the Professor
ship of "Mathematics and Philosi-
phy," in his Alma Mater, Jan
1888, and returned to Maryville to
enter upon his new duties. His
wife had died in the meantime,
and he aad been married the second
time March 24th. 1929, to Miss
Theresa Meigs, a daughter of Hon.
Return ]. MeigS, Tennessee's ceIe-
brated jurist aud law-writer. Rev.
John 5. Craig d, d. now of Mobiles.
vile Indiana had just entered the
Southern and Western Seminary as
a student. In a n recent letter to
the writer Prof. Craig referring to
the condition of things in the In
stitution then, says: "They had no
building but the old brick Semina.
ny on the southeast corner of the
old Seminary lot having but six
rooms and also new frame build
ing not furnished, ON the northeast
corner of the lot, having "six rooms
some for recitation and some fer
occupancy by The students" In
The same letter he says of Prof.
Pope: "He took great pride in
mathematics; he and Hoyt were
my main teachers in the College
course, from May % until Mr..
Hoyt's death Gn 1887 or 1885,"
And so if the hundreds of young
men who came under Mr.. POpe's
tuition as Prof. in the Seminary
could speak to Us they would no
eloubt speak in praise of him. He
was Professor of mathematics in
Nj 'ryVille College eighteen years.
ConIemporaneous with its distin-
guished founder and first Pres
ddent DR.. Anderson, Profs. Hoyt,
and J. S. Craig, who succeeded Prof.
Noyt in 1910, as Prof of ancient
languages. He shared with them
the very enviable distinction of
having fitted and prepared for
high degree of usefulness in life
hundreds of young men, who DUR
ing those years went forth from
Maryville College to fill with cred
it to themselves and their Alma Ma
er,positions of trust and honor in