The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-06-10
HIGH HONOR FOR
DR.. COLLINS DENNY.
DISTINGUISHED Vanderbilt Professor
Elected President of University
Of Virginia. An Unprece-
dented Honor.
Saws the NASHVILLE American !:

SAYS the Nashville American
Successor to Thomas jefferson as
President of the University of Vir
ginia, is the hO1oT which Tuesday wa:
placed within the grasp of DIR. Collin:
Denny. at present professor of mental
and moral philosophy of Vanderbilt
University.
For thirteen years DR.. Denny has
occupied the char of moral and mental
philosophy at Vanderbilt He came to
Vanderbilt from the University OF
Virginia. where for two years he was
Chaplain. Some of his warmest per
sonal friends are at this school, which
was founded by Thomas jefferson. and
which was considered by Jefferson as
the greatest triumph and proudest
achievement of his life. Dr. Denny is
also a native of Virginia, having been
born in Winchester in that State, and
in each of mis- thirteen years at Van
derbilt during vacation he has gone to
the University of Virginia to spend IA
portion of his time there with his
! friends. In addition to his professor
ship at Vanderbilt, DR.. Denny holds
the responsible position of President of
the Book Committee that controls the
Methodist Publishing House.
| DR.. Denny is graduate of the law
school of the University of Virginia
having received his diploma there in
| 1876, two years after he had completed
his course in the academic department
of Princeton University. DR.. Denny
practiced law in Baltimore until 1S18
and for the next ten years occupied
different pastorates in the Southern
Church. In 1888 he became Chaplain
of the University of Virginia and a
little more than two years later
associated himself with Vanderbilt
University, coming TO the chair which
he now holds. There is no more
valued member of the Vanderbilt
faculty or citizen of Nashville than
DR.. Denny. He is a man of very
strong personality, one of the most
prominent cleIgymen in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and one of
the best known educators engaged in
that work.
The University of Virginia is the
only institution of its kind in the coun- |
try which, until DR.. Dennys election, |
has been without a President. In the |
past, for convenience in transacting |
business, the faculty has elected a |
Chairman from among its members
anu appointed committees W lOOh |
after the various interests of the insti- |
tuition. The college is controlled by |
what is known as Board of Visitors, |
but so long as things worked satisfac-
torily each professor in the past has
virtually been at the head of an indie
pendent school.
The movement to elect a President !
of the University of Virginia was
naugurated about two years ago by
the Board of Visitors. 1t is under
stood that the Presidency was otfel od
to Woodrow Wilson, but was declined
by him. An idea of the Importance
IN which this place is held by those
in control may be had when it is
known that such men as Thomas
Nelson Page, DR.. Henry Van Dyke,
formerly pastor of the Brick Presby
terian Church in New York City, and
now Professor at Princeton Unlver
sity; Col. Miles. of Radford, Va, a
prominent member of the Board OF
Visitors, and DR.. Charles Dabney
have been mentioned in connection
with the Presidency of the University
IF Virginia