Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-19
ENGLISH DEPART
MEMT ENLARGED
New instructors Added, All Of Whom
Are Specialists In Language
Teaching.


The department of English at the A.
& NJ. College OF Texas will begin the
session of 1901 stronger in its in
diyidual strength than 1t has ever
been before and it will be enlarged
to greater extent than it has ever
been The following will be the per-
sonnel of the department: DIR. c. r.
Fountain, professor of English, at the
head; w. II. Thomas, George c. En-
bry, Clarence ID. Britton r. W. Can
field, d. b. Cofer, r. G. Bresler, S. A.
Kruse.
DIR. Fountain has been member of
the faculty OF the college for years !
and under his direction the English |
department has been made one of the |
strongest in the institution. w. IL. !
Thomas has been with the college for |
number of years He Is native of |
Fayette county, and has been thor
oughly educated in English. His pop
ularity with the student body has con-
ltnued ever since he came TO the in
stitution George G. Embry is ma
/ tive of Ellis county. Texas, but lived
for some time in Wharton county. He
taught English in the college several
years ago. and since was away from
the institution for awhile, during
,.k;oh .;,,n h.. usae a v,rontiofno ottor
lney. He returned to the English de-
lpartment last session, and he is one
OF the best instructors in the college
to-day Clarence Britton came to the
college from Harvard last session and
is now commencing his second year
in Texas
Mr.. Garfield is a graduate of the
Albion State Normal School of Albion.
Idaho. He has had successful work in
the Northwest. being well recommend
ed by the educators of that section,
and Charles w Kent. professor of
English OF the University of Virginia.
. says Il commend very cordially Mr..
Garfield as young gentleman of high
Christian character. good scholarship,
, pheasant bearing and every prospect
+ of success as a teacher and discipli-
, marian He is not without successful
, experience, and ! have no doubt he
> will do himself and us credit in any
g position he fills"
Mr.. Cofer completed a four years
preparatory course at the Hardin Col
! legiate Institute at Elizabethtown
:. Ky, and then entered Central Uni
6 versity of Kentucky, where he grad
n uated with the bachelor of arts de
!. gree in the class of 1907 During the
n session of 1909-10 he did advanced
work in Latin. English and Greek a
: the University of Chicago. During
Y 1907-0S Mr.. Cofer was instructor in tn,
Y Arkansas college and in 190S-09 h,
# taught in the Southwest Baptist Cal
Y lege at Bolivar, Mo For two years h,
, has been an instructor in English an,
!. aLtin. Mr.. Cofer takes an active in
o terest in Y. NJ. c. A. and Sunda,
d school work and in all of these he ha
4. had extensive experience as teache
4 and speaker He is highly recommend
/. ed by j. f. Austin. president of tn
q Southwest Baptist College; F. l.. Stu
" tlebaum, secretary board of trustee
,d of the Southwest Baptist College; I
ct W. Hinitt. president of the Centrs
ID University of Kentucky; Eugene I
~ Long, president of the Arkansas co
II. lege, and James l. Malott, superinten,
te ent of the public schools of BOLIVIA
a. Mo The fact that Mr. Cofer is
5s Y. NJ. C. A worker makes him
he strong man for the A. & NJ Colleg
a as the student Y. NJ. C. A. at this Il
no stitution is the largest in any educ
a tiona' institution in Texas
of Mr.. Cofer will have charge of Il
or course in public speaking, which is
,w new course in the English depaI
70. ment He is a native of Pennsy
tv vania, graduating from the Pennsy
cd vania State Normal in 1904, al
vo taught one year in the model scho
lie connected with that institution
,re 1908 he graduated from the classic
70. department and the department
ra. elocution and oratory of the Valr
hs raiso University at Valparaiso. In
to He had four additional years expe
ah. ence as teacher one year in a count
70 school at Powis Valley Pa; one We
of as principal of the Halifax (PS
nd grammar school and two years
his Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.
~ While at Wofford College he did po
90 graduate work in English, history a
German and received his master
mo arts degree. He takes great intert
ia. in Y. VI. c. A. athletics and was a
inc rector of athletics in Wofford COLES
for He is recommended as a choir sing
IN and in this he viii be helpful to {
college religious exercises in the ch,