Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-08
NEW INSTRUCTORS
FOR ALLEN ACADEMY
Three New Teachers Including an
Able Coach for 1884 Have Been
Secured.

The Allen Academy faculty for the
coming session has been completed,
and the principals feel that they have
secured the strongest corps Of teach
ers the school has ever had. There
will be three new men in the faculty.
Two of these are married men, and
their wives will bring something OF
home life into the dormitories. These
new instructors are all men of large
school experience, and they come es-
pecially recommended for their pow
er to teach.
Prof. E. R. Williams, NJ A., has held
positions as president of Grayson
College, and of the Alexander Insti-
tute, and has been a member of the
Southwestern University faculty. In
all of these positions his work was
eminently successful He holds the
degrees, A. B. and M. A., from Cum
berland University, and h has done
postgraduate work at the University
of Chicago. The following brief ex-
pressions bear testimony to Prof.
Williams high rank as teacher. Dr.
R. S. Hyer, president Southern Meth.
odist University, says Of him: HE
stands in the very front rank in Tex
as" DR.. J. r. Allen, of the South
western University, says: I'm teach
ing power, Prof. e. r. Williams was
the equal, If not the superior, of any
Of our faculty of eighteen. He has
remarkable success in getting hold
Of a boy and awakening his man.
hood" DR.. E. B. Chappell, S. s. Ed,
M. E. Church South, says: HE has
every qualification for an efficient
teacher. He is broad and thorough.
He has enthusiasm and knows how
| to inspire it in his pupils" Such
words of commentator coming from
these men of prominence and char
acter are flattering testimonials.
| Prof. williams will have charge of
the classes in Latin.
| Prof. w. B. Bible, A. B., will have
charge of the courses in history. He
comes from Tennessee, where he has
just recently been elected as princi-
pal Of Jefferson County High School
at salary of $1,400.00 This posi-
ton he declines, to come to Allen
Academy. For the past two years he
has taught history and English In
Savannah Institute, Tenn. Speaking
of Prof. Bibles success in this posi-
ton, member of the school board
says "He has given his classes bet
ter instruction than any other man
we have ever elected to the position
in Savannah Institute"
Prof. Bible is an A. B. graduate OF
Carson Newman College, and has
done extensive POSTGRADUATE work at
the University OF Chicago.
Prof. w. NJ. Tanner, M. A.. is ma
tive Texan and home product. He
comes to us with the very highest
endorsement from the University OF
Texas. DR.. Frederick Eby OF the
University lin a letter to the princi-
pals), says of him: HE has occu-
pied a very high place in the esteem
of our university community, because
he combines scholarship, personality.
and leadership in athletics, with Y.
I'M. C.. A. work. He has experience
in teaching and could handle your
| Latin or English with great profici-
encu. am confident you could not
| find young man more admirably
suited for your school work"
Prof. Tanner has had four years
experience as high school principal
and teacher: he taught one year In
Ford's Preparatory School. at Austin.
He has thorough Normal school train
ing. and holds the degrees A. B. and
NJ. A. from the University Of Texas.
All of these men come with special
mention OF their high Christian char
acter. They are active church work
ers, and should be valuable acquisi-
lions to Bryan's churches and to our
community in general
The principals of the Academy be-
lieve they have secured an unusu-
ally strong man to coach the athletic
teams. While Mr.. w. B. Bible will
teach the classes in history. he will
also be the head coach. Mr.. Tanner
also comes recommended for lead
ership in athletics" Mr.. Tanner will
assist in coaching track, baseball, and
tennis.
OF Mr.. Bibles proficiency as coach,
the principals have received most
flattering testimonials. That he comes
with the strong recommendation OF
Up. o. Page, head coach under Stage,
of the University of Chicago, is in
itself the best evidence of his ability.
Page says of Mr.. Bible: 81 coached
w. B. Bible in football while he was
in the University at Chicago. and /
find that he knows the game and is
capable of coaching a very strong
team" But Mr.. Bibles best tseti-
monials are not merely of what he is
capable of doing but Of what he has
done. Letters from Carson Newman
College and from Savannah Institute,
where Mr.. Bible has coached for
three years past, speak of him as "a
college-bred. university-trained ath-
lete." who has coached the strongest
teams ever put out by those insti-
tutions.
With a man of this type to coach
the boys, the Academy boys hope to
win new laurels on the athletic
field.
The principals of the Academy are
working to make the year 1913-1914
the greatest in the history of the
school.