The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-06
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RAND0LP H-MACON
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Missouri. During his administration
as president the college has grown
steadily in all departments He ele-
waited tho standards Of schola rship. in
creased the library by several thou
sand volumes improved the physical
plant ana materially added to the en-
dowment funds of the institution Re-
Gently he has been quite successful in
ting and pressing a plan 10
raise $500, 900 additional endowment
having received an offer OF $3.50 to-
ward INC amount from the General
Education Board
Or Webb was born in Durham. ~
G., July 30. 1867. He comes OF n dis
tinguished family of educators His
falher was graduate of the Univer-
SHY OF North Carolina. and for thirtv-
tour years was minister of the NIctho-
aist episcopal Church. South. In the
North Carolina and Western North
Carolina conferences and served dur-
ing the Civil War as chaplain of the
rorty- fourth North Carolina Regiment
5 y. His mother was educated at
greensboro Female College. His uncles
united states Senator w r. Webb ana
Professor j. 81. Webb. were the
toundcra' and are the principals Of the
eob school, now located nj Rail
buckle. Tenn which institution is
generally regarded as one of the lead
ING preparatory schools in the United
States
Brilliant Scholar.
DR. Webb was prepared for COLLAGE
IN the Sell Buckle School and graduated
| from Vanderbilt University In 1891 and
returned there for year rs graduate
STUDENT and assistant in tho depart
ment Of English. Afterwards he Nc
copied n position i'm the Webb School.
where he taught for three wears Iat.r
ne spent three semesters in the Uni
Nerslty or Leipzig and returned 10
america TO become principal Of Cen
tral college Academy, Fayctte, Mo In
( i9?' ne was elected professor of Eng
| l'sn In Central College, and with per-
mission or the board spent the wear
l"o"-i in travel. and in graduate study
IN the University OF Berlin For tho
past three summers he has been pro
lessor OF English literature in the SIM,
iner sessions Of the University of Colo
RADIO At Vanderbilt he was = Nom
Der or Phi Delta Theta Fraternity won
inc owen prize medal IN moral philos
ophy, was chairman of the litcrnry
committee of the Comet the college
annual. and in 1903 was elected u mem
Der or Phi Beta Kappa Chapter. Dur
ing ms senior year he was assistant in
Eng llsh under DIR. Baskerville. and the
next year was made fellow in 49,
department.
Has Written Much.
he prepared the paper on local gov
eminent i'll North Carolina for tho
volume in the Johns Hopkins Univnr-
! sity studies on local government in mo
south and Southwest. edited by Edward
w Benis. his professor Of history in
Vanderbilt University. lie also prn.
pared the study Of Richard Malcolm
Johnston for the second volume Of
Southern writers. by Professor VIII
liam NJ. Baskerville.
Or Webb is member OF the Mis-
| souri, State Teachers Association or
the Commission of Educntion appointed
by the bishops Of the Methodist npis-
| copal Church. South. to determine
standards for admission and graduation
| in educational institutions of tho
| church. He is member OF the South
ern Education Association and of Tho
| Religious Education Association He
| was recently elected lay-delcgate ia
tho next session OF the Missouri An.
nual Conference. lie received tho de-
gree of Doctor of Literature from
| WoTord College in 1911.
! DR. Webb was married in 1899 10
Miss Mary Lee Clary the daughter OF
4 noted physician. of Bell Euckle.
Tenn. who was educated in the webb
school and at Prices College for Wo-
men In Nashville, Tenn. They have
four children.