The log cabin Democrat., 1920-04-19
SPEAKERS NAMED
AT HENDRIX CLOSE
new FACULTY MEMBERS
DR.. Reynolds Announces Commence
ment Program and Selection of
Chairs Recently Authorized.

DR.. George S. Sexton, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Shreveport
La, will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon to the graduating class of Hen
Dirk College on Sunday, June 6. and
the address will be delivered the fol
lowing Tuesday morning by DR.. Frank
M. Thomas of Nashville, editor of the
Methodist Review. For the chair of
religious education recently establish
ed by the trustees. Dr. Erwin l.. Funk,
now a graduate student at Columbia
University, New York City. has been
selected. Robert L. Campbell, now an
Instructor in the English department
of the University of Chicago. has been
selected as assistant in the Hendrix
department of English. Announce
ment of the commencement speakers
and selection of the two additions to
the faculty was made today by Dr..
John Hugh Reynolds, president of the
college
The commencement program, CON
cluded on Tuesday, June s. will be fol-
lowed by the summer school and con-
ference for ministers, to be opened the
following day with DR.. Thomas the
first speaker DR.. Reynolds, DR..
James Thomas and Rev. r. c. More
head, the committee in charge of the
conference, have secured a notable
array of speakers and lecturers for
the conference this year. which prom
ises to be even more noteworthy than
its predecessors.
A place will be reserved on the COM
mencement program for the memorial
exercises at which the monument to
Hendrix men killed in the world war
will be Dedicated. Senator Joe T
Robinson has been invited to deliver
the address. Erection of the monu-
ment will be started this week, it was
thought, with the expectation of hav-
ing it completed by commencement
week
Dr. Thomas. who will deliver the
commencement address, is one Of the
scholars of Southern
Methodism. As editor of the Metho-
dist Review, ne holds a conspicuous
place among the notables of the
church. DR. Sexton gained national
prominence by MS leadership in the
which resulted in the cree
ii of the Southern Methodist church
structures at Washington. where the
denomination has built one Of the most
costly edifces at the national capital.
DR. Reynolds expressed pleasure as
TO the class and standing Of the new
faculty members. He states that DR.
Funk as professor of religious educa-
ton will be the strongest teacher in
this line in the entire south. DR..
Funk is a native of Wisconsin, a grad
uate Of Lincoln and is now concluding
three years of post graduate study at
Columbia He is a graduate of Gar
rett Theological Seminary, the theo-
logical department of Northwestern
University, Evanston, H. Mr.. Camp
bell, the assistant in English, is a
bachelor of arts graduate of Central
College Of Missouri, and is now there
as an instructor in English. He saw
Is months of service with the army
in France.
The graduating class this year is
composed of % members, one of the
largest in the history of the institu-
ton Its members include those lack
ing at the close of the past session a
small number of credits, and some who
will meet graduation requirements
during the Summer. The class roll is
as follows:
Louise Anderson, Conway; John l.
Andrews, Moro; Donovan Brown, Lit
tie Rock; Edwin Bruce, Little Rock;
W. H. Bryant, Conway; Viola Brady,
Vilonia; Lee Calhoun, Crossett; Roy
Calhoun, Crossett; Dottie Mae Cole
man, Conway; Marvin Graham, For
dyce; John Harton, Conway; T. II.
Landers, Conway; Earl Melton, Con
way; Conner Morehead, Conway; f
J. Mum. Nilonia; f. c. Owen, For
dyce; w. j. Park, Conway; George
Reynolds, Conway; Ruth Reynolds
Conway; T T. Ross, Okolona; Fay D
Russell, Conway; A. NJ. Shaw, Jr.
Stuttgart; Wilma Shaffer. Van Buren,;
A A. Taylor, GAINESVILLE; Byron
Thompson Conway; V. L. Thomp-
son. Conway; James F. Wahl, Scran