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which he displaced. Among the efforts of his pen may be mentioned: "The Fifteenth Amendment — An Account of its Enact- ment;" "The Legitimate Functions and Powers of Constitutional Conventions ;" and ar. article on the meaning, force and eftect (,f "The Article on Corporations in the Con- stitution of 1902."

Denny, George Hutcheson, born at Han- over Court House. \'irginia, Decembei 3, 1870, son of Rev. George H. Denny and Charlotte M. Wright, his wife. He attend- ed school in Amelia county, X'irginia. where his father resided, and when seventeen years of age matriculated at Hampden-Sidney Col- lege, and graduated in 1891 Bachelor of Arts and the following year as Master of Arts. For four sessions he was an assistant in Pantops Academy, Albemarle county, Vir- ginia, and in 1896 was elected to a full pro- fessorship in Latin at Hampden-Sidney Col- lege. In 1899 the chair of Latin in Wash- ington and Lee University became vacant and Mr. Denny was elected thereto. Upon the death of the imiversity's honored presi- dent. William L. Wilson, the trustees of the university chose Mr. Denny as his successor. Later he was made president of the Univer- sity of Alabama, a position which he now holds. His success as executive has been marked, and to Washington and Lee he ren- dered the most devoted and high-minded service. He has published "The Sul^junc- tive Sequence after Adjective and Substan- tive Predicates and Phrases." a clear and learned exposition of that difficult gram- matical form, and five years afterward pre- pared a college edition of "Cicero's Letters."' The University of Virginia in 1897 honored President Denny with the degree Doctor of

riiilosoph}-. and in 190J I'urman University. South Carolina, made him Doctor of Laws. He married, June i, 1899, Janie Junkin Strickler. daughter of Rev. Givens B. Strick- ler. D. D., professor of the Union Theolog- ical Seminary, of Richmond, Virginia.

Russell, Edward Hutson, born in Peters- burg. V'irginia, November 26. 1869, son of Warren Russell and Susan Vincent, his wife. He graduated at the \'irginia Mili- tarv Institute. 1891. and took the course in bw at Richmond College, but gave himself to educational pursuits. He was principal of the Pulaski school. 1892-94; commandant of the Fishburne Military School at Waynes- boro, 1894-96; principal of private school at Glade Spring, 1896-97: superintendent of public schools at Bristol, 1897-1905 ; mem- ber and secretary of state board of school examiners, eastern section of Virginia, 1905- 10. In the latter year he entered upon the ])residency of the State Normal and Indus- trial School for Women at Fredericksburg, and in which position he is still serving. He was president of the Virginia State Teach- ers' Association, 1914: and is a member of the Southern Educational .Association, the National Society for the Promotion of In- dustrial Education, ami the Kapjia .\lpha fraternitv. He married Lillian Watson Whitehead, of FarnivilK-. \"irginia.

Bryan, Corbin Braxton, born at Eagle Point, the home of his father, in Gloucester ccunty. in that state. April 17. 1852. son of John Randolph Bryan. Esq.. and Elizabeth Tucker Coalter, his wife. He was educated in the schools of Professor James M. Gar- ni'tt. and W. C. N. Carl in Charlottesville, \'irginia : at Norwood .Xcadcmy, and at the