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 574 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI the college buildings has been made at a cost of six thousand dollars, and the annual repoi't shows an attendance of one hundred and seventy students, in all departments, the academic course of four years and the col- lege departments, both the scientific and the classical courses. "Will Mayfield College is under the control of the Saint Francis Association of the three counties. It is supported in its running ex- penses by the tuitional fees. Under its new charter, recently obtained in the place of the original charter, it is not allowed to in- cur any indebtedness, so that the college is now on a solid financial basis. All the build- ings and rooms have been repaired, and all are furnished complete. The college confers two degrees, B. S. and A. B. In 1911 there were twenty-three academic graduates and two graduates from the college receiving the degree of B. S., and there were seven teachers on the instructing corps. Besides its regular curriculum, Will Mayfield College has a de- partment of music and of elocution. Its dor- mitory, of which ill's. Hendricks has charge, can accommodate thirty-six girl students. The personnel of the student body is made up largely of residents of Bollinger and ad- joining counties. President Hendricks holds both the degrees of B. S. and A. ]I. He is also one of the members of the Southeastern ilissouri Educational Association. Much might be said of Professor Hendricks' work as president. It is certain that the college is establishing a reputation of which ]Iarble Hill may well be proud. His efforts are building up the institution, and the annual attendance has steadily increased since his advent. On September 22, 1897, was solemnized the marriage of Professor Hendricks to !Miss Dora Pence, of Ellijay, Gilmer county, Georgia. She is a daughter of L. B. and Lydia Pence, and was reared and educated in the Cracker state. Their marriage was celebrated in Dayton, Tennessee. Professor and Mrs. Hendricks have no children. jMrs. Hendricks has entire charge of Rosemont Hall, the students' dormitory. Fraternally Professor Hendricks is affil- iated with the Ancient Free and Accepted ilasons. the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Knights of Pj'thias and the jModern Woodmen of America. Both he and his wife are devout members of the Baptist church. Hon. Sterling H. McCaett. Prominent among the representative la-wyers and pub- lic men of southeastern Missouri stands Sterling H. McCarty, member of the law firm of Duncan & McCarty, of Caruthersville, ilis- souri, one of the strong combinations of legal talent in this section. He has also had an opportunity to "give a taste of his quality" as a legislator, having been elected to repre- sent Pemiscot county in the forty-sixth gen- eral assembly of the state of ilissouri. He belongs not to the class of modern politicians whose sole aim seems to be self-advancement, but gives his time and energies for the good of his fellow men and for securing wise legis- lation that Anil benefit the entire state. In politics he is of stanch Democratic convic- tions and has ever proved ready to do any- thing, to go anywhere to support the cause of the party to which he pins his faith. ]Ir. ilcCarty is a native of Kentucky, his liirth having occurred in Henderson county, Januarv 8, 1876, the son of John and Belle (Hicks) McCarty. His identification with ilissouri dates from 1889, when the family removed to this state. He was educated pri- marily in the common schools and subse- quently entered the normal school at Cape Girardeau. Later he was appointed a cadet at the United States Xaval Academy at Ann- apolis. IMaryland, where he had the advantage of its splendid discipline. In the meantime having come to the conclusion to adopt the law as his profession, he entered the law de- partment of Washington Univei'sity at St. Louis, ^Missouri, and graduated with the de- gree of LL. B. When it came to engaging in the active practice of the profession for which he is so eminently well fitted, he de- cided upon Caruthersville and here his ca- reer has been of the most satisfactory char- acter. The Hon. Mr. McCarty has had military experience, as well as naval, having enlisted and served as a volunteer dui-ing the Span- ish-American war, as a member of Company C, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He taught his first school when eighteen years of age, in Stoddard county, Missouri, and in 1901 was elected county school commissioner of Pemiscot county, being at the time super- intendent of the Hayti (Jlissouri) schools. He has been honored in his professional life and served as .judge of the probate court of Pemiscot county from October, 1904, to