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John Hope, A.M.
Atlanta, Ga.
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Dr. George C. Hall
.Chicago, Ill.
John Hope. A.M.
MR. HOPE is president of Atlanta Baptist College. He was
born in Augusta, Ga., June 2, 1868.
He attended the public schools in Augu ta until he was thir-teen
~'ears old, and, having already begun to help to make his own
living, he continued to work in his
native city until he was eighteen. He
then went Jorth to enter Worcester
(Mass.) Academy. Finishing the
course of study at this institution in
1890, he entered Brown University,
Providence, R. I., and graduated in
1894 with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts.
l\fr. Hope's college career was
marked by much ha~d work, as he was
till'own entirely on his own resources.
Outside interests, however, did not forbid
his taking an active part in the life
of his college, and he was the orator of his class at graduation.
From 1884 until 1898 he was professor of natural science at
Roger ", ilIiams Univer ity, .an institution formerly operated by
the American Baptist Home Mission Society at ashville,
Tenn. On December 29, 1897, :!\fr. Hope wa married to
Miss Lugenia Burns, of Chicago.
In 1898, he was tran ferred to Atlanta Baptist College, in
which in titution he was professor of Greek until 1906, when he
became president. Within the last few year Atlanta Baptist
College has attracted general attention by its emphasis on all
phases of manly development. The literary tandard has been
so raised that the institution is now given high rating by the
great Northern univer ities; and the student activities, such as
Young Men's ChristiaQ Association work, debating, and athletics,
have been unusually successful.
In 1907, in recognition of his work in Atlanta, Brown University
conferred upon :!\fr. Hope the degree of Master of Arts,
and since June, 1908, he has been pre ident of the Colored
State Teachers' Association of Georgia. He is deeply interested
in the welfare of the Negro people, and in hi own city has
been identified with many forward movements in their behalf.
He was a member of the Clifton Conference. See page 115.
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DR. HALL i one of the mo t eminent urgeon in the country.
He was born in Ypsilanti, Mich. in 1864.
Hi father, a Baptist mini tcr, m ved the family to Chicago in
1869, wher UtC young man rcccived hi early ducation, 'oing
from thc high hool to Lincoln nivel'
it , Penn ylvania wh re he graduated
with honor in 18 6. Returning
to hicalJ"o, he bcO'an tudy immediately
at Bennett 1edical College, from
which, although compelled to work his
way through, and able to attend ehool
only half of each da , he fini hed fir t
in a cia s of fiftv-four. •
Dr. Hall ha had for hi motto," A
man can be whatever he choo es to be
if he is willing to pay the price." He
cho e to become a great surgeon.
Dr. George C. Hall After reaching that tage in general
practice where a man might legitimately begin devoting his time
to special work, he began a course in surgery under Dr. Byron
Robinson, the noted anatomist and abdominal surgeon, following
this with five year' work as assi tant to the celebrated
urgeon Dr. T. J. Watkin.
A review of Dr. Hall's profe sional life would nece arily he
a review of Provident Ho pital, where he ha erved continuously
ince its founding in 1891, a member of the board of
tru tees since 1897, twice president of the medical talf, and
later elected to the surgical taf£. When thi in. titution w in
its infancy, Dr. Hall ent hi. patient and then bouO'ht the cots
for them to lie on. When the founder left the hospital to take a
position in Washington, Dr. Hall pracLi ally kept the work
alive until the institution wa on its feet.
Dr. Hall' reputation as a demonstrator in urgery and as an
author of many practical ugge tion for the betterment of the
moral and phy ical condition of the i'l"egro, hi in piration and
encouragement to the young men in the profe ion, has resulted
in his being called to almo t every outhern tate for. ervice.
He organized the Civic League of Illinois in 1897, bringing
about many improvements in the housing conditions of Chicago
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