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6 THE PANTHER President Bra wley Ends 25 Years of Service at dark Twenty-five years ago. James P. Brawley came to the old Clark Uni versity campus in South Atlanta as teacher of education. From two de vout Methodists, Dr. R. S. Lovingood and Dr. M. S. Davage, both of whom had served as President of his Alma Mater, Samuel Huston College, he had learned of Clark and other Meth odist colleges. Through them he had become interested in the work which these colleges were doing and was imbued with a spirit of service in the field of Christian education. Little did young Brawley dream, as he entered upon his first year’s work at Clark, that he would some day have placed upon his shoulders the Presidency and its attendant duties and responsibilities. The problems confronting the insti tution in his earl) days were numer ous. but working assiduously with President M. S. Davage, he aided in' solving some of them. At the end of the first year, his ability as a teacher and as a leader w'as clearly seen, and he was elevated to the deanship, a position which he held until he be came President in 1941. As Dean of the College, he con centrated on broadening the curri culum and improving the faculty. Methodist Background Truly the life-story of Dr. Brawley reads like a book of fiction. When measured by his intelligence, ability, and the role which he is playing in the development of Christian edu cation. he is easily pronounced one of the foremost educators of the Meth odist Church in America today. Born in Texas, he attended the public schools of Lockhart, later ma triculating at Samuel Huston College. Subsequently he received the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University which, like Samuel Huston College, is a Methodist school. It was at his Alma Mater that he came to know' President R. S. Lovin good, and received from him inspi ration which greatly influenced his choice of a life’s work. Dr. Lovin good, himself an alumnus of Clark, told young Brawley of the work Clark was doing and fired him with the determination to make a satisfying social contribution to his race. At Samuel Huston College, James Brawley was a “man about the cam pus.” He was a member of the var sity football team for four years, and was elected captain his senior year. The famous Samuel Huston Quartette, which traveled and sang in many Methodist churches in that area, boasted of him as its baritone. At commencement, he was graduated valedictorian of his class. I’pon graduation from Samuel Hus ton. he taught one year at Rust Col lege. In addition to his duties there, he was football coach. It is with modest truthfulness that he tells of his team winning all games played. From a most promising beginning at Rust College — evidencing a high standard of leadership later to be more intensively cultivated and ex tended — Mr. Brawley came to Clark College. Dean of the College As was true in many educational institutions a quarter of a century ago, the records at the College were inadequate; so. he set about system atizing the office of the dean to meet current standards. During the course of events, Cupid appeared upon the scene and with a carefully directed arrow pierced Mr. Brawley in a particularly vulnerable spot. Thus it came to pass that in 1929 he was married to Miss Georgia L. Williams who later became a teacher in the Departments of Eng lish and Education at Clark.