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Show From Coal Digger to Professor From n coal digger in the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky to a pro-fesporgblp pro-fesporgblp oi edu.-ational psychology In Columbia University within ten years Is the record of Dr. William A. McCall A 1 Ir.e itge of Dr. McCall has not only tho distim tioo of being a member of the Columbia faculty but has won a considerable considera-ble -cputntion as a lecturer in experiments In educational psychology Ha alio is tho author of a hook on educational measurements measure-ments that represents pioneer rescari h work in educational psychology William a Mi Call was born at Wellsvllle, Tenn., January V. 18!U The first seven year- of his llf- were spent on a farm, but thereafter, until he was 1.1, he was In Die ,-o;i mine, of P.ed -sh. Ky. One winter win-ter tho family lived in a one room loj; house. William worked With his father In tlv mines part of the time and spent the real of his time as a trapper at fifty or sixty cents a day, its father's roving spirit kept the family on the move. Knun Ibd Ash they went to WOOl ridge, then to the Indian Mountain mines, tn a Country home near .lelllco and then back j I'ed ABh. embracing embrac-ing !n all about tWf years. William attend' ed trut'lous schools for brief periods as op-port op-port i.nltv arose, but for the most part worked in the tnit as His mother died In 1104. His younge; brother ihe only oiher one llvln. In a family of four, went to live with another near WeKlVllle. ' 1 ijias3PSBsssaaesii A ;Vw months later William was among strangers at Red As'.i. He obtained a place With a mine foreman, went to school and paid his board by doing chores. A J cur later his father morrled again, and the family was ur.lted once more at Red Ash. William then went to Williamsburg Institute for nearly a year. Poor health prevented continuation con-tinuation of his work there. A few months later the family moved to a place near l'lne-ville, l'lne-ville, Ky Entering Highland College in 1906. he paid, his way through the year by doing .lanhor work. In the summer of 190" he earned enough by dlggit g coal to return to Hlah-land', Hlah-land', which that year was merg -i! with Williamsburg Institute. He w is graduated from the united schools in 1911 with a B. S. degicp Up to this time he had been president of ihe V M. C. A and literary society, a winner win-ner if a oehatei-'r; medal the editor in chief of the college magazine, a member of the tennis team and vaicdlctorian of the senior class. In the fall of 191 1 he entered Iincoln Memorial Me-morial University as an Instructor in pa -cholopy and held this post two ycais. Por the advanced study which he did in addition addi-tion to his work as teacher he received the bachelor 61 arts degree. This relationship with Lincoln Memorial and his old teacher; Dr. George A. Hubboll, brought him In touch with Columbia. University. |