RARE “Huston-Tillotson College" Matthew Davage Hand Signed TLS Dated 1952 for Sale

RARE “Huston-Tillotson College" Matthew Davage Hand Signed TLS Dated 1952 For Sale

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RARE “Huston-Tillotson College" Matthew Davage Hand Signed TLS Dated 1952:
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Up for sale"Huston-Tillotson College" President Matthew S Davage Signed TLS Dated 1952.
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DAVAGE, MATTHEW SIMPSON (1879–1976). Matthew S. Davage, black educator and Methodist churchman, the son of Rev. Samuel and Harriet (Lee) Davage, was born on June 16, 1879, in Shreveport, Louisiana. The family moved to New Orleans, where Davage attended New Orleans University (later called Dillard) and was the catcher and captain of the University Nine baseball team. He was eighteen years old and still a full-time student at New Orleans University when he began teaching school in the evening. Upon graduating from the Classical Department at New Orleans University in 1900, Davage began teaching mathematics and Latin and did postgraduate study at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. He married Alice Vera Armstead in 1904. He held the chair in math at New Orleans University and was business manager for the Southwestern Christian Advocate from 1905 to 1915. He presided over Methodist institutions of higher learning for most of his professional career. He served as president of George R. Smith College at Sedalia, Missouri, 1915–16; Haven Institute, Meridian, Mississippi, 1916–17; Samuel Huston College, Austin, Texas, 1917–20; Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi, 1920–24; and Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1924–41.