Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (Robert's Rules of Order (Paperback))
(The only authorized edition of the classic work on parlia...)
The only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure, with new and enhanced features, including how to conduct electronic meetings
Robert's Rules of Order is the book on parliamentary procedure for parliamentarians and anyone involved in an organization, association, club, or group and the authoritative guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings and assemblies. This newly revised edition is the only book on parliamentary procedure to have been updated since 1876 under the continuing program of review established by General Henry M. Robert himself, in cooperation with the official publisher of Robert's Rules. The eleventh edition has been thoroughly revised to address common inquiries and incorporate new rules, interpretations, and procedures made necessary by the evolution of parliamentary procedure, including new material relating to electronic communication and "electronic meetings."
Robert Henry was an American clergyman and educator. He was professor of logic and moral philosophy in South Carolina College (today the University of South Carolina).
Background
Robert Henry was born on December 6, 1792, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He was the son of Peter Henry, a native of Banffshire, Scotland, who went to the West Indies and became a successful merchant. In Jamaica he met Anne Adelaide (Schwiers) Angel, a widow with one child, whom he married. In May 1792 they came to Charleston. But he went back to the West Indies to settle up his business affairs, and as he was returning to Charleston, the ship on which he traveled was captured by a French privateer and he was so harshly treated that he died in Savannah in September 1794. His wife opened a drygoods store for the support of herself and her children. In 1803 she took Robert to England that he might have the best educational advantages.
Education
In England Robert attended a school conducted by the Rev. James Lindsay near London.
In 1811, with a view to entering the ministry, he enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, from which he received the degree of M. A. in 1814.
Career
After traveling on the Continent, Robert Henry returned to Charleston. He had been licensed to preach according to the rites of the Scottish Church, and was soon invited to supply the Calvinistic Church of French Protestants in that city. He ministered to it for about two years, preaching alternately in French and English. On May 25, 1817, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Charleston. On November 26, 1818, he was elected professor of logic and moral philosophy in South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina, with which, either as teacher or executive, the rest of his life, except for a brief interval, was spent. For a time after the death of President Jonathan Maxcy in 1820, he also gave instruction in metaphysics. Maxcy was succeeded by the stormy petrel, Thomas Cooper. So turbulent was Cooper’s administration (1820 - 1834), that Henry, who acted as president pro tempore after Cooper’s resignation, reported to the board of trustees that only twenty students remained. Henry held the college together for a year, when he was succeeded by Robert W. Barnwell, who restored the fortunes of the institution. Henry failed of election himself because he was suspected of sharing Cooper’s heretical religious views, a suspicion which seems to have been unfounded. Keenly disappointed, he withdrew from the college, although the administrative board desired him to remain as professor, and went to live on a farm near Columbia.
Later Henry was discount clerk in the Branch Bank of the State, Columbia. In 1839, however, he accepted an invitation to return to the college as professor of metaphysics, logic, and belles-lettres. Always inclined to regard the apostolic succession a mark of the true church, on March 10, 1841, he was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church, and on September 25, 1842, priest. Upon the resignation of President Barnwell, in 1841 Henry was made chairman of the faculty and on December 2, 1842, was elected president. He also taught metaphysics and moral philosophy and gave instruction in Greek. He performed his duties as president most conscientiously, but his administration was a troubled one and he was so sensitive that every untoward incident worried him almost to the point of illness. On November 28, 1845, a committee on the state of the college recommended that the presidency be declared vacant and that Henry be offered the professorship of Greek literature. He accepted and served the college in that capacity for the remainder of his life. A man of much learning and piety, genial and benevolent, he exerted no little influence on the institution during his more than thirty years’ connection with it. He was buried in the Episcopal churchyard, Columbia, where the students erected a monument to his memory.
Achievements
Robert Henry has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.
