Rutland, head professor of English at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), 1927-1946, earned his BS and MS degrees from API in 1900 and 1901, as well as a BA from Harvard in 1904. He served as principal of Wylam School in Alabama and as an instructor at Memphis Military Academy before returning to API to teach in 1904. He also served API as Librarian (1905-15), and director of the first summer school in 1913. He was active in professional and civic associations, the Democratic Party, and he founded the Little Theater of Auburn (Ala.).
From the description of Papers, 1914-1946. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37488220