Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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VOLUME LV, 1912 15 ARTHUR LALANNE KIMBALL, fb I3 K, Professor of Physics. B.A., Princeton, '81, M.A., Princeton, '84, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, '86. Born at Succasunna, New Jersey, Oct. 16, 1856. Prepared for college at Plainfield High School, New Jersey. Graduated from Princeton, 1881. Pursued grad- uate studies fo1' one year at Princeton, and two years at Johns Hopkins University. Associate in Physics at Johns Hopkins University, 1884-87. Associate Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins University, 1887-91. Pro- fessor of Physics, Amherst College, since 1891. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and Societe Francaise dc Physique. Has published The Physical Propcrlics of Gases and also written papers on Electrical Units and Electro-Maynclie Theory of Lighl. Investi- gation of the Ohm for the United States Government, 1884, reported on, but not published. REV. EDWIN AUGUs'rUs GROSVENOR, ll T, fb I2 K, Professor of Modern Government and International Law. B.A., Amherst, '67, M.A., Amherst, '71, LL.D., VVa- bash, '03, LL.D., Alfred, '04, LL.D., Marietta, '10, Born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, August 30, 1845. Prepared for college at Brown High School, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Graduated from Amherst College, 1867. Tutor, Robert College, Constantinople, 1867-70. Student, Andover Theological Seminary, 1871- 72. Ordained Congregational Minister, 1872. Professor of Latin and History, Robert College, 1873-90. Professor of French Language and Literature, Amherst College, 1892-95. Professor of History, Smith College, 1892-94. Professor of European History, Amherst College, 1895- 98. Professor of Modern Governments and their admin- istration, Amherst College, 1898-1901, Professor of Mod- ern Government and International Law since 1901. Honorary Member of the Helenic Philologic Syllogos, Constantinople, Honorary Member of the Syllogos Par- nassos, Athens. Member CPresident, 18891 of the Society of Mediaeval Researches, Constantinople, American Social Science Association, National Geographic Society, American Historical Association, American Political Science Association, American Antiquarian Society, New York Authors' Club, Boston Authors' Club, London Authors' Club. Senator Phi Beta Kappa. President of tl1e United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. Author of The llipporlromc of Crmslanlinoplc, 1889, Hislory Qf Mociern Ti-mos, a translation from the French and revision, 1893, Cohslomlinople, 2 vols., 1895, Andronilcc, a translation from the modern Greek, 1897, A General Hislory of lhc World, a translation from the French and revision, 1898, Contemporary History, 1899, several hundred articles in J ohnson's Universal Erieylopcrlia, 1900, Editor of Reference History of the World in l'Vcbstcr's Inlcrnalional Dicliohary, 1910, and contributions to various magazines and periodicals. Lecturer on historical and diplomatic subjects.

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14 THE AMHERST OLIO JOHN FRANKLIN GENUNG, A T, fb I3 K, Professor of Literary and Biblical Interpretation. B.A., Union, '70, M.A, and Ph.D., Lcipsic, '81, D.D., Yale, '05, Born January 27, 1850, in Tioga County, New York. Prepared for college at Owego tNew Yorkj Academy. Was graduated at Union College, 1870. Taught school at Mechanicsville, New York, 1870-723 then entered Rochester Theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1875. Pastor of Baptist Church, Baldwinsvillc, New York, 1875-78. Studied at University of Leipsic, 1878- 81, graduating with degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. Asso- ciate Professor and Professor of Rhetoric, Amherst Col- lege, 1882-1906, since then Professor of Literary and Biblical Interpretation. Member of Authors' Club Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and Harvard Biblical Club. Author of Study of Tennyson's In Me- moriam, 18833 Practical Elements of Rhetoric, 18865 Rhetorical Analysis, 1888, Study of Rhetoric in the Cot- lege Course, 18885 The Epic of the Inner Life, A Study of the Book of Job, 18905 Out- lines of Rhetoric, 1893, What a Carpenter Difl with His Bible, 18983 The Passing of Self, 18993 Working Principles of Rhetoric, 19013 Stcvenson's Attitude to Life, 19015 Ecclesiastes and Omar Khayyam, 19015 Words of Kohelethg A Study of and Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, 1904, The Hebrew Literature of Wisdom, 19065 The Idylls and The Ages, 1907. Editor of Select Essays of Elia, with Introduction and Notes, 1909. WILLIAM LYMAN COWLES, A K IC, fl' B K, Professor of Latin. B.A., Amherst, '78, M.A., Amhe1'st, '81. Born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, April 11, 1856. Fitted for college at Monson Academy and Williston Seminary. Entered Amherst College in 1874. Taught Latin, French, and English in the Roxbury Latin School, 1879-80. Instructor of Latin in Amherst, 1880-83. Spent one year at Berlin University, Gottingcn, and Leipsic, Germany, and in travel in Italy. Associate Professor of Latin in Amherst, 1886-94. Lecturer on Latin Litera- ture in Smith College, 1886-95. Traveled for study of places connected with Latin Literature, 1891. Professor of Latin, Amherst College, since 1894. Traveled in Eu- rope and studied at Rome, 1898. Taught Latin in Smith College, 1900. Member American Philological Society, New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools,' and of the Managing Committee of the Ameri- can School at Rome. Member of the Board of Trus- tees of Monson Academy, Has published Abstract of Lectures on Topics Connected with the Latin Language, Adelphoe of Terrence, 1896, Selections from Poems of Catullus, 19005 Selections from Catultus and other Latin poets, 1909 5 and many articles for maga- zines and periodicals. Traveled in Italy, 1905.

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16 THE AMHERST OLIO HARRY me FORREST SMITH, fl K Id, fl: If K, Professor in Greek. ' GEORGE BoswoR'rH Literature. Slzakespeare, 1900, and joint l3.A., Bowdoin, '91, M.A., Bowdoin, '94, M.A., Har- vard, '96. Born at Gardiner, Maine, Jan. 22, 1869. Teacher at Rockland, Maine, 1891-95. Student at Harvard, 1895-96 3 at University of Berlin, 1896-97. Instructor in Greek, University of Pennsylvania, 1897-98. Instructor in An- cient Languages, 1898-99, and Assistant Professor of Greek, 1899-1901, at Bowdoin College. Appointed Asso- ciate Professor of Greek, Amherst College, 1901, Pro- fessor of Greek, 1903. CHURCHILL, X fb, 111 U K, Professor of English B.A., Amherst, '89, M.A., Amherst, '92, Ph.D., University of Berlin, '97. Born at Worcester, Massachusetts, October 24 1866. Prepared for college at the Worcester High School. Graduated from Amherst College, 1889. Instructor in the Worcester High School, 1889-92. Master of Oral and Written Expression in William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, 1892-94. Took post-graduate courses in English at University of Pennsylvania. Studied at the University of Strassburg, 1894-95, and at University of Berlin, 1895-97. Assistant Editor of the Cosnzopolitan Magazine, 1895-98. Associate Professor of English and Public Speaking in Amherst College in 1898. Member of the Berlin Society for the study of Modern Languages and of the German Shakespeare Society, of the Malone Society, of the Modern Language Association, and of the Boston Authors' Club. Author of Richard III upto author of The Latin University Dramas of the Time of Queen Elizabeth, 1898. American Editorial Representative of the Jahrbneh der deut- schen Shatcespeare Gesellschaft, 1903. Associate Professor of English Literature, 1903-05. Professor of English Literature, 1905. 'Absent on leave.