Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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VOLUME LV, 1912 21 Fnnnnme LINCOLN THOMPSON, A K E, Professor of History. B.A., Amherst, '92, M.A., Harvard, '07. Born at Augusta, Maine, 1869. B.A., Amherst Col- lege, 18925 M.A., Harvard University, 1907. Instructor in the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, 1892-93, in King's School, Stamford, Conn., 1893-05 3 and in the Sachs Institute, New York, 1895-1903. Student at Paris, 1903-05, and at Harvard, 1905-07. Assistant in History, Harvard University, 1906-07. Member of the American Historical Association, and of the American Political Science Association. Appointed Associate Professor of History, Amherst College, 1907 g Professor of History, 1909. HENRY CARRINGTON LANCASTER, A T A, fb B K, Associate Professor of Romance Languages. ' B.A. and M.A., University of Virginia, '03, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, '07. Born at Richmond, Virginia, November 10, 1882. Prepared for college at MeCabe's University School of Richmond. Graduated from the University Of Virginia in 1903. Taught in the University School of Montgomery, Alabama, 1903-04. Held Virginia scholarships and a University Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University 5 Ph.D. there in 1907. Ap ointed Instructor in Romance Languages in Amherst Coiiege, 19075 Associate Professor, 1908. Author of The French Tragi-Comedy.

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20 THE AMHERST OLIO WILLIAM JESSE NEWLIN, 211' T, fir B K, Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Amherst, '99, B.S., M.E., Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, '01, M.A., Amherst, '03, M.A., Har- vard, '06. Born at Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1878. Prepared for college at Pottsville CPennsylvaniaD High School. Graduated from Amherst College, 1899, Grad- uated f1'om Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1901. In Mechanical Engineering, 1901-02. Walker Instructor in Mathematics, Amherst College, 1902-05. Shattuck Scholar in Mathematics at Harvard University, 1905-06. Appointed Associate Professor of Mathematics and Phi- losophy, Amherst College, 1906, Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1907 5 Professor of Philosophy, 1909. CLARENCE WILLIS EAs'rMAN, Professor of German Language and Literature. B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, '94, A.M., Ph.D., Leipsic, '98, Born at Concord N. H., January 3, 1873. Public schools of Concord, N. H., and Worcester, Mass. Grad- uated from Worcester Polytechnic, 1894. Student at the Harvard Summer School, 1894. Assistant in Modern Languages at Worcester Polytechnic, 1894-95. Student at the University of Giittingen, as holder of the Aaron and Lucretia Bancrqfl Fellowship for the city of Worcester, 1895-96. Student at University of Lelpsic, 1896-98. Instructor in German, University of Iowa, 1898-1901 , Assistant Professor of German, ibid., 1901-07. Instructor in German, University of Chicago, Summer Quarter. 1902. In charge of the work in German, Summer School of the University of Missouri, 1903 and 1905. Appointed Associate Professor of German Literature, Amherst Col- lege, 1907 , Professor of German Language and Litera- ture, 1909. Member of the Modern Language Association of America. Author of Die Synlarc das Dalivs bei Notlccr, 1899, and articles in modern language journals. Editor of Hillern's H Bher als die Kirclzc, 1906.

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22 THE AMHERST OLIO LEVI HENRY ELXVELL, YP' T, fb B K, Associate Professor of Greek, and Instructor in Sanskrit. B.A., Amherst, '75, M.A., Amherst, '78. Born at Northampton, Massachusetts, March 22, 1854. Prepared for college at the Northampton High School. Graduated from Amherst, 1875. Taught in Pough- keepsie Military Institute, 1875-76. Advanced study at Yale with Professor Whitney, 1876-77. Instructor in Greek and Latin in Amherst College, 1877-78: Instructor in Sanskrit since 1881, Instructor in Greek, 1878-90, Assistant Professor of Greek, 1890-93, Associate Pro- fessor since 1893. Traveled and studied in Greece and Egypt, 1891-92, in Greece and Italy, 1901. Member of American Oriental Society, American Philological Asso- ciation, Pali Text Society of London, Helenic Society of London, American Folk-Lore Society, Archaeological Institute of America, National Geographical Society, New England Classical Association. Author of Nine J atakas, 1886. Josaru Oseoon T1-roMPsoN, 111 B K, Associate Professor of Physics. b B.A., Amherst, '84, Ph.D., University of Strass- urg, '91, Born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, July 29, 1863. Prepared for college at Thayer Academy. Graduated from Amherst College, 1884. Studied at University of Strassburg, 1889-91. Teacher at Park College, Missouri, 1884-86. Graduate Student at Amherst College and As- sistant in Physics, 1886-87. Wallrer Instructor at Am- herst Collcge, 1887-89. Instructor at Haverford College, 1891-94. Associate Professor of Physics at Amherst Col- lege since 1894. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of thesis, Uber das Gasetz der Elastischen Dehmmg, published in Wicdcmann Annalcng also papers, Fatigue in the Elasticity of Stretch- ing, and Investigation in Torsionat Etasticity, published in Physical Review.