Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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English CHE I. U. student who chooses English for his major treads no flowery path to honor and distinction, even though his way leads through the mellifluous How of lyric poetry, the resonant swell of the epic, and the sturm unci drang of tragic drama. Over the department hovers the I. U. Fairy, already renowned in song and story; within its doors stands the I. U. Cerberus; the number of the monster ' s heads, however, are tripled to meet the exigencies of the times. The three principal heads challenge every candidate for admission into the University with English 1. They simultaneously utter the mandate, Pass it — or take it, and each phrase closes with a snap — a snap that is echoed by the six minor heads and dies away in an ominous growl. This, however, is the only snap in the department. English 1 having been passed or taken, the student is ushered into English 7, and realizes for the first time that life is not worth living. His compositions come back to him illuminated in red ink. A Freshman once questioned: These contingent fees, amounting to something less than $15,000 — what are they used for? Why, my innocent, replied a Senior English, a large portion of that sum goes toward supplying the English Department with red ink. The Freshman was satisfied. If the unsophisticated student chooses English, thinking that here, at least, he will meet his difficulties in a known language, he learns the error of his judgment when he encounters English 14. Here he must have a knowledge not onl} ' of French and German, Greek and Latin, but Gothic and Sanskrit as well. The English professor assigns a selection of prose or poetry, and instructs the student to tell what he knows about it. He must analyze not only the selection, but the writer ' s mind, his mood, his temperament, his times. Moreover, the student must clearly and definitely set forth the effect the selection has upon himself, and tell how this effect is produced; he must set down what he sees and can prove, and what he feels but can not prove. Sometimes — oh, sad to relate! — a student falters and faints under this rigid regime, this close and subtle analysis; but the University authorities, with wise foresight, have made provision for such cases. The biological laboratories are used as sanitariums for overworked English students. Here, under the care of three eminent doctors, and the invigorating odor of alcoholic specimens, the student gradually regains his wonted health and strength. 26

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Gustaf Ernst Karsten, Professor of Germanic Philology. Gradu- ate of Marienburg College, Prussia, 1878; student at the Universities of Leipsie, Konigsburg, Heidelberg, 1878-83; Ph. D., Freiburg. 1883; student in Tubingen, London, Paris, 1883-85; Docent in Germanic and Romance Philology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1885-86; Professor of Romance Languages, Indiana University, 1886-89; Professor of Germanic Philology, Indiana University, from 1889. Caul Osthaus, Associate Professor of German. Graduate of Hildesheim Gymnasium, 1880; student in the University of Goettingen, 1880-84; A.M., Indiana University, 1890; Instruc- tor in German, Indiana University, 1887; Instructor in German, Summer School of Georgia Chautauqua, 1889; Associate Professor of German, Indiana University, from 1888. Eugese Leser, Instructor in German. Graduate of the Gymna- sium of Sondershausen, Germany, 1882; A. M. and Ph. D., University of Berlin, 1887; Tutor, Reicbenheim Orphan Asylum, Berlin, 1S91-92; Instructor in French and German, DePauw University, 1893; Instructor in French, University of Michigan, 1893-94; Instructor in German, from 1895. Roy Henderson Perring, Instructor in German. A. B., Indiana University, 1894; Tutor in German, Indiana University, 1894-90; Instructor in German, from 1890. Otto Paul Klopsch, Tutor in German. 1896. A. B., Indiana University, Olive Beroth, Logansport, Ind. State Normal, 1S93. Anton Theophilus Boisen, Bloomington, Ind. Jotilda Conklin, Indianapolis, Ind. K A 9. Anna L. Hancock, Seymour, Ind. Harry Richard Gers, Washington, Ind. 2 X; A A 2 Lucy Howe, Indianapolis, Ind. K A 9.

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Martin Wkight Sampson, Professor of English. A. B., University of Cincinnati, 1888; A. M., 1890; student, University of Munich, 1887-88; graduate student, University of Cincinnati, 1888-89; Instructor in English, University of Iowa, 1889-91; Assistant Professor of English Literature, University of Iowa, 1891; Assistant Professor of English, Leland Stanford Jr. University, 1892-93; Professor of English, Indiana University, from 1S93. Elmer Ellsworth Griffith, Associate Professor of English. A. B., Indiana Univer- sity, 1885; A. M., 1SS0: A. M., Harvard University, 1895; teacher, Indianapolis High School, 1885-86 ; Superintendent of City Schools, Frankfort, Ind ,1886-90; Superintendent of the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind, 1890-94 : graduate student, Harvard University, 1894-90 ; Associate Professor of English, Indiana University, from 1896. Launcelot Minor Harris. Assistant Professor of English. A. B., Washington and Lee University, 1888 ; Instructor in Latin, Washington and Lee University, 1889-90; graduate student, Johns Hopkins University, 1890-93; Instructor in English, Indiana University, 1893-90 : Assistant Professor of English, from 1S96. Hkn :y Thew Stephenson, Instructor in English. Instructor in English, from 1895. B. s., i ihio state University, 1x9-1; William Lincoln McMillen, Instructor in English. Student. LaFayette College, 1879-81 : A. B., Indiana University, 1890 ; teacher of English, Indianapolis High School, 1893-95; Instructor in English, from 1S95. Nathaniel Stephenson, Instructor in English. A. B., Indiana University, 1896; student, University of Cincinnati, 1888-89; Harvard University, 1889-91; Instructor in English, University of Iowa, 1891-92; Reporter and Editorial Writer Cincinnati Tribune, 1893-95; Instructor in English, from 1895. Henry Lee Prescott, Instructor in English. A. B., Harvard University, 1894; Instructor in English, from 1S95. Edward Payson Morton, Instructor in English. A. B., Illinois College, 1S90: A. M., Harvard University, 1893; Professor of English, Blackburn University, 1S94-95; Instructor in English, from 1895. George Beardsley, Instructor in English. Ph. B., University of Iowa, 1893 ; gradu- ate student, University of Chicago, ls;i4-9o; student in England and Scotland, 1895-90; Instructor in English, from 1890. Anna B. Collins, Indianapolis. Ind. State Normal, 1889 ; Woman ' s League. Leroy Martin Scott, Indianapolis, Ind. Editor-in-Chief Student.