Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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UNIVERSITY Department of Chemistry RAYMOND M. EIUGHES, M. Sc., Professor, AKE. VVILLIAM I-I. VVHITCOMB, S. M., Associate Professor. STUDENT ASSISTANTS. HUGIYI B. GoRooN, '0S. XIERGIL SMITH, '10, Orro 0. FISHER, '09, EX. PAUL N. LEECH, '11. CLYDE V. ZIMMERII.ixN, '09, AP. GEORGE B. SMITH, '11. Professor I-Iughes is a native of classic Oxford and an alumnus of Qld Miami, and also of Ohio State University. He received his M. Sc. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he did most of his graduate work. As Registrar of the University, he takes care of each Student's credits, keeping them locked in a little box and hidden out of sight. At present he is a member of the American Chemical Society. In his private laboratory he is continually carrying on research work. A diligent worker and a man of frank disposition, he is making his department ill its place as it should at Old Miami. Professor IfVhitcomb attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his B. S. degree in Chemistry in 1903. In 1904 he was assistant in Physics and Electro-Chemistry at the same place. In 1905 he, as a Fellow in the Same institution, took his M. S. degree. In 1906 he served there as assistant in Physics. I-Iis theses were Solubility of Lead Salts in Ammonia Saltsv and Heat of an Ionized Substance in Relation to Its Solubility-Change With the Temperature. At present he is a member of the American Chemical Society. In these days of rapid change at Qld Miami, he is one of our new professors who is making good. ' The rooms of this department are in the basement and first Floor of Brice Scientific Hall. Here are laboratories fitted with the best up-to-date apparatus. The general chemistry laboratory, and storerooms are in the basement. The offices and other laboratories are on the first floor. The following courses are given: General Chemistry, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Grganic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Determinative Mineralogy and Crystal- lography, Industrial Chemistry, Electro-Chemistry and the History of Chemistry. The department aims to ,furnish a high grade of undergraduate instruction and prepare 'well for scientific investigation and graduate work. Department of Geography GEORGE WILSON EIOKE, Ph. M., Professor, QJAQB. Professor Hoke secured his A. B. from Butler College and Ph. B. and Ph. M. from Chicago University. He has devoted one year to travel and study in Europe. Xlvvllllfi there gave course of lectures on Social Geography at the School of Geography of Qxford University, England. I-Ie is a member of the Geo- 21

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UNIVERSITY A june, 1908. He spent one year in graduate work at Yale, and three years at Chi- cago, where he is a Fellow in Sociology. l'The Influence of the Y. M. C. A. on Religious Life of Vlfestern Colleges is the name of the report of an investigation carried on by him, and which was published in the Biblical World for August and September, 1906. He was a member of the Inter-Collegiate Debating Teams of the University of Nebraska and of Chicago University in 1905. At present he is a member of the Honorary Fraternity of Inter-Collegiate Debaters, and also a member of the American Sociological Society. He has taken an active interest in working up the literary societies and this year's debating teams. Dr. Todd came to us this year to fill the chair vacated by Dr. Phelan. He has the following collegiate record: A. B., VVittenberg, 1893, 1895-96, Yale Divinity School, 1897-99, graduate work in Vlfittenberg and Instructor in Civics and Economics in Springfield COD high school, Columbia, 1899-1901, 1902-03, Columbia, Ph. D., Columbia, 1904, Ph. D. from Wittenlaerg, 1903. He has made studies into such questions as socialism, the negro problem in the Miami valley CMch. Pol. Sci. Quarterly, 1908j, study ofthe election of 1868 QAm. Hist. Magazinej, and his doctor's dissertation is a sociological study of Clark county, Ohio. At present is a member of the Am. Ec. Association and of Am. Soc. Association. Has lectured widely on sociological and economic subjects before workingmen's and teachers' associations. This year he has taken a wide interest in the student activities, as well as presenting his courses creditably. This department has its room on second iioor of main building. The courses treat of such subjects as Political Economy, Principles of Politics,-Government, State, Local, National-Pauperism and Crime, Labor Movement, the Trust Prob- lem, Public Finance, General Sociology, Development of Sociology, Industrial and Financial History of United States and England. In another year changes will be made in courses. Department of Philosophy ELMER ELLSWORTI-I POWELL, Ph. D., Professor. Dr. Powell received his A. B. from Ann Arbor, 18855 B. D. from Boston University, 1889, M. A. and Ph. D. from University of Bonn, Germany, 1899. The year of 1896-97 he spent at the University of Halle. He has also attended Harvard and Chicago universities in the interest of his work. For six years he resided in Italy, for three years in Germanyg for three months in Paris. He is the author of Spinoza's Gottesbegriff, which was published at Halle in 18995 also of Spinoza and Religion, published in 1906. VVon magna cum laude with his degree at Bonn. Chosen to represent his class as alternate in commencement exercises at Boston University. At present he is a member of the VVestern Philosophical Association. The room of this department is on the third Hoor of the main building, in what was once the hall of the Ecrittean Literary Society. The courses offered are Logic, General Psychology, Ethics, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Spinoza's Ethics, Comparative Religion, Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of the State. ' 20

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UNIVERSITY graphical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. This department has its classroom in the west end of the second floor of Brice Scientific Hall. It is a growing department, and at present gives courses in Regional, Social and Economic Geography. The courses are now adapted to students of economics and sociology, and are being expanded and developed each year, Department of Zoology STEPHEN RTGGS VV1LLTAMs, Ph. D., Professor. STUDENT ASSISTANTS. CLARA MAY FEENEY, CDT. CHESTER JOHNSON, EX. Dr. Williains took his A. B. degree at Gberlin and his Masters and Doctor's degrees at Harvard. He spent part of four years at Harvard. and while there won the Bowdoin prize for an article on the Relation of Bio-Chemistry to Morphology. just recently he has been honored by the Boston Society of Natural History in the publication of his work on the Habits and Structure of Scutigerella Immaculata QNewportjf' This particular monograph 'is largely the result of work done near Oxford by the author. ,Dr. VVilliams is the author of several other valuable contributions to his field of study. At present he is a member of the Ghio Academy of Science, member of Association of American Anatomists, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American 'Society of Zoologists. The rooms of this depart- ment are in the east end of the second Hoor of Brice Scientific Hall. These are well fitted with microscopes, models and other apparatus for the work of the department. Courses are given in Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Embryology, Osteology, Theory of Zoology and in General Zoology. Dr. Wfilliams is also associated with Dr. Davis in offering a course in Entomology. Dr. 'Wfilliams is one of our hardest working professors, a modest and a very congenial gentleman, and one who soon wins the respect of the students. Department of Physics JOSEPH JXLBERTUS CULLERA, Ph. D., Professor, BGDH. STUDENT ASSISTANTS. HARVEY C. BRILL. ETIIEL I-IOUSER, ARTHUR R. MEAD, AP. Dr. Culler received his Ph. D. from the University of Wfooster. For a number of years he was superintendent of the public schools of Bowling Green and at Kenton, Ohio. Recently he has made a trip to Europe to further the work of his department, visiting the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. We know him best as a close student and an unexcelled lecturer and demon- 22