Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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zae mznmnaana Department of Chemistry A few years before the opening of the seminary Miss Lyon attended a course of lectures on Chemistry at Amherst College that she might be able to illustrate her teaching with experiments, and in the first issue of the catalogue in IB37, Chemistry is among the studies required of,Seniors. At first the lectures were given by professors from various colleges and the class work was in charge of Seminary teachers. In l868 Miss Shattuck took charge of both lecture and class work. and it is to her enthusiasm that the present development of science in the college is largely due. The work of Miss Mary A. Berry led to the building in i892 of Shattuck Hall, which contains the laboratories of Physics and Chemistry. Experi- mental lectures have always been continued. In I907 the work was thrown open to Freshmen, so that a four-year course in Chemistry is now possible in contrast to the Senior requirement of the time of Mary Lyon. MISS HOLMES Mary Elizabeth Holmes, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A.. Wellesley: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Graduate Scholar in Chemistry, Univer- sity of Chicago: Fellow in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania: Member of American Chemical Society, and of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mystic, Connecticut. Emma Perry Carr, B.S., Instructor B.S,, University of Chicago: Ohio State University: Mount Holyoke: Ph.D., University of Chicago: Holder of the Mary E. Woolley Fellowship, i908-l909. University of Chicago: Holder of the Loewenthal Fellowship l909-l9l0, University of Chicago: Sigma Xi Society. Coshocton, Ohio. Winona Alice Hughes, M.A., Instructor Ph.B., M.A., University of Wooster: University of Chicago: Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr: Harvard University: Cornell University: Normal Training School, Pueblo, Colorado: Member of American Chemical Society. 271 West Church Street, Marion, Ohio. Dorothy Anna Hahn, B.A., Instructor B.A., Bryn Mawr: University of Leipzig: Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr: Head of department of Chemistry at Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mary Violette Dover, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., M.Sc., McGill University, Montreal: Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr: Ph.D., Konijlichen Universitat, Bresle, Germany. I94 Hunter Street, East Petersborough, Ontario, Canada. Marion Claire johnson, B.A., Laboratory Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke: Phi Beta Kappa Society. 292 Pleasant Street, Leominster, Massachusetts. Mary Clarissa McKee, M.A., Laboratoru Assistant B.A., M.A., Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Scholar at Bryn Mawr, l907-1908. 479 Campbell Street, Wilkensburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. Angie G. Albee, B.A., Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke. 7 School Street, Bellows Falls, Vermont. 29

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me ccnmnnnnn Q Department of Mathematics , . .,.. .., NX X The beginning of the Department of Mathematics dates from the Hrst year of the seminary, when Colborn's First Lessons and Adam's New Arithmetic were required for admission, and Playfair's Euclid and Day's Algebra were studied during the first two years. In IS54 a course in trigonometry was added: early in the eighties was introduced Professor Olney's series of text books, and students were encouraged to attempt general geometry and calculus. Several years before the announcement of electives in the catalogue, is found the statement, Further mathematical instruction is provided if desired. At the present time the required work of the Freshman year may be followed by twenty elective courses, giving fifty hours of credit, and covering the field of mathematics from the elements of analytic geometry and calculus to modern geometry, applications of the calculus, and the theory of functions. Mount Holyoke was one of the Hrst colleges to offer work in the history of mathematics, the subject being included in the requirements for a major as early as l892. Besdes the well-known histories the department library contains a valuable collection of famous mathematical works belonging to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The equipment also includes sets of plaster and thread models for illustration in the various courses. MISS SMITH Sarah Effie Smith, B.S.',A Professor B.S., Mount Holyoke: Massachrsetts Institute of Technology: University of Michigan: University of Chicago: University of Berlin: Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England, and of New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. I9 Walnut Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Eleanor C. Doak, Ph.B., Associate Professor - B.A., Coates: Ph.B.. University of Chicago: Cambridge University: Instructor in Mathematics at Coates College, and at De Pauw University: Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England. 732 South Center Street, Terre Haute, Indiana. Emilie Norton Martin, Ph.D., Instructor B.A.. Ph.D., Bryn Mawr: University of Cottingen: Fellow in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr: Member of the American Mathematical Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mary Evelyn Wells, S.M., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke: S.M., University of Chicago: Member of American Mathematical Society: Reader in Mathematics College Entrance Examination Board. I2 Tolles Square, Naugatuck, Connecticut. Mary Wallace C-alt, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke. 28 Marion, Virginia. na.. All

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me eenmannna Department of Physics From the beginning of the seminary in l837 until as late as l898 a course in Physics, or in Natural Philosophy as it was called, was required of all students either in their Junior or Senior year. The work of the department was amplified for many years by special lectures given by a visiting professor. The supply of apparatus, very small at first, was increased from time to time, so that the present equipment is exceedingly good. In i887 Laboratory work became required and in that same year elective work was offered. Up to l89l one person gave a part of her time to the subject: since then the staff has been increased to four. ln the year 1893-1894 the department was established in its present quarters in Shattuck MISS LAIRD Hall, a building which it shares with the Chemistry depart- ment. After the subject was opened to Sophomores the work gradually expanded until, in l899, eleven courses were offered. In l907-I908 Physics was, for the first time, made elective for Freshmen, so that now work may be elected in the department during all four years. Elizabeth Rebecca Laird, Ph.D., Professor B.A., University of 'Torontog Ph.D.. Bryn Mawr: University of Berlin: Fellow in Physics, Bryn Mawrg Holder of Presidents' European Fellowship from Bryn Mawrg' Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Scienceg Member of the American Physical Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mabel Augusta Chase, M.A.,, Associate Professor B.A., Oberlin: M.A., 'Cornell University: University of Chicago. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Charles L. Brightman, Ph.B., Instructor M.A., Ph.B., Brown University. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Margaret Calderwood Shields, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke. St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 30 - .4-