SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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George . ftubgon George H. Hudson was born October 1, 1855, of Massachusetts stock. Mis Father, an Unitarian clergyman, was graduated from Harvard College in 1843 and from the Cambridge Divinity School in 1847. He was a pioneer teacher in .Akron, Ohio, and was one of the first to teach Pitman ' s system of phonography in New York City. Professor Hudson ' s mother was Principal of the Boys ' Intermediate School, at Chelsea, Massachusetts ; she also taught one of the first kindergartens in Boston. The son was given his early education at home. Later he attended the Potsdam State Normal School for two years and the New England Conservatory of Music for two years. Early in life he had the laboratory and library habit, and now has a library of about 6.000 volumes. From 1875 to 1890, he was church organist at Plattsburgh and Burlington, Vermont. In the Fall of 1879, he came to Plattsburgh and in 1883 was married to Miss Eleanor P. Mead. He taught his first school about 1875. but in 1890 at the opening of the State Normal School he was elected to the Chair of Science, which position he has hell for twenty-six years. Professor Hudson has published many articles on music and education but is best known for his original work in geology and paleontology, which is recognized the world over and many of his discoveries have been added to college texts in both subjects. He is now engaged in the interpretation of curious features revealed by sedimentary rocks and on new studies concerning the paleohistology and paleobiology of Echinoderms. These are new fields in which there are at present comparatively few students. Professor Hudson belongs to many scientific societies and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Professor Geokge H. Hudson, Teacher of Biology, Physical Geography and Nature Study.

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Jforetoorb J ii presenting the 1916 edition of our school year book a few words as to the methods adopted in its compilation may not be out of place. One of the principal aims of the staff has been to make this work a dis- tinctively school book in the most comprehensive sense of the term. To this end contributions have been solicited to a larger extent than ever before from the under classmen. We have also made a special effort conspicuously to represent the activities of the school in as interesting a manner as possible. If these two objects have been accomplished to any appreciable extent the editors will feel gratified, though they may not have achieved any remarkable literary distinction in the attempt. With these few words of introduction we now leave the 1916 Year Book to the lenient judgment of the reader.