University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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Rhode Island Stale Collect Corporation Hon. Robert S. Burlingame Newport County Hon. Charles Estes Bristol County Hon. Charles Dean Kimball Providence County Hon. Thomas G. Mathewson Kent County Hon. B. Frank Robinson Washington County Hon. Walter E. Ranger, State Commissioner of Schools . . . ex-officio Hon. Philip A. Money, Member of State Board of Agriculture Officcra of the Corporation Hon. Charles Dean Kimball, President Providence Hon. Walter E. Ranger, Vice-President .... Providence Hon. Robert S. Burlingame, Clerk and Treasurer ... Newport 4

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TABLE) OF CONTENTS The Corporation The Faculty College Calendar The Grist Board The Classes Athletics Fraternities Organizations The Battalion The Alumni Miscellaneous The Year Grindings Advertisements and T he Grist Calendar . 9 .10 12 .43 .71 83 .97 105 108 113 125 131

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Faculty Howard Edwards, A. M., LL. D President ♦ K 2; A. M„ Randolph-Macon College, 1876: Student, University of Leipzig, 1877-1878; Student in Paris, 1878; Teacher, Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1878-1800; Teacher, Bingham School. North Carolina. 1880-1882; Acting Principal of Bethel Academy, Virginia, 1882-1884; Principal, Tus- cumbia Academy, Alabama, 1884-1885; Professor of English and Modern Languages, University of Arkansas, 1885-1890; Professor of English and Modern Languages, Michigan Agricultural College. 1890-1906; LL. D., University of Arkansas, 1891; Leave of absence in France and England, 1891-1892; Entered upon duties as President, July 1, 1906. Homer Jay Whkei.ER, Pii. D., Sc. D Professor of Geology CSC; B. S.; Massachusetts Agricultural College, 188.5; Assistant Chemist, Massachusetts State Experiment Station, 1883-1887; Graduate student. University of Gottingen, 1887-1889; Ph. D., Gottingen, 1889; Appointed Chemist of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Geology, 1890; Acting President, August 15, 1902-April 1. 1903; Pro- fessor of Agricultural Chemistry, 1902-1907; Sc. D., Brown University, 1911; Resigned Directorship, Dec. 1912. Burt Laws Hartwell, Ph. D Professor of Agricultural Chemistry C S C: 2 2: 4 K t ; B. S.. Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University, 1889; M. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1900; Ph. D„ University of Pennsylvania. 1903; Appointed First Assistant Chemist. R. I. Experiment Station, 1891; Appointed Associate Chemist, 1903; Professor, 1908; Appointed Director, Dec. 1912. Harriet Lathrop Merrow, A. M Professor of Botany and Secretary of the Faculty. B. S., Wellesley College. 1886; Teacher of Science, Plymouth High School, 1887-1888; Teacher of Science, Harcourt Place. C.ambier, O., 1888-1891; Graduate student. University of Michigan. 1891-1892; A. M.. Wellesley College. 1893; Graduate assistant, Botanical Laboratory. University of Mich- igan, 1893-1894; Appointed Professor of Botany, January, 1895. Virgil Louis Leighton, Ph. D Professor of Chemistry A T A; 4 B K; A. B.. Tufts College, 1894; A. M.. Kansas Sta te University, 1895; Ph. D.. Tufts College, 1897: Instructor in Organic Chemistry, Tufts College, 1897-1901; Appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1901; Professor, 1903. John Barlow, A. M Professor of Zoology A T; 4 B K; B. S., Middlebury, 1895; A. M., Brown University, 1896; Assistant Biologist, R. 1. Flxperiment Station, 1898; Professor f Biology, Fairmount College, 1898-1901; Appointed Professor of Zoology, 1901. Marshall Henry Tyler, B. S Professor of Mathematics e A X; B. S„ Amherst College. 1897; Instructor at St. Mark’s 1897-1898; Appointed Master of the Preparatory School, 1898; Professor of Math- ematics, 1906. Heorge Edward Adams, B. S Professor of Agriculture B. S., R. I. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1894; Student, Cor- nell University, 1897 and 1899-1901; Assistant in Horticulture, Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1895-1901; Assistant Agriculturist, Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1901-1906; Associate. Agronomy. 1906; State Statis- tical Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1901; Appointed Professor of Agriculture, 1907. 5