Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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prize of SIOO, Hfor the best production spoken on the Commencement stage. He received, at the same time, the Woods prize of S6o, for general culture and improvement. He was also one of the six contestants for the Hyde prize in oratory. During the year which followed graduation he was principal of the High School at Ware, Mass. Here he endeared himself to the pupils and won the respect of the community to such a degree that a strong effort was made to retain his services. He had, however, resolved upon a course of study in Germany. In 1884, he resigned his position at Ware and established himself at Heidelberg. Here he studied political economy, finance, political science and politics under Prof. Karl Kneis, the Hphilosopher of the historical school, in the opinion of many the greatest living economist. In addition to these courses he studied comparative, constitutional and administrative law, German constitutional law and international law under Prof. von Bulmerincq, the development of the German Constitution under Prof. Hermann Schulze, the history of Roman law under Prof. Bekkerg the history of Christian philosophy under Prof. Kuno Fischer. In july, 1886, he received a degree Ph. D., z'11.vzgfzz' rum ltzmie, in political economy, international law and comparative, constitutional and administrative law. This achievement in so short a period means that the two years at the German university were not less laborious than those spent at Amherst. It would, however, be a great mistake to assume that he brought from Germany nothing save his degree and a substantial addi- tion to his library. He enjoyed the high privilege while abroad of being an inmate of one of the best German homes, and he came to know to the full the fascination of the scenery in and about this, perhaps, the most beautiful uni- versity town of the world. In the summer of 1886 he received notice of his appointment as Instructor in Political Economy at Amherst College, and resumed, in September of the same year, the vocation of teacher. In 1887 international law was added to his department. He was married january 6, 1891, to Miss Affa Miner, daughter of David Worthington Miner, M. D., of Ware, Mass. In 1892 the title of his position was changed to that of Associate Professor of Political Economy and International Law. In 1893 he resigned at Amherst in order to accept the Professorship of History and Sociology at Wabash College. Prof. Tuttle has been a member of the American Economic Association since his return from Germany, he is now a member of the Council and also of the Committee of Economic Theory of this association. He is a member and councillor of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and 26

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03331165 Ell1Qll5fl15 ZlQllflIl6. CHARLES AUGUSTUS ITUTTLE, Professor of History and Sociology at Wabash College, was born November 27th, 1861, at Hadley, Massachusetts. Cn his father's side he comes of that hardy and masterful English stock which rules the sea and has subjugated men and nature in important portions of every continent. From his mother, who was born in Germany, he inherits the philosophical bent of mind which goes far to explain his success, both as student and teacher. In the location of his early home Professor Tuttle was singularly fortu- nate. His father's farm is in one of the most beautiful regions of New England. Bounding the spacious valley on the east, lies the great, smooth mass of the partly wooded Pelham hills, to the south stretches the rugged and picturesque Holyoke Range, whose highest peak is Mt. Tom, westward, across the broad and placid Connecticut, are the distant and yet imposing Berkshire Mountains g to the north, some nine miles away, stands Sugar Loaf, rising so abruptly from the river bank that it seems like a gigantic fortress guarding the wide and fertile valley at its feet. Across the river, and further to the northeast, is the noble dome of Mt. Tobey, the loftiest and one of the most characterful of the mountains in this part of Massachusetts. But line as are the valley and the mountains, finer yet is the sky. The secret of its charm may be hard to tell, but all who with open eyes live underneath it come soon to feel the spell of its surpassing beauty. He fitted for college at Hopkins' Academy, Hadley, Mass., graduating in 1879, and entered Amherst College immediately as a member of the Class of '83, The four years of college were spent in hard, earnest work. Every study was given its full due, and the results were not only immediate, and in some respects brilliant, scholastic success, but, what was worth far more, the de- velopment of a spirit and the formation of habits which were to make intellec- tual growth and acquisition the characteristics of later years. He knew as little ofluxury as of idleness, like many others who have made the best use of college opportunities, he met a considerable portion of his expenses by his own earnings. He was a member of the scholarship divisions in Latin, Greek and mathematics, and at the close of the course was chosen one of the eight to represent the class on Commencement Day, and was awarded the Bond 25

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a member also of the Political Science Association of the Central States, recently organized at Chicago. Although Prof. Tuttle hitherto has been engaged mainly in laying broad and deep the foundations which prepare for useful economic literature, he has already published The Wealth Concept: A Study in Economic Theory, which appeared in the Annals of the American Acad- emy of Political and Social Science, April, 1891, and The Outline of Economic Theory, December, 1894. Of his position as an economist it may be said that he is in hearty sym- pathy with Prof. Karl Knies, of Heidelberg, and Prof. John B. Clark, of Amherst, also a pupil of Prof. Knies. Like them, he is conservatively pro- gressive. He holds, with them, that our economic and social systems are historic products-the fruits of a growth which has been in progress for many centuries. Hence it is not wise to set them aside wholly, or even to tamper with them rashly, for the presumption is in their favor. Cn the other hand, they are confessedly imperfect 5 changing conditions-social, political and eco- nomic-have givenrise- to wants for which the existing system provides either inadequately or not at all. But the remedy lies in the direction of reform rather than revolution-in the patient, well-considered adaptation of inherited laws and institutions to the actual needs of the present, rather than in any scheme, however specious, which would discard these and build up a new system on foundations wholly untried. Prof. Tuttle's record at W'abash richly fulfills the promise of his earlier record as student at Amherst and Heidelberg, and again as teacher at Amherst. 27