West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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OCX 7WVLF 5 Clement Ross Jones, M.M.E. Dean Jones received his early training at Grafton High School. He attended West Virginia University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Cornell University. He served as instructor, then Assistant Professor, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and is now Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Steam and Experimental Engineering, He is a member of the Committee on Classification and Grades. Dean Jones is also a member of the executive committee of the Land Grant College En- gineering Association, and belongs to the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. XDD 5 X John Lee Coulter, Ph.D. Dr. Coulter received his A sity of North Dakota, and his has had considerable teaching George Washington Universit United States Bureau, in the of the last Amerii B. and A. M. deg Ph. D. from W: ?xperience at loi He served as agricult secretary of thi State College and at special agent in the during the taking United States Commission sent to Europe to investigate rural life proble He is on the editorial staff of the American Economic Review, and a lecturer and author on rural life and economic subjects. He becan Dean of the College of Agriculture in 1915. X Henry Craig Jones, LL.B. De; He ' ived his A. B. degree at Cor- nell College, in Iowa, and his LL. B. degree at Harvard University. He was with the law firm of Rubens, Fischer and Mossor, at Chicago, for some time. He then went to George Washington University, Wash- ington, D. C, as Professor of Law. In 1914 he came to West Virginia University as Dean of the College of Law, and Professor of Law. He is also a member of the Committee on C lassification and Grades of the University. X John Nathan Simpson, M.D. Dr. Simpson received his A. B. degree at the University of Nash- ville. He then went to Baltimore and took his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University. He served as assistant principal of Marshall College, and was at one time principal of the Huntington High School. He came to Morgantown in 1902, and is Dean of the School of Medicine. He is also Professor of Physiology, Director of the State Hygienic Laboratory, and is on the Public Health Council, Dr. Simpson is on the Staff of the Corp of Cadets as Cadet Surgeon, and is a member of the Committee on Military and Gymnasium. JCX 23 31917C 2 =ID

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VWLF XZID H I l( ltV M fy3.P.,cc. Q DOC Frank Butler Trotter, Acting-President A.M., LL. D., Dr. Trotter is a County, this state, € taught in the country of Roanoke College, but native of Ohi arly in youth. As a young man he r and town schools. He is a graduate and later took his other degrees at He was Professor of Latin at West Virginia Wesleyan College before coming to the University as Professor of Latin in 1907. In 1911, he was made Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and became Acting President of the University in 1914. Dr. Trotter is an energetic administrator of the University affairs, and has a broad view of the scope of its activities. - Alfred Jarret Hare, A. M. Professor Hare wa: 1 a West Virginian, n High School, rec. a Virginian, but the Civil War made He was an early graduate of Mogan- ived his A. B. degree from the State University, and his A. M. from Harvard. He has been principal of the King wood Schools, Professor of Latin at West Virginia College, and Principal of the West Virginia University Preparatory School, coming here in 1889. He is now Professor of Latin Language and Literature. He is also chaii man of tne Commiitte on CJassifications and grades and secretary of the Committee on Entrance. He is better kpo ' n ir the official capacity of Registrar and Secretary of the University. t 22 ]1917C 2

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ni3C ?wvu XUD Louis Black Louis Black attended Franklin. Pennsylvania, High School and later graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston. There he also instructed in voice, after completing the course. He also held similar positions at East Greenwich Academy, and Beaver College, at Beaver. Pennsylvania. Seven years ago he became Director of the School of Music and teacher of voice at this University. Director Black ' s other activities include a place on the Connmittee of Public Performances, and Director of the University Choir, the Glee Club, and the Choral Society. X X Waitman Barbe, a.m., Litt.D. Dr. Barbe is a West Virginian by birth. He i Virginia University, and has had a year ' s work Oxford Universities. For ten years, Dr. Barbe paper nnati. Obit to the University faculty in and Director of the Summer Scho of Regents for Normal Schools, joint editor of the West Virgini; a graduate of West both Harvard and engaged in news- sburg. West Virginia. He ind is now Professor of English ? has served on the State Board r ten years has been editor or ol Journal. Dr. Barbe ' s works ' Famous Poems Explained. Great Lieutenant Richard Wetherill Lieutenant Richard Wetherill. Commandant of the Corp of Cadets of West Virginia University, came here early in 1915. He was returned lo his regiment, the Sixth United States Infantry, now stationed at El Paso. Texas, by a special order from the War Department, received February 16. 1916. Lieutenant Wetherill has been one of the mcst efficient commandants which the Military Department h ' as ever had here. He reorganized the Corp as a regiment, and has given emphasis to practical work, such as the conditions would necessitate. He became very popular while in charge of the Military Department here. X W Rachel Hartshorn Colwell, A.M. Miss Colwell. a native of Rhode Island, received her B. S. degree from DennJson University, and her A. M. degree from Columbia. She also attended the Boston Cooking School. She has instructed at Michi- gan Agricultural College, Teachers ' College, Columbia, and at Lake Erie College, at Painesville. Ohio. She came here in 1910. as Assistant Professor of Home Economics, and head of the Department of Home Economics. She is chairman of the Advisory Board of the Y. W. C. A., is a member of the Student Government Board, and a member of the Faculty Committee on Women Students and on Sororities. She belongs to the Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Home Economics Association. 24 2 ]1917C yZ20