West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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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

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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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iizx: wvu LoNNA Dennis Arnett, Ph.D. Dr. Arnett, the present Librarian of the University, came here from the United States Bureau of Education, at Washington, in 1910. He has his B. S. degree from West Virginia University, being a native of this state, and his Ph. D. degree from Claris University, Worcester. Massachusetts. He is chairman of the Library Committee, and secre- tary of the Alumni Association of West Virginia University. He also has charge of the students in Library Science and Library Methods. XHD 5 X James Morton Callahan, Ph.D. fro Indi! ceived his A. B. and A. M. Dr. Callahan, degrees from the University of Indiana, and his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, where he was also a lecturer, and engaged in historical re- search at Washington. He came to the University in 19(12, as head of the Department of History and Political Science. He has been a mem- ber of the Committee on Classification and Grades since 1903; and he is chairman of the Committee on Graduate Work. Dr. Callahan is the author of several books on international relations, a recent history of West Virginia, and of many articles in cyclopedias, magazines, and professional journals. X X Chauncy William Waggoner, Ph.D. Dr. Waggoner spent his youth in Ohio. He received the B. S. E. E. degree from Ohio University, and his A. M. and Ph. D. degrees from Cornell. He was instructor in Physics at Cornell, then came to West Virginia Unive rsity as head of the Department of Physics, of which subject he is also professor. Dr. Waggoner is a member of the Faculty Committee on Graduate Work, and is Assistant Commissioner of WeiKhts and Measures for the State of West Virginia. He is also much interested in athletics and student activities. X Enoch Howard Vickers, A.M. Professor Vickers attended Shepherd College Normal. He received his A. B. degree from West Virginia University. Since then he has had further work at Harvard, the University of Berlin, and at Paris, in Ecole de Droit, College Libredes Sciences Sociales, the Sorbonne. and College de Frances. He has been an instructor in this University, and at Harvard ; Professor of Economics and Finance at Keiogijuku Univer- sity, Tokyo. Japan : and came here as Professor of Economics and Sociology in 1911. He is chairman of the Faculty Committee on Prizes. He is President of the tate and local charitable associations, and is a member of numerous economic, labor and political science societies, here and abroad. cx: ]19I7[ 2 D