West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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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

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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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DDC 5 ? AAAi iXZID Edward Nathan Zern, B.Sc, E.M. Professor Zern, a Pennsylvanian, attended Penn State ColleRe and received his B. S. degree in 1903. He received his E. M. degree from the University in 1912. and came here that year as head of the Depart- ment of Mining, which he is rapidly building up. As a mining engineer, he has seen service in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. He is a member of the Athletic Board, and toolt a firm stand in the recent controversies, that we should make our own athletic rules and regulations. Leonard Marion Peairs, M.Sc. Professor Peaii ' s is a western man. Agricultural College, and took his master ' s He has held positions as Instructor and University of Illinois. Maryland Agricultu: ulture College. He came here in 1912 Research Entomologist of the Experiment Station. Athletic Board. Professor Peairs has been active ing of West Virginia athletics. He is a prraduate of Kansas degree at Cornell University. Assistant Professor at the e College, and Kansas Agri- Professor of Entomology and the Albert Moore Reese, Ph.D. Dr. Reese took his preparatory training in the schools of Maryland, and afterwards completed the work for his A. B. and Ph. D. degrees at Johns Hopkins University. For several years he was Professor of Biology and Geology at Allegheney College, and was then Professor of Histology and Embriology at Syracuse University. He came here in 1907 as head of the Department of Zoology. He is a member of the Library Committee, the Committee on Fr aternities, and the Committee en Classification and Grades. Q nnx Samuel John Morris, M.D. Dr. Morris is a West Virginian by birth. He attended the State University, taking pre-medical work, and afterwards finished the work for his M. D. degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. He also took work at the Harvard Medical School. He came to West Virginia University as Professor of Anatomy in the fall of 1912. Dr. Morris is a member of the Committee on Classification --- Grades, and of the West Virginia Scientific Society. He is very popula vith the undergraduates. i9l7C yz3D