Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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.1 I' G Ulll E LM 'PENS--sg m X I .1 X -g n i Guerdon Norris Messer, B.P.E., Prryfessor of Hygiene and Plzysfical Education and Director of A thletics Was graduated from t.he Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass., in 1909, receiving the degree of I3.P.lC. Studied at the Harvard Graduate Summer School of Physical Education in 1910. Was Director of Physical Educa- tion in the public schools of Birmingham, Ala., 1909-1911. Director of Physical Education, Worcester Academy, 1911-1917. Inspector of Physi- cal Education, New York St.ate Dept. of Education, 1917-1920. Professor of Physical Education and Director of Athletics at Rensselaer Polyteclmie Instit.ut.e, 1920-1922. Was called to Williams as Professor of Hygiene and Physical I'lducation and Director of Athletics in 1922. Prof. Messer was an infantry captain during the war. He is the author of numerous ar- ticles on l'l1y.v'z'cal Erluculimi mul Atlzlel1'e.v, and llow lo Play llaskcllmll. Robert Devore Leigh, Ph.D., A. Burlon Hepburn Professor QfGOl'UI'7lf171f67ll Was graduated from llowdoin College in 1914-. Was a Charles Carroll llverett Scholar from Bowdoin at Columbia University, 191-1--1915. Re- ceived the degree of lN'I.A. from Columbia in 1915. 1Vas a Gilder Fellow, Columbia University, 1919-1920. Attended Harvard University Summer Session, 1918. Attended lectures of the New School for Social Research, 1919-1921. 1Vas an instructor in Government at Reed College, 1915-1918, and Assistant Professor on leave, 1918-1920. Lecturer in Government at Columbia University, 1920-1922. Taught at Summer Session Columbia University, 1922-1923. Received the degree of Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1923. Was called to Williams as A. Barton Hepburn Pro- fessor of Government in 1922. Was Assistant Educational Director, U. S. Public Health Service. 1918-1919. Prof. Leigh is a member of the 111 BK Society, and the K2 Fraternity. Swabian Schiller Society, AIIICS Haven Corley, mance Languages Otto Eduard Lessing, Ph.D., PrQfc.s'.s'or of German Was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1895, where he cou- tinued as a graduate student and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Studied in Germany at the Universities of Tuebingen and Wuerttemberg. Lived as a writer and student of art and literature in lVlunieh,1903-1907. Was Professor of German at the University of Illinois until 1922. Called to Williams in 1923 as Professor of German. Has con- tributed articles to Das L2'terari.vcl1e Echo, The Journal of E71gl7'Sll 1171.11 Ger- manic Philology, D1'eNeu.s' Zeit, The Open Court, etc., and is the author of the following books: Schiller uml Grillparzer, Grillparzer 1lll.IlN61Il7 Dram 11, Rcbckka Ca playl,Whilmau's l,7'0A'll-S'ClN'12fl0ll- Ctranslationj, Ilorace Tra.ubcl'.v Weckrufe Ctranslationl, Die Neue l or'm., lllaslcrs 'in Modern Gcrnmli. Litera- ture, G'e.vcliiclzte der Deutschcn. Lzflcralur, and Lilly. Professor Lessing is a member of the Modern Language Association of America and the and is also a member of the 11113K Society. Ph.D., Professorr and Ulzarfrman in llo- Was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1901 and appointed the same year to government in educational work in the Philippines for three years in organizing schools. Followed three years of travel about the world and study in Europe. Instructor and Associate Professor of Romance Languages in Pomona College for three years. Received t.he degree of lVl.A. from Harvard in 1911 and instructed there in French in 1912, being called to Yale at the end of that year, remaining at Yale as instructor and Assistant. Professor. receiving the degree of Ph.D. from that Univer- sity in 191-I-. WVas called to Williams in 1924. Dr. Corley is the editor and collaborator of various texts. IIe is a member of the fbA0 l'l1'll ternity. -'-Nmtrfls 4 6 X ' -93'9'ga V 1- 9' 4fAaL 21 :U

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I e S i i ..-MW es.. . -S . li ll IQ M--M G U LI ELM BN S 1,.5,.,,N -M --1-Q fffrf 'rfvigygsw H A ya ,E F E E Ei - 1' sK+ S5-Z'-'3qa.4-5 Q 3 243-qu' . 1' AI Sherwood Owen Dickerxnan, Ph.D., Lawrence I'rqfessor ' of the Greek Language and Literature Was graduated from Yale in 1890. Student of the American School of Ulassical Studies, Athens, 1897-1899. Received the degree ot' 1111.11 from Halle University, Germany, in 1909. 1nst,ruct.or in Greek at Yale, 1899-1903 and 1905. 1Vas called to Williams in 1909. George Burwell Dutton, l'h.l1., l'rql'e.v.vor of lfaglisli l Literature 1Vas graduated l'ronl 1Villiains as Valedictorian in the class of 1907. Studied at, 11arvard l'niversit.y, 1907-1910, receiving I the degree of-M.A. in 1908 and that of 1'h.D. in 1910. Was called to Wvilliams as instructor in 1910, became Assistant, Pro- tessor of linghsh in 1914-, and l'rot'essor of English Literature in 1921. Dr. Dutton is a member ot' the CIHBK and Gargoyle Societies and the 111 1'A Fraternity. Albert Ilarp Licklider, l'li.'D., l'rQl'c.s'.vor QI' Public Spcflkirig and 1J7'fl'IIZC1f'iC Literature Yvas graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1890, receiving the degree of M.A. in 1897. Was a Fellow at Johns Hopkins lluivcrsity in 1906, and took the degree of 1'h.17. there in 1907. 1'1nglish Master at Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Va., 1899-1903. Instructor in English at Johns Hopkins, 1907-1908. Instructor in English at Dartmouth College, 1908-1911. Assistant Profes- sor ot' English at Dartmouth, 1911-191-I-. Was called to Wil- ' liams in 1914 as Assistant Professor of English Literature, and made Professor of Public Speaking and Dramatic Literature in 1921.. .Has published l'l1apler.-r on ilu' Mvlric of Ihe f,'h!l1ll?lfI l'll7l Trmlvlmn. Dr. Licklider is a member of the fi1BK Society and the EX Fraternity. William Newnham Chatxtin Carlton, L.1'I.'l1., Librarian 'I'ook up private study directed by thc Rev. Samuel 11art, D.C.l.., 18951-1899. Received the honorary degree of M.A. from Trinity in 1902, and 11.11.11 in 1915. 1Vas Librarian at Trinity Col- lege, 1899-1909. lustructor in 1'1nglish at Trinity, 1901-1903. Was Librarian ol' the Newberry Library, Chicago, 1909-1919. Was Director of the American Library in Paris, 1920-1921. Was called to Williams in 1922. Mr. Carlton is a. member of the American Historical Association, the American Library Associa- tinu, American Library lnstitute, the llibliographical Society of America, the Society for the Advancement ot' Scandinavian Studies, and Les Amis d'1Cdouard, Paris, Cltibliophilesl. , l , x.1 ,..... .......... . -e .Biz 1 X .,.,, .. .... ., , LNB ' ' T ....., ..- ....... 'Rf g I Yrs-as 1- ' 'Sw-ees-'Ai - - 4' P 'S 20 A rw

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T f G U LI ELIS4 EN S LAIY rs-'fest' -fewer ,AL o WX- , ' 1 , -ff 'lfyvisfiwffxglwc H M45 I Prey-af-vc ' si ' 'f-LG-44--Q?-9-Q4-41 M l Richard Ager Newhall, Ph.D., Professor of Errropcan H 'istory Was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1910. Took his M.A. degree there in 1911 and his Ph.D. degree at Harvard University in 1917. Graduate student and Instructor in History at the latter institution from 1911 to 1917. During the war he served as 2nd Lieutenant with the 28th Infantry tlst Division, A.E.F.j and was wounded at Cantigny. Instruc- tor and Assistant Professor at Yale, 1919-1924: Professor at Williams in 1924. Dr. Newhall has published The English Conquest. of Normandy, 14-10-1424-5 a study in fifteenth century W warfare. He is a member of the df BK Society and the fb I' A Fraternity. Charles Frederick Reiner, Ph.D., Orrin Sage Professor of l lgl'07l0l7Lf0S Received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 19083 his MA. from Harvard in 19175 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1929. He served in the Bureau of Education of the Philippine Government from 1910-1912. Was appointed instructor in Economics in St. John's University, Shanghai, China, in 1912. Was in the Graduate School of Harvard University during the years 1915-1917. In 1917 he was appointed Professor of Eco- nomics in St. .Iohn's University. I-Ie was on leave of absence from 1922-192-L spending the first of these years in Harvard Graduate School and the second as tutor in the Division of History, Government, and Economics at Harvard. Mr. Remer was appointed Orrin Sage Professor of Economics at Williams in 192-l. Ile has edited ltcfulings in lfe1mo1n'ic.s' for fflllillll, published in 1922. f lVilliam Warren Stifler, Ph.D., Acting PrQfe.s-.vor ol'l'l1.y.v1'cs Was graduated from Shurtleff College in 1902. Took his M.A. degree at University of Illinois in 1908, and his Ph.D. degree in 1911. Held the Osborne Scholarship Prizein 1902,andwasa Fellow in Physics at the University of Illinois in 1900-07 and 1910-11. ' Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Ewing College 1902-06, Assistant and Instructor in Physics at the University of Illinois, 1907-10, and Assistant, Lecturer, and Instructor in Physics at Columbia University, 1911-17. In China from 1917-22 as Head of the Department of Physics and Dean of the Premedical I School, PekingUnion Medical College, and in 1922-23 as Visiting Professor of Physics under the China Medical Board in charge of the Department, Canton Christian College. Has published , many articles on subjects relating to Physics and Chemistry. Mr. Stiflcris a member of the American Physical Society, Gradu- ale Scientific Fraternity, the Society of ZX, I'A, and A. l . XL A. M. and Scottish Rite, also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Alfred Edward Roberts, M.Sc., Acting Professor of I llzezzzlislry Was graduated from Amherst in 1905. Taught Chemistry two years at Palver Military Academy. In 1907 took up graduate work at the University of Chicago. Received his M.Sc. degree from New York University. Continued studies and research at Columbia Universit.y. Taught at Yonkers High School and Columbia. Mr. Itobcrts did research work for the Chemical Ivarfare Service, and is a member of the A T lfratcrnity. ,999 v . 1 ' ffl 22 tr