Adelphi University - Oracle Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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William Clark Peckham, B.A., M.A., A A h, I B K Born in South Royalston, Mass. Prepared at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., studied at Amherst, where he re- ceived the degree of B.A. in 1867, and of A.M., in 1870; Principal of Leicester Academy, Mass.; Instructor in Willis- ton Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; traveled around the world; studied theology at Union Seminary, New York City; taught in Lockwood’s New Academy, Brooklyn; took part in War, 1861-1865; Post Commander of U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R.; Fellow of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Member of American Physical Society; Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science; on editorial staff of “Scientific American”; Meteorologist of City of Brooklyn, 1894-1898; Instructor in Adelphi Academy, 1875-1896; Professor of Physics in Adelphi College since 1896; Chair- man of Administrative Council, Adelphi College, 1913. John Barnard Whittaker Born in Templemore, Ireland. Began his career as an artist when he was twenty years,old; studied at Brooklyn Institute of Arts and at the Academy of Design; took charge of Art School, 1875-1876; Member of Salmagundi Club, New York and Brooklyn Art Club; Professor of Painting and Drawing in Adelphi College since 1896. Elizabeth Venable Gaines, B.A., M.A. Born at Mossingford, Va. Entered Vassal College, 1888; studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1892-1894; Professor of Biology, Adelphi Academy, 1894; B.A., Adelphi College, 1898; M.A., Columbia University, 1903; Professor of Biology, Adelphi College, since 1896. 26

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Frank Dickinson Blodgett, A.B., A.M., ARE, I B K Born in Cortland, X. V. Graduated from State Normal School, Cortland, X. Y., 1889; from Amherst College in 1893; A.M. from Amherst in 1896; Professor of Greek and Latin State Normal School, Oneonta, 1893-1907: Processor of Logic and Pedagogics, State Normal School, Oneonta, 1907-1915; Mayor of Oneonta, 1912-1913; Trustee, Adelphi College; President of Adelphi since 1915. Frederick Webster Osborn, B.A., M.A. Born in Bloomfield, N. J. Prepared at Bloomfield Institute; studied at Yale University, where he received degree of B.A., in 1855, and M.A. in 1858; entered Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1861; became Professor in Adelphi Academy in 1873; Professor of Psychology and Philosophy in Adelphi College, 1896-1909; made Emeritus Professor, June, 1907.

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Anna E. Harvey, M.A. 1 Born injRye, N. Y. Student at Rye Seminary; gradu- ated from Normal Training Class of Mme. Krauss, 1891; Director of Kindergarten Department of Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute, 1900-1906; President of Brooklyn Kinder- garten Union, 1903-1904; Professor of Froebelian Methods in Adelphi College since 1896; Dean of Women of Adelphi College since 1912. Louise Both-Hendriksen Born in West Indies. Studied in America, England, Holland and France; taught in Packer Collegiate Institute, Smith College and Vassar College; Instructor in History of Art in Adelphi Academy, 1894-1896; Assistant Professor of History in Adelphi College; Emeritus Assistant Professor of History in Adelphi College since June, 1908. Eugene 'Maloubier, B.A., M.A. Born in Paris, France. Studied at the College of Fon- tainebleau, where he received the degree of B.A. in 1897; received the degree of M.A. from the University of Paris in 1905; Instructor in the French Language and Literature at the City of New York College, 1906-1908; Assistant Pro- fessor of the Romance Languages and Literature in Adelphi College since 1909; absent on leave. Edgar A. Hall, B.A., M.A. Born in Wisconsin. Graduated from Milwaukee State Normal School, 1897; received a degree of B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, 1906, and of M.A., 1909; Graduate Student of the University of Chicago, 1910-1912. Head of Department of English in National German-American Teachers’ Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis., 1899-1904; head of Department of English in North Division High School, Mil- waukee, 1906-1908; Member of Faculty of the University of Wisconsin, 1909-1910; Member of Modern Language Asso- ciation of America and of the Andiron Club of New York; Assistant Professor of English in Adelphi College, 1912-1913; Professor of English since 1913. 28