Adelphi University - Oracle Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Adelbert Grant Fra den burg, I F A, I BK Born in Point Peninsular, N. Y. Graduated from Alle- gheny College, 1890; received degree of Ph.D. from Univer- sity of Wisconsin, 1894; Professor of History and Latin, Dickinson Seminary, 1890-1891; Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University, 1891 1892; Instructor in History and Economics, Lake Forest University, 1894-1896; Assistant Professor of History, Adelphi College, 1896-1899; Member of American Historical Association and of American Econom- ical Association; Professor of History and Politics in Adelphi College since 1899. Joseph Bowden, B.A., Ph.D., I B K Born in St. Day, Cornwall, England. Graduated from Yale University, 1891, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1897; taught at Yale, 1892-1897; Graduate, School of Yale, 1898; Author of “The Theory of Integers”; Editor of Phillips’ and Fishers’ “Elements of Geometry”; Member of American Mathematical Society; Member of Association of Teachers of Mathematics of Middle States and Maryland; President of Mathematical Department of Brooklyn Insti- tute; Member of the Advisory Council of the Simplified Spclling'Board; President of the Brooklyn Spelling Reform Society; Professor of Mathematics in Adelphi College since 1898. Ernest Norton Henderson, B.A., M.A., Ph.B., M’A, f BK Born in Illinois. Prepared for college in California graduated from University of California in 1890; Principal of High School in Woodland, Cal.; Instructor in Psychology and Education at California State Normal School, Chico, Cal.; Studied at Columbia, 1902, where he received degree of Ph.D. in 1903; author of “A Study of Memory for Con- nected Trains of Thought,” and text-book in the “Prin- ciples of Education”; Professor of Education and Philosophy- in Adelphi College since 1902. 27

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Bruno Roselli, Ph.D. Born in Florence, Italy. Prepared at Ginnasio Galileo. Received Francesco Ferruci Prize for Best Scholarship of Province of Florence. Studied at Liceo Galileo, graduated in 1905 in Arts and Sciences (diploma corresponding to Amer- ican degrees of B.A. and B.S.). Entered University of Urbino, and graduated as Doctor of Laws, 1909. Special Diploma in History of Art, Universita Estiva, Florence, 1911. Lecturer on History of Art and Italian Literature. Contrib- utor to several newspapers and periodicals. New York correspondent for La Nazione, of Florence. Assistant Pro- fessor in Art History and Instrutor in Italian Language and Literature in Adelphi College since September, 1910. A William Arnold Colwell, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., I B K Born in Providence, R. I. Graduated with A.B. Phi Beta Kappa rank from Denison College, Granville, Ohio, in 1899; Professor of German and French, Grand Island Col- lege, Nebraska, 1899-1901; A.M., Harvard University, 1902; Instructor in German, Tufts College, Mass., 1902-1904. Instructor in German, Harvard University, 1904-1909; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1906. Also instructor In Ger- man, Radcliffe College, 1906-1909; Professor of German and French, Wofford College, 1909-1914. Reuben Harper Aungst, B.S. Graduated from Lock Haven Normal School, 1899; graduated from Pennsylvania State College, 1905; Prin- cipal of Public Schools, Dorhersville, Pa.; Assistant Chemist, New York and Pennsylvania Paper Co.; Chief Chemist, Coke Plant of Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co.; Assistant Instructor in Chemistry, Pratt Institute; Instructor in Technical Chemistry, Pratt Institute; Professor of Chem- istry, Adelphi College. 29

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William West Mooney, A.M., Ph.D. Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Educated at Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago and Princeton University; degrees received: A.B. and A.M., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1913; Professor of Classics in Central College, Fayette, Mo., and Wofford College, Spar- tanburg, S. C; author of “The Door on the Ancient Stage”; Professor of Latin and Greek in Adelphi College since 1913. Raphael D’Amour, B.A., M.A. Born in France. Graduate of the University of France; Laureate in Philosophy in 1882. For several years taught the classic languages and literatures in his native country. Was at one time head of the French Department of the Berke- ley Institute in Brooklyn, and for seven years, head of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Fordham University. Took his M.A. degree in the Graduate School of New York University, Department of Latin, 1912. Is a candidate for the doctorate of philosophy. Has been for the past four years Director of the French Department in the School of Pedagogy of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The late Professor Franklin W. Hooper spoke and wrote of him as “the best French teacher he had in twenty-five years.” Professor D’Amour is a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Society of French Pro- fessors and Teachers in America. He has been for the past four years Chairman of the Committee on Pedagogy of the same society, which had the honor of being “couronnee” by the French Academy. He lectures every year before the various groups of the Alliance Fran aise in several States of the Union. He is the author of a Practical French Course which is widely used as a text-book, also of several literary works both in prose and poetry. In 1913, the French Gov- ernment conferred upon Professor D’Amour the decoration of “Palmes Acad §miques,” with the title of “Officier d’Acad- £mie,” in recognition of his most successful services for the advancement, in this country, of the interest in French language and literature. Acting Professor of French in Adelphi, 1914-1915. 30