Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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FREDERIC SAMUEL GOODRICH, A.M., D.D. Professor of Biblical History and Literature Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon; A. B., Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1890: A.M., University of Michigan, 1S98; Yale University. 1S5S; University of Chicago, Summer Sessions; University of Berlin; D.D., Defiance College, 1909; Assistant Instructor in Greek, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1S91- 92; Acting President of Albion College, January 21, 1924. to Julv 15, 1924; Student in American School of Oriental Research, Jerusalem. 1930; present position since 1892. FREDERICK LTJTZ, A.M., Litt. D. Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages A.B., Berea College, 1S76; A.B., Harvard College, 1878; A.M.. Baldwin-Wallace College. 1879; studied at Jena. Freiburg. Geneva, Munich, and Warburg; Litt.D., Albion College, 1911; Member of the Har- vard faculty until 1885, when he came to Albion College; thirty-five years as head of the Modern Language department, Albion College; Secretary of the faculty for eighteen years; formerly a mem- ber of the Modern Language Association, the Clas- sical Association, and the Dante Society; Author of The Elementary German Reader. German Derivatives ; Co-author of English Etymologies. Donor of the collection of Modern Language works in the Albion College Library. EDWIN ROSCOE SLEIGHT, A.M., Se.D. Professor of Mathematics B.S.. Albion College, 1901; A.M., 1902; Sc.D., 1931; Professor of Mathematics. Montevideo. Uraguav. South America, 1902-04; Michigan Military Acad- emy, 1904-06; Carthage College. Illinois. 1906-OS: President Michigan Section, Mathematics Associa- tion of America; Dean, Bay View Summer School; Alpha Tan Omega; present position since 190S. FACULTY -,• ;

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erased that indebtedness. Through hi.s efforts the present library building was erected and the old Central Building, built in 1843, was remodeled to become Robinson Hall. The shadow of the great World War fell across these years; col- lege men in khaki drilled on the campus ; men enlisted ; men gave their lives in the service. During Dr. Dickie ' s twenty-one years of splendid service, he put the north star of Methodism into its proper place, high in the educational firmament. The graduates of twenty-one years felt the in- fluence of his strong personality. Following the resignation of Dr. Dickie, Dr. .John W. Laird became Albion ' s eighth president. Dr. Laird was the author of many papers and addresses and had tilled impor- tant pastorates in New Haven, New York, and Baltimore. He resigned in 1924 after a term of three years, and Dr. P. S. Goodrich was appointed acting president. When Dr. Good- rich occupied the office, he added his name to those of Charles F. Stockwell and Clark T. Hinman — to make it three Wes- leyan University graduates who had occupied the executive position in Albion. MARVIN FREDERICK PAHL, A.B. Secretary to the President Albion College, Sigma Rho; Phi Phi Mu Alpha; i The visiting of principals and presidents of a century from the vantage point of years has not allowed us that pre- presidential-visitation thrill which must come to those who position since 1930. actually go into the presence of the chief executive. How- ever, entering the office of the ninth president, Dr. John Lawrence Seaton, let us glance at his record. It leads from a ten year professorship at Dakota Wesleyan University, to a successful administration as president of the College of the Pacific, to the office of College Secretary of the Methodist Board of Education, and in 1924 to the presidency of Al- bion College. Other presidents saw Albion men leave the campus to serve in three wars, but Dr. Seaton waged his own private war from hi.s own private office — the war on the depression. For six years he has sent battalions of budgets and regiments of figures to the depression front, to hold Albion ' s position and to better it during that time. During those years, national honors have come to him and with them that colorful title of the little giant of Methodism. Let us go into the office and receive the greeting of Al- bion ' s ninth president. Who would guess that this kindly, soft-spoken man could be the little giant ' ' of Albion? Lest the financial fight overshadow the worth of the president ' s real force, let us record here that Dr. Seaton ' s eleven years of successful service have found him a friend to all, one who makes every campus interest and problem his own. MARY O ' BRYANT, A.B. Business Secretary A.B., Mississippi State Col- lege for Women , 1926; As- sistant Secretary , Field Co- operative Associs ition, Jack- son, Mississippi 1927-33; Graduate Work. University of Chicago. 1933- 34. Present When one has left the office of the ninth president after visiting all of the chief executives of Albion ' s century of educational life, he can find no better words to express his thought than those of Emerson : an institution is the lengthened shadow of a man. • 25 •

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ARTHUR HENRY HARROP, AM., Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature Phi Beta Kappa; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1894; A.M., 1896; A.M.. Harvard University, 1303; Ph.D.. Boston University, 1905; LL.D.. MoKendree College, 192S; Vice-president and Professor ot Latin and Greek. Union College, 1894-95; same at Missouri Wesleyan College, 1896-97; Acting Assist- ant Professor of Greek at Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1905; Professor of Latin, University of Denver, 1905-13; Registrar and Instructor in Latin and Greek, Allegheny College, 1913-15; Member of Classical Association of the Mid-West and South. American Classical League, Michigan Schoolmas- ters Club, American Philological Association, Asso- ciation of American University Professors, Who ' s Who in American Education. Author of College Training, Fraternity Scholarship, What the College and University Ought to Do for the Stu- dent in Latin, Latin and Greek as First Aids in the Study of Psychology, The Story of Ammi Bradford Hyde ; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; present position since 1915. ROSE BALL, B.S. Librarian and Instructor in Library Methods B.S., Albio n College, 1896 Scho Dl, 19: 2; Member of Assoi :iation ; present positior DAVID LINDSAY RANDALL, A.M., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Sigma Xi, Sigma Phi Epsilon; A.B.. Yale Univer- sity. 1904; A.M.. 1905; Ph.D., 1907; Instructor in Chemistry, University of New Hampshire. 1907-10; Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Secretary, Baker University, Kansas, 1910-1S; Associate Pro- fessor of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Connec- ticut, 1918-19; Member of American Chemical So- ciety; Past President of Michigan College Chem- istry Teachers ' Association; Fellow American Asso- ciation for Advancement of Science; Member American Association of Science Professors; pres- ent position since 1919. 2,1