Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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ff L R ff .lf f Er-CHER5 A , 396 f mv f- .- I 0 I E 5 ...Q A Q f . I It f R A A, 3 3 . Xxx . X mu I' - Hx REv. GEORGE S. BURROUGHS, PI-I. D., LLD., COLLEGE PASTOR October 4-REV. ARTHUR T. PIERSON, D. D., . . . London, Eng. Formerly pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. October 25-REV. R. R. MEREDIT1-I, D. D., . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. Pastor of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church. November I5-REV. A. I. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., . . Brooklyn, N. Y, Pastor of Central Congregational Church. -BISHOP PHILLIPS BROOKS, . . . . Boston, Mass. December 6-REV. DANIEL Buss, D. D., . . . Beirut, Syria. President of Syrian Protestant College. 17

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T561 Gcbffege Senafe. Presz?z'z'1zg Ojirer.-'F HE PRESIDENT OF T1-IE COLLEGE. C fax: 1y'JWne0'-Iiwo. JAMES S. COBB, ADDISON A. EWING. GEORGE W, EMERSON, JR., WILLIAM H. LEWIS. Class ry' M7160-Thfff. FRANK A. SHELDON, HARRY P. SWETT, ARTHUR V. YVOODWORTH. Class qf ZWne0I-Four. GEORGE F. BURT, EDWARD W. CAPEN. Clams ry' .N7'11eI9'-E'm'. CLINTON E. BELL. FELLOWS AND RESIDENT GRADUATES. WILLARD D, BIGELOW, B. A. fI889j . . . . . Gardner, Kan A.f.YlZl'ftYllf in Chamzlrtry. ARTHUR B. INGALLS, B. A. CISQOD . . . . Cortland, N.Y Sl1m'e11! in Chrmislzjf. I'IARRY F. JONES, B. A. QI89'Ij . . . Vacaville, Cal Sfzfdcfll in Ellglllrh LiZw'z1f1u'e. ANDREW H. MULNIX, B. A. fI89ID . . . . Portland, Me. Stllffcllt in Gt.'l'7lI!1ll. CHARLES L. UPTON, B. A. QISQID ..... Shelburne, Mass. Lincoln Fkllvw in lzUgf1'cue and Ph ,1'Jl't'1lf Ea'u:atiou. 16

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at 61-IE cottsoswfi When, at our last Commencement, President Seelye, with a regal simplicity that expressed his greatness, handed to his successor the keys of the college, a new period in our history began. We remember with what quiet dignity, frankness and reserve of modesty President Gates accepted the symbols and looked straight into the heart of his responsibility. As, with the confidence of hope, he stepped into the future the Sons of Amherst gave him their cheer, and followed expecting success. The first year of his administration has not yet reached its maturity, but enough of its fruit has appeared to assure us that we did not reckon wrong. In the first place we have welcomed two new Professors, one to the depart- ment of Physics and the other to a chair in Mathematics. Professor Kimball comes to us from john Hopkins University, where he had already achieved a reputation for original investigation -in Physics, and where his teaching had made him known to the collegiate world. Professor Olds came so quietly that we did not know at first how energetically Rochester University and the people of the city expostulated against our urgent demand. We rejoice with the Trustees on the power of their persuasion. By this elec- tion the Mathematical department has been reinforced by the addition of a full Professor, This means that the era of the inexperienced tutor is at an end at Amherst, and that the best instruction is to be provided for each department and for every year in the college course. Acting on this principle the Trustees are still searching for the right man to fill the chair of French and other Romance Languages, in which department Professor Montague will still continue to teach Italian and Spanish. New buildings are provided for and old ones are rebuilding. The Biological laboratory by the addition of a new story has doubled its 18