Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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1 897 September October November December 1 898 Ianuary February March April May june September October November December 1 899 January February March The THURSDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY TUESDAY WIEDNESDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY WEDNPISDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY SUNDAY MON DAY TUESDAY VVEDNESDAV TUESDAY THURSDAY fDay not fixedl THURSDAY - TUESDAY T11URsDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY E WEDNESDAY TUESDAY College Calendar is The Fall Term begins at half-past eight o'c1ock A. M. Holiday fMountain Dayl. Holiday fThanksgiving Dayl. The Fall Term ends at a quarter of one o'clock P. M. The Winter Term begins at half-past eleven o'clock A. M The Day of Prayer for Colleges. Holiday fWaShington's Birthclayl. The Heavy Gymnastic Exhibition. The NVinter Term ends at a quarter of one o'clock P. M. The Spring Term begins at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. The Class Gymnastic Exhibition. Holiday fMemorial Dayj. The First Examinations for Admission begin. The Baccalaureate Sermon. The Hardy Prize Debate. The Kellogg Prize Declamations. Class Day. The Hyde Prize Exhibition in Oratory. Meeting of the Alumni. Commencement Exercises. Alumni Dinner. The President's Reception. The Second Examinations for Admission begin. The Fall Term begins at half-past eight o'clock A. M. Holiday fMountain Dayl. Holiday ffhanksgiving Dayj. ' The Fall Term ends at a quarter of one o'clock P. M. The Winter Term begins at half-past eleven o'clock A. M. The Day of Prayer for Colleges. Holiday fWashington's Birthdayl. The Heavy Gymnastic Exhibition. The Winter Term ends at quarter of one o'clock P. M. 8

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corrected. As a result of this special work in meteorites, Professor Harris was offered a position in the University of Vienna, which, however, he felt obliged to decline. On his return to America he was elected Professor of Chemistry and Natural History in Victoria College fnow the University of Torontoj, Coburg, C. W. He held this position for eight years, and through the modern ideas and methods introduced by him the college was completely revolutionized. After holding a similar position for one year at Beloit College he accepted, in 1868, a call to Amherst as Professor of Chemistry, where he is now in his thirtieth year of service. It is unnecessary to trace in detail the development of the depart- ment of chemistry under Professor Harris, from its meagre facilities when he took charge of it to the present complete and altogether modern Chemical Laboratory, planned and designed even to the minutest detail by him and his son, Dr. E. P. Harris, now Professor of Chemistry in the Pennsylvania Military College. Professor Harris may well be proud of this material result of his untiring energy and devotion to his department, but he may take even greater pride in the inliuence he has exerted upon hundreds of students who have come under his instruction. He has sent many to his German Alma Mater and to other universities, and it is true that in the United States more professors of chemistry have been graduated by Amherst College than by any other institution. From the very fact that he is himself a seeker after truth, a hater of shams and superficiality, and insists on rigorous mental discipline, Professor Harris has sent out into the world men of clear vision and strong purpose, who look back upon him and his relation to their college life with admiration and respect. Besides his work on Meteorites, Professor Harris has published Lecture Notes on General Chemistry, Non-Metallic Chemistry, and A Manual of Qualitative Analysis. Professor Harris married, July 26, 1860, Ellen A. Park, of Warsaw, N. Y. He has had six children, of whom four are living, three sons and one daughter. 7

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The Qorporalion at MERRILL E. GATES, PH. D., LL. D., L. H. D., President. REV. RICHARD S. STORRS, D. D., LL. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y Hox. JOHN E. SANFORD, LL. D., of Taunton. HENRY D. HYDE, ESQ., of Boston. l HoN. JOHN S. BRAYTON, LL. D., of Fall River. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, M. A., of Worcester. REV. E. WINCHESTER DONALD, D. D., of Boston. REV. CHARLES M. LAMSON, D. D., of Hartford, Conn. REV. MICHAEL BURNI-IAM, D. D., of St. Louis, Mo. PROFESSOR JOHN W. BURGESS, LL. D., of New York. PROFESSOR HERBERT B. ADAMS, PH. D., of Baltimore, Md. REV. WILLIAM HAYES WARD, D. D., LL. D., of New York D. WILLIS JAMES, of New York. REV. CHARLES H. PARKHURST, D. D., of New York. WALTER M. HOWLAND, ESQ., of Chicgo, Ill. PROFESSOR WILLISTON WALKER, D. D., of Hartford, Conn CHARLES M. PRATT, of New York. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, M. A., of Worcester, Mass., Treasurer Dxcd April 17, 1897. Overseers of the Charitable Fund 46 REV. JOHN M. GREENE, D. D., of Lowell, Mass. M.. FAYETTE DICKINSON, JR., ESQ., of Boston, Mass. PROFESSOR WILLIAM B. GRAVES, of Andover, Mass. JOHN C. HAMMOND, ESQ., of Northampton, Mass. REV. ROBERT M. WOODS, of Hatfield, Mass. LEWIS W. WEST, of Hadley, Mass. REV. JAMES W. BIXLER, of New London, Conn. 9