Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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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

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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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The Faculty f 96 MERRILL EDWARDS GATES, A A fb, fb B K2 PRESIDENT. li. A., University of Rochester, '70, M. A., University of Rochester, '73, Ph. D., University of State of New York, '80, LL. D., Princeton, '82, LL. D., University of Rochester, '82 , Litt. H. D., Columbia, '87, LL. D., Columbia, '90, LL. D., Williams, '93. Prqfessor qf Mora! Plzilosophy. President Gates was born at Warsaw, New York, April 6, 1848, prepared for college at XVarsaw Academy, graduated from University of Rochester, 1870, with highest honors. Principal of Albany Academy, 187'o-'72, studied in England at Rugby and Oxford, 1872, at Paris, Florence, Rome and Athens, and travelled in Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Germany during 1878-'79, accepted presidency of Rutgers College in I882, in 1890 was called to presidency of Oberlin College, and also to Amherst, the latter of which he ac- cepted and was inaugurated in 1891. Member of Social Science Association, Chairman of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners, President of Mohonk Conference on Indian Affairs, President of American Missionary Association, member of International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Has contributed articles to magazines and reviews upon literary themes : Athens and the Greeks of To-day, Sidney Lanier, Land and Law as Agents in Educating Indians, etc., and also articles upon Civil Service Reform, Ballot Reform, Educational Reform, University Extension, and International Arbitration. EDWARD PAYSON CROWELL, A rl 41, 1118 K. B. A., Amherst, '53, M. A., Amherst, l56, D. D., Williams, '82, Moore PrW'essar Q' flze Lalin Lzzngzuzge and Liferaiure. Professor Crowell was born in Essex, Massachusetts, September 7, 1830, prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, graduated from Amherst college in 1853. Taught Latin and Greek, Williston Seminary, 1853-'55, tutor, Amherst, 1855-,562 studied Theol- ogy at Andover, 1856-'58, ordained 1859. Professor of Latin and instructor in German, Amherst College IS58-'64 , Professor of Latin Language and Literature since 1864, Dean of Faculty, 1880-'94i Representative in Massachusetts Legislature ,79. Editor of De Senectute and De Amicitia fI87I1j De Oliiciis 118731, De Oratore 118791, Terence's Andria and U Adelphoe fI8741g The Cena Trimalchionis 118951 3 Selections from the ' Historia Naturalis ' of Pliny 118961 , A Clue to the Prose Writings and the Silver Age of Roman Literature - 118971, besides many other papers and addresses. Trustee of Monson Academy from 1882-'84. Member of the American Philological Association from its founding until 1885, and is honorary member of the Essex Institute of Salem, Mass. IO 1