Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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16 THE OLIO: VOL. XLVIII Trustee of Monson Academy, 1882-84. Membcr of American Philological Asso- ciation from its founding until 1885. Corresponding member of the Essex Institute Salem, Masssachusetts, since 1859. Member of the American Philo- sophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1898. linvvann 1AiI'I'C1'1COCK, AMI, fJll7'7Il01 Z?z7!z'11gsPnyessar af f01gf1'f11e and Pkysiza! lizizzcatiwz B.A., Amherst, '49g M.A., Amherst, '52, M.D., Harvard, '53, LL.D., Amherst, '99 Born at Amherst, Massachusetts, May 23, 1828. Pre- pared for college at Amherst Academy and Williston Seminary. Graduated at Amherst, 1849. Taught Natural Sciences and Elocution in Williston Seminary, 1853-61, when he was called to Amherst. Dean of Faculty, Amherst College, since 1898. Spent one year abroad. studying Linder Professor Owen of'the British Museum. Member of the National Council of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, and of the State Board of Charity. Trustee of Mt. Holyoke College and of Williston Seminary. Dr. Hitchcock was one of the leaders in founding our present system of anthropometric measurementsg a system which, originating in Amherst College, has now been adopted by many colleges and universities in this country. ' W11.1.1.xM Coma 12s'1'Y, 'l i , flllflf, IVaM'er Proffi-.wr of 1lIczMz'111a!1'f.v amz' 14s!r011o1lW B.A. Amherst, '60g LL.D., Amherst, '91 Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, April 8, 1838. Prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy, Meri- den, New Hampshire. Graduated from Amherst College, 1860. Student of Mathematics under Professor Benjamin Pierce, Cambridge, 1860-61. Teacher in Salem High School. 1861-62. Instructor in Mathematics and Astron- ' omy in Amherst College, 1862-65. Professor of Math- ematics and Astronomy in Amherst College since 1865. ELIJAH PAnDocK IPIARRIS, 'l l , Milf, Professor of Ch6llll:Yf7j' B.A., Amherst, '55, Ph.D., University of Goettin- gen, '59, LL.D., Victoria College, Toronto, '90 Born in Le Roy, New York, April 3, 1832. Prepared for college at Lima 1New Yorkl Seminary. At Genesee College, 1851-53. Graduated at Amherst College, 1855. Principal of Sodus Academy, 1855-56. Principal of Warsaw Academy, 1856-57. At the University of' Goettingen, Germany, 1857-59. Professor of Natural Science, Victoria College, Coburg, Ontario, 1859-67. In Beloit College, 1867-68. Professor of Chemistry in Amherst College since 1868. Author of a work on U Meteorites. 1859, Manual of Qualitative Analysis, 1876, Non-Metallic Chemistry, 1884, and Lecture Notes on General Chemistry, 1885.

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, 7 5 a 3 i l? E fm'-'flfl i GEORGE PIARRIS, .4.Id1, flllflr, Prosz'a'ou! B.A., Amherst, ,UGS D.D., Amherst, '83, D.D., Harvard, '99, LL.D., Dartmouth, '99, D.D., Yale, '01 Born at East Machias,'Maine. Prepared for college at Washington Academy in his native town. Graduated from Amherst, 1866. Studied a year in the Theological Seminary at Bangor and then went to Andover, where he was graduated in 1869. Soon after his graduation from Andover he accepted a call to the High Street Con- gregational Church of Auburn, Maine. In 1872 he became pastor of the Central Congregational Church of Providence, R. I., where he remained until 1883, when he succeeded Dr. Park in the Abbot Professorship of Christian Theology in Andover Seminary. At this time he became one of the editors of the Andover Rcviezv, and in 1896 published a book on Moral Evolution, and in 1897, Inequality and Progress. In 1887, in connection with the organist of his church in Providence and Dr. Tucker, he published Hymns of the Faith, which was in 1891 re-edited, condensed, and adapted to the use of students. For many years he was one of the college preachers at Dartmouth and Harvard. He was called to the presidency of Amherst in 1899. EDWARD PAYSON CROWELL, AJW, Milf, .Moore Pro- fessor of Ike Latin Language and L1'leraz'11rc' B.A., Amherst, '53, M.A., Amherst, '56g D.D., Williams, '82. Born in Essex, Massachusetts, September 7, 1830. Prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Graduated from Amherst College, 1853. Taught Latin and Greek, Williston Seminary, 1853-55. Tutor, Amherst College, 1855-56. Studied theology at Andover, 1856-58. Licensed to preach, 1859. Professor of Latin and Instructor in German, Amherst College, 1858-64. Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Amherst College, since 1864. Dean of Faculty, 1880-94. One of six stated preachers in the college chapel and church, 1863-83. Lecturer on Latin Liter- ature. Smith College, 1876-77, '78, '80 and '88, Representative in Massachusetts Legislature, 1879. Editor of De Senectute and De Amicitia, 1871: De OHiciis, 18735 De Oratore, 18793 Terence's Andria 1' and tt Ade1phoe, 1874, Selections from Latin Poets, 18823 The Cena Trimalchionisl' 1895g Revised edition of the same, 19015 Selections from the ' Historia Naturalis ' of Pliny, with introduction and notes, l896g A Clue to the Prose Writings and Satire of the Silver Age of Roman Literature, 18973 Selections from the ' De Consolatione Philosophiae' of Boethius, with introduction and notes, 1900.

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AIIIIIERST COLLEGE 17 ISBN-iA1xr11N K14:Nn.x1.1. I2ii1a1tsoN, .-I..I41,1l1l!li', Ilzlchcack fJl'0fL'.f5lI7' rj fifl'7ZL'l'd'f0g:jf arm' Geolzgjf B.A., Amherst, '65g Ph.D., University of Goettin- gen, '67 Born at Nashua, New Hampshire, December 20, 1843. Prepared for college at the Nashua High School and at Tilton 1New Hampshirei Seminary. Graduated from Amherst, 1865. Studied at Goettingen University until 1868: at Berlin University, 1869. Appointed Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at Amherst, 1870. Member of the German Geological Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society: American Geographical Society, Washington Academy of Science. On the United States Geological Survey since 1883. Vice-President of the American Association for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences, 1896. Elected Vice- President of the Geological Congress at St. Petersburg, 1897. President of American Geological Society, 1899. Author of Mineral Lexicon of Old Hampshire County, Geology of Old Hampshire County, Geological Maps of Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties, The Trias of Massachu- setts, The Geology of Eastern Berkshire, t' The Geology of Eastern Rhode Island, together with many shorter mineralogical works, and of The Genealogy of the Emerson Family. Literature, 1889-1903. 1903. tory, Amherst College Amherst College, 1878. 1892. Risv. HEMAN I-IUMPHREY NEILL, A.J41,fl1Ifln', Wz7!z'stwz l r0fe.m1r of Eflglzlvh LZ'f6'l'l7f1l7'I3 B.A., Amherst, '66, M.A., Amherst, '69 Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, August 28, 1824. Prepared for college with C. F. Soldan, Detroit, Michi- gan, and Rev. Charles Ray, Geneseo, New York. Graduated from Amherst, 18665 Princeton Theological Seminary, 1869. Ordained at Fort Edward, New York, 1 69, and pastor of Presbyterian Church, 1869-74. Pro- fessor of Rhetoric, Oratory and English Literature in Amherst College, 1874-85. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, 1885-89. Professor of English Appointed Emeritus Professor of English Literature, ANSON DANIEL IWORSE, Jlflf, fblflf, Winkley Pf'ofc.r.s'or of l1l'.S'f07'1' B.A., Amherst, '71, M.A., Amherst, '7-lg LL.D., Union, '95 Born at Cambridge, Vermont, 18-16. Prepared for college at Johnson Academy and at the St. Albans Union School. Entered Amherst College, 1866. Graduated with thc class of 1871. Spent the first year after gradu- ation in Europe. Taught in Williston Seminary, 1872- 75. Studied at the University of Heidelberg, 1875-76. Lecturer on Political Economy, Amherst College, 1876. Professor of Political Economy and Instructor in His- , 1877. Professor of History and Political Science, Winkley Professor of History, Amherst College, since