Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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AXIIHERST CULLEGE 19 DAVID 'I1ODD, 41lHu', Sz'a'm'y Dfflofz Prfyfexxor of Astrolzoffgg IJI'7'L'L'f0l' of Ike Obserflafvry amz' Scrreiary of me Farzzllfy B.A., Amherst, '75g M.A., Amherst, '78g Ph.D., Washington and Jefferson, 87 Born at Lake Ridge, New York, March 19, 1855. Stu- dent at Columbia College, 1871-73. Graduated from Amherst College, 1875. Appointed Assistant to the United States Transit of Venus Commission, 1875. Sent by the Government to Dallas, Texas, to observe the solar eclipse, 1878. Later, appointed Chief Assistant in ollice of the flmcrican Eplzw1w1'i.v and Af'aulimZf1lma11ac. Accepted the chair of Astronomy at Amherst College, 1881. Appointed Professor of Astronomy and Higher Mathematics, Smith College, 1882. Conducted the observation of the transit of Venus at the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California, 1882. Took charge of the Solar Eclipse Expedition to Japan, 1887. Appointed Chief of the Government Eclipse Expedition to West Africa, 1889-90. Director of Amherst Eclipse Expeditions to Japan, 18965 to Tripoli, Barbary, 19003 and to the Dutch East Indies, 1901. Member of the Boston Authors' Club, the Astro- nomical and Astrophysical Society of America, and of the Washington Philo- sophical Societyg Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scienceg member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft of Germany, and corres- ponding member of the Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathe- matiques de Cherbourg, France. Contributor of numerous articles and papers to popular magazines and scientific journals. Founder and editor of The Columbian Knowledge Series. 1893-973 author of articles in the Naval Cyclo- pedia, 18815 American Telescopes. in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 18889 also of the following hooks: A New Astronomy, 18973 Stars and Telescopes, 1899, Nepszerii Csillaginszatf' tPopular Astronomyl, published at Budapest, Hungary, 19013 and Lessons in Astronomy, 1902. Designed and erected the new observatory, 1903. .lol-IN FRANKLIN C1liNUNG, JV, 4'lfh', l'1vy'c.vs.vr of Rheforfr , B.A., Union, '703 M.A. and Ph.D., Leipsic, 'Sl Born January 27, 1850, in Tioga County, New York. Prepared for college at Owego tNew Yorkj Academy. Was graduated at Union College, 1870. Taught school at Mechanicsville. New York. 1870-725 then entered Rochester Theological Seminary, where he was gradu- ated in 1875. Pastor of Baptist Church, Baldwinsville, New York, 1875-78. Studied at University of Leipsic, 1878-81, graduating with degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. Associate Professor and Professor of Rhetoric, Amherst College, since 1882. Member of Authors' Club and of Society of Biblical Liter- ature and Exegesis. Author of Study of Tennyson's 'In Memoriam,' 18833 Practical Elements of Rhetoric, 18895 Rhetorical Analysis, 18885 Study of Rhetoric in the College Course, 18883 't The Epic of the Inner Life: A Study of the Book of Job, 18903 Outlines of Rhetoric, 18933 What a Carpenter did with His Bible, 18983 The Passing of Self, 1899g Working Principles of Rhe oric,', 19015 Stevenson's Attitude to Life, 19013 Ecclesiastes and Omar Khayyam,'1 1901.

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18 THE OL10 .' VOL. XLVIII 1'I1eN1zY 13U1,r,ARD RIC11AR1JSON, AMD, WM, Professor of German Languzqqe amz' Liieraiure B.A., Amherst, '69, M.A., Amherst, '72 Born in Franklin, Massachusetts, May 21, 18-I-1. Fitted for college at Phillips-Andover Academy and Phillips- Exeter Academy. Graduated from Amherst College, 1809. Instructor in Latin and Greek in Amherst College, 1869-78. Classical teacher, Springfield High School, 18721-76. Studied Philology in the University of Leipsic, Germany, 1876-78. Instructor in Latin, Amherst Col- lege, 1878-79. Assistant Professor of Latin and Instructor in German, 1879-82. Professor of German since 1882. Has prepared a glossary to Lessing's Emilia Galotti, and assisted Professor Crowell in preparing an edition of Cicero's 't De Senectute and De Amicitiaf' Translated and edited Bender's Grundriss der Roemischen Literaturgeschichte, 1872. -IOIIN NIASON 'iqYL1iR, 'lf'l', fblflf, Slow Professor o Biofogy . B.A., Amherst, '72lg Ph.D., Colgate, '88 Born at Amherst, Massachusetts, May 18, 1851. Pre- pared for college at the High School and at Williston Seminary. Graduated from Amherst College, 1873. Taught at Phillips Academy, 187-1. Studied at Union Theological Seminary, 187-fl-765 at Goettingen University, Germany, 1876-78, at University of Leipsic, Germany, 1878-751. Professor of Biology at Amherst College since 18751. Author of Whence and Whither of Man, 1895. CuA1zi,1cs limvixlzn GARMAN, Will, Professor of 1Wmia! amz' fllorol Phifosojnky B.A., Amherst, '72, M.A., Amherst, '80g B.D., Yale Theological Seminary, '79, D.D., Amherst, '96 Born at Limington, Maine. December 18, 1850. Pre- pared for college at the Athol High School, Athol, Massachusetts. Entered Amherst College, 1869, and graduated, 1872. Principal of the Ware High School, 1872-75. Student of Theology in the Yale Theological Seminary, 1876-79, taking Hooker Fellowship. Called to Amherst as Walker Instructor in Mathematics, 1820. Instructor in Philosophy, Amherst College, 1881-82. Associate Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, Amherst College, 1882-89. Professor of Mental Philosophy, Amherst College, 18851-9-1. Professor of Mental and Moral Phil- osophy, Amherst College, since 1894.

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730 THE 01.10 .' VOL. XLVIII XVILLIAM I.YM.xN Cowlacs, .1l1'la',1lflHn', Prafrmar of Laffn B.A., Amherst, '78, M.A., Amherst, '81 Born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, April 11, 1856. Fitted for college at Monson Academy and Williston S,eminary. Entered Amherst College in 187-1. Taught Latin, French and English in the Roxbury Latin School, 1870-80. Instructor of Latin in Amherst, 1880-831. Spent one year at Berlin University, Goettingen. and Leipsic, Germany, and in travel in Italy. Associate Professor of Latin in Amherst, 1886-04. Lecturer on Latin Liter- ature in Smith College, 1886-04. Traveled for study of places COl1l1CCt6li With Latin Literature, 1801. Professor of Latin, Amherst College, Sil1C6 1894- Traveled in Europe and studied at Rome, 1808. Taught Latin in Smith Colleze, 1000. Member American Philological Society. Member New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, and of the Managing Committee of the American School at Rome. Member of Board of Trustees of Monson Academy. Has published H Abstract of Lectures on Topics connected with the Latin Language, Ac1e1phoeof Terence, 18063 Selections from Poems of Catullus, 1000, and many articles for magazines and periodicals. AR'1'11uR LALANNIE K1M1m1.1,, fvqfeswz' of Phyxzks B.A., Princeton, '81, M.A., Princeton, '8-lg Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, '84 Born at Succasnnna, New Jersey, in 1856. Prepared for college at Plainfield High School, New Jersey. Graduated from Princeton, 1881. Pnrsued graduate studies for one year at Princeton and two years at Johns Hopkins University. Associate in Physics at 'Johns Hopkins University, 1884-87. Associate Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins University, 1887-01. Profes- sor of Physics, Amherst College, since 1801. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Has written papers on The Physical Properties of Gases, on Electrical Units, and Electro- magnetic Theory of Light. Investigation of the Ohm for the United States Government, 1884, reported on, but not published. G1if112Gli IJANIIELS Ouns, AJW, WM, !'rofcs.sor of 1Vfalkc1mzfz'fs B.A., University of Rochester, '73g M.A., Univer- sity of Rochester, '76 Born at Middleport, New York, 1853. Prepared for college at Brockport fNew Yorkl Normal School. Grad- uated from the University of Rochester, 1873. Taught in Albany Academy, 1873-70. Studied Mathematics in the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin. 1870-83. Pro- fessor of Mathematics, University of Rochester, 1884-01. Professor of Mathematics at Amherst since 1801. Mem- ber of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Mathematical Society.