Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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nn: I nm' mm I WI uw ,mmm ullu mn H'::IIIIIIlII xhllllllllll HI::immm :::mumu Illluunni lllxiiiuiiuui mmm: mmm: mmm mmll IIIIIIIIIIIIII ill lll ' ill lil llml ll ll ll 1111 11:::::1:::::111 11111....m 11 11111:1::::::1111 111 :em 11:11 luflllm ml In nm' H III ,,,,nIn 'Him um Hlummu Hl::lIIlIlllI mmm mmm: Illlluvnln ullunllll lnvfln mm ulnu ummm mmm umm mmml DAVID TODD, fb B K, Sidney Dillon Professor of Astronomy and Navigation. B.A., Amherst, '75, M.A., Amherst, '78g Ph.D., VVashington and Jefferson, '88, Born at Lake Ridge, N. Y., March 19, 1855. Studied at Columbia 1870-72 and graduated from Amherst, 1875. Served on several astronomical commissions for the United States, 1875-81. Appointed director of the Amherst Observatory, 1881. Taught astronomy and higher mathematics at Smith College, 1882-87. 1882-1907 conducted seven eclipse expeditions and other important series of obser- vation. Member of the Astronomical Society of America, Washingtoii Philosophi- cal Society and many other scientific societies. Founder and editor of the Col- umbian Knowledge Seriesf' 1893-97. Contributed to the Encyclopedia Brittanica and is author of A New Astronomy and a number of other volumes. WILLIAM LYMAN CGWLES, A K E, fb B K, Moore Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. B.A., Amherst, '78, M.A., Amherst, '8l. Born at Belchertown, Mass., April 1 1, 1850. Prepared for college at Monson Academy and 'Williston Seminary. Entered Amherst College in 1874. Taught Latin, French, and English in Roxbury Latin School, 1879-80. Instructor of Latin in Amherst, 1880-83. Spent one year at Berlin University, Gottingen, and Leipzig, and in travel in Italy. Associate Professor of Latin in Amherst, 1880-94. Lecturer on Latin Literature at Smith College, 1880-95. Professor of Latin in Amherst College in 1894. Travelled in Europe and studied in Rome in 1898. Taught Latin in Smith College, 1900. Member of the American Philological Society, New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, and the Managing ,Committee of the American School at Rome. Member of the Board of Trustees of Monson Academy. Has published Abstract of Lectures on Topics Connected with the Latin Language, L'Ade1phoe of Terence, 1890, Selections of Poems from Catullus, 1900, Selections from Catullus and other Latin Poets, 1909, and articles for magazines and periodicals. HARRY DEFOREST SMITH, A K E, KD B K, john C. Newton Professor of Greek, B.A., Bowdoin, '91 g M.A., Bowdoin, '94, M.A., Harvard, '96, M.A., Amherst, '12, Born at Gardiner, Me., in 1809. Graduated from Bowdoin, 1891 and taught in Rockland, Me., 1891-95. Studied at I-Iarvarcl, 1895-90 and the University of Berlin, 1890-97. Instructor of Greek, University of Pennsylvania, 1897-985 Instructor of Ancient Languages, 1898-99, and Assistant Professor of Greek, 1899- 1901, at Bowdoin College. Became Associate Professor of Greek, Amherst College, 1901, and Professor of Greek, 1903. 6

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um 1:3 Q1'+'1M1Q :im--7lmitll-milrzesszzllmlwim:imlllzmzz:n:::ses::1:lmrm-1111:-itmi-1uzzaeazzn1-I-H-1lmiziul ml , Illm 1 1 11115551111 m ln:::::::::::::ul IllII..m....... ln lln::::::::::::ul m rm: lliillll 1 ,Ill mmm mmm mmm ummm ummm Hlzilllllllll mmm HIIIIIIIIIIII mmm: vlluull ll lluvflunv mmm: ummm mmm umm mmm! IH: M ALEXANDER MEIKLEJOHN, 9 A X, 11, 11 K, E E, President ofthe College and Professor of Logic aucl M etaphysics. B.A., Brown, '93, M.A., Brown, '95, Ph.D., Cornell, '97, LL.D., Williams, '12, LL.D., Mt. Holyoke, '12, M.A., Amherst, '12, LL.D., Brown, '13. Born at Rochdale England, February 3, 1872. Prepared for college at Pawtucket High School, Pawtucket, R. I., and graduated from Brown University, 1893. Pursued graduate work at Brown, 1893-95 and at Cornell, 1895-97. In- structor of Philosophy at Brown University, 1897-99, Assistant Professor, 1899- 1993, Associate Professor, 1903-06, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, 1996-12, and Dean of Brown University, 1991-12. Called to the presidency of Amherst College in 1912. Member of the American Philosophical Association and of the American Psychological Association. GEORGE DANIEL OLDS, A A 111, 111 B K, lfl'allcer Professor of M0ll161'l1f1l'I.C.Y and Dean of the Faculty. B.A., University of Rochester, '73, M.A., University of Rochester, '79, LL.D., University of Rochester, '07, M.A., Amherst, 'l2. Born at Middleport, New York, 1853. Prepared for college at Brockport fNew Yorkj Normal School. Graduated from the University of Rochester, 1873. Taught in Albany Academy 1873-79. Studied Mathematics in Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, 187 9-83. Professor of Mathematics, University of Roches- ter, 1884-91, Professor of Mathematics at Amherst since 1891, Dean of the Faculty since 1919. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Mathematical Society. AR FIIUR LALANNE KIMBALL, 111 B K, Rufus Tyler Professor of Physics. B.A., Princeton, '81, MfA., Princeton, '84, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, '89, M.A., Amherst, '12. Born at Succasunna, New jersey, Oct. 16, 1856. Prepared for college at Plainfield High School. Graduated from Princeton in 1881. Pursued graduate studies at Princeton in 1882 and at johns Hopkins, 1882-84. Associate in Physics at johns Hopkins 1884-87. Associate Professor of Physics at johns Hopkins, 1887-91. Professor of Physics at Amherst College, 1891. Member of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Societe Francaise de Physique. Has published The Physical Properties of Gases, and A College Textbook of Physics. Investigation of the Ohm for the United States government in 188-1. 5

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vnlvvns u :mum mmm ummm ummm HMIIIVIIIII mmm Hyxllllllllll ixllllllllll mmm mmm Illlllllllnlln IIIIIIIIII lI11I1lII llllllll ulmml 'ml , lllm Illl :lm lllllllll Illlllliiiiilillllll llllll...,.......,. lll lllllililllilllll m :em l:11:ll III - lu n nu u .I in n ' n m .1 . 1 In mmm Hlllnuuun Hllllllllllll Hlllunnnn mmumu HIHIIIIIIIII ull mmm Htllllllllllll IH unlllnunln uuluellll 'I' m lnnnl 1-IH ummm mmm mnm mmm: C B THOMAS CUSHING ESTY, Xl' T, 115 B K, Professor Qf M allzcmatfcs and .Secretary ofthe Facully. B.A., Amherst, '93, M.A., Amherst, '97, Born at Amherst, Massachusetts, December 8, 1870. Prepared for college at the Amherst High School. Graduated from Amherst College, 1893. Post- graduate student in Mathematics, Amherst College, 1893-94. Instructor in Mathematics and Drawing at Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, 1894-95. Walker Instructor in Mathematics, Amherst College, 1895-97. Studied in Gott- tingen, Germany, 1897-98. Walker Instructor of Mathematics, Amherst College, 1898-1901. Professor of Mathematics, University of Rochester, 1901-05. Profes- sor of Mathematics, Amherst College, 1905. Member American Association for thc Advancement of Science and of the American Mathematical Society. GEORGE BOSWORT11 CHURCHILL, X 111, 111 B K, l lfv'1iff'I.SllJlI P1'l2fC.S'.Y!I1'IU. English Liieraiure. ' B.A., Amherst, '89, M.A., Amherst, '92, Ph.D., University of Berlin, '97. Born at Worcester, Mass., October 24, 1800. Prepared. for college at the Worcester High School. Graduated from Amherst College, 1889 and taught in the Worcester High School, 1889-92 and in the William Penn Charter School, Philadel- phia, 1892-94. Studied in graduate work in English at University of Pennsylvania, University of Strassburg, 1894--95, University of Berlin, 1895-97. Assistant Editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1895-98. Associate Professor of English and Public Speaking at Amherst College, 1898-1903, Associate Professor of English Literature, 1903-05. Elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 19113 and went into office, january 1, 1917. Author of Richard III up to Shakespeare, ' 1900, 'in edition of Richard III, 1912, Plays of Wycherly, 1913, and joint authoi of The Latin University Dramas of the Time of Queen Elizabeth, 1898. WILLIAM PINGRY BIGELOW, X 'IL Professor of Music. B.A., Amherst, '89, M.A., Amherst, '12 Born at Amherst, Massachusetts, March 29, 1807. Prepared for college al the Amherst High School. Graduated from Amherst College, 1889. Studied music in Worcester, 1889-90, in Berlin and Dusseldorf, 1890-9-1. Instructor in German and Music at Amherst College, 1894-1901. Associate Professor of German and Music at Amherst College, 1901, Professor of German and Music, 19011, Professor of Mtlsic, 1908. 7