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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in 'nhl num' ,I'a:ImHIH III mlllllll mmm: Il'::mnun :UIIIIIIIIII HWIIIIIIIIII :::unnnn :illlminnu llfxinunu mmm: IIIIIIIIII lllllllll llllllll llIIIII1Il in in 11 ll -ll 111 '1'11111' llllllfilfiifiillllll 1l11l...l..1.l..l... lllll lllllliiiiiiiiilllll '1111111' 51115555111 'llfflfll' l ll IH n :NIH num HI':vnnuu Illluuunu mllllllllll Hllllllllllll HIHIIIIIIIII Illuimmuu H: IIIIIIIII llvllvlll IIIIIIIII llllllllll muuuu mmm mum IIIIIIIIII ll an II II II 1 1 1 11, ARTHUR JOHN HOPKINS, 0 A X, Professor of Clzcfizfsfry. I3.A., Amherst, '85, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, '923. Born at Bridgewater, Mass., September 20, 1804-. Prepared for college at Bridgewater I-Iigh School and graduated from Amherst, 1885. Taught in Cotuit, Mass., and at Peckskill Military Academy, N. Y., 1885-90. Johns Hopkins Uni- versity Fellow, 1892. Taught in Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa., 18921-94. Came to Amherst in 189-1, Professor of Chemistry, 1907. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, and the johns Hopkins Chemical Society. JAMES WALTER CROOK, PwU'csso1' of EC0l101111'C.?. B.A., Oberlin, '91, Ph.D., Columbia, '98, M.A., Amherst, '12, Born at Ontario, Canada, December 21, 1859. Prepared for college at Oberlin Academy. Graduated from Oberlin, 1891. Instructor of History at Oberlin, 1891-92. Took postgraduate course at University of Wisconsin, 1892-93. Studied at University of Berlin, 1893-9-1. Postgraduate student at Columbia University, 1894-95. Lecturer on Taxation at Columbia University, 1895. Called to chair of Political Economy at Amherst College, 1895. Member, American Economic Association. Author of History of German-Wage Theory, 1898. Lecturer on Economic, Social, and Educational Topics. FREDERICK BREWSTER LOOMIS, 111 A O, flf B K, Hflficlfcock Professor of Mineralogy and Geology. B.A., Amherst, '90, Ph.D , University of Munich, '99. Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., November 22, 1873. Prepared for college at the Rochester Free Academy and graduated from Amherst College, 1890. Studied at the University of Munich, 1897-99. Instructor in Biology at Amherst College, 1899, Associate Professor in Biology, 190-1, Professor of Comparative Anatomy, 1908. Director of the Expedition to Patagonia in 1911-12. Author of HI-Iunting Extinct Animals in the Patagonian Pampas, 1913, The Dcscaflo Formation of Patagonia, 191-1-. 8