Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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MHERST i COLLEGE DAVID TODD, Phi Beta Kappa Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus. B.A., Amherst, '75g M.A., '78g Ph.D., Wasltington and jefferson, '88. Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Amherst Observatory, 1881- 19175 Professor Emeritus, 1917-. Director of National Academy Eclipse Expedi- tion to Japan, 1887. Chief of the Government Eclipse Expedition to Japan, 18961 to Tripoli, 19053 and Mars Expedition to the Andes, 1907. Member of the Boston Author's Club, of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, and of the Astronomiche Gesellschaft of Germany. GEOFFREY ATKINSON, Beta Theta Pi Professor of Romance Languages. B.S., Amherst, '13g M.A., Columbia, '14, Ph.D., '20 Graduate work at Columbia, 1913-14, 1916-173 1919-20, Secretary and Interpreter, Rockefeller Tuberculosis Commission to France, 1917. Instructor in Modern Languages, Union College, 1914-16. British and American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-19. Instructor in French, Columbia, 1919-20. Associate Professor of Romance Languages, Amherst, 19205 Professor, 1926-3 Dean of Amherst College, 1929-31. Fellow of the C. R. B. Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 1925-27. Author: The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature, 2 Volumes, 1920, 1922g Les Relations de Voyage du 17e Siecle, et L'evolution des Iclees, Paris, 1924, La Litterature Geographique francaise de la Renaissance, Paris, 1927, in-4to Francois Villon, London, 1930, Les Nouveaux Horizons de Ia Rennais- sance Francaise, Paris, 1935. Guggenheim Fellowship, 1934-35. EDNWIN AUGUSTUS GROSVENOR, Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa Professor of Modern Government and International Law, Emeritus. B.A., Amherst, '67g M.A., '91g I.L.D., Wabaslt, '03g LL.D., Alfred, '04g LL.D., Marietta, '10, LL.D., Williarn and Mary, '13g Litt.D., Amherst, '14. Ordained as Congregational Minister, 1872. Professor of French Language and Literature, Amherst, 1892-95. Professor of History, Amherst, 1895-98. Professor of Modern Government and International Law, 1901-14g Professor Emeritus, 1914-. President of the United Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 1907-19. Member of the New York Author's Club, Boston Author's Club, and London Author's Club. PAUL CHRYSOSTOM PHILLIPS, Theta Delta Chi Parmly Billings Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, Emeritus. B.A., Amherst, '88, M.D., Columbia, '95g M.P.E., Springfield, '21. Medical and Athletic Director of the General Board of the Y. M. C. A., Chicago, 1895. Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, Amherst, 1899g Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, 1908-29, Professor Emeritus, 1929-. Member of the Council of the American Physical Education Association and member of American Association for the Advancement of Science. President of the Society of College Gymnasium Directors, 1902, and Secretary, 1910-20. GEORGE NWILLIAM BAIN, Chi Phi, Sigma Xi Assistant Professor of Minerology and Geology on the Edward Hitchcock Foundation. B.Sc., McGill University, '21g M.Sc., '23g M.A., Columbia, '23, Ph.D., '27. Member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineersg Member of the Committee on Mining Geology. Member of the Canadian Insti- tute of Mining and Metallurgy. Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada, 1923-24. Assist- ant to Vermont State Geologist, 1925. Assistant Professor, University of Ver- mont, 1925-26. Instructor in Geology at Amherst, 1926-31g Assistant Professor, 1931-. Seventeen

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THE 1937 OLIO CHARLES SCOTT PORTER, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Dean of College. B.A., Amherst, '19: M.A., Clark, '22. Instructor in Mathematics, XX!orcester Polytechnic Institute, 1919-24. Gradu- ate work at Clark University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago. Instructor in Mathematics at Amherst, 1924-27, Assistant Professor, 1927-29, Associate Professor, 1929-35. Dean of College, 1931-. Member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. STANLEY KING, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa President of the College. A.B., Amherst, '05g A.M., Harvard, '06g l.L.D., Dartmouth, Wesleyaln, Colgate, '32, LL.D., Columbia, '53g LL.D., Willizinis, '36. Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1906. Business, 1906-1917, 1920-27. Member Committee Supplies, Council of National Defense, 19173 Special Assist- ant to Secretary of War, 1917-1918, Private Secretary to Secretary of Writ, 1918-19, Member and Secretary of President XXlilson's Industrial Conference, 1919-20. Amherst Alumni Council, 1913-183 Vice-chairman Amherst Centennial Gift, 1920-21, Alumni Trustee Amherst College, 1921-31, Life Trustee Amherst College, 1931-32. Chairman Massachusetts Special Committee Stabilization Em- ployment, 1951-35. Elected President of Amherst College, April 9, 1952. ARTHUR JOHN HOPKINS, Tlteta Delta Chi Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. B.A., Amherst, '85, Ph.D., johns Hopkins, '93. Taught at Cotuit, Mass., and at Peekskill Military Academy, N. Y., 1885-90. johns Hopkins Fellow, 1892. Instructor at Westminister College, 1895-94- Instructor in Chemistry at Amherst, 1894-1907, Professor of Chemistry, 1907-. Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of the American Chemical Society, the johns Hopkins Chemical Society, and the History of Science Society. RICHARD FRANCIS NELLIGAN Associate Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, Emeritus. Graduate of Boston School of Gymnastics, 18863 Instructor at Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium at Detroit, 1886-875 at Chelsea, Mass., 1887. Gymnasium Instructor at Cornell, 1887-923 at Amherst, 1892-1906, at Vanderbilt Summer School, 18935 at Harvard Summer School, 1896-97. Instructor in Hygiene and Physical Edu- cation, 1906-10: Associate Professor, 1910-29g Associate Professor Emeritus, 1929-. Civilian Director of Athletics, Camp Devens, 1917, Commissioned Cap- tain, 191S. Retired. JOSEPH OSGOOD THOMPSON, Phi Beta Kappa Professor of Physics, Emeritus. B.A., Amherst, '84, Ph.D., University of Strasshurg, 91. Instructor in Park College, 1884-86. Graduate work at Amherst, 1886-87. Walker Instructor of Mathematics, Amherst, 1887-89. Graduate work at the University of Strassburg, 1889-91. Instructor in Physics, Haverford, 1891-9-1. Associate Professor of Physics, Amherst, 18911-1918g Professor, 1918-283 Pro- fessor Emeritus, 1928-. Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Author, Ueber das Gesetz der Elastichen Dehnung in Wlied- mann's Annalemf' Fatigue in the Elasticity of Stretching, and Investigations in Torsion Elasticity, in the Physical Review. Member of the American Physical Society. Sixteen

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ARTHUR HENRY BAXTER, Alpha Delta Phi man, Country School for Boys, Baltimore, 1898-1900. Instructor inARomance Languages, Amherst, 1900-06g Assistant Professor, 1906-08: Associate Professor, 1908-221 Professor, 1922-. CHARLES ERNEST BENNETT, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa High School, 1905-06. Sub-master at Washingttun School for Boys, Wasliiiigton, D. C., 1906-07. Instructor at Volkmann School, Boston, and Graduate Student at Harvard, 1907-08. Graduate Student and Teaching Fellow, Cornell, 1908-11. Instructor in Latin, Amherst, 1911-133 Assistant Professor, 1913-143 Associate Professor, 1914-193 Professor, 1919-. Author: Across the Years. Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, and the American Philological Associa- tion. THE i 1937 3 OLIO THEODORE BAIRD, Kappa Alpha Society Associate Professor of English on the Samuel Willisttmli Foundation. B.A., Hobart College, '213 M.A., Harvard, '223 Ph.D., '29. Instructor in English, Western Reserve University, 1922-23. Instructor in English, Union College, 1925-25. Graduate Study at Harvard, 1925-27. Instruc- tor in English at Amherst, 1927-293 Assistant Professor, 1929-32, Associate Professor, 1932-. Professor of Romance Languages. B,A., Johns Hopkins, '9-ig Ph.D., '98, Instructor in Italian, johns Hopkins, 1897-98. Master of French and Ger- RALPH ALONZO BEEBE, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.A., Amherst, '20: Ph.D., Princeton, '23. Graduate study, Princeton, 1920-23, Instructor in Chemistry, Amherst, 1925-25g Associate Professor, 1925-. Moore Professor of Latin. 1 B.A., Amherst, '05g Ph.D., Cornell, '11. Assistant Principal and Instructor in German and Latin, Nanticoke, Pa., WILLIAM PINGRY BIGELOXW, Chi Phi Professor of Music. B.A., Amherst, '89g M.A., '12. Studied Music in Wtmrcester, 1889-90, in Berlin and Dusseldorf, 1890-911. Instructor in German and Music, Amherst, 1894-19013 Associate Professor, 1901-063 Professor, 1906-08, Professor of Music, 1908-. Eighteen