Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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George Frisbie Whicher, professor of English on the Frank L. Babbott Endowment and honorary curator of Edward Hitchcock Memorial Room, is an Amherst alumnus of the Class of 1910. Taking his M.A. degree at Columbia in 1911, he was a university scholar in Eng- land, then a university fellow at 1 Columbia. Going to the Univer- sity of Illinois in 1913 as instructor in English, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1915 from Columbia. He came to Amherst as associate pro- fessor of English in that year and advanced to a profes- sorship in 1922. A member of Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Whicher served as editor of the Amherrt Gradaatei' Quarterly from 1919 to 1932. Professor Elliott holds an informal meeting with undergraduates. Theodore Baird, associate professor of English on the Samuel Williston Foundation, received his B.A. degree in 1921 from Hobart College, l where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Society. The following year Harvard conferred its M.A. degree on him. Going to Western Reserve University in 1922 as instructor in English, he next took a similar position at Union College. ln 1925 he returned to Harvard as a uni- versity scholar, then as assistant in English and Dexter Scholar. He became instructor in English at Amherst in 1927, obtain- ing his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1929. That year he was made assistant professor of English, and in 1932 he ad- vanced to associate professor of English. -23 Fayette Curtis Canfield, associate professor of dramatic and director of the Kirby Memorial Theatre, received his B.A. degree at Amherst with the Class of 1925. Serving one year im- mediately after graduation as as- sistant in dramatics here, he was an instructor in dramatics for the three years before 1930. He assumed the rank of assistant professor in 1930 and took his present position as associate professor of dramatics in 1934. justly acclaimed for his excellent work in directing the Masquers' productions, he is a member of the National Theater Conference and Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Pro- fessor Canfield has edited in 1929 Plays ofthe Irish Renair- Jante and in 1936 Plays of Changing Ireland. Stewart Lee Garrison, associate professor of English and public speaking, is a Harvard graduate with the Class of 1912. He served as assist- ant in English at Harvard after his graduation and also attended Harvard Law School. Then he went to Worcester Academy as instructor in English and public speaking for five years, becoming head of the department of English in 1919. He came to Amherst the following year, taking his present position as associate professor of English and public speaking, and in 1930 he received his M.A. degree from Harvard. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Professor Garrison is joint author of The Erren- tialf of Argument and editor of Nlacaalajfr Life ofjohnmn. Gilbert Thomas Hoag, instructor in English, received his B.A. degree from Haverford College in 1920. After graduation he attended Harvard Business School, then became af- filiated with the banking firm of Brown Brothers and Co. in Phila- delphia. He was connected with Parrish and Co., brokers, for a short while before he went to Harvard to do more graduate work from 1924 to 1927. In this period Harvard conferred its M.A. degree upon him, and he then served for one year as instructor in English and tutor in the division of modern languages at Harvard. Mr. Hoag came to Amherst in 1928, taking the position which he now holds as instructor in English.

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Lester Vernon Chandler is assistant professor of eco- nomics. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, of Alpha Pi Zeta and of Phi Beta Kappa. V After taking his B.A. in 1930, his M.A. in 1931 from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1934, he became instructor in economics at Dartmouth during the school years 1933 to 1935. He acted as instructor in economics at Princeton during the years 1935 to 1937. Coming to Amherst in 1937 as assistant professor of eco- teaching advanced courses in the history and more fundamental principles of the field of money, banking and public finance. nomics, he has been William Richard Pabst, Jr., instructor in economics, is an Amherst graduate, having received his B.A. degree with the Class of 1931. From 1934 to 1936 he was on the faculty of Cornell University as instructor in economics. Continuing his study further at Columbia University, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from that university in 1936. Later in the same year he came back to Amherst as a member of the fac- ulty and took the position which he now holds as instructor in eco- nomics. Mr. Pabst is connected with Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and is a member of the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society and the American Statistical Association. English George Roy Elliott, a graduate of the University of Toronto in 1904, engaged in newspaper work for two years before obtaining his Ph.D. in 1908 from the University of Jena in Germany. He then be- came instructor in English at the University of Wisconsin and next professor of English literature at Bowdoin. In 1925 Bowdoin con- ferred the Litt.D. degree upon him, and in the same year he took his present position at Amherst as professor of English on the Henry C. Folger Foundation. A member of Phi Eta Fraternity, Professor Elliott is author of The Cycle of Modern Poetfy and a con- tributor to several literary publications. -22 Robert Frost, professor of English on the John Wood- ruff Simpson Foundation, obtained his B.A. degree from Dartmouth in 1892. After engaging in various works, including teach- ing, and spending four years in England, he became an English professor at Amherst from 1916 to 20. In 1925-26 the University of Michigan claimed his presence as poet in residence, then in 1926 he returned to Amherst and his pres- sent professorship. Professor Frost, a member of Theta Delta Chi, has received the M.AM. degree from Amherst and Michigan, L.H.D. from the University of Vermont and the Litt.D. degree from Yale, Columbia and several New England colleges. His latest poetry work is A Further Range. ,ri Professor Warne's guest speaker is Mr. Huberman, well known as an authority on labor. David Morton, professor of English, who obtained his B.S. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1909, spent ten years after graduation in news- paper and magazine work. In 1924 he came to Amherst as associate professor of English, and in 1926 he advanced to his present stand- ing as professor of English. In 1934 Amherst conferred the M.A. degree upon him. Professor Mor- ton, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa and vari- ous poetry societies, is author of and Antumnezlf, The Renezlrmnoe of Irirh Poetfy, A Mon of Earth, Shorter Modern Shipf in Hezrhor, Harriet, Nootnrner Poems: an Anthology, Six for Them.' an Anthology, The Sonnet Today and Yeftereloy, Eorthu Prorerfionnl and Spell Agninrt Time.

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Ralph Cleland McGoun, Jr., instructor in clramatics, is an Amherst graduate of the class of 1927. Remaining at Amherst after receiving his degree, he served as assistant in biology ' for the two years until 1929. At I the end of this time he was award- ed his M.A. degree by the College, and in the same year he was ele- vated to the rank of instructor in biology, which position he held until 1937. In 1929 he became tech- nical director of the Amherst Masquers, and it is in connection with this work that he has studied at Yale University on a Clyde Fitch Fellowship this year. Mr. McGoun is a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Newton Felch McKeon, Jr., instructor in English and assistant to the director of Converse Memorial Library, received his B.A. degree from Am- herst in 1926. He served as a master at Lawrenceville School for one year after graduation before going into business in New York City. It was not until 1931 that he was called to Amherst and his present instructorship in English. Two years later he went abroad for study at Cambridge University as a Simpson Fellow in English and a research student at Emmanuel College. For the first sem- ester of 1936-37 he served as acting dean of Amherst. Mr. McKeon is a member of Chi Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities. John Richmond Theobald, instructor in English, re- ceived his B.A. degree from Oxford University in 1925. Upon completing his undergradu- ate studies, he remained at Oxford for three years doing graduate work which led to his being awarded his M.A. degree in 1928. He then left Oxford and came to this country, holding English fel- lowships at the Union Theological Seminary. Studying at this semin- ary for one year, he received the S.T.M. degree in 1929. After leav- ing the Union Theological Seminary, he took a position as lecturer in English at Queens University for the period 1929-30. In 1931 Mr. Theobald accepted the instructor- ship in English at Amherst which he now holds. James Playstead Wood is an instructor in English. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1927 and his M.A. from that institution in 1933. Between 1922 and 1924 he worked for the Herald-Suez Syndi- cate and the New York Tribune. In 1927 he was associated with Charles Scribner's Sons. From 1928 till 1930 he worked for the Mc- Graw-Hill Book Company in the capacity of Copywriter. From 1930 to 1937 he acted as instructor in English in various schools. Be- sides his academic duties he was a book reviewer on the Courier-jezmzezl from 1932 until 1937. Then he came to Am- herst in 1937 and is the author of The Prefenee of Everett Nfezrfln. Professor Scott's fine arts class enjoys work in the early fall. Fine Arts Charles Hill Morgan, II, asso- ciate professor of fine arts, gradu- ated from Harvard in 1924, ob- taining his M.A. in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1928 from Harvard. The following year he studied in Ath- ens, Greece, and then accepted a position as instructor in fine arts at Bryn Mawr. In 1930 he came to Amherst as assistant professor of fine arts and became associate professor in 1936. Professor Morgan is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, the American Numis- matic Society, Archaeological Institute of America and is director of the American Classical School in Greece.