Case School of Applied Science - Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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FRANK MASON GOIVISTGGK. ' E IS a descendant of Major John Mason, the hero of the Pequot war. W'ith fire and sword, at one fell stroke, Major john exterminated the powerful Pequot tribe. He seems to have been a man of iron mould, not a bit squeamish in tasting blood. But we like to judge our ancestors charitably. Public safety seems to have demanded extreme measures, and we may be per- mitted to think of him as a lover of dry jokes, and withal, possessed of a kindly disposition. The six hundred Pequot scalps dangling at his belt, may indicate no more natural vindictiveness than the freshrnen's scalps which, figuratively speaking, adorn the belt of his peaceably minded descend- ant, the college professor. Le Roy, N. Y., was the birth-place and home of Pro- fessor Comstock. He prepared for college at the Le Roy Academic Institute, entered Union College in 772, and graduated four years later, with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Civil Engineer. Vlfith a natural inclination for scientific studies, he devoted a large part of his time in the junior and senior years to natural history. The Department of Natural History was at that time under the charge of Professor Harrison E. W'ebster, a scientist of national repu- tation, and the opportunities for advanced study were ex- ceptional. A fellowship in the department having been granted him, he returned to Union for a year of post- graduate study, spending his time largely in the classifica- tion of the large biological museum. Leaving the college at the age of twenty-two, he entered upon the work of building up a high-grade prepara- tory school for college in his native town. Under his guid- ance the Le Roy Academic Institute became one of the lead- ing academies of central New York. In 1891, he accepted a call to the Chair of English and Natural History in Case. In 1879, he received the degree of Master of Arts, in course, from his college, and in 1891 that of Doctor of Philosophy for work in Natural History. He has been elected to membership in the following scientific societies: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Rochester Academy of Science, The Cleveland Natural His- tory Club, The Civil Engineers Club of Cleveland, and the