Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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CHARLES BROOKOVER, M. S. Professor of Biology. Prof. Brookover was born in southern Ohio, March n, 1870. During the first eleven years of his life he was, to quote his own words, a pumpkin — that is, raised between the corn rows. He went through the common schools of Manchester, ( )hio, and graduated from the High School of the same place in 1888. After his graduation he experimented in Pedagogy for one winter, after which he took a course in the National Normal University, Lebadon, Ohio, taking the degree of A. B. in 1890. He held various positions after that, being teacher of Science in 1890-1891 at Fountain College, Tennessee; Principal of Milton Academy, Tennessee, from 1891 to 1893, and instructor in Science in Southern Kansas Academy in 1894-1895. From 1895 to 1896 he was a scholar in Biology at the Ohio State University and instructor in Biology at the same place until the fall of 1898. The Master ' s degree was conferred upon him in 1897 by the ( )hio University, and in the fall of 1898 he became instructor in Biology, Botany and Zoology in Colorado College. FLORIAN CAJORF M. S., Ph. D. Head Professor of Mathematics. Florian Cajori was born at St. Aignon, in the Canton of Goanbunden, Switzerland, in 1859. In 1875 he came to the LInited States, during 1876- 1877 ne attended the State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and in 1878- 1879 he taught school in Wisconsin. In 1883 he graduated from the Wisconsin Univer- sity with the degree of B. S. After graduation, Mr. Cajori spent six months in Switzerland, and in 1884 he entered the John Hopkins FIniversity as a graduate student. In 1885 he accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Tulane University, and in 1887 he was made Professor of Applied Math- ematics. In 1888 ill health compelled him to resign his position in the South and come to Colorado. During 1888- 1889 he served on the United States Bureau of Education, and since then has taught in Colo- rado College. Prof. Cajori has published several books on Mathematics and Physics. 14

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Gfc faculty. e t t£ U UIS A. E. AHLERS, A. B. Head Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. Louis A. E. Alders was born in the northern part of Ger- many, where he lived until seventeen years of age. He then came to the United States and studied mechanical engineering long enough to find out that this subject did not interest him sufficiently to he made his profession. For four years lie led an interesting and adventurous life at sea, visiting the southern continents. On his return to America he entered Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.. to prepare for his university course ; this he took at Harvard (1890-93), but left at the end of his junior year to spend twelve months in study at the University of Berlin. Again returning to America, he received the B. A. degree from Harvard University and took a postgraduate course there during 1894-95. Since Sep- tember, 1895, he has been Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Colorado College. As President of the College Athletic Association for the past three years he has been most influential, directly and indirectly, in bringing about the athletic victories. Each year Prof. Aiders gives University Extension lectures on German, French and English literatures in Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo. SAMUEL JACKSON BARNETT, A. B., Ph. D. Professor of Physics. Samuel Jackson Barnett was born in Kansas in 1873. In 1894 he took his A. B. degree from the University of Denver and became instructor in physics and biology in the same institution. The following year he studied at the University of Virginia. Here he was assistant in the astronomical observatory and instructor in astronomy. During 1896-1898 Mr. Barnett was Graduate Scholar, Fellow and Fellow-elect in Physics at Cornell, where he took his Ph. D. degree. Dr. Barnett has written a number of papers on electricity, which have been published in the Physical Review, Electrician, Electrical Review, and Electrical World and Engineer. For the past two years he has taught physics in Colorado College. 13

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NATHAN BROWN COY, A. B. Associate Professor of the Classical Languages and Literatures and Principal of Cutler Academy. Nathan Brown Coy was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1847. He prepared for college at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., and, in 1870, took his A. B. degree at Yale. After gradu- ation, Mr. Coy taught first in New Jersey and then in Connecticut, and in 1875 became the head of the Latin Department at Phillips Academy, Andover ; but the next year he came to Colorado on account of poor health. For five years he taught classics in the East Denver High School, and in 1891 began his duties as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. At the same time, he was President of the State Teachers ' Association and superin- tended with great success the Colorado Educational Exhibit at the World ' s Fair. For the last three years Mr. Coy has been connected with Colorado College. FRANCIS W. CRAGIN, S. B. Professor of Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology. Greenfield, New Hampshire, is the birth-place of Prof. Ciagin, September 4th, 1858, being the date of his birth. In 1862 his parents removed to Wisconsin, and later, in his eleventh year, to Crawford County, Kansas. He prepared for college at Washburn from 1872 to 1875, and then studied four years at the Polytechnic Institute, of Brooklyn, after which he specialized in Natural History at Harvard in 1 880-1 881. The summer of 1 88 1 he spent in the private biological laboratory of Agassiz, the only student in a group of several professors. In 1882 he received the degree of B. S. (Magna Cum Lau dc) at the Harvard Scien- tific School, and after that spent a summer in the Sausen Col- lege of Languages, at Amherst. He was called to the Chair of Natural History in Washburn in 1882, and filled that position until 1891, when he came to Colorado College. Since coming to Colorado College Prof. Cragin has filled the position of Assistant State Geologist, of Texas, and has taken the degree of Ph. D. at John Hopkins University; the former during a leave of absence from 1892 to 1894, and the latter in 1898- 1899. While at Washburn he originated and prose- cuted a biological survey of the State of Kansas, the first survey of its kind in the country. For six years — 1890- 1897 — he was one of the editors and pub- lishers of the American Geologist. 15