Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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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

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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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M. CLEMENT GILE, A. M. Head Professor of Classical Languages and Literature. M. Clement Gile was born in Havehill, Mass, He fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from Brown University in 1883. Mr. ( iile then taught at Phillips Academy, and in 1886 took his M. A. degree from Brown. He spent the next two years abroad in study and travel ami, on his return, resumed his former duties at Andover. Between 1892 and 1894 Mr. Gile held the Associate Professorship of Greek at the Chicago University on leave of absence in Colorado. Since that time he has been connected with Colorado College. RUBIN GOLDMARK. Director of the Conservatory. Rubin Goldmark was born in Xew York ' in 1872. He was educated at the College of the City of New York, and at the same ime studied music under Mr. Alfred Von Livonius. He spent two years at Vienna in studying the pianofort with Anton Door, and theory and compositio n with the Fuchs brothers. n his re- turn to America Mr. Goldmark studied the pianofort with Joseffy •and composition with Dvorak. In 1894, on account of ill health, he came to Colorado Springs and is at present Director of the Colorado College Conservatory of Music. During the past winter Mr. Goldmark ' s overture to Hiawatha was played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at all its concerts. ELLSWORTH GAGE LANCASTER. Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Pedagogy. Ellsworth Gage Lancaster was born in Dixfield, Maine. Until he entered Amherst College he attended the Augusta City schools. In 1885 he received his Bachelor ' s degree; in 1888, his Master ' s degree from Amherst, and in 1889, after studying a year at Andover, he was made B. D. During the next two years Dr. Lancaster was Pastor of the Congregational Church at Ashby, Massachusetts. In 1890, having taught various branches of study previously at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts, and at Morgan Park, Illinois, he accepted the position of Principal of the Southern Kansas Academy, Eureka, Kansas. He taught there for five years, then spent two years in Clark University, first as University Scholar, then as University 16