DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Department of German HENRY BOYER LONGDEN. A. M. Wer vielee bringt, Wird manchem etwas bringen. --Goethe. One of the strongest departments in DePauw is that of the Germanic Language anti Literature. Professor Henry Boyer Longden, who is at the heacl of the Jepartment. is the ideal man anCl teacher. He has a strong assistant in Miss Minnie Kern. who has all the Academy and Freshman work. Under her instruction. the beginner lays a hroad and solii foundation for the more ad- vanced work. It has heen- said that Depauw graduates more students who can speak German than any other college in Indiana. It is not that DePauw has more students majoring in this Jepartment. or that there are any hatter library facilities than elsewherew It is that she has a professor who makes real Germans of his stuJents. They eannot hut speak and think in the language. As he puts his whole self in the work. his stuJente are filled'with genuine enthusiasml Through him.Lessing aml Schiller hecome personal friends. Under his inspiration. the student enters the wonderful enchantecl fairyland where Goethe reigns. anal himself becomes a modern Faustt working With new hopes towasz new ideals. His stuclents are as much in love with Klopstoch. Claudius, Heine and Heist as With any English poets, and in the study of the modern drama they are one with the German thought bf to-day. Only German is spoken in any of the aulvancezl classes. For additional fractice in gaining a speaking knowledge of the language there are two active cluhs, which meet every two weeks. and a weekly conversation class. German songsa games 9.11:1 literary work make the cluhs alive with interest. Once a year each club usually presents a German play, to which the Whole department is inviteti. . In the German Seminarium is the nucleus of a. good libraryK ancl it is a dream of the tie- partment some Jay to have H ein Deuteches FLAME.H with recitation and club rooms, stage facil- ities, and a large lihrary and reading rooms. Protester Longden graduatecl from Depauw in 1834. getting both his A. B. ancl A. M. degrees. From 1882 to 1885 he filled the place of instructor in Latin in DePauwt when in 1886 he was electeJ assistant professor in Latin'in DePauw, which place he Filled until 1892. In 1892 he was elected to the head of the Jepertment of German. ' !,

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s . Department of Mathematics WILBUR VINCENT BROWN. Ph. D. HE Department of Mathematics is composed of three separate divisions. namely: Astronomy, Mechanical Drawing and Drafting, and Mathematics proper. Astronomy classes are organizea cluring the winter and spring terms. and work is carrietl on at McKim Observatory uncler the supervision of Dr. Brown. At the Observatory there are, one ten- inch telescope, one four-inch Meridian glass. apparatus. With these instruments the students work. Help is obtained from text books Astronomy. Jonated to the department by new D. W. Minshall Lahoratory have been and the necessary accompanying clocks and study the heavens and do some original research supplemented by a large library of hooks on Mr. Richard Biddle. Three rooms in the set aside for anti are DOW occupiecl hy the classes There is only one course required hut many they want to go higher in that line. Young department although it is a fact that the crease. for the young men take the higher of Mechanical Drawing anti Mathematics. students elect Analytics and Mechanics, for women as well as young men register in the proportion of ladies decreases as the courses in courses to help to a mechanical career. A term Of 53.011 year. T118 railroacis, creeks and portunities to the students to have practice in . the hard and rough work necessitated by the long aml tiring trips no young ladies are permitted to take this course. Dr. Brown has control of the entire department. but because of his extensive duties tutors are employecl to assist aml take charge of any extra classes. Students who have back courses to make up before graduation may register and hire tutors to direct them in bringing up the required work. Many do thistcoming from schools where little mathematics is requirea. anti en- eourse of Surveying is offered at least one hills around Greencastle furnish excellent op- this work in practical lines. Ami Because of tering' the Junior or Senior class here. Although DePauw is not known as a mechanically turned school. she prepares many men With a liberal eclucation and gives them a gooa founda- tion for a course in a Mechanical School. Dr. Brown, Who is at the head of this depart- ment. is a man of rare ability anal held in very high esteem by all his students. He is a man of no mean preparation. having graduaterl from Depauw in 1880 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He attencled Steven's Institute of Technology, Hoholcen, New Jersey. from Which institution in 1888 he receiveci the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He served as assistant of Harvarcl Observatory 1880-83. taught in Indianapolis High School 1883-85. Was electezl Professor of: Mathematics in Depauw in 1885.

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Department of Latin REVEREND EDWIN POST. A. M.. Ph. D. The teaching of Latin dates from the first 113.375 of the university. Until 1842, whenuit would ap- pear that the first regular professarnf Latin was appointed, Latin and Creel: were taught hy Doctor Cyrus Nutt. Since then the incumbents of the chair of Latin have been as follows: John Wheeler, 1842-54: Edmund E. E. Bragdon. 1854-58: Benjamin T. Hoyt. 1858-63: John A. Reuhelt. 1864-69: Lewis L. Rogers. 1869-79: Edwin post. 1879-e. . The:tlepartment occupies three rooms: a lecture-room in East College tthe Edwin Ray Latin . Halli providecl with maps. plaster casts and illustrative materiaL and two commodious rooms in Mid-v , cue College. occupied by the Simison Latin Library and the Seminarium. The library now comprises about 1.200 volumes. making a most valuable working library not only forpndergraduates. but for more . advanced Work. Since 1891 when the university ceased to confer the degree of Master of Arts in cursa. nineteen personr-almost a thira of the Whole number Who, after Work in residence and examination, have been awarded the Jegree pro merifrhave done their Work Wholly in Latin. or have made it their graduate Major. The library owes its value very largely to the intelligent and far-aeeing Benevolence of the late Dr. John Simison. of Romney. Indiana. who gave one thousand dollars. the interest of Which is expendecl in the purchase of books for the libraryiwhich has been further enriched hy the gifts of a1umni.-a source of grewth that we hope may increase With the years. The department is also fairly well suppliecl with illustrative material. including several hunched stereopticon slides. The Sodalitas-Latina is a club which has been in existence since 1896. Composecl of stuzlents of the department it meets monthly at the home of the ptofessor of Latin for the reading of papers anal for the social pleasure of the members. Dr. Post, the heacl of this Jepartment, is a man of very high'christian principles and is held in the highest esteem lay all the stmlents of his department. He is a mem- ber of the honory society of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1872. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts at that time. From 1872-1875 he was teacher of Creek in Pehnington Seminary, New Jersey. From 1875-1877 he was vice-principal aml pro- fessor of Latin in Pennington. and since 1879 he has filled the position of professor of Latin in Depauw University. with the exception of two years spent in foreignfstudy.