DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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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.

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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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Department of Public Speaking ARTHUR HOAG HOWLAND. A. 13.. B. D., Instructor PROFESSOR JESSE FRANKLIN BRUMBAUGI'L A. M. 'The development in Oratory has heen no less marked than that in other arts and sciences. Its most recent aclvance has been made in Jifferentiating it from Elocution aml Dramatic Art on the one side aml purely logical discourse on the other. This critical investigation has proceeclecl from the thought side ana has been based upon the psychology and sociology of the subject With a view to determine the scientihc principles underlying Oratory as a W. -moving process. CL In this forward. movement Depauw University is upon recor among t e first universities of the world. Harvarcl College contrihutea the initial step through Dr. Baker. Who advancecl and elaborated the theory of Argumentation as a science and an art distinct from formal logic. The great Jehate movement among our colleges is largely tine to the appearance of his text hook upon the suhject: however. the seconcl step 0 i er entiating Argumentation as a logical process from that oh Persuasion as - a Will-moving process has been carrierl out By Pro- fessor Brumhaugh of DePauW University, where the only place Where it can now he stu ied in class in Depauw has grown from a single course or two in years gone to an independent department sup ing a total of twelve distinct courses and a Seminar work mentionecl above constitute a full years struction: second term. the Psycholo of Persua lectures W111 soon he published in a v0 ume of three upon the subject. Moreovert during the last year in this department for the ,-Master Degree. has ac tracing the theory of Oratory through the litera the classes of the Jepartment have contributed a DePauW University staan unrivaled in her math this phase of the selence has first heen taught. and room work. Q Thus the Department ofOratory in Reading hy the professor of English Literature porting afullprofessor,with an assistant. and cover- in Debate. u The courses in advancezl technical training. First term, the Logic of Oration Con- sion: third terms the Sociology ofReform. These hundrea pages as a text and general reference book Mr. D. H. Morgan. 3 student doing graduate work complished some valuable original investigation by ture of the Greeks. s a supplement to this labor library of from thirty to forty volumes. Thus ads. standards. courses anti success. relating to the training of men for practical. public speaking. Q Professor J. F. Brumhaugh was born at Ke- wanna, Fulton County, Indlana. May 27. 1868. fafmer hay until the. age 0 seventeen. then .7, a school teacher for two years. after which he entered the Miclclle Preparatory Class of DePauW. During college course he Became member 01': Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and in Junior year he Was made an instructor in English in the preparatory school. Elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Society and graduatecl with B. A; degree in 1894. Retained position as an instructor during 1895 and then accepted Superintendency of: Browne Valley Schoolsa Minnesota. In 1896 Became Professor of English anal Philosophy in Dakota University. electea to vice-presiclency in 1897. anti gecame an institute lecturer for three years. Became gracluate stuclent in philosophy and. pedagogy at University of Chicago in 1900. receiving degree of M. A From there was elected Professor of Rhetoric and. Oratory at DePauw: since has also become assistant in philosophy.