DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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SX. + V' af' f 40. X Department of Latin fl lllllll who is 1.1Q'll0'l'l1llf' of f0l'L'1.g'lI If!ll.Q'IIl1.Q'lJS is 'l'tQ'lI07'UlIf of his ott111. EDWTN l'OS'l', A.l3., Pu.D. 111 K NP, fl' B K Dr. Post was horn at Vlfooclhury, New jersey. lle received his preparation for college from a private tutor and in New jersey Classical institute and Penn- ington Seminary. Ile received his 1'X.ll. from Dickinson College in 1872. From then until '77 he taught in 1'enning'ton Seminary. lfle then came to Del'auw to till the chair of Latin, In 1882 his Alma lylater conferrecl upon him the clegree of l'h.lD. During' the years 'from 1886 to '88 he stucliecl in Bonn and llerlin and in several cities of ltaly. llesirle his regular work in the department of Latin. llr. Post has servecl IJel'auw as Librarian from 1879 to '96: Vice-l'resiclent from 1895 to 19055 and Dean of College since 1907. He has made numerous contribu- tions toithe PIZHIIZIIKQIICIII fr1111'11al, is the author of 'fl.atin at Sight and HE1J1g'l'Z1l11S of Martial. ' DADE mm su 1a1xRs13'R Miss Shearer is a gracluate of Northwestern University, from which institu- tion she rceeivecl the degree of AB. She came to DePauw University at the beginning' of the fall term in 1907, and is a very efici-cnt instructor in l.atin and English Literature. 23 O

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Department of German HENRY IRCJYIER LCJNGIJIEN, AB., A.M. A K E, fl, B K Das Was bvdvazkv, mvlzr IIf'lI'ClIkC' Wir. 'l'rol'essor Longden was born in Vevay, lndiana, on the thirteenth of Sep- tember, 1860. VVhen twenty-one years of age he received his diploma from Del'auw University and had won honors as a brilliant student of modern lan- guages. Three years later the degree of All. was bestowed upon him. Ile then spent two years in the study of philology. ln.l892 he accepted the position as assistant of Latin at his Alma Mater and soon thereafter he was secured as Professor of German Language and Literature in the same institution. 'ln 1898 he left his work long enough to study in the universities of Giittingen, Leipzig and lyliinich. Returning to his chair he has steadily g'rown in the favor of the students until now his rooms will no longer accommodate all who are eager to study under him. lle is a member of the llflodern Language Association of America and the Goethe Gesellschaft of Ciermany, MTNNA N. KIERN, l.'u.l3., A.M., Associate Professor K K F, fl' B 'lf Miss Kern was graduated from Ilillsdale College, where she received the degree of I'h.l3. Later she received the degree of A.lX'l. from lJeI'auw University. Miss Kern has spent two years in Germany, and six months in l'aris in pursuit of her studies. She is joint author with j. R. Kern of German Stories Retoldf' MTSS BHNNA NATIERN llliss Matern in assistant in the department of German in the College of Liberal Arts in the University, and is instructor in German in the Academv she is a graduate of lJel'auw and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and l'hi lleta Kappa 22 O as ' V11 -'H K f' N v I R it ,, ?'l S 'T 3 5 H nf

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Deparlmenl of Romance Languages ROSE FRANCOTS LAl'l'lflX'l, llcacl NLlllltQ'lIlIxLf'c' was tQ'l.'Z'Fll Us fha! we lII'i'Q'llf say filvusauf l'fIl'll'Q'.Y to 011611 nll1f1'. Miss l.aitcm's former homc was in llartforcl City, lmliaua. Cracluating' from thc high school at this place, shc cutcrccl Coriicll University, and hcrt followed a special cmirsc in preparation for hcr profession. Later shc stuclicc in Chicago. Aftci' tc-aching in thc high school of hci' home city shc camc to lJCil,2lllW in lUO5 as instriictor in l i'cncl1. Shc has sincc hccn clcctccl Dean of lfVUl'llCll, ancl still hulcls hoth positions. Shc quickly wins thc ccmliclciicc and rcspcct of all who know hor. Twclve courses arc offcrcrl in this clcpartmcnt, all tcncliiig' to a complcte clrill aml training' in thc use aml unclcrstaiicling' of thc language of thc court. 24 lin