Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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PROF. C. L. HERRICK

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CLARENCE L. HERRICK, M. S., PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY. Residence, Burgh Street. LEVERETTE E. AKINS, A. M., INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS. . . Residence, Granger Street, near Spellman. WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, A. M., INSTRUCTOR IN GREEK. Residence, YVest Elin Street. WILLIAM G. TIGHT, M. S., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY Residence, Mulberry Street. WILLIS A. CHAMBERLIN, A. B., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES. Residence, West College Street. CHARLES I-I. SPENCER, B. S., INSTRUCTOR IN NATURAL SCIENCE. Residence, Hotel Granville. ' JAMES B. TAYLOR, INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH AND NORMAL STUDIES. Residence, VVest Broadway. MISS NORA L. HOPKINS, INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION AND ORATORY. JAMES F. BALDNVIN, ASSISTANT IN LATIN. IRA C. PAINTER, ASSISTANT IN ENGLISH. EVERETT BEEKS, ASSISTANT IN ENGLISH. WILLIAM I-I. JOHNSON, A. M., SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN. E. C. F. DANIEL, CURATOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. IO

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wrofczsov QL. il. Sibemzicla. N representing Denison University, the claims of the Scientific Department are of the highest interest. To say nothing of the chair of Biology would be to ignore that which is becoming one of the strongest and most important factors in the progress of the institution. When, in 1885, Mr. Herrick was called to the chair of Geology and Natural History in Denison, the advantages offered in such sciences were insignificant, all interest in them was dormant. Testifying to the new and awakened condition of affairs, our Bulletin of the Laboratories is now received as an exchange throughout the United States and in Europe, and this magazine brings to the library many publications which would otherwise be unobtainable. Through printed publication and society organization, the scientific zeal of teachers and students has manifested itself. The disposition which Prof. Herrick possesses for work of this kind is observable in his early life. As a school-boy in Minneapolis he turned his attention to Ornithology, and his knowledge and achievements in the subject became consid- erable. Even at this early stage of his career several collec- tions were fitted out by him for high schools and academies. Always an intense and active student, the character of his work was shown by the fact that he gained one year over his classmates in public school. In college, he won honor for general high scholarship and was conspicuous for special activity in the line of his chosen profession, he was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1880, with the degree of B. S. Soon after graduation he continued his special studies at the University of Leipzig, under such instructors as Luckart, Credner, and Rauber. Several positions of importance were occupied by him in 13