Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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I MERVIN G. FILLER, A. M. Born 1873. A. B., Dickinson College, 1893 5 A. M., per examinationem, 18955 Instructor in Latin and Greek, Dickinson Preparatory School, 1893-99 5 Vice-Principal Dickinson Preparatory School, 1898-99 5 Professor of Latin, pro lempore, Dickinson College, 1899. HARRY F. WHITING, A. M., Adjunct-Professor in the Department of Latin and Mathematicsg Born 1870. A. B., Dickinson College, 18895 A. M., 1892. Private Secretary to the President of Dickinson College, 1889-905 Student at Cornell University, 1890-91 5 Instructor in Latin, Dickinson College, 1893-95. Adjunct-Professor of Latin and Mathe- matics in Dickinson College, 1895-. MONTGOMERY' P. SELLERS, A. M., Adjunct-Professor in the Department of English and German. Born 1873. Graduated at the Carlisle High School, 1889. Ph. B., Dickinson College, 18935 A. M., per examinationem, 1894. Assistant Instructor in German in Dickinson College, 1893-945 Instructor i11 German, Dickinson College, 1894-955 studied in Heidelberg, Germany, Summer of 1895 5 Adjunct-Professor of English and German, Dickinson College, 1895--. Reader in English Literature and History in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, Summer of 18965 Student in Old English and a Member of the Oxford Summer Meeting, Oxford, England, 1897 5 Traveled in Europe in 1895, '96 and '97. C. VVILLIAM PRETTYMAN, PH. D., Adjunct-Professor in the Department of German. Born 1872. A. B., Dickinson, 1891 5 Instructor in Mt. Holly Academy, '91-'925 Instructor in Davis MilitaryScl1ool, Winston, N. C., '92-'95 5 Spent Summer of '95 in Leipzig5 Graduate student of Germanics at Johns Hopkins University, '95-965 Fellow in Germanics and Student Assistant in German at johns Hopkins, '96-'97 5 Graduate Student of Germanics and Assistant in German University of Pennsylvania, '97-'995 Student in Germanics, Spring Semester at the University of Berlin, '985 Received degree of P11. D. from University of Pennsylvania, 18995 Appointed Semi-Fellow in Germanics, University of Pennsylvania, '99-19005 Re- signed to become Adjunct-Professor of German at Dickinson College, 1899. NATHAN PENNYPACKER STAUFFER, D. D. S., Professor in the Department of Hygiene and Physical Culture. ' . Born 1875. Special Course at Ursinus College, 1892-93 5 D. D. S., University of Pennsylvania, 1896 5 Hahnemann Medical Col- lege, 1896-97 twill graduale in 19005. Professor of Hygiene and Physical Culture in Dickinson College, 1897-985 Coach of Foot Ball team, 1896--Q Coach of Base Ball and Relay teams, 1897-. Lectured on Anatomybefore the Students, 1898. -14-

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