Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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THE EMERSONIAN 25 Willtairi Ralte President Emeritus iiliam James Rolte was iaani in Xewhnryport, i Iass., Dec. lo, 1827. Mis boyhood was passed in Lowell, IMass. Me was graduated from Amherst College in 1849. 59 received the honory degree of i I. at Har- vard, and the same degree at Amherst in 1865. He is one of the foremost Shakespearean scholars his works having long been recargnized as one of the standard critical authorities. In 1903 he was elected President of Emer- son College of Oratory, which position he resigned from in 1908, though he still gives of the fruit of his wisdom in a course of lectures delivered during the college year.

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THE EMERSONIAN 27 Hari y Seymour Ross Harry Seymour Ross was born in East lladdam, Conn., in 1868. The boyhood of ] Ir. Ross was spent in the little Connecticut town where he remained until he was twenty years of age. At that time he went to Oberlin, ( )hio, where he went through the preparatory school and did three years of college work, earning all his ex- penses himself. After a rear of absence from Oberlin Mr. Ross intended to return, but turned instead to Emerson College of Oratory, where he was graduated in 1897. After his graduation he went as professor in haigiish and Elocution to W orcester Academy, and after three years his labor was recognized in his appointment as [Master of English. In 1905 }.lr. Ross was made the first assistant to Dr. D. W. Abercromhic, the principal, in whose absence he was acting principal. In 1902, while travelling in Europe, Mr. Ross met [Miss IMla [Mc- Duffee. The following year they were married and together they siient some time in England, Scotland and Wales. In IQ08 Mr. Ross became dean of Emerson College of Oratory, and is generally loved by the Emerson students.