Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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HENRY A. SILL. A.B. Columbia University 1888, A.M. 1889; Ph.D. Halle 1900; Studied at Oxford, Berlin and Halle. Tutor in History, College of the City of New York 1901. Jan. 14. Dr. Rush Rhkes. President of Rochester University. “ The Culture of the Imagination.” Jan. 20. Dr. Elwood Worcester. “ The Goodness of God and the Evil in the World.” Jan. 28. Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe. Bishop of Alaska. ” Alaska.” Mar. 13. Professor J. E. Creighton. Professor of Philosophy in Cornell Uuiversity. “ Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Waj s of Thinking.” — 21 —

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WILLIAM ROBERT BROOKS, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY. M.A. Hobart 1891. U.Sc. Hamilton 1898, 1 BK. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, Mem- ber Selenographical Society of Great Britain, Fellow American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Lecturer on Astronomy and other Subjects since 1S70. Contributor to literary and scientific periodicals. Early worker in photography and its application to Astronomy. Established Red House Observatory 1874, making all its telescopes. Became director of the Smith Observatory in 1888- Discoverer of twenty-two comets, the first one on Oct. 21, 1881, the twenty-second on July 23, 1900. Winner of ten Warner Gold Prizes for cometary discoveries. Seven medals from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Lick Observator}'. Lalaude Medallist of the Paris Academy of Sciences, awarded “for numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries.'1 Professor of Astronomy, Hobart 1900. CLEMENT GOLDSMITH ELMER, A.B., INSTRUCTOR IN FRENCH AND GERMAN. A.B. Williams 1S95. Student, University of Gottingen, 1896 ; Harvard University 1896-7 ; Instructor in German and Greek, Cushing Academy 1897-9. Student, University of Leipsic, 1899-1900 ; Instructor in French and German, Hobart 1900. HERBERT R. MOODY. S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. Columbia University 1900, Ph.D. 1901; Instructor in Analytical Chemistry, 1892-95, Mass. Institute of Technology. Instructor in Science, Gilbert School, Winsted Ct., 1895-1900. Post Graduate student Columbia Univer- sity 1900-01 ; Professor of Chemistry at Hobart College 1901. NORMAN EVERETT GILBERT. A.B. Wesleyan College 1895; A.M. Wesleyan College 1896; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins,University, 1901. Instructor in Science, Cayuga Lake Military Academy. Professor of Mathematics in Genesee Wesleyan Military Academy. Post Graduate studeut in Science Johns Hop- kins University ; U. S. Naval Observatory Staff 1901. Traveled iu the Orient. Professor of Physics and Assistant Professor in Mathematics Hobart College 1901. JOHN MUIRHEID. A.B. Columbia University 1900, A.M. 1901 ; Student at American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Instructor iu Rhetoric and English, Hobart College 1901. — 20 —

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Associate Alumni OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR I90I-1902 Rev. John A. Staunton, A.M., ’58, Philadelphia, .... President Rev. Charles K. J. Wrigley, A.M., ’79, Buffalo, . . . Vice-President Prof. Charles D. Vail, A.M., ’59, Geneva, .... Recording Secretary Charles O. Boswell, M.D., ’93, Rochester, N. Y., . . . . Secretary Edward J. Cook, B.L., ’95, Geneva, ...... Treasurer Rev. Charles W. Hayes, D.D., ’49, Geneva, ..... Historian EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rev. John A. Staunton. A.M., ....... Ex-officio Rev. Charles F. J. Wrigley, A.M., ...... Ex-officio Prof. Charles D. Vail, A.M., ... ... Ex-officio Charles O. Boswell, M.D., . . . . . . . Ex-officio Edward J. Cook, B.D., ........ Ex-officio Rev. Robert M. Duff, D.D., '61, Waterloo, N. Y., .... Additional Lewis W. Keyes, A.M., ’87, Geueva, ..... Additional William L. Herendeen, B.L., ’80, Geneva, ..... Additional STANDING COM M IT TEES On Deceased Members Rev. Charles W. Hayes, D.D., ’49, Geneva. Prof. Charles D. Vail, A.M., ’59, Geneva. Rev. Henry Macbeth, A.M., '85, Willimautic, Conn. Rev. Thomas Duck, A.M., ’78, Hammondsport, N. Y. Rev. MalcolmS. Johnston, A.M., Buffalo, N. Y. On the Condition and Prospects of the College S. Douglas Cornell. A.M., '60, Buffalo, N. Y. Rev. Louis M. Sweet, A.M., ’92, Union Springs, N. Y. William L. Herendeen, B.S., 'So, Geneva. TRUSTEE ELECTED JUNE, I9OI S. Douglas Cornell, A.M., '60, Buffalo, N. Y. — 22 —