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

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REUTER RUSHMORE SHEPARD BAKER BAUGHER HUTTON KINGMAN READ

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Dedication N dedicating this volume of the Echo to Dr. Leighton, the Editorial Board, for the class of 1903, wish to take this opportunity to express publicly their high estimation of Dr. Leighton’s usefulness and efficiency as Chaplain and Professor of Philosophy at Plobart. Although still a comparatively young man, Dr. Leighton has brought to Hobart the experience of an active and eventful career. Born Dec. 2, 1870, at Orangeville, Province oi Ontario, Canada, he attended, at an early age, the local schools, and at the age of seventeen entered Trinity College, Toronto. In 1891, he was graduated A.B. from Trinity with honors in Scieuce and Philosophy, and received a medal for proficiency in Natural Science, the medal being awarded by the Governor General of Canada. Wishing to continue his philosophical researches, he received an appointment as Post-Graduate Scholar in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cor- nell. After two years of study as a Scholar, and one year as a Fellow, he received his Ph.D. degree in June, 1894. From Cornell, Dr. Leighton went to Cambridge to study Theology in the Episcopal Theo- logical School and Philosophy in Harvard University under Professors Royce and Evans. In June, 1896, having received a degree of B.D. at the Theological School, he went to Europe, spending the summer in Tiibigen, and traveling until October of the same year. After having been ordained to the Episcopal ministry, he became a curate at Grace Church, New York City. He remained here until March, 1897, when he went to England with the lacrosse team of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and after having played lacrosse for two months, being at the same time correspondent for Harper's Weekly, in May, 1897, he went to Berlin. He studied at Berlin and Erlougen until the midsummer, traveled about Germany and Switzerland until October, when he returned to this country, to become Chaplain and Professor of Philosophy at Plobart. While leading such an active, strenuous life, Dr. Leighton has found time to interest himself in athletics. He has started the game of lacrosse at Cornell and Hobart, has revived the game at Harvard, and was a member of the Crescent team which returned to America the champion lacrosse team of the Anglo-Saxon countries. For the Philosophical Review, Dr. Leighton has written two essays on Fichte and Hegel, and numerous reviews of philosophical and scientific w'orks. During the past year, his first regular work, “Typical Modern Conceptions of God,’’ has been published by Longmans, Green Co. A testimony to the high reputation that Dr. Leighton holds among the Professors of Philosophy in America may be found in the fact that Dr. Leighton has been one of the Founders of the American Philosophical Association, an organization to which all the eminent philos- ophers of this country belong. Thus within the period of tw-elve years Dr. Leighton has attended four American and three German institutions of learning, and has received three degrees. Thus he brings to Hobart a well-developed experience and personality and the students are fortunate in having such an able professor to introduce them to the vital problems of psychology, ethics, and meta- physics. Dr. Leighton has a long career of usefulness and service before him and the class of 1903, in this Dedication, sincerely express their estimation and regard for his ability.

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E,cHo Board Hditor-in-Chief Norman Orlando Hutton. 2 t Editorial Board Edwin V. Baker, 01X Robert Vaux Read, K a Oliver Kingman, 2 X Clarence Baugher Business Board Chairman, Perry R. Shepard. 2 1 Henry Reuter, ® A X Edwin Haff Rushmork, 2 4 — 7 —