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

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WILLIAM ROBERT BROOKS, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, M.A. Hobart 1891. D.Sc. Hamilton 1898. tB li, Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, Member Selenographical Society of Great Britain, Member British Astronomical Associa- tion, Fellow American Association for the advancement 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 Obser- vatory, 1874, making all its telescopes. Became director of the Smith Observatory in 18S8. Discoverer of twenty-three comets, the first one on October 21. 1881, the twenty-third on April 14, 1902. Winner of ten Warner Gold Prizes for cometary discoveries. Seven medals from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Lick Observatory. Lalande Medal- list of the Paris Academy of Sciences, awarded “ for numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries. Professor of Astronomy Hobart 1900. JOHN MUIR II El I), A.B., A.M., INSTRUCTOR IN RHETORIC, ELOCUTION AND ENGLISH. A.B. Columbia University 1900, A.M. 1901; Student at American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Instructor in Rhetoric and English, Hobart College 1901. NORMAN F.VERETT GILBERT. A.B., A.M.. Ph.I)., PRENDERGAST PROFESSOR OK PHYSICS AND INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS. A.B. Wesleyan University 1895, A.M. 1896. I B K. Instructor in Science, Cayuga Lake Military Academy 1S96-7, Professor of Mathematics, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary 1897-8. Ph.D. 1901, Johns Hopkins University, Prendergast Professor of Physics and Instructor in Mathematics. Hobart 1901. Member of U. S. Naval Observatory, Pine- hurst, N. C„ 1900, and Sumatra 1901. Temporary assistant at Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution 1902. Member of American Physical Society and of Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Is a member of A T A Fraternity. HERBERT RAYMOND MOODY, S.B., A.M.. Ph.D.. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY. S.B. Mass. Inst, of Technology 1892. A.M. School of Mines 1900. Ph.D. Columbia (Fac- ulty of Pure Science) 1901. Instructor in General Chemistry, Mass. Inst, of Tech. 1892- 1894. Instructor in Analytical Chemistry Mass. Inst. Tech. 1S94-1895. Instructor in Science, Gilbert School. Winsted, Conn., 1895-1900. Post Graduate Student Columbia University 1900-1901, Professor of Chemistry, Hobart College 1901. Author of “ Reactions at the' Temperature of the Electric Arc ’’ and of various articles in current chemical journals. Member of American Chemical Society, London Society of Chemical Industry, and K;S (Mass. Inst. Tech.). 14

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JOHN ARCHER SILVER, A.B., A.M., Ph.D, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND ECONOMICS. A. B. Princeton 1886; A.M. 1888. Instructor in Mental, Moral and Physical Science, Jaffria College, Ceylon 1S86-88. Student at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., 1888-90. Student of Philosophy and History in Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg and in Paris 1890-92 ; Student of History and Philosophy in Graduate Department of the Johns Hopkins University 1892-95 ; Ph.D. Author (1895) of “The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774-1777).” Professor of History, Hobart 1895. Professor of History and Economics, Hobart 1897. 4 B K. Is a member of the Kappa Alpha Society. THE REV. JOSEPH ALEXANDER LEIGHTON, A.B., B.D., Ph.D., CHAPLAIN AND PASTOR OF HOBART COLLEGE. INSTRUCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY. B. A. and Governor General’s Medallist in Science, Trinity University, Toronto, 1891. Grad- uate Scholar 1891-3, and Fellow 1893—4, in the Sage School of Philosophy of Cornell University. Ph.D. Cornell 1894; Student Harvard University and Episcopal Theological School 1894-6. B.D. Episcopal Theological School 1896. Assistant, Grace Church, New York, 1896-7. Student in Berlin and Erlangen 1897. Examiner in Philosophy, Trinity University 1893-6. Member of the American Psychological Association. Author of “The Study of Individuality,”(1902), and numerous reviews in the Philosophical Review; “Typical Modern Conceptions of God, with a Constructive Essay,” 1901 ; “ What is Personality?” in Proceedings of Church Congress for 1902. Charter Member American Philosophical Association. HOWARD PARKER JONES, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN AND FRENCH LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES. A.B. King’s College, Nova Scotia, 1884, A.M. 1891; Student Heidelberg University 1884-86 ; Ph.D. 18S6; at Paris 1886-7. Professor of Modern Languages, King’s College, N. S., 1888-92. Instructor in German, Cornell University, 1893-98. Author of “Jones’s German Reader.” Associate Professor of the German and French Languages and Literatures, Hobart 1898-9; Professor of the German and French Languages and Literatures, 1901. RICHARD CLARKE MANNING, JR., A.B., A.M., P11.D., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN. A.B. Harvard 1888, A.M. 1892, Ph.D. 1896. Student Universities of Bonn and Leipsic, 1892 —4; Tutor in Latin, Harvard College, 1S96-9; Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Hobart 1899. »3

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JAMES DREW REGAN, A.B., INSTRUCTOR IN GERMAN AND FRENCH. A.B. Amherst College 1900. Two years in Germany and France. Instructor in the German and French Languages, Hobart College 1902. Lecturers Jan. 19. Dr. Elwood Worcester. “ The Life and Character of Mohammed.” Feb. 17. Prof. H. A. Sill. “ Bismark and History.” Mar. 10. Prof. W. R. Brooks. “ Our Heavenly Visitors, the Comets.” Mar. 24. Prof. Elizabeth H. Denio. “ The Art of the Vatican.” college grounds