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

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20 THE ECHO OF THE SENECA John Archer Silver, A.13., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Histon-. A B. Princeton, i SSc»; A M , iSSS «| B K (J. II. l ), 1895. Instructor in Jaffna College, Ceylon, 1S86-SS. Student at tilt? Episcopal Theological School, Canil ridge, Mass., 1 SSS 90. StiKlcnt of Philosophy ami History in the Universities of Berlin. Heidelberg and Paris, 1890-92. Student of History and Philosophy in the Graduate Department of the Johns Hopkins University, 1802 05; Ph.D., 1895 (J. H. U ) Author of “The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774 77).“ Pro- fessor of History. Hobart. 1895: Instructor in Economies and Polities, 1897 1908 Member of the American Historical Association. Member of Kappa Alpha Society The Rkv. Joseph Alexander Leighton, A.IP. B.D., Ph.D., Chaplain and Pastor of Hobart College. Professor of Philr sophy and Psychology. B A. ami Governor General's Medallist in Science, Trinity Univer- sity, Toronto. 1S91. Graduate Scholar. iSgi and Fellow, iSti.i 94. in the Sage School of Philosophy of UorncII University Ph 1 . UorncII. 1X94: Student at Harvard University and Episcn- pal Theological School, 1894—g6 B.D , Episcopal Theological School 1896. 4» B K Assistant, Grace Uhureh, New York. iSi»o 07 Student in Berlin and Erlangen 1897 Examiner in Philosophy Trinity University 1894 -gf . Member of the American Psychological Association and American Philosophical Association Author of numerous articles and Reviews in the Philosophical Review and the Journal of Philosophy: “Typical Modern Con- ceptions of God. with a constructive Essay, 1901; “What is Personality?” in Proceedings of Uhureh Congress 1902. “Jesus t'hrisi and the Civilization of Today, 1907. Editor and contribu- tor to the United Editor s Encyclopaedia and Dictionary. Arthur Avery Bacon, A.IP, A.M., Prender- gast Professor of Physics. Secretary and Registrar. A B Dartmouth. 1 7. AM , 1901 Tutor in Physics, Ohorlin College. 1S 7 - gS Assistant in Physics, Dartmouth. 1 Sg.x 1900. Instructor in Mathematics and Astronomy, 1900-01. Mathematical Master of Ycilkinann School. Boston, 1901 ot . Professor of Physics, Hobart College. 190Member of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science Member American Physical Society and French Physi- cal Society; Member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

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VOLUME XLVIII, 1909 19 Charlbs Delamater Vail, A.B., A.M., L.H.D., Professor Emeritus of Rhet- oric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature. Librarian. A H Hobart 1859. A.M. 1862, L.H.D. 1904 lk B K 'Putor in Algebra, Hobart 1869-70; Horace White Professor of Rhetoric ami Elocution and the English Language and Literature, and Instructor in Logic, Hobart, 1872-88; Instructor in Elocution ami Regis- trar, Hobart. 1888-1903. Librarian 1872-+ Member Modern Language Association of America Member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, University Club of Xc v York. Corresponding Member of the New York Gcncologieal and Biographical Society. Trustee of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and Member of the Watkins Glen Committee. William Pitt Durfee, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty. A H, University of Michigan, 1876; A M., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins 1883. ‘k B K. Professor of Mathematics, Uni- versity Mound College and Berkeley Gymnasium 1876-81; Fellow in Mathematics. Johns Hopkins 1881-83. Pro- fessor of Mathematics, Hobart, 1883. Author of “Elements of Trigonometry” 1900 Member of New York Mathematical Society. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Miltox Haioht Turk, A.B.. A.M., Ph.D., Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and the English Language and Literature. Dean of William Smith College. A.B. Columbia 1886; AM, Ph.D.. University of Leipsie 1889. ‘I B K. Student in Universities of Strasburg, Berlin, and Leipsie, 1886 -89. Adjunct. Professor of Rhetoric and English, Hobart 1891 Secretary of the Faculty 1890-07. Registrar 1903-07 Author of The Legal Code of Alfred the Great,'’ edited with introduction, 1889; “Syllabus of English Literature. 1893; “ DeOuincev’s Flight of a Tartar Tribe ’ edited 1S97; and “The English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc,” 1905; Member of American Philological Association, Modern Language Association

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VOLUME XLVIII, 1909 21 W illiam Robert Brooks, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., Professor of Astronomy. M A. Hobart. 1891. D.Sc., Hamilton, 1898. A •1 B K. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Mem- ber Selenographical Society of Great Britain. Member British Astronomical Association, Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Lecturer on Astronomy and other subjects since 1S70. Early worker in photography and its appli- cation to Astronomy. Established Red House Observatory, 1874. making all its telescopes. Be- came director of the Smith Observatory in 1S88. Discoverer of twenty-five comets, the first one Oct. 21, 1881. the twenty-fifth Jan. 26, 1906. Winner of the ten Warner Gold Prizes for cometary dis- coveries. Seven medals from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Lick Observatory Lalande Medallist of the Paris Academy of Sciences awarded for numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries.” Professor of Astronomy at Hobart. 1900. Gold Medal for photographs of comet discoveries in Hobart exhibit at St Louis World's Fair, 1904. Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of Mexico, 1906. John Ernest Lansing. A.B., A.M., Professor of Chemistry. A.B. Harvard, 1898. A.M., Harvard 190c. Travelled in Europe, 1898-99. Student in Harvard Graduate School 1S99- 1901. Instructor in Natural Sciences at Phillips Academy, Andover. Mass., 1901-05. Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hobart College, 1905 Professor 1906 Robert Mills Beach, B.D.. Ph.I).. Professor of Romance Languages. Vale, 1879-81. Teacher ('lassies and Modern Languages, Springfield High School, Mass., Holderness Preparatory School. New Hampshire, Newark Academy, Newark, N J , St. Paul’s School, Long Island. B.D. Episcopal Theological School. 1895, Cambridge, Mass., (Thesis: Life and Times of Savonarola) Ph.D. Univ. of Penn., 1907, (Thesis: Traces of Greek Literature in theObras Poeticas and the Anotaciones sobre Garcilaso of Francesco Herrera)