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

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John Archer Silver, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of History. A. B. Princeton, 1886; A.M., 1888. t B K. (J. H. U.). 1895. Instructor in Jaffna College, Ceylon, 1886-88. Student at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., 1888-90. Stu- dent of Philosophy and History in the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Paris, 1890-92. Student of History and Philoso- phy in the Graduate Department of the Johns Hopkins University, 1892-95; Ph.D., 1895 (J- H. U.). Author of “The Provisional Government of Maryland 1774-77 .M Professor of History. Hobart, 1895: Instructor in Economics and Politics, 1897-1908, Member of the American Historical Association. Member of Kappa Alpha Society. William Robert Brooks, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S., Professor of Astronomy. M.A. Hobart, 1891. D.Sc., Hamilton, 1898. ‘I B K. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member Selcno- graphieal Society of Great Britain. Member British Astronomical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Lecturer on Astronomy and other subjects since 1870. Early worker in photography and its application to Astronomy. Established Red House (Ibscrvutory, 1874, making all its telescopes. Became director of the Smith Observatory in 1888. 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 come I ary discoveries. Seven medals from the Astrono- mical Society for the Pacific Disk Observatory, balando Medallist of the Paris Academy of Sciences awarded for numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries.” Pro- fessor of Astronomy at Hobart, 1900. Gold Medal for photographs of eomet discoveries in Hobart exhibit at. St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904. Gold Medal from the Astronomi- cal Society of Mexico, 1906. Artiuk Avery Bacon, A.B.. A.M., Promlcr- gast Professor of Physics. Secretary and Registrar. A.B. Dartmouth, 1897, A.M., 1901. Tutor in Physics, Oberlin College, 1897 -98. Assistant in Physics, Dart- mouth, 1898-1900. Instructor in Mathematics anrl Astron- omy, 190001. Mathematical Master of Volkmann School, Boston, 1901 03. Professor of Physics, Hobart College, 1903. Member of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Member American Physical Society and French Physical Society; Member of the Phi Delta Fraternity.

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Charles Delamater Vail, A.B., A.M., L.H.D., Professor Emeritus of Rhet- oric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature. Librarian. A.B. Hobart 1859, A.M., 1862, L.H.D. 1904. I B K. 'Putor in Algebra, Hobart 1869-70; Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and the English Lan- guage Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and the En- glish Language and Literature, and Instructor in Logic, Hobart, 1872-88; Instructor in Elocution and Regis- trar, Hobart, 1888-1903. Librarian 1872-K Member Modern Language Association of America. Member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, University Club of New York. Corresponding Member of the New York Genealogical 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.B. University of Michigan, 1876; A.M., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins 1883. f 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, Johns Hopkins 1881-83. Professor of Mathematics, Hobart, 1883. Author of “Elements of Trigonometry 1900. Member of New York Mathematical Society. Fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Milton Haight 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; A.M., Ph.D., University of Leipsic 1889. I B K. Student in Universities of Strasburg, Berlin, and Leipsic, 1886-89. Adjunct Professor of Rhetoric and English, Hobart 189-1, Secretary of the Faculty 1890-07. Registrar 1903-07. Author of “The Legal Code of Alfred the Great,” edited with introduction, 1889; “Syllabusof English Literature,” 1893; IJe Quincey’s Flight of a Tartar Tribe,” edited 1897; “Selections from DeQuincey,” 1902, and “The English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc,” 1905; Member of Modern Language Association. 13

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John Ernest Lansino, A.B., AM., Professor of Chemistry. A.B. Harvard, 1898. A.M., Harvard, 1900. Travelled in Europe, 1898-99. Student in Harvard Graduate School 1899-1901. Instructor in Natural Sciences at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1901-05. Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hobart College, 1905. Professor 1906. Willis Patten Woodman, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Latin. A.B. Harvard 1895. A.M. 1896. Ph.D. 1902. Student at American School of Classical Studies in Rome 1899-1900. Instructor in Greek, Princeton University, 1902-3 Master in Classics, Morristown School, 1904-5. Instructor in Latin and Greek, Hobart, 1906. H K Hobart 1908. Professor of Latin 1907 Robert Mills Beach, B.D., Ph.D., Professor of Romance Languages. Vale, 1879-81. Teacher ('lassies and Modern Languages. Spring- field High School, Mass., Holderness Preparatory School, Now Hampshire, Newark Academy, Newark, X. J., St. Paul's School, Long Island. B.D. Episcopal Theological School, 1895. Cam- bridge, Mass., (Thesis: Life and Times of Savonarola) Ph.D. Univ. of Penn., 1907 (Thesis: 'traces of Greek Literature in the Obras Poeticas and the Anotaciones sol)re Gareilaso of Francesco Herrera)