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

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Jf acuit? Lyman Pierson Powell. Thirteenth President of Hobart College. (See Biography) 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. ♦ B K. Professor of Mathematics, Uni- versity Mound College and Berkley Gymnasium, 1876-81. Fellow in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins, 1881-83. Pro- fessor of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins, 1881-83. Professor of Mathematics, Hobart, 883. Author of “Elements of Trigonometry,” 1900. Member of New York Mathematical Society. Fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Acting President, 1912-13. Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, A.B., A.M., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of Greek Language and Literature. A.B (with first honors) Harvard, 1861; A.M., 1870. '1' 15 K. Instructor in Lowell High School, 1862-68. Professor Greek Language and Literature, Hobart, 1868. Member of Institute of 1770, Rumford Society. Traveled in Europe, 1872: traveled in Greece, 1892; traveled in Europe, 1907, 1911. Professor Emeritus, 1911. LL.D., Hobart, 1911. IO

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gshantnng Committees! of tfje GTrugteeS 1913=14 Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Graves, EXECUTIVE The President, Chairman Mr. Van Auken, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wheat, Mr. Chew, Dr. Mumford. ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The President, Chairman, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Van Auken, Rf.v. Dr. Mann, Mr. Rankine, Dr. Mumford. Mr. Armstrong, ON HONORS Rev. Dr. Peters, Chairman, Mr. Prince, Mr. Rankine, The President. Mr. Walker, ON INSTRUCTION Mrs. Comstock, Chairman, Mr. Graves, Miss Pope. Mr. Wheat, ON THE LIBRARY Mr. Merritt, Chairman, Mr. Chew, Miss Pope, Rev. Mr. Ferris, The President 9

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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 Emeritus. A.B., Hobart, 1859, A.M., 1862, L.H.D., 1904. 4 B K. Tutor in Algebra, Hobart, 1869-70. Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature, and Instructor in Logic, Hobart, 1872-88. Instructor in Elocution and Registrar, Hobart, 1888-1903. Librarian, 1872-1909. 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. Milton Haight Turk, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and the English Language and Literature. Dean of Willaim Smith College. A.B. Columbia, 1886; A.M., Ph.D., University of Lcipsic, 1889, ,. , Student in Universities of Strasburg, Berlin, and Lcipsic, 1886-89. Adjunct Professor of Rhetoric and English, Hobart 1891. r ?Sary Faculty, 1890-07. Registrar, 1903-97. Author I be Legal Code of Alfred the Great,” edited with introduction, 1889; “Syllabus of English Literature,” 1893. De Quincey's Flight of a Tartar Tribe, edited 1897; “Selections from De Quin- coy,“ 1902, and “The English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc,” 1905: Member of Modem Language Association; traveled in Europe, 1912-13. ]ohn Archer Silver, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Pro- fessor of History. A.B. Princeton, 1886; A.M., 1888. 4 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, 1890-95; Ph.D., 1895 (J. H. U.). Author of “The Provisional Government of Maryland” (1774-77). Professor of History, Hobart, 1895. Instructor Economies and Polities, 1897-1908; Professor of History, William Smith, 1908; Member of the Ameri- can Historical Association. Member of the Kappa Alpha Society. Member of the National Geographical Society. Member of University Club.