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

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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.

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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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William Robert Brooks, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S. Professor of Astronomy. M.A. Hobart, 1891. D.Sc., Hamilton, 1898. J B K. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society- Member Selenographi- cal Society of Great Britain. Member British Astronomical Association, Fellow American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Lecturer on Astronomy and other subjects since 1870. Early Worker in Photography and its applica- tion to Astronomy. Established Red House Observatory, 1874, making all its telescopes. Became director of the Smith Observatory in 1888. Discoverer of twenty-seven comets, the first one, Oct, 21, 1881, the twenty-seventh, Oct. 20, 1912. Winner of the ten Warner Gold Prizes for Cometary discoveries. Ten medals from the Astronomical Society for the Pacific Lisk Observatory. Lalande Medallist of the Paris Academy of Science awarded for “numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries.” Professor of Astronomy at Hobart, 1900. Gold Medal for photo- graphs of comet discoveries in Hobart exhibit at St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904- Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of Mexico, 1906; Professor of Astronomy, William Smith, 1908; Gold Medal from the Lisk Observatory, 1912. University Club. John Ernest Lansing, A.B., Chemistry. A.M. Professor of A.B. Harvard, 1898. A.M., Harvard, 1900. 4» B K. Traveled in Europe, 1898-99. Student in Harvard Graduate School, 1899-1901, Instructor in Natural Sciences at Phillips Academv, Andover, Mass., 1901-05. Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Gollege, 1905 Professor, 1906. Professor of Chcmistrv, William Smith, 1908. University Club. Arthur Avery Bacon, A.B., A.M., Pren- dergast Professor of Physics. A.B. Dartmouth, 1897, A.M., 1901. 4» B K. Tutor in Physics, Oberlin College, 1897-98. Assistant in Physics, Dartmouth, 1898-1900. Instructor in Mathematics and Astronomy, 1900-01. Mathematical Master of Volkmann School, Boston, 1901-03. Professor of Physics, Hobart Col- lege, 1903. Registrar and Secretary of Faculty, 1907. Pro- fessor of Physics, William Smith, 1909. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society and French Physical Society. University Club.