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

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16 THE ECI10 OF THE SENECA Charles Delamatek Vail, A.B., A.M., L.H.D. Professor Emeritus of Rhet- oric and Elocution and the English Language and T .iterature Librarian Emeritus. A. 13. Hobart 1859, A.M., 1802, L.H.D., 1904. ‘I I'» K 'I‘utor in Algebra, Hobart, 1869-70. Horace White- Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature, and Instructor in Logie, Hobart, 1H72 88. Inctruotorin Flnentinn and Registrar. Hobart, 1888-1903 Librarian. 1873-100«). Member Modern Language Association of America. Mcuibci Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, University Clui» ol 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 HaioutTi kk. A.B.. A.M., Ph.D. Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and the English Language and Literature. Librarian. A.B, Columbia, 1886; A.M., Ph.l)., University of Leipsie, 1889. «I 11 K. Student in Universities of Strasburg, Berlin, and Lcipsic, 1886-89. Adjunct Pn fcssor f Rhet ric and English, 1 Iobart 1891, Secretary of the Faculty, 1890 07. Registrar, 1903-07. Author of “The Legal Code of Alfred the Great, edited with introduction, is,So: “Syllabus of English Literature, 1893. “De Quineey’s Flight of a Tartar Tribe,” edited 1897; “Selections from Do Quin- coy, 1902, and “The English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc, 1905: Member of Modern Language Association; traveled in Europe, 1912-13. Johx Archer Silver, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Pro- fessor of History. A.B. Princeton, 1886; A.M.. 1888. l H K. J. H. U.t, 1895. Instructor in JalTna 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. II. U.). Author of “The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774-77). Professor of History, Hobart, 1895. Instructor Economics and Politics, 1897-1908; Professor of History, William Smith, 1908; Member of the Ameri- can Historical Association. Member of the Kappa Alpha Society. Member of University Club. ♦Deceased.

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FACULTY William Pitt Dirkee, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty. A.B. University of Michigan, 1876; A.M., Ph.I)., Johns Hopkins, 1883. l H K. Professor of Mathematics, Uni- versity Mound College anti Berkley Gymnasium, 1876-81. Fe’ilow in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins, 1881 83. Professor of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins, 1881-83. Professor of Mathemetics, 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. Acting President, 1912 1 and 1915 16. Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, A.B. A.M., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of Greek Lan- guage and Literature. A.B. (with first honors) Harvard, 1861; A.M., 1870. «I» R K. Instructor in Lowell High School, 1862-68. Professor of 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.

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VOLUME LV. 1916 17 William Robert Brooks, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S. Professor of Astronomy. M.A. Hobart, 1891. D.Sc., Hamilton, 1898. »!• 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. 2u, 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 Observaiorv, 1912. University Club. Arthur Avery Bacon, A.B., A.VI., Pren- dergast Professor of Physics. A.B. Dartmouth, 1897, A.M., 1901. 1» UK. 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. John Ernest Lansing, A.B., A.M. Professor of Chemistry. A.B. Harvard, 1898. A.M., Harvard, 1900. I B K. Traveled 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. Professor of Chemistry, William Smith, 1908. University (dub.