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

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20 THE ECHO OF THE SENECA William Pitt Di keek, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty. A.B. University of Michigan, I 70; A.M., Ph.D., Johns Uopkins, 1883. ‘I' B K Professor of Mathematics, I’ni- cirsiiy Mound College and Berkley Gvmnasiuni, 1876-81. Bellow in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins, 1S81 S3. Professor of Mathematics. Johns Hopkins, 1881 83. Professor of Mathematics, Hobart, 18K3. Author of Hlemcnts of trigonometry, 1900, Mcinl erof New York Mathematical Society. I cl low of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Acting President, 1912-13 and 1915 lb. Joseph Hethekinotox Me Daniels, A.B., A.M., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of Greek Lan- guage and Literature. A.B. (with first honors) Harvard. 1861; A.M., 1870. 1» B K. Instructor in Lowell High School, 1862-68. Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Hobart, 1868. Member of Institute of 1770, Rurnford Society. Traveled in Kurope, 1872; 1 raveled in Greece, 1892: traveled in Europe, 1907, 1911. Professor Emeritus, 1911. LL.I)., Hobart, 1911.

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VOLUME LVI. 1917 2 1 Charles Delamater Vail, A.B., A.M., L.H.I). Professor Emeritus of Rhet- oric and Elocution find the English Language and Literature. Librarian Emeritus. A. 13. Hobart 1859, A.M., 1862, L.II.I)., 1904. 4» B K. 'Lutor in Algebra, Hobart, 1869-70. Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature, and Instructor in Logic, 1 fol art, 1872-88. Inst ructor 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 t he Watkins Glen Committee. Milton Haight Turk, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Horace White Professor of Rhetoric and the English Language and Literature. Librarian. A. 13. Columina, 1886; A.M., Ph.D., University of Leipsie. 1889. 4 B K. Student in Universities of StrasLurg, Berlin, and Leipsie, 18Sf 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. “De QuineeyN Flight of a Tartar Tribe,” edited 1897; “Selections from De Quin- eoy,” 1902, and “The English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc,” 1903; Member of Modern Language Association; traveled in Europe, 1912 13. William Robert Brooks, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.A.S. Professor of Astronomy. M.A. Hobart, 1891. D.Sc., Hamilton, 1898. 4» B K. Fellow R yal Astrow. mieal Society. i 1 cml-cr Selcnographi- cal Society of Great Britain. Member British Astronomical Association, Fellow American Association for the Advance- ment « f 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 (Ibservatory. Lalande Medallist of the Paris Academy of Science awarded for “numerous a™l brilliant astronomical discoveries.” Professor of Astronomy at Hobart, 1900. Gold Medal for photo- graphs of cornet, 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.