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

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 F Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, A. B., A.M., LL.D Professor Emeritus of Greek Language and Literature. Harvard A.B. '61; A.M. '72; Hobart LL.D. ’91. Professor of Greek I anguagc and Literature, Hobart 1868-1911; Professor Emeritus 1911; Phi Beta Kappa; Rumford Society Institute of 1770; American Phililogical Association; Archaeological Insti- tute of America; Member: University Club. Editor: “Let- ters and Memorials of Wcndall Phillips Garrison,” 1908. Milton Haight Lurk, A. B., A. M., Ph.D. Horace White Professor of the English Language and Litera- ture. Librarian. Columbia A.B. ’86. 4» B K. Student in the Universities of Strass- burg, Berlin, and Leipzig 1886-89. Leipzig A.M., Ph.D. '89. Hor- ace White Professor of English Language and Literature since 1890. Secretary of the Faculty 1890-1907, Hobart College: First Dean of William Smith College 1907-15; Librarian of Hobart College 1915- . Member: Modern Language Association of America. Author: Svllabus of English Literature 1893.” Editor: “The Legal Code of Alfred the Great, 1893; DcQuineevY, Flight of A Tartar Tribe, 1897; Selections front DeQuincey, 1902, DtQuin- ccy’s The English Mail Coach and Joan of Are. 1905. Univer- sity Club. William Robert Brooks, M. A., D. Sc., F. R. A. S. Professor of Astronomy. Hobart M.A. 91; Hamilton D.Sc. '98. Phi Beta Kappa Fel- low Royal Astronomical Society; Member Stenographical Society of Great Britain; Member British Astronomical Association: Fel- low American Association for the Advancement of Science; Lec- turer on Astronomy and other subjects since 1870; Early Worker in Photography and it’s applications to astronomy; Established Red House Observatory, 1874, making all of it’s telescopes; be- came director of the Smith Observatory in 1888; discoverer of twenty-seven comets, the first one, Oct. 21, 1881, the twenty-sev- enth Oct. 20, 1912; winner of the ten Warner Gold Prizes for Cometarv discoveries; ten medals from the Astronomical Society for the Pacific Lisk Observatory; Lalandc Medallist of the Paris Academy of Science awarded for “numerous and brilliant astronom- ical discoveries ; Professor of Astronomy at Hobart, 19(H)- Gold Medal for Photographs of comet discoveries in Hobart exhibit at St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904; Gold Medal from the Astronom- ical Society of Mexico, 1906; Professor of Astromomy at Wil- liam Smith, 1908; Gold Medal from the Lisk Observatory, 1912; University Club. Deceased IQ

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The Rev. Murray Bartlett, A. 13., A. M., D. D., President of Hobart College. Harvard A.B. '92; M.A. ’93; Graduated General Tluological Seminary ’96: University of Rochester D.D. ’08. Curate of Grace Church, New York City, 1896-7; Rector of St. Paul's Church, Rochester, 1897-1908; Dean of The Cathedral of Saints Mary and John, Manila, 1908-11; First President and organizer of the University of the Philippines, 1911 -15: Founder of the Grad- uate School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health: Y. M. C. A Secretary Overseas; Honorary Chaplain 18th. Infantry, 1918; Croix de Guerre: Chevelicr of the Legion of Honor; Fellow A.A.A.S.; Life Member Society of the First Division, A. F. F.; Phi Beta Kappa; Member of; Harvard Club, New York City; Genesee Valley Club, Rochester: University Club, Rotary Club, Countrv Club, Geneva. Author of: “A University For The Filipino. ' President of Hobart College, 1919- WTlliam Pitt Durfee, A. B., Ph.D. Professor of Math ematics and Dean of the Faculty. University of Michigan A.B. '76; Johns Hopkins, Ph.D. 83. Phi Beta Kappa; Professor of Mathematics, University Mound College and Berkeley Gymnasium, 1876-81; Fellow in Mathe- matics, Johns Hopkins, 1881-83; Professor of Mathematics, Ho- bart, 1884: William Smith College, 1908- Dean of Hobart since 1888; Acting President 1897, 1901-03, 1912-13, 1917-19. Mem- ber: American Mathematical Society; Mathematic Association of America; Fellow A. A. A. S.; Author “Elements of Trigo- nometry, ”1901. Charles Delamater Vail, A. B., A. M., L. H. D. Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Elocution and the English Language and Literature. Librarian Emeritus. Hobart A.B. ’59; A.M. '62; L.H.D. ’04. Phi Beta Kappa; Principal Manlius Academy, 1859-60; Seneca Falls Academy, 1860-62: Assisted in organizing the 126th. New York Volunteers for Civil War; Classical instructor 1865-66, Founder and Prin- cipal of the Genova Grammar School, 1866-67; Virc Prinripa1 of die Geneva CW.si'nl nod Union School. 187072; Horace Whit® Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution and of the English Language and Literature, 1872-88; Registrar, 1872-1903; Librarian, 1872- 1909; Instructor in elocution 1888-1902; Professor emeritus and Librarian emeritus, i9 x), Hobart College; Vice-President Geneva Cutlery Company: Trustee American Scenic and Historic Society: Member: Letch worth Park Commission; Civil Service Reform Association; American Civic Association; American Society of Indian: Archaeological Institute of Rochester; General and Bi- ographical Society: Alpha Delta Phi Society. Clubs: Uni- versity (Rochester); Owasco; Kanadasaga; Country; Kcuka Yacht (Penn Yan); Coming. Writer on local history. Deceased 18

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John Muirhead, A. B., A. M. Professor of Rhetoric. Elocution and the English Language and Literature. Columbia University, A.B. 19(H), A.M. 1901; Student at American Academy of Dramatic Arts; Instructor in Rhetoric and English, Hobart College, 1901; Assistant Professor,‘1906; Phi Beta Kap- pa; Professor, 1912; University Club; Columbia University Club. John Ernest Lansing, A. B., A. M. Professor of Chem- istry. Secretary of the Faculty and Registrar. A.B. Harvard 1898; A.M. Harvard 19(H); Traveled in Europe, 1898-99; Student in Harvard Graduate School, 1899-1901; In- structor in Natural Sciences at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1961-05; Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hobart College, 1905; Professor, 1906; Professor of Chemistry at William Smith College, 1908; University Club. Phi Beta Kappa. Willis Patten Woodman, A. B., A. M., Ph.D. Pro- fessor of the Latin Language and Literature. A.B. Harvard 1895; A.M., 1896; Ph.D., 1902; Phi Beta Kap- pa (Hobart 1908); Student of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1899-1900; Teacher of Latin and Greek, Pem- broke Academy, Pembroke, New Hampshire, 1896-98; Instructor in Greek, Princeton University, 1902-05; Classics Master, Mor- ristown School, Morristown, New Jersey, 1904-05; Instructor in Latin and Greek, Hobart College, 1906; Hobart Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, 1907; Professor of Latin, William Smith College, 1908; Y. M. C A Teacher of French at Camp Hill and Langley Field, Summer 1918; Member: of the American Philological Association. The Archaeological Institute of America, The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, The Harvard Club of New York City, The University Club of Geneva. 20