University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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LUCIEN ELMER SAYRE. 1'11,x1u1ACY. LUCIEN ELM E R SAYRE was born November 2, 1847, at Bridgeton, N. He prepared for his chosen profession by a four-years apprenticeship in Pharmacy. He then p11rs11ed a technical course at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in 1866. Dur- ing this course he studied under a physician and attended lectures in medicine. Later he attended special lectures at jefferson Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania. lu 1879 he went i11to business as pharmacist and manufacturing chemist, and was at tl1e same time Quiz Master in Pharmacy and Materia Medica at his alma mater. In 1880 he was elected Lecturer in Pharmacy and Demonstrator of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the xVOl'!1Z1I1'S Medical College, Philadelphia. Since 1885 Professor Sayre has been Dean of the Pharmacy Department of the University of Kansas. Professor Sayre was for five years editor of the Druggisfs journal, of Philadelphia, is a contributor to various scientific journals, author of Organic Materia Medica and 'tPharmacal Botany, and also of Essentials of Phar- macy. ' ARTHUR GRAVES CANFIELD. FRENCH LANGUAGE AND L1'r121zATU1u2. ARTHUR GRAVES CANFIELD was born in Sunderland, Vermont, March 27, 1859. He received his early education in district schools and at Burr and Burton Academy. In 1878 he graduated at VVilliams College with the degree of A. B., and in 1882 received the degree of A. M. He also soent some time studying at the universities of Leipzig, Berlin, Giittingen and Paris. In 1883 Professor Canfield was appointed Assistant in Modern Languages in the University of Kansas, and in 1887 he became Professor of French in this institution. Profes- sor Canfield is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and also of the Modern Language Association of America. LUCIEN IRA BLAKE. 1'HYs1cs AND 121.15c'1'1i1CAL ENGINEERING. LUCIEN IRA BLAKE was born at Mansfield, Massachusetts, in 1856. He graduated at Amherst College in 1877. ln ISSO he went to Germany and studied under Professor Helm- holtz. He received the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Berlin in 1883. After return- ing to America he accepted the Chair of Physics and Electrical Engineering. He remained at this institution until 1888, when he was called to his present position in the University of Kansas. Professor lilake has for some time been engaged in perfecting a system of fog sig- nals by means of electricity, using water fora conductor. The system is now well nigh com- pleted and is almost certain to prove of inestimable value in preventing collisions upon the sea. Professor Blake has published a large number of scientiiic articles in some of the lead- ing scientiiic periodicals of the day. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. CHARLES GRAHAM DUNLAP. 1iNfs1,1s11 LANGUAGE AND I.1T151iA'1'U1iE. CllARl,lCS GRAIIAM IJUNLAP was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, September 30, 1859. He graduated A. ll. from Ohio XVesleyan University in 1883. ln 1885-86 he held a scholarship i11 linglish at johns llopkins University. In 1887 Professor Dunlap was appointed Assistant Professor of linglish in the University of Kansas, Associate Professor of English in 1889, and full Professor in 18170. ln l8!j1ZllC received the degree of Doctor of Literature from Prince- ton College. lle nas inarricd in August of 1891 to Miss Anna March, who is also a member of the Linivcisiiy facility. Professor Dunlap is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. I 7