University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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SAMI IEL WENDELL WILLISTON. GIZOLOGY AN IJ l'A LIQONTOLOGY. SAMUICI. XVliNl7lCI,I, XYll.l-lS'l'ON was horn in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1852. He removcd to Kansas in 1857 and attended the public schools at Manhattan and the Kansas Agricultural College. l.:1tt:r he attended the University of Iowa and Yale University. In 1872 he received the degree of li. S. from Kansas Agricultural College, and in 1875 that of M. S. In lS8Ol1C recvixed the degree of M. ll. from Yale University, and in 1885 the degree of Ph. D. from the same institution. lfrorn 1881 to 1885 Professor XVillist0n was Assistant Paleon- tologist of the United States Geological Survey. From 1880 to 1885 he was Assistant in Os- teology at Yale, and lbenmonstrator of Anatomy there in 1886. From 1886 to 1890 he was Professor of Anatomy at the sarne institution. He was Assistant Editor of Science in 1886. He is the author of numerous scientific papers in American and foreign periodicals and is one ofthe contributors to the Century Dictionary. He has written several scientihc works, including among others a Synopsis of North American Syrphidte and Diptera Biologia Centralia-Americanaf' He is a member of the American Society of Naturalists, the Amer- ican Society of Anatomistsf' and a number of other scientific societies, including the Sigma Xi fraternity. In 1890 he was elected to the Chair of Geology in the University of Kansas. He was married in 1881 to Miss Anna Hathaway. GEORGE EDWARDS HOPKINS. DRAWING ANU PAINTING. . GEORGE EDVVARDS HOPKINS was horn july 30, 1855, at Covington, Kentucky. At twelve years of age he entered the School of Design, Cincinnati. He afterwards studied at the Akademie der Bildenen Kiinste, Munich, then in Florence and Venice under Duvcneck. He then returned to take the Principalship of the School of Design, now the Art Academy, Cincinnati. Two years later he was called to Topeka, Kansas, to organize the Art School, where he remained as principal for seven years. Since September, 1891, Professor Hopkins has been connected with the University of Kansas as Professor nt' Art. OLIN TEMPLIN. l'llIl,OSOI'HY. OLIN TEMPLIN was horn in lndiana, lleceinher 6, 1861. He was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1886. Later he spent some time in doing post-graduate work at the Universities of llerlin and Giittingen. He holds the degrees of B. D., li. ll., B- S., lil. A., and M. S. from the University of Kansas. He was Assistant in Mathematics from 1886 to I8QO. In ISQO he was appointed Associate 1 rofessor of Philosophy in the University, and in 1893 full Professor. ln 1892 he was appointed Registrar of the University. He is a ineinlwer of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Professor Tetnplin was mar- ried in 1886 to Miss Lena A. Van Voorhis, who had been his class-mate. SOLON OTIS TH ACHER. IiQI'll'Y jl'ltlSl'liUlJliNCl-I AND 1QQ1'1Ty 1'1.1c.x1J1NGs. SOLON O'l'lS Tl'l.XCllliK was horn at Hornellsville, New York, zxllffllfil 31, 1830. s judge Tliarghei' is a gradiiate of Union College. He studied law at the Albany Law School, and was adnnited to the liar at Alliany in 1856. He was married in 1856 to Miss Sarah Nl. Gilmore. judge 'l'hacher has held many responsible puhlic positions in Kan- sas 'ind is 'it piesi-ni State Senator from Douglas County. Ile is one of the Uni- . , . . versity Law I.erturers.

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SAMUEL A. RIGGS. S. A. RIGGS was horn at Hanging Rock, Ohio, March 1, 1835. He attended Mari- etta College, Ohio, for :1 term, and then went to jefferson College, Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated with second honors. He then studied law ill tl1e Cincinnati Law School. Here he graduated in 1858 and was admitted to the Hamilton County har. He was niarrit-d in lxfvl to Miss Kate Earle. Mr. Riggs is one of the leading lawyers in Kansas and one of the lecturers in the University Law School. FRANK HEYWOOD HODDER. AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS. FRANK HEYXVOOI7 IIOIDDER was horn at Aurora, Illi11ois, November 6,186o. He graduated from Michigan University in 1883 and later attended the Universities of Giittcnberg and Freiberg. He holds the degree of Ph. M. Professor Hodder was for three years Assist- ant Professor of Political Economy at Cornell University. He has been Associate Professor of American History and Civics in the University of Kansas since 1891. He was married in 1892 to Miss Florence Moon, a graduate of Cornell University. Professor Hodder is a mem- ber ofa number of learned societies, among them the American Historical Association, the American Economic Association, and the American Statistical Association. He is alsoa mem- ber of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. EDWIN MORTIMER HOPKINS. ASSOCIATE IN ENGLISH. E. M. HOPKINS was born in Kent, New York, September 16, 1862. He entered the College of New Jersey tllrincetonj in 1884, and graduated from that institution in 1888, with the degree of A. IS. On graduation he was appointed by his alma mater to a fellowship in Mathematics, and after two years of post graduate work in Mathematics and English, received his degree of A. M. Professor Hopkins was appointed Assistant in English in the University of Kansas i11 1889, and-in 1892 Associate Professor in English. He was married i11 ISQO. ERASMUS HAWORTH. PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. ERASMUS HAWORTH, the recently elected Associate Professor in Physical Geology and Mineralogy, was born April 17, 1855, in VVarren County, Iowa. The so11 of a farmer, he began his education in the country schools, but completed his scholastic training in the U11i- versityof Kansas, where he received the degrees of Ii. S. 1881, and M. 1884. Later he attended johns Hopkins, where he received the degree of Pl1.D.1888. Before beginning his present work Professor Haworth was Professor of Natural Sciences, Penn College, Iowa. He married Miss Ida E. I'IUIllSlTH1ll on March 16, 188o. Professor Haworth is a member of Beta Theta Pi fra- ternity, and is the author of a great nnmber of scientific papers dealing principally with miner- alogical subjects. 23