Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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WILLIAM NEWTON LOGAN, A. M., Ph. D.

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- .ThE- Revtollb i©i William Newton Logan, A. M., Ph. D. THE honored subject of this brief biographical sketch was born at Barbours- ville, Knox County, Kentucky, November 4, 1869. He is a descendant of refined cultured parents, who were active and prominent in the affairs of his native State. In his early youth, Mr. Logan ' s parents moved to Kansas and he obtained his elementary education in the common schools of the district. From the common schools, he went to the High School and was graduated from the Beloit High School in 1889. At this time, he began his work as a teacher and taught the District School, though continued his education by attending Campbell University. After teaching two years in the village schools, he was elected teacher of Science in the Beloit High School, from which he was graduated only three years before, but resigned in 1893 to enter the University of Kansas, where he excelled in scholarship and graduated in three years with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, thus leaving a brilliant record to his credit. While at tending College his perservering energetic spirit showed itself, more and more, and he spent his vacation months in teaching Summer Schools and in work on Geological Surveys. At the completion of his College course, he was elected Superin- tendent of the City Schools of Pleasonton, Kansas ; but resigned this position at the end of two years to accept a Fellowship in the Geological Department of the Uni- versity of Chicago, where he could complete his University education and develop his talents doing research work. This graduate Fellowship was won over a large num- ber of worthy competitors and gave him a place of prestige and distinction in the Uni- versity from the very start in his graduate work. Rich success marked every step of his progress and his brilliant work in the Department of Geology was crowned with royal honors in 1900, when the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him by the University of Chicago. Dr. Logan was next called to accept the Professorship of Geology and Miner- alogy at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York; he held this position three years and in 1903 resigned to accept the position of Professor of Geology and Mining Engineering in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, which he has filled with great credit and distinction. In taking charge of this Department, he entered at once into the spirit of his work and soon identified himself with the condi- tion of the College, and took up the lines of Geological work needed to be done in the State and whicn would furnish valuable information and be highly beneficial to the

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101 farming classes. His work and services in the Institution and the State have been entirely satisfactory to the College authorities from the very beginning and by his energy, skill, and perseverence, he has succeeded in building up his Department until it is one of the most popular and important Departments of the College. Dr. Logan has had wide experience as a Geologist in practical work: he was assistant on the Kansas State Geological Survey from 1895 t0 1897 and again in 1900; he was collector for the Field Columbian Museum of Chicago in 1898; he was a member of the Wyoming Scientific Expedition in 1899; he was assistant on the New York Geological Survey in 1902; and he has been an assistant on the present Geological Survey of Mississippi since its inception, where his published bulletins will speak for themselves. He is a Geologist of national reputation and was honored for his scientific attainments by being elected a member of the Sigma Xi of the Univer- sity of Kansas ; an honor that has been conferred on few of its graduates. He is a member of the Geological Society of America, the Kansas Academy of Science, and other scientific bodies. His investigations and written papers and monographs cover various phases of the geology and mineralogy of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, New York, Mississippi, and other States. He has contributed many valuable articles to scientific journals and his writtings are quoted as authority in many of the standard text-books on geology. But his culture as a scholar is not limited to the field of geology, and he has contributed many acceptable articles to the standard literary magazines.