Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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i6 THE LLAMA RADA Elizabeth Girdler Evans, B.A., Instructor B.A., Wellesley; Harvard Summer School; Fellow in History at University of Pennsylvania; Member of American Historical Association. Edith Gertrude Reeves, B.A., Reader B.A., University of South Dakota; Radcliffe; Member of American Political Science Association. Vermillion, South Dakota Department of Ifttftorp In the early years of the seminary a brief outline of general history and a course in ecclesiastical history appear among the “ornamental branches required of all students. United States History was from the first required for admission, and a commendable stress was laid on ancient and modern geography. Between i860 and 1870 a distinct advance was made by the introduction of a ‘‘constitutional textbook,” soon changing into a study of the Constitution of the United States; and, coincident with the coming of Miss Prentiss in 1866, the abolition of the older textbook system, and the extension of the general outline course to two years, mark a method of historical study much more liberal than was at all common in those days. Fhe “philosophy of history was emphasized, and the student was led to reflect.” Just as Miss Prentiss laid down the general lines for the two full years in mediaeval and modern history included in the present course, so Miss Soule, coming in 1896, gave the first great stimulus to the study of constitutional and economic history. It is the aim of the present department to continue the tradition established by Miss Prentiss and Miss Soule, adding those more specialized and advanced courses which the growth ot the college has made possible. Elizabeth Barstow Prentiss, M.A., Emeritus Professor B.A., M.A., Mount Holyoke. South Hadley, Massachusetts Nellie Neilson, Ph.D., Professor B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr; Fellow in History, Bryn Mawr; Holder of the American Fellowship of rhe A. C. A. Cambridge, England; London; Member of American Historical Association. Ardmore, I ennsyl vania Ellen Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr; University of Leipzig; Fellow in Economics and Politics at Bryn Mawr; Member of the American Historical Association, of the American Economic Association, and of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. 2319 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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HIE LLAMARADA 15 Department of £ngli$() The first catalogue gives among entrance requirements, “An acquaintance with the general principles of English Grammar ' and for the three years of the seminary course, English Grammar, Newman’s Rhetoric, and Whateley’s. In 1838 39 Pope’s Essay on Man was added to the first year; Young’s Night Thoughts to the second, and Paradise Lost to the third. The catalogue of 18+0 41 has this note: “It is very desirable that the members of this class (Senior) should he so well prepared lor admission, that they may devote more time to composition and receive more instruction on the subject than the members of the lower classes. English has always been an entrance requirement. Until 1896 -97 it was also required through the four years, except that for students in the scientific course, from 1893 to 1896, it was omitted from the Junior year. From 1896 to 1901, prescribed work was confined to the first two years. In 1901 02 the Junior requirement was restored, but with an option of courses. In 1896-97 three teachers and one assistant gave the two required andjfour elective courses. The first elective was offered in 1887-88. The current year seventeen courses are offered by a teaching force consisting of a professor, two associate professors, three instructors, and a reader and tutor. Clara Frances Stf.vens, Ph.M., Professor Mount Holyoke; Ph.M., University of Michigan; Member of New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, and of New England Association of Teachers of English. Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts Margaret Ball, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Westfield, Massachusetts Ada Laura Snell, M.A., Associate Professor B.A., M.A., Mount Holyoke; Yale; University of Chicago. 53 South Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York Flora Bridges, M.A., Instructor B.A., M.A., Oberlin; University of Zurich; University of Chicago. Helen May Cady, M.A., Instructor B.A., M.A., Wellesley; Member of Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Mansfield, Massachusetts

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THE LLAMARADA 7 Charles Downer Hazen, Ph.D., Lecturer B.A., Dartmouth; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Gottingen; University of Berlin; University of Paris; Phi Beta Kappa; Member of American Historical Association, of American Economic Association, of American Statistical Association, and of the New England History Teachers’ Association; Professor of History in Smith College. Northampton, Massachusetts Everett Kimball, Ph.D., Lecturer B.A., M.A., Amherst; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant in History at Harvard University; Instructor in Wellesley College; Instructor in History and Associate Professor in History at Smith College. Northampton, Massachusetts Mildred Delight Gutterson, B.A., Reader B.A., Mount Holyoke. Winchester, Massachusetts Department of rt an archaeology Lectures in History of Art were given at Mount Holyoke College as early as 1874, while drawing has been taught from almost the opening year. In January, 1902, the Dwight Art Building, erected at a cost of $75,000, the gift of Mr. John Dwight, was opened to classes. Fifteen courses are now ottered in art and archaeology, and the staff of instruction numbers five. Over three hundred students elect work each year, and of these several take their major studies in History of Art. Studio work is done in connection with nearly every course. The art library, begun in the earliest years with a number of valuable works, now includes about two thousand volumes. The large collection of casts, photographs, prints, and lantern slides has been carefully selected. More than nine thousand photographs are now used by the department. Louise Fitz-Randoiph, M.A., professor of Arcbaology and History of Art M.A., Mount Holyoke College; University of Berlin; University College, London; Sorhonne, Paris; University of Chicago; American Schools of Classical Studies at Athens and at Rome; Head of Department of History of Art, Lake Erie College; Lecturer in History of Art, Western Reserve School of Design; Member of the Archaeological Institute of America and of the Classical Association of Western New England. South Hadley, Massachusetts