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

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he Ll marafta Department of German German was added to the seminary course as an optional study in 1846. The catalogue of 1876-1877 stated that French and German might not be substituted for any required study, but that a certificate would be given for the completion of the four-years’ course in either modern language. In 1887 the department began its separate existence and German was required of all students for two terms. With the establishment of the college course in I 888, it was required for entrance, and was prescribed for the scientific and literary courses until their abolishment in 1902. The teaching force has grown as fol- lows: one full instructor, 1887-1893; during the years 1893- MISS HINSDALE 1897 an added instructor, shared with the French department; 1897-1900 two full instructors; 1900-1903, three; 1903 to the present time, four. The number of courses offered has increased from the first small beginnings to eight courses 1888-93; eleven, 1893-1897; ten, 1897-1900; twenty-one, 1900-1908. Ellen Clarinda Hinsdale, Ph.D., Professor B.A., Western Reserve University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D.. University of Got- tingen; University of Leipzig; University of Berlin; Member of the Modern Language Asso- ciation of America, of the New England Modern Language Association, and of the New Eng- land Association of Schools and Colleges; Phi Beta Kappa Society; Instructor in German in Joliet, Illinois, and in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan Alice Porter Stevens, M.A., Associate Professor B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.A., Radcliffe; University of Zurich; University of Berlin; Mem- ber of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the New England Modern Lan- guage Association. Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts. Paula Hofer, Instructor University of Berlin; Dresden; Berlin; Italy; Lecturer on Art and Literature in Berlin; Teachers State Examination for Saxony; Assistant Principal of Girls’ School in Dresden; Member of Modern Language Association of New England. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Grace Mabel Bacon, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke; Harvard University; University of Berlin; Member of the Modern Language Association. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Eunice Rathbone Goddard, M.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke; M.A., Columbia University; University of Leipzig; University of Mu- nich; University of Geneva. New Salem, Massachusetts. On leave of absence for the year. 14

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The Llamaraoa Department of Romance Languages In the early days of Mount Holyoke Seminary one in- structor took charge of all the work in modern languages; but in 1887-1888 the departments of French and German were separated. Four courses in French were then offered, repre- senting as many years’ work. In 1891-1892 six courses were given and in 1897-1898 an additional instructor was found necessary. Italian and Spanish courses began to figure in the catalogue in 1894-1895, but were not given regularly until 1901, when Miss Mary Vance Young was called to the chair of Romance Languages. At the present time the Italian courses alternate with the Spanish. During the last seven years the total number of courses offered has increased from seventeen to twenty-three, with a proportionate increase in the number of students electing them. The department aims to give, beyond and above the practical use of the tongue, a knowledge of the thought-life expressed in their literature. MISS YOUNG Mary Vance Young, Ph.D., Professor Ph.D., University of Zurich; Sorbonne; Ecole des Hautes Etudes; College de France; Ecole des Chartres; Member of the Modern Language Association of America, of the Dante Society of America, of the Societe Amicale Gaston, Paris, of the Maitres Phonetiques, and of the New England Modern Language Association; Officier d’Academie (conferred by French Govern- men0 South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mary Gertrude Cushing, Ph.D., Associate Professor M.A., Wellesley; Student of Romance Literature and Philology at Columbia University, and in Paris, 1901-1905; Studied in France and Spain, 1907-1908. Hotel Regent, New York City Emma Riville-Rensch, Instructor Studied in Switzerland, Paris, Germany, England; Member of Modern Language Association. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Susan Almira Bacon, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke; Studied in University of Berne. Switzerland, 1905-1906; Studied in Geneva, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Heidelberg, Yale University. 294 Elm Street, New Haven, Connecticut. 13

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he LJa-marai» Department of English Literature For the first twenty years of Mount Holyoke Seminary Milton’s Paradise Lost seems to have formed the literary pab- ulum of the students. Great attention was also paid to the study of Pope’s Essay on Man, and Young’s Night 7 houghts. Though the last two disappear from the “list of studies” in the catalogue, Milton suffered but one partial interregnum, in 1847-1848, when Paradise Lost, with Butler’s Analogy, was starred as “not strictly required of those who have a good knowledge of Latin.” In 1858-9 a course in the history of literature was introduced and required of Seniors. This gen- eral history (developing later in ancient literature, oriental, classical and mediaeval), remained a part of every student’s MISS YOUNG course till the end of the Seminary itself. The history of English literature was required for the third year of the course in 1864-1865, and was soon given into the hands of Miss Bowers, who for twenty-five years conducted this department. She very early worked out the laboratory method of study, most desirable in those days when cheap editions of authors from Chaucer to Wordsworth did not exist. With the offering of electives in 1887-1888 and a well-defined four years’ course beginning with Old and Middle English, in 1890-1891, the history of the seminary ends and that of the college begins. Ellen Priscilla Bowers, Emeritus Professor Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley, Massachusetts Bertha Kedzie Young, B.A., Professor B.A., Vassar; Oxford University. 83 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jeannette A. Marks, M.A., Associate Professor; Acting Head of Department B.A., Wellesley; Oxford University; London Lyceum Club; Associate Elector of College Settlements Association; Member of National Geographic Society. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Helen May Cady, M.A., Instructor B.A.. M.A., Wellesley; Member of Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Mansfield, Massachusetts. Dorothy Foster, M.A., Instructor B.A., Bryn Mawr; M.A., Radcliffe. 137 Walnut Street, Ncwtonville, Massachusetts. Carrie Anna Harper, M.A., Instructor B.A., M.A., Radcliffe; Fellow in English. Bryn Mawr. Sunderland, Massachusetts. Laura Alandis Hibbard, M.A., Instructor B.A., M.A., Wellesley. 1151 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois. Clara L. Stafford, B.A., Reader B.A., Mount Holyoke; Phi Beta Kappa Society. 120 Butler Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. On leave of absence for the year. 15