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

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Llamarafca Department of Chemistry A few years before the opening of the seminary Miss Lyon attended a course of lectures on Chemistry at Amherst College “that she might be able to illustrate her teaching with experiments ’ and in the first issue of the catalogue in 1837, Chemistry is among the studies required of Seniors. At first the lectures were given by professors from various colleges and the class work was in charge of Seminary teachers. In I 868 Miss Shattuck took charge of both lecture and class work, and it is to her enthusiasm that the present development of science in the college is largely due. The work of Miss Mary A. Berry led to the building in I 892 of Shattuck Hall, which con- tains the laboratories of Physics and Chemistry. Experimental lectures have always been continued. In 1907 the work was thrown open to Freshman, so that a four-year course in Chem- istry is now possible in contrast to the Senior requirement of the time of Mary Lyon. Mary Elizabeth Holmes, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Wellesley; PhD., University of Pennsylvania; Graduate Scholar in Chemistry, University of Chicago; Fellow in Chem- istry, University of Pennsylvania; Member of New England As- sociation of Chemistry Teachers; Associate of Collegiate Alum- nae. Mystic, Connecticut. Anna Lockhart Flanigen, Ph.D., Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; London University College; University of Berlin; Harvard University. 222 South 43d Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MISS FLANIGEN Emma Perry Carr, B.S., Instructor B.S.,University of Chicago; Ohio State University; Mount Holyoke; Holder of Mary E. Woolley Fellowship, 1908-1909, University of Chicago. Coshocton, Ohio. Winona Alice Hughes, M.A., Instructor PhB., M.A., University of Wooster; University of Chicago; Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr; Harvard University; Cornell University; Normal Training School, Pueblo, Colorado. 271 Church Street, Marion, Ohio. Julia Langness, Ph.D., Instructor B.S., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Fellow in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania; Instructor in Fargo College, Fargo, North Dakota, and in Dakota Wesleyan Uni- versity, Mitchell, South Dakota. Baltic, South Dakota. Dorothy Anna Hahn, B.A., Instructor B.A., Bryn Mawr; University of Leipzig; Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr; Plead of Depart- ment of Chemistry at Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Sarah Annette Quimby, B.A., Laboratory Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke. 253 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. Jessie Colby Locke, B.A., Laboratory Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke. Waterbury, Connecticut. On leave of absence for the year. 20

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The Llaroarai Department of Mathematics The beginning of the Department of Mathematics dates from the first year of the seminary, when Colborn’s First Les- sons and Adam’s New Arithmetic were required for admission, and Playfair’s Euclid and Day’s Algebra were studied dur- ing the first two years. In 1854 a course in trigonometry was added; early in the eighties was introduced Professor Olney’s series of text-books, and students were encouraged to attempt general geometry and calculus. Several years before the an- nouncement of electives in the catalogue, is found the state- ment, “Further mathematical instruction is provided if de- sired.” At the present time the required work of the Fresh- man year may be followed by twenty elective courses, giving fifty hours of credit, and covering the field of mathematics from the elements of analytic geometry and calculus to modern geometry, applications of the calculus, and the theory of functions. Mount Holyoke was one of the first colleges to offer work in the history of mathematics, the subject being included in the requirements for a “major” as early as 1892. Besides the well-known histories the department library contains a valuable collection of famous mathematical works belonging to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I he equipment also includes sets of plaster and thread models for illustration in the various courses. Sarah Effie Smith, B.S., Professor B. S., Mount Holyoke; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; Uni- versity of Chicago; Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England, and of New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. 19 Walnut Street, Newburyporl, Massachusetts. Eleanor C. Doak, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A.. Coates; Ph.B., University of Chicago; Cambridge University; Instructor in Mathematics at Coates College and at Dc Pauw University; Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England. 506 North Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana. ’:’Mary Esther Trueblood, Ph.M., Instructor Ph.M., University of Michigan; University of Gottingen. 6 Maple Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Emilie Norton Martin, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr; University of Gottingen; Fellow in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr; Holder of the Mary E. Garrett European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr; Member of the American Mathematical Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mary Evelyn Wells, S.M., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke; S-M., University of Chicago; Member of American Mathematical So- ciety; Holder of the 86 Fellowship 1906-1907. 12 Tolies Square, Naugatuck, Connecticut. George Daniel Olds, LL.D., Lecturer B.A., M.A., LL.D., University of Rochester; Studied at Universities of Heidelberg and Ber- lin; Instructor at Albany Boys’ Academy; Professor of Mathematics, University of Rochester, and Amherst College; Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Mathematical Society, and of the Council. 3 Orchard Street, Amherst, Massachusetts. On leave of absence for the year. 19

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The LI amaraca Department of Physics From the beginning of the seminary in 1837 until as late as 1898 a course in Physics, or in Natural Philosophy as it was called, was required of all students either in their Junior or Senior year. The work of the department was amplified for many years by special lectures given by a visiting professor. The supply of apparatus, very small at first, was increased from time to time, so that the present equipment is exceedingly good. In 1887 Laboratory work became required and in that same year elective work was offered. Up to 1891 one person gave a part of her time to the subject; since then the staff has been increased to four. In the year 1893-1894 the department was established in its present quarters in Shattuck Hall, a building which it shares with the Chemistry department. After the sub- ject was open to Sophomores the work gradually expanded until, in I 899, eleven courses were offered. In 1907-1908 Physics was, for the first time, made elective for Freshmen, so that now work may be elected in the department during all four years. MISS LAIRD Elizabeth Rebecca Laird, Ph.D., Professor B.A., University of Ioronto; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr; University of Berlin; Fellow in Physics, Bryn Mawr; Holder of President’s European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr; Fellow of Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science; member of the American Physical Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mabel Augusta Chase, M.A., Associate Professor B. A., Oberlin; M.A., Cornell University; University of Chicago; Member of Association of Collegiate Alumnae. South Hadley, Massachusetts. Violet Louise Holcomb, M. A., Instructor B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Radcliffe; Phi Beta Kappa Society. 43 Ashley Avenue, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Margaret Calderwood Shields, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke. St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 21 On leave of absence for the second semester.