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

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The LlaroaraDa Department of Astronomy A course in Astronomy was included in the required work of the seminary from the beginning in 1837 until the granting of the college charter, when all courses were made elective. The first telescope, six inches in aperture, was purchased in 1853, and sheltered in a small observatory near the site of Williston Hall. In 1881 the John Payson Williston Obser- vatory, the gift of Mr. A. L. Williston, was completed. Its principal instruments are an eight-inch ( lark telescope, mounted equatorially, and a three-inch meridian circle. In 1902 a lecture room was added to this building, and facilities for ele- mentary observational work were greatly increased. Miss Bardwell, the first director of the observatory, began her work here in 1 866. After her death in I 899 she was succeeded by Miss Young. Since 1902 there has also been an assistant in the department. Upon the first Wednesday evening of each month the observatory is open to visitors, and residents of neighboring towns, as well as students of the college and their friends, are given an op- portunity to see objects of interest with the telescope. MISS YOUNG Ann Sewell Young, Ph.D., Professor B.L., M.S., Carleton College; Ph.D., Columbia University; Goodsell Observatory, Northfield, Minnesota; University of Chicago; Yerkes Observatory; Columbia University; Professor of Mathematics at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington; Research Assistant at Yerkes Ob- servatory; Member of Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America; Fellow in Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science. Winona Lake, Indiana. Anna Laura Oathout, B.S., Assistant B.S., Carleton College; Time Service, Goodsell Observatory, Northfield, Minnesota. I 11 Winona Street, Northfield, Minnesota. 22

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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.

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The Liam araOa Department of Botany Botany was included by Miss Lyon in the curriculum of the first year, 1837-1838, and until 1831 was a required sub- ject during two or three years of the course. In 1897-1898 it became entirely elective. Many names are included in the list of those teaching the subject between 1837 and 1851. In the latter year Miss Lydia W. Shaltuck became head of the department and directed its interests until her death in 1889. Since that time until 1908-1909 Miss Henrietta E. Hooker has been in charge of the department. Miss Lyon’s herbarium was the nucleus of the present collections; to this Miss Shattuck added her herbarium and whatever other plants she was able, by her efforts, to secure. The botanical gardens were begun in 1878 by Miss Shattuck; and the first gardner, Mr. Charles Bates, was appointed in 1882. The first small plant house was destroyed by the fire of 1896. The present range of houses was the result of the generosity of several individuals, the largest gift coming from Mr. and Mrs. James Talcott, for whom the arboretum is named. Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, M.A., Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department B.A.. M.A., Oberlin College; Chicago University; Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Forestry Association, and of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. South Hadley. Massachusetts. Alma Gracey Stokey, Ph.D., Instructor B A., Oberlin; Ph.D., University of Chicago. South Hadley. Massachusetts. Asa S. Kinney, M.S., Director of the Botanical Cardens, Instructor in Floriculture Boston University; M.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College. South Hadley. Massachusetts. Marion Dodge Weston, B.A., Laboratorp Assistant B.A.. Mount Holyoke; Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood’s Holl. West Newbury, Massachusetts. •» Ethel Alice Jackson, B.A., Laboratory Assistant B A.. Mount Holyoke; Wood’s Holl. 324 Main Street, Wakefield. Massachusetts. Sarah J. Agard, M.A., Curator of Museum 23 South Hadley, Massachusetts.