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

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,- .1 -PN A... -x... .v. S W THE LLAMARADA V i ., NX 1. , Il ,419 - -A . MM c JJ - 5 Ape:-.J Department of English The Hrst catalogue gives among entrance requirements, An acquaintance with the general principles of' English Gram- mar, Newman's Rhetoric and Whateley's. The catalogue of' 1840-184.1 has this note: It is very desirable that the member- ship of this class QSeniorj should be so well prepared for admis- sion 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 1896-1897 it was also required through the four years, except that for students in the scientific course, from 1893-1896, it was omitted from the Junior year. From 1896-1901 pre- scribed work was confined to the first two years. In 1901-1902 the Junior requirement was restored, but with anioption of M155 STEVENS courses. In 1896-1897 three teachers and one assistant gave the two required and four elective courses. The first elective was ofliered in 1887-1888. The current year, nineteen courses are offered by a teaching force consisting ofa professor, two associate professors, three instructors and a reader. I. English CLARA FRANCES STEVENS, Ph.M., Professor Mount Holyokcg Ph. M., University of Michigan, Member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and of New England Association of Teachers of English. ' Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts. MARGARET BALL, Ph.D., z1.v.vof1'ate Profexxor B. A., Mount Holyokeg M. A., Ph. D., Columbia University. ' Westfield, Massachusetts. ADA LAURA SNEL1., M.A., Asxoriate Profe.v.vor B. A., M. A., Mount Holyoke, Yale University, University of Chicago. 192 Culver Road, Rochester, New York. CAROLINE l ooTE LEsTER, M.A., lnrtrurtor B. S., M. A., Columbia University. 1 Seneca Falls, New York. FLORA BRIDGES, lVl.A., Inxtrurtor B. A., M. A., Oberlin, University of Ziirichg University of Chicago. Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts. FLORENCE L. ADAMS, B.L., Inttrurtor B. L., Mount Holyokeg University of Ziirichg University of Berlin. ET1-1121 S'1URTavANT, A,B., Reader A, B,, Wcllg'5ley, 74,9 Myrtle Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut. A II. Voice Training ISADELLIE CAROLINE CoucH,In:truftor National School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphiag School of Expression, Boston. 20

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P THE LLAMARADAB it ix ll - rw 5 V if -gm-if--1'::'?TEZ5 --- . N r Al Q' i i41 '.f-9 ..w'1q-3. Department of English Literature For the first twenty years of Mount Holyoke Seminary Milton's Paradise Lost seems to have formed the literary pabulum of the students. Great attention was also paid to the study of Pope's Essay on Man, and Young's Night Thoughts. 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 l3utler's Analogy, was starred as not strictly required of those who have a good knowledge of Latin. In 1858-1859 a course in the historyof literature was introduced and required of Seniors. This general history fdeveloping later in ancient literature, oriental, classical, and medizevalf, remained a part of every student's course till the end ofthe Seminary itself. The history of English Literature was required for the third year ofthe course in 1864-1865, and was soon given into the hands of Miss Bowers, who for twenty-live 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 ofthe college begins. L MISS YOUNG ELLEN PR1sc1L1.A Bowisas, Emeritus Professor Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley, Massachusetts BERTHA KEDZIE YOUNG, M.A., Professor B. A., Vassarg M. A., Radcliifcg Oxford University. South Hadley, Massachusetts. HELEN MAY CADY, M.A., Instructor B. A., M. A., Wellesley, Member of Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Mansfield, Massachusetts Doao'rHY Fos'1'12a, M.A., Instructor B. A., Bryn Mawrg M. A., Radcliffe. 137 Walnut Street, Newtonville, Massachusetts. CARRIE ANNA HARPER, M.A., Instructor 1 B.iA.,'M. A., Radcliffe, IFellow in'English,fBryn:Mawr. Sunderland, Massachusetts LAURA ALANDIS HIBBARD, M.A., Instrurtor B. A. M.A. Wellesley. i i 1151 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois MARGARETTA MARTIN, B.A., Reader B. A., Mount Holyoke, Phi Beta Kappa Society. 56 Whitney Street, Hartford, Connecticut. 1 9 - 2

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, Yi A' PF, LEAN!! Department of History In the early days 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 com- mendable stress was laid on ancient and modern geography. Between 1860 and 1870 a distinct advance was made by the introduction of a constitutional text-book , and coincident with the coming of Miss Prentiss in 1866 the abolition ofthe older text-book system andthe 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. The philos- ophy 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 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 of the college has made possible. MISS NEILSON ELIZABETH BARSTOW PRENTISS, M.A., Emeritus Professor B. A., M. A., Mount Holyoke. Langdon, New Hampshire. NELLIE NEILSON, Ph.D., Professor B. A., M. A., Ph. D., Bryn Mawr, Fellow in History, Bryn Mawr, Holder of the American Fellowship of the A. C. A., Cambridge, England, London, Oxford, Member of the American Historical Association. ZOI6 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ELLEN DEBORAH ELLIS, Pl1.D., zf.tsoe1'ate Professor B. A., M. A., Ph. D., Bryn Mawr, Graduate Student, Bryn Mawr, l90I'l901, 1903-19043 University of Leipzig, I9OZ'I903Q Fellow in Economics and Politics, Bryn Mawr, 1904-1905, Member of the American Historical Association, of the American Economic Association, and of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. 2319 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CHARLES DOWNEII HAZEN, Ph.D., Lecturer B. A., Dartmouth, Ph. D., johns Hopkins University, Gottingen, University of Berlin, University of Paris, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Member of American Historical Association, of American Economic Association, of American Statistical Association, and of the New England History Teaclrer's Association, Professor of History in Smith College. , ' Northampton, Massachusetts. MARGARET SHOVE MORRISS, B.A., Instrunor B. A., Woman's College of Baltimore, Bryn Mawr, l907'l908j Member of the American Historical Associa- tion and of the Modern Language Association. 1904 Mount Royal Terrace, Baltimore, Maryland. BERT1-1A I-lAv1sN PUTNAM, Ph.D., Insirufror B. A., Bryn Mawr, Ph. D., Columbia University, London, Member of the American Economic Association, of the American Historical Association, of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and of the Women's University Club, New York. 335 West 86th Street, New York, New York. GERTRUIDIE EDGERTON KNox, B.A. B. A., Mount Holyoke, Phi Beta Kappa Society. I2 Creighton Street, Providence, Rhode Island. 2I