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

Page 23 text:

1 E. - Department of Physics From the beginning of the Seminary in 1837 until as late as 1898 a course in Physics, or 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 rime.to time, so that the present equipment is exceedingly good. ln 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 tothe subjectg since then the staff has been increased to five. 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 subject was open to Sophomores the work gradually expanded until, in 1899, 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 E1.1ZABE'rH Rislnscca LAIRD, Ph.D., Profvxror B. A., University of Torontog Ph. D., Bryn Mawr, University of Berling Fellowin Physics, Bryn Mawrg Holder of Presidents' European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr, Fellow of American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Member of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. South Hadley, Massachusetts. MABIEL AUGUSTA Ci-msn, M.A., Axxofiarf Profcxsor B. A., Ohcrling M. A., Cornell University, University of Chicago. South Hadley, Massachusetts. CQEORGIE BitowNi.EE CLINKSCALES, B.S., Insrrufmr B. S., Clemson College, South Carolina, Ph. D., Johns Hopkins. South Hadley, Massachusetts. LUCY WILSON, B.A., Instructor B. A., Wellesley College. Bloomington, Illinois. MARGARET CALDERWOOD Snustos, B.A., Instruftor B. A.. Mount Holyoke. St. johnsbury, Vermont. 25

Page 22 text:

K., ' -' Sw v MISS HOLMES MISS FLANIGEN D epartment of Chemistry A few years before the opening ofthe Seminary, Miss Lyon attended a course of lectures on Chemistry at Amherst College, that she might be able to illustrate her teaching with experi- ments, and in the hrst issue ofthe 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 1868 Miss Shattuck took charge of both lecture and class work, and it is to her enthu- siasm that the present development of Science in the college is largely due. The work of Miss Mary A. Berry led to the build- ing in 1892 of Shattuck Hall, which contains the laboratories of Physics and Chemistry. Experimental lectures have always been continued. ln 1907 the work was thrown open to Freshmen, so that a four years, course in Chemistry is now possible in contrast to the Senior requirement of the time of Mary Lyon. MARY lfl.1ZABETH HOLMES, l'h.D., f1.l'.f0l'l.llfl' Prafrrror B. A., Wellesley, Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Scholar in Chemistry, University of Chicago, Fellow in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Associate of Collegiate Alumnze, Member of American Chemical Society and of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mystic, Connecticut. ANNA LOCKIIAR1' FLANICEN, l'l1.D., f1.r:ofz'ate Profnmvor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, London University College, University of Berlin, Harvard University, Member of American Chemical Society. zzz South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 'FICMMA PERRY CARR, B.S., Inrlrucfor B. S., University of Chicago, Ohio State University, Mount Holyoke, Holder of the Mary E. Woolley Fellowship, 19c8-1909, University of Chicago, Holder of the Loewenthal Fellowship, 1909-1910, University of Chicago, Sigma Xi Society. Coshocton, Ohio. WINONA Auciz HUGHES, M.A., Inrtrudor Ph. B., M. A., University of Wooster, University of Chicago, Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr, Harvard University, Cornell University, Normal 'Training School, Pueblo, Colorado. V D 271 Church Street, Marion, Ohio. MAllY Vlo1.1sTTE lJOVER, I h,D., Imirurtor B.A., M. Sc., McGill University, Montreal, Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr, Ph. D., Koniilichen Uni- versitat, Bresle, Germany. 194 Hunter Street, East Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. DOROTHY ANNA HAHN, B.A., Iruirurtor B. A., Bryn Mawr, University of Leipzig, Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr, Head of Department of Chem- istry at Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. South Hadley, Massachusetts. MARION CLAIRE JOHNSON, B.A., Laboratory An-1'stant B. A., Mount Holyoke. 292 Pleasant Street, Leominster, Massachusetts. MARY C1.AR1ssA McKee, M.A., Laboratory fI.v.rz':tan: - B. A., M.A., Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Scholar at Bryn Mawr, 1907-1908. 'FOn leave of absence for the year. 4.79 Campbell Street, Wilkensburgh, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 2-1-

Page 24 text:

FP THE LLAIVIARAD Department of Astronomy 'u A course in Astronomy was included in the required-:work . V ji' of the Seminary from the beginning in 1837 until the granting .fi of the college charter, when all ,courses were made elective. The ,it ' W Y Tj , hrst telescope, six inches in aperture, was purchased in 1853 i'L,j,Q ,- H X and sheltered in a small observatory near the site of Williston W' I Hall. In 1881 the John Payson Williston Observatory, the gift of Mr. A. L. Wilhston, was completed. Its principal instru- ,M .V,-'b' ,F ments are an eight-inch Clark telescope, mounted equatorially, i 1 '. and a three-inch meridian circle. In 1902 a lecture room was Q ' added to this building and facilities for elementary observational 8 work was greatly increased. Miss Bardwell, the Hrst director ' of the observatory, began her work here in 1866. After her MISS YOUNG death in 1899 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 opportunity to see objects of interest with the telescope. ' ANN SEWELL Youno, 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 Yerlces Observatory, Member of Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, Fellow in Association for Advancement of Science. Winona Lake, Indiana. MARGO Lmz LEWIS, B.A.,fI.rs1':tant B. A., University of Minnesota, Sigma Xi Chapter at Minnesota University. 698 Ashland Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. 26