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

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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

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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

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f E 1 . Department of Botany Botany was included by Miss Lyon in the curriculum of the first year, 1837-1838, and until 1851 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. Shattuck became head of' the depart- ment and directed its interests until her death in 1889. Since that time until 1908-1909 Miss Henrietta E. Hooker was in charge of the department. Miss Lyon's herbarium was the nucleus ofthe present collections. To this Miss Shattuck added her herbarium and whatever other plants she was able, by her X, . V, efforts, to secure. The botanical gardens were begun in 1878 X. , f by Miss Shattuck, and the first gardener, Mr. Charles Bates, was appointed in 1882. The first small plant house was destroyed by the Ere 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. S., g .,., .-' MISS KENNEDY MAIIY ELIZABETH KENNEDY, M.A., A.l'.S'0t'l.llfl' Profz'.r.s'or, Acting Henzf of the Drpartmen! B. A., M. A., Oberlin Collegeg Chicago Universityg Member of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, of the American Forestry Association, and of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, Asso- ciate Examiner in Botany on College Entrance Examination Board. South Hadley, Massachusetts. ALMA GRACEY S'roKEv, Ph.D., Inrtrurlor B. A., Oberlin, Ph. D., University of Chicago. ASA S. KINNIEY, M.S., Director oflfn' Bofzmzirnl G1u'den.t, lnxfruftor 1.11 Fforfrulture Boston University, M. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College. South Hadley, Massachusetts. EDITH A. ROBERTS, B.A., Laboratory Afillffllllf B. A., Smithg University of Chicago. lQ'1'HE1. ALICE JACKSON, l3.A., Laboratory f1.f.S'I'.ffII7lf B. A., Mount Holyoke, Wootl's Holl. SARAH AGARD, M.A., Cz41'rlfor'ofM14:cu111 27 South Hadley, Massachusetts. Dover, New Hampshire. 37.4 Main Street, Wakefield, Massacliugt-tts, South Hadley, Massachusetts.