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

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-I-HE LLAMARADA Erpartmrnt nf taiatnrg 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 commendable stress was laid on ancient and modern geography. Between 1860 and I870 a distinct advance was made by the introduction of a constitutional text-book: and coincident with the coming of Miss Prentiss in I866, the abolition of the older text-book system and the 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 philosophy of history was emphasized and the student was led to reflect. ,lust 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 IS96, gave the Hrst great 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 col- lege has made possible. ' 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, and of the American Economic Association. South Hadley, Massachusetts MISS NEILSON Ellen Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr: Graduate Student, Bryn Mawr, l90l-l902, l903-l904: Holder of Bryn Mawr European Fellowship, and Student at Leipzig, I902-I903: Fellow in Economics and Politics, Bryn Mawr, l904-l905: Member of the American Historical Associa- tion, of the American Economic Association, and of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. llO4 S. 46th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John C. Hildt, Ph.D., Lecturer A.B., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University: Phi Beta Kappa Society: Member of American His- torical Society, and of the American Political Science Society: Instructor in Smith College. Northampton, Massachusetts Margaret Shove Morriss, B.A., Instructor B.A., Goucher College: Bryn Mawr, l904-l906: Holder of Alumnae Fellowship, Csoucher College, and Student in London, 1906-1907: Fellow in History, Bryn Mawr, l907-l908: Phi Beta Kappa Society: Member of American Historical Association. l904 Mount Royal Terrace, Baltimore, Maryland Bertha Haven Putnam, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., Bryn Mawr: Ph.D., Columbia University: London: Member of American Economic Association, of American Historical Association, of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, of Women's University Club, New York, of Academic Committee of Bryn Mawr Alumnae Associa- tion, of American Association for Labor Legislation, and of New York Bryn Mawr Club. 335 West 86th Street, New York, New York Eleanor Cary Hunsdon, M.A., Instructor and Reader B.A., Barnard College, l908: M.A., Columbia University, l9ll. New Rochelle, New York 24 l l i l I . 'r E 5 l s l s l t l t

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Ti-I E 'LLAMARADA - .V Evpartment nf Engliali The first catalogue gives among entrance requirements. an acquaintance with the general principles of English Gram- mar, and for the three years of the seminary course, English Grammar, Newman's Rhetoric, and Whateley's. The cat-- alogue of i840-l84l has this note: It is very desirable that the members of this class fSeniorD should be so well prepared for admission, 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 I896fI897 it was also required through the four years, except that for students in the scientific course. from IS93-1896 it was omitted from the Junior year. From 1896-1901 prescribed work was confined to the first two years. In 1901-1902 the Junior requirement was restored, but with an option of courses. In i896-i897 three teachers and one assistant gave the two required and four elective courses. The first elective was offered in i887-1888. The current year nineteen courses are offered by a teaching force consisting of a professor, two associate professors, three instructors, and a reader. MISS STEVENS 31. iiugtiali Clara Frances Stevens, Ph.M., Professor Mount Holyoke: Ph.M., University of Michigan: Member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and of the New England Association of Teachers of English. Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts Margaret Ball, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Mount Holyoke: M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Westheld, Massachusetts Ada Laura Snell, IVLA., Associate Professor 4 . B.A., M.A., Mount Holyoke: Yale University: University of Chicago. l92 Culver Road, Rochester, New York Flora Bridges, M.A., Instructor B.A., M.A., Oberlin: University of Zurich: University of Chicago. Morgan Road, South Hadley, Massachusetts Caroline Foote Lester, M.A., Instructor B.S., M.A., Columbia University. Seneca Falls, New York Florence L. Adams, M.A., Instructor B.L., Mount Holyoke: University of Zurich: University of Berlin: M.A. Columhia University, l9ll. Miriam Hunt Thrall. B.A., Instructor and Reader B'A Wellesley' I39 Dwight St., New Haven, Connecticut 3131. 'llnirz Cfratntng lsadelle Caroline Couch, Instructor National School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphia: School of Expression, Boston. 23

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THE. LLAMARADA Bepnrtnnivnrt nf Art sinh Arrlinenlngg Lectures in history of art were given at the seminary as early as IS74, and in l878 history of art became a regular part of the course of study. From almost the opening year instruction in drawing has held a recognized place. With the growth of the department an appeal for an art building was made in IS96. In l902 the Dwight Memorial Art Building, erected at a cost of IiS75,000, was opened to classes. The building includes lecture rooms, department library, studios, galleries of sculpture and painting, and a room devoted to the Clara Leigh Dwight Collection of Elbridge Kingsley's en- gravings. The library now includes nearly 3,000 volumes. 'UQ Collections of photographs, prints and lantern slides have been carefully selected, and over 9,000 photographs are now used by the department. Through the gifts of alumnae and friends the collection of casts has come to include representative examples in pre-Greek, Greek, Roman, and Renaissance sculpture, with some architectural models and casts. There is also a good beginning in original material, including examples of Egyptian pre-dynastic waresg objects of the dynastic periods in Egypt, in bronze, ala- baster, ivory and terra-cotta: Greek and Roman coins, ancient vases and vase fragments. The staff of instruction numbers six and offers twenty-one courses in art and archaeology. Studio work is done in connection with nearly every course. Dwight Hall has proved admirably adapted to its purpose of art study and exhibition. Books and illustrative material are brought side by side and the advantage is increasingly afforded of using casts and photographs, with journals, reference books,and all standard authorities, ready at hand. MISS RANDOLPH Louise Fitz-Randolph, M.A., Professor of Archaeology and History of Art M.A., Mount Holyoke: University of Berlin: University of Chicago: American Schools of Classical Studies at Athens and at Rome: Head of Department of History of Art, Lake Erie College: Lecturer in History of Art, Western Reserve School of Design: Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, and of the Classical Association of Western New England. South Hadley, Massachusetts 25