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

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.39 THE LLAMARADA Eepartnnrnt uf Ghvmiatrg ,fa N A few years before the opening of the seminary Miss Lyon attended a course of lectures on Chemistry at If Amherst College that she might be able to illustrate her teaching with ex- periments, and in the first issue of the catalogue in IS37, Chemistry is among the studies required of Seniors. At first the lectures were given by pro- fessors from various colleges, and the class work was in charge of Seminary teachers. ln I868 Miss Shattuck took -- -- MISS HOLMES charge of both lecture and class work, MISS CARR and it is clue to her enthusiasm that the present development of science in the college is largely dur-. The work of Miss Mary H. Berry led to the building in 1892 of Shattuck Hall, which contains the laboratories of Physics and Chemistry. Experimental lectures have always been continued. In l907 the work was thrown open to Freshmen, so that a four-year course in Chemistry is now possible in contrast to the Senior requirement of the time of Mary Lyon. Mary Elizabeth Holmes, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Wellesley: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania: Graduate Scholar in Chemistry, Univer- sity of Chicago: Fellow in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania: Member of American Chem- ical Society, and of American Association for the Advancement of Science: New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. Mystic, Connecticut. Emma Perry Carr, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.S., University of Chicago: Ohio State University: Mount Holyoke: Ph.D., University of Chicago: Holder of the Mary E.. Woolley Fellowship, t908-I909, University of Chicago: Holder of the Loewenthal Fellowship l909-l9l0, University of Chicago: Sigma Xi Society. Coshocton, Ohio Dorothy Anna Hahn, B.A., Instructor B.A., Bryn Mawr: University of Leipzig: Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr: Head of Depart, ment of Chemistry at Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. South Hadley, Massachusetts Mary Violette Dover, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., M.Sc., McGill University, Montreal: Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr: Ph.D., Konij- lichen Universitat, Breslau, Germany. 194 Hunter Street, East Petersborough, Ontario, Canada Marion Claire Johnson, B.A., Laboratory Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke: Phi Beta Kappa Society. 292 Pleasant Street, Leominster, Massachusetts Angie G. Albee, B.A., Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke. 7 School Street, Bellows Falls, Vermom Lotta Jean Bogert, A.B., Laboratory Assistant AB., Cornell University: Simmons College. Ithaca, New York Alice R. Griswold, B.A., Graduate Fellow B.A., Mount Holyoke: Northfield Seminary. Massachusetts, I904-1907: Mills College, Cali- fornia, I907-l909: High School for Girls, Reading, Pennsylvania, l909-l9ll. 28 I97 Collins Street, Hartford, Connecticut

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THE LLAMARADA Bnpartment nf tttlatlimnatira The beginning of the Department of Mathematics dates if N from the first year of the seminary, when Colborn's First Lessons and Adam's New Arithmetic were required for admission, and Playfair's Euclid and Day's Algebra were studied during the first two years. In I854 a course in trigonometry was added: early in the eighties was introduced Professor Olney's series of text books, and students were encouraged to attempt general geometry and calculus. Several years before the announcement of electives in the catalogue is found the statement, Further mathematical instruction is provided if desired. At the present time the required work of the Freshman year may be followed by twenty elective courses, giving fifty hours of credit, and covering the field of mathematics from the elements of analytic geometry and cal- culus to modern geometry, application of the calculus, and the theory of functions. Mount Holyoke was one of the first colleges to offer work in the history of mathematics, the subject being included in the requirements for a major as early as I892. Besides the well-known histories the department library contains a valuable collection of famous mathematical works belonging to the sixteenth and seventeenthicenturies. The equip- ment also includes sets of plaster and thread models for illustration in the various courses. MISS SMITH Sarah Effie Smith, B.S., Professor B.S., Mount Holyoke: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: University of Michigan: Univer- sity of Chicago, University of Berlin: Member of American Mathematical Society, and of New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. I9 Walnut Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts a'E.leanor C. Doak. Ph.B.. Associate Professor B.A., Coates: Ph.B., University of Chicago: Cambridge University: Instructor in Mathematics at Coates College, and at DePauw University: Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England. 732 South Center Street, Terre Haute, Indiana Emilie Norton Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr: University of Giittingen: Fellow in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr: Member of the American Mathematical Society, of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, and of the American Geological Society. Mary Evelyn Wells, S.M., Instructor B-A-. Mount Holyoke: S.M., University of Chicago: Member of American Mathematical SOCICIYI Reader in Mathematics College Entrance Examination Board. 27 Salem Street, Naugatuck, Connecticut Anna Pell, Ph.D., Instructor B.A.. University of South Dakota: M.A., Radcliffe College: Alice Freeman Palmer Fellow: University of Giittingen: Ph.D., University of Chicago: Member of American Mathematical SOCICIYP Sisma XI Society- Chicago, Illinois Jessie Teall, B.A., Instructor B.A., Mt. Holyoke: Columbia University. I89 Ashland Avenue, Bloomfield, New jersey 'Ion leave of absence. 27

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TH E 'LLAMARADA Eepartment nf lilrgaira From the beginning of the seminary in l837 until as late as l898 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 i887 Laboratory work became required and in that same year elective work was offered. Up to l89l one person gave a part of her time to the subjectg since then the staff has been increased to five. In the year IS93-IS94 the department was established in its present quarters in Shattuck Hall, a building which it shares with the Chemistry MISS LAIRD department. After the subject was opened to Sophomores the Work gradually expanded until, in l899, eleven courses were offered. ln i907-l908 Physics was, for the first time, made elective for Freshmen, so that now work may be elected in the department during all four years. . Elizabeth Rebecca Laird, Ph.D., Professor B-A., University of Toronto: Ph.D., Bryn Mawr: University of Berlin: Fellow in Physics, Bryn Mawrg Holder of Presidents' European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr: Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. South Hadley, Massachusetts Mabel Augusta Chase, M.A., Associate Professor B.A., Oberlin: M.A., Cornell Universityg University of Chicago. South Hadley, Massachusetts Charles L. Brightman, Ph.B., Instructor M.A., Ph.B., B own Un'versity. r I South Hadley, Massachusetts Lucy Wilson, B.A., Instructor B,A.. Wellesley. Bloomington, lllinois Ethel Silver, B.A., Assistant B,A., Mount Holyoke. Silver's Mills, Maine 29