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

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TH E. LLAMARADA Bepartment uf Aztrnnnmg A course in Astronomy was included in the required work of the seminary from the beginning in l837 until the granting of the college charter, when all courses were made elective. The first telescope, six inches in aperture, was purchased in IS53, and sheltered in a small observatory near the site of f Williston Hall. In l88l the John Payson Williston Obser- ' vatory, the gift of Mr. A. L. Williston, was completed. Its principal instruments are an eight-inch Clark telescope, mounted ., equatorially, and a three-inch meridian circle. In l902 a 4 p., A ,J fs ,VVV lecture room was added to this building, and facilities for ' ' elementary observational work were greatly increased. Miss Bardwell, the first director of the observatory, began her work here in IS66. After her death in I899 she was succeeded by Miss Young. Since i902 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. MISS YOUNG Anne Sewall Young, 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 Yerkes Observatory: Member of Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, and of the Nan- tucket Maria Mitchell Association: Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Winona Lake, lndiana Louise Jenkins, B.A., Assistant B.A., Mount Holyoke College. 264 Main Street, East Haven, Connecticut 30

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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

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TH E 'LLAMARADA Erpartment nf itintang Botany was included by Miss Lyon in the curriculum of the first year, 1837-1838, and until 1851 was a required subject 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 department and directed its interests until her death in 1889. Since that time until 1908-1909 Miss Henrietta E. Hooker has been in charge of the department. Miss Lyon's herbarium was the nucleus of the present collections: to this Miss Shattuck added her herbarium and whatever other plants she was able, by her efforts, to secure. The botanical gardens were begun in 1878 by Miss Shattuck: and the first gardner, Mr. Charles Bates, was appointed in 1882. The first small plant house was destroyed by the fire of 1896. The present range of houses was the result of the generosity of several individuals, the largest gift coming fro-m Mr. and Mrs. james Talcott, for whom the arbo-retum is named. . Alma Grace Stokey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department B.A., Oberlin: Ph.D., University of Chicago. South Hadley, Massachusetts Asa S. Kinney, M.S., Director of the Botanical Gardens, Instructor in Floriculture B.S., Boston University: M.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College: Member of the American Forestry Association, and of the National Geographic Society. ' 6 Park Street, South Hadley, Massachusetts Edith A. Roberts, M.S., Instructor H B.A,, Smith College: University of Chicago: M.S., University of Chicago. Dover, New Hampshire Anna Morse Starr, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., M.A., Oberlin: Ph.D., University of Chicago. Elgina. Ohio Sarah J. Agard, Curator of Museum Curator of Museum. South Hadley. Massachusetts 31