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

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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

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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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THE LLAMARADA ZX MISS CLAPP Evpartment nf Znnlngg anh ltlhgainlngg From the beginning of the seminary, in 1837-l838, until I874, the philosophy of natural history held a place in its curriculum: in that year Zoology took its place. The first zoiilogical laboratory was situated in Williston Hall, built in IS76. An annex was added in 1889 and the accommoda- tions for work in zotilogy seemed ample until l905, when the laboratofry work in physiology was included in the department. Since that time there has been necessity for enlarged quarters for the department and a new biological laboratory is looked for in the near future. Cornelia Maria Clapp, Ph.D., Professor Mount Holyoke: Ph,B., Syracuse University: Ph.D., University of Chicago: Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole: Naples Zoological Station: Phi Beta Kappa Society: Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Society of American Zoolo- gists, and of the Association of American Anatomists. Montague, Massachusetts Louise Baird Wallace, Ph.D., Associate Professor Lake Erie College: B.A,, Mount Holyoke: M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania: Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole: Naples Zoological Station: Member of the Society of American Zoologisls, and of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. . South Hadley, Massachusetts Abby Howe Turner, B.A., Associate Professor B.A., Mount Holyoke College: University of Pennsylvania: University of Chicago: Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's 'Hole. South Hadley, Massachusetts Mary Werd Burdick Lyon, Instructor B.A., Mount Holyoke: Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. I5 Pine Street, Binghamton, New York Mary Hague, Ph.D., Instructor B.A., Coucher College: Bryn Mawr College: Ph.D., University of Wurzburg: Marine Biologi- cal Laboratory, Wood's Hole: Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science. 4503 North High Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 32