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

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T lower Evpartntvnt nf ifintang Botany was included by Miss Lyon in the curriculum of the iirst 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 in- cluded in the list of those teaching the subject between 1837 and 1851. In the latter year, Miss Lydia W. Shat- tuck became head of the department and directed its interests until her death in 1889. Since that time, until 1908- 1909, Miss Henrietta li. Hooker was in charge of the department. Miss Lyon's herbarium was the nucleus of the present collection, 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 lirst gardener, Mr. Charles Bates, was appointed in 1882. The lirst small plant house was destroyed by lire in 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. The most recent addition is the Wright Plant Physiology Laboratory. MISS STOKEY ALMA GRACEY STOREY, Ph.D., Axroriate P1-ofexfor, Acting Head of the Department B.A., Oberling l'h.D., University of Chieagog Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa Societyg Sigma Xi Society. South Hadley, h4assaehusetts. ASA S. KINNEY, NLS., Imfrzzclor B.S., Boston University, NLS., Massachusetts Agricultural College, Klember of the American Forestry Association and of the National Geographical Society. South Hadley, Nlassaehusetts. liD1T11 ADEI,AIDE ROBERTS, M.S., Inxlruclor B.A., Smith College, University of Chicagog NVood's Hole, NLS., University of Chicago. Dover, New Hampshire. ANNA lV.lORSE STARR, Ph.D., Instructor B.L., Ohio Wesleyan Universityg Bryn Nlawrg JMB., JX.Nl., Oberlin, Wootl's Hole, Ph.D.. Uni- versity of Chicago, Fellow in Botany at the University of Chicagog Sigma Xi Society. V 315 l ourth Street, Elyria, Ohio. SARAH J. AGARD, A.M., Curator of Mufeum BA., AAI., Mount Holyoke, Curator of Museum South lladley, Massachusetts. 23

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2 e lornor Department nf Elihliral Eitmxture Bible study was, from the first, required at Mount Holyoke. Reci- tations were held by different teachers on Sunday afternoons or during Monday chapel periods. In I86O certain definite sections of the .Bible were prescribed regularly for each year. About 1893, as part of the transition from Seminary to college, came the transference of required Bible to weekdays under an in- structor especially trainedf' The first electives were offered in 1895, and two years later the requirement Miss DUTCHER . . : was reduced from eight hours to six. MISS MORSL L11.1.A FRANCES BAORSE, S.T.M., Affociate Profexfor B.A., Mount. Holyoke, B.D., S.'l'.M., Hartford 'Flieological Seminary, Member ol the Society ot' Biblical Literature and Itixegesis, Union 'Fbeological Seminary, New York. 22 lWount Pleasant Street, St. tlolinsbury, Vermont. WE. OLIVE DU'FCIiER, B.D., Associate Proffsror B.A., Columbia University, M.A., Columbia University, B.D., Union 'lflieological Seminary, Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Instructor at the ldaho Industrial Institute, Member of the Society of Biblical liiterature and Pixcgesis. 675 St. Nlarks Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. EDWARD E. Nouastc, D.D., Lerlurer B.A., Lake Forest University, S.'l'.B., Hartford 'Flieological Seminary, D.D., Lake Forest Uni- versity, University of Jena, Germany, Pastor of Second Congregational Church, Berlin, Con- necticut., Professor in Hartford Theological Seminary. Berlin, Connecticut.. NIARY INDA ITIUSSEY, Ph.D., Acting Arsociate Profexror Ph.B., Earlham College, Pli.D., Bryn Mawr College, Graduate Scholar, Bryn Mawr College, Fellow in Semitic Languages, University of Pennsylvania, University of Leipzig, Instructor in Biblical History, Wellesley College, Fellow of the Baltimore Association for the Promotion of the University Iiducation of Women, Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Research Fellow of the Associa- tion of Collegiate Alumnae, Assistant in the Harvard Semitic Museum, Member of the Society of Biblical i.iterature and ltixegesis, Member of the American Oriental Society. ' tk On leave of absence. 22

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A Q lsmsf Bvpartmvnt nf Glhrniiatrg A few years before the opening of the Seminary, Miss Lyon attended a course of lectures on Chemistry at Am- herst College, that she might be able to illustrate her teaching with experiments, and in the first issue of the catalogue in 1837 Chemistry is among the studies required of Seniors. At first the lectures were given by professors from various colleges, and the class work Was in, charge of Seminary teachers. In 1868 Miss Shattuck took charge of both lecture and class work, and it is to her enthusiasm that the present development of science in the College is largely due. The work of Nliss Mary A. Berry led to the building, in 1892, of Shattuck Hall which contains the laboratories of Physics and Chemistry. Experimental lectures have always been continued. ln 1907 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. MISS CARR EMMA PERRY CARR, Ph.D., Profenor HS., University of Chicago, Ohio State University, Mount Holyoke, Ph.l7., University of Chicago, Holder of the Mary lil. Woolley Fellowship, 1908-1909, University of Chicago, Holder ol' the Loewcnthal Fellowship, 1909-1910, University of Chicago, Sigma Xi Society. Coschoeton, Ohio. MARY ELIZABETI1 HOLMES, Ph.D., Auociate Profefxor HA., Wellesley, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Scholar in Chemistry,University of Chicago, Fellow in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Member of American Chemical Society, and of American Association for the Advancement of Science, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. Mystic, Connecticut. DOROTHY ANNA HAHN, B.A., Infzructor B.A., Bryn Mawr, University of Leipzig, Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr, Head of Department of Chemistry at Pennsylvania College for VVomen, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. South Hadley, Massachusetts. MARY VIOLETTE DOVER, Ph.D., Imtrurtor B.A., M.Sc., McGill University, Montreal, Fellow in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr, PhD., K6niglichen Universitiit, lireslau, Germany. 194 Hunter Street, lilast Petersborough, Ontario, Canada. SARAH TRUAIR HOI,LANDS, B.A., Curator B.A., Mount Holyoke. South lladley, Massachusetts. RUBY RIVERS MURRAY, B.A., Laboratory Axxistant I B.A., Mount Holyoke. Guilford, Connecticut. 24