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

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- Eepartment of Mathematics The beginning of the Department of Mathematics dates from the first year of the Seminary, when Colborn's First Lessons and Adam's New Arithmetic were required for admission, and P1ayfair's Euclid and Day's Algebra were studied during the first two years. In 18 S4 a course in Trigonometry was added, early in the eighties was introduced Professor Olney's series of text-books, and stu- dents were eneouraged to attempt General Geometry and Calculus. Several years before the announcement of elec- tives in the catalogue is found the statement, Further mathematical instruction is provided if desiredf, 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 Calculus 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 1892. Besides the well-known histories, the department library contains a valuable collection of famous mathe- matical works belonging to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The equip- ment also includes sets of plaster and thread models for illustration in the various courses. MISS SMITH SARAH EFFIE SM1'r1-I, BS., Professor B.S., Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of Berlin, Member of American Mathematical Society, Member of Association of Mathematical Teachers of New England. I9 Walnut Street, Newburyport, Massaeluisetts. ELEANOR C. DOAK, Ph.B., Associate Professor , B.A., Coates, Ph.B., University of Chicago, Cambridge University, Instructor in Mathe- matics at Coates College, and at Depauw University, Member of Association of Mathematics Teachers of New England. 732 Center Street, Terre l-Iaute, Indiana. EMILIE NORTON lWAR'l'IN, Ph.D., Associate Professor B.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr, Fellow in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr, Holder of the Mary E. Garrett European Fellowship from Bryn Mawr, and Student at the University of Giittiugen, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member of the American Mathematical Society, of the National Geographic Society, of the Association of Mathe- matics Teachers in New England, and of the Philadelphia College Club. Montreat, North Carolina. 29

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wit xt Lfllllzllllin Bzpartment nf latin The study of Latin at Mount Holyoke is only two years younger than the institution itself. The catalogue for 1839-1840 states that some devote a part of their time to Latin, and that an extension of the course to four years is anticipated in order to give a regular time to Latin. The next year the course is earnestly recom- mended, and in 1845 is made a requirement. Two years later a good knowledge of Andrew's and Stoddard's Latin Grammar and Andrew's Latin Reader is required for admission, although some exceptions may be made. No such proviso was inserted for 1852, however, and the requirements of the following decades steadily increased in amount, so that the step was not a very long one when MISS the change was made to the regular college course in 1888- lg 889. Since that time, the number and scope of the college electives offered have een steadily increased. The present aim of the department is a study of the life and civilization of the ancient Romans through their language. HELEN M. SEARLES, Ph.D., Professor M.A., Lake Forest College, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Cornell University, Member of the Archeological Institute of America, of the American Philological Association, and of the New England Classical Association, Instructor in Greek and German, Ferry Hall Seminary, 1889-1894, Classical Fellow, Cornell University, 1894-1895, Fellow in Sanskrit and Com- parative Philology, University of Chicago, 1895-1898, Instructor in Latin and Greek at Pennsylvania College for Women, 1898-1899. HELEN ELIZABETH HOAG, B.A., Associate Professor B.A., Cornell University, Classical Fellow at Cornell University, 1894-1895, American School of Archaeology, Athens, 1900-190I' Columbia University, 1906-1907, Cornell Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society, Member of the Archeological Institute of America, of the Ameri- can Philological Association, and of the Classical Association of New England, Instructor in Greek, Elmira College, 1895-1900. 400 Oak Avenue, Ithaca, New York. MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR, M.A., Instructor B.A., Lake Forest College, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Member of the New England Classical Association, Instructor in Latin, Ferry Hall, Assistant Principal, Ferry Hall, Studied at University of Chicago , Member of American School at Rome, Mem- ber of the New England Classical Association. Lake Forest, Illinois, MARGARET COLEMAN WAITES, Ph.D., Instructor A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Radcliffe, Fellow of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, Fellow of the Archeological Institute at the American School for Classical Studies in Rome, Head of the Department of Latin at Rockford College, 1910-1914. ALICE RUTH PARKER, A.B., Reader . B.A., Mount Holyoke, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Graduate Student at Mount Holyoke. ' Worcester, Massac usetts. 28

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LFIFIFIHHD Eepartment of mathematics-Guncluheh ANNA bl. PPILL, Ph.D., Instructor BA., University of South Dakota, M.A., Radcliffe College, Alice Freeman Palmer Fellow, University of Gottingcng Ph.D., University of Chicago, Member of the American Mathe- matical Society, Sigma Xi Society. Chicago, Illinois EDITII M. CooN, B.A., Instructor. B.A., Mount Holyoke. 33 Lafayette Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Eepartment of Music During the iirst fifty years at Mount Holyoke, the training in Music consisted mainly of required choral singing, in which a high standard was maintained. Not until later was any opportunity for private study in in- strumental or vocal music given. With the building of the chapel and the gift of a fine organ came the increased facilities for work, until at present students may receive private instruction in piano, organ, voice, violin, violin- eello, and Hute, as well as in Various theoretical classes. Interest in choral Work has steadily increasedg the choir, vested and enlarged a few years ago, is now an important MR, HAMMOND factor in the Sunday services. WILLIAM C1-IURCIIILL HAMMOND, Professor 1 H tl' l Boston New York' Organ, Hartford, New York, Theory, N. H. Allen, Iano, ar orc , , , Organist of the Second Congregational Church, Holyoke, a Founder of the American Guild of Organists. Holyoke, Massachusetts. JULIA BANGS DICKINSON, Associate Professor Voice, Worcester, Boston, New York g Emmerich of Berlin, Theory, R. P. Baldwin. I4 Berkeley Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. 30