Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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CYRUS VANCE WILLIAMS Head of Department of Botany B.Ed. Peru 1909; A.M. University of Ne- braska 1910. Nebraska Wesleyan since 1910.

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In the resignation of Professor B. W. Van Riper, Nebraska Wesleyan has this year suffered the loss of a member of the Faculty who was one of her most scholarly and at the same time most popular teachers. During- his brief stay he won the thorough confidence and enthusiastic friendship of every member of the Faculty and student body. His departure has been greatly mourned. And yet Nebraska Wesleyan feels a pride that it can offer, for the great positions of the country, such men as Professors Cox and Van Riper. We look forward with anticipation and regret to the rime which ke know cannot be far far in the future when Professor Brightman will also leave us to fill one of these great positions. Professor Van Riper is now studying in Jena University, Jena, Germany, preparatory to tak- ing up his work as head of the Department of Philosophy in Boston University. Here he will take the positio nmade vacant by Doctor Bowne, one of the greatest of Modern Philosophers. BENJAMIN W. VAN RIPER Head of Department of Philosophy and Psy- ' hology A. B. Alleghany College 1905; Phi Beta Kappa; Ph.D. Boston University 1908 Graduate work at Chicago University and at Jena, Germany; Professor at Wheaton Collere 1908; Nebraska Weslevan 1909- 1912. E. S. BRIGHTMAN Head of Department cf Philosophy, Psychol- ogy and Religion A.B., A.M., Brown; S. T. B., Boston. Assistant Brown University 1906- ' 08; Fel- lowship Boston University 1910; Univer- sities of Berlin and Marburg 1910-12.

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CHARLES DUNHAM ROSE Professor of Mathematics Ph. B. DePauw Universitiy 1883; A.M. DePauw University 1893; Delta Kappa Gamma. Civil Engineer at the Panama Canal and in Indiana and Illinois; Nebraska Wesleyai 1890. When the wintry winds are blowing o ' er the yet untrodden snow And the sleepy stars are blinking yet on high, Who could call these youths and maidens from their cozy beds to go, Just to learn of worlds and planets in the sky? Prof. Rose. When the laddie leaves the homefolk on his quest for higher knowledge: Who shall teach me? hear him question with a sigh. But the answer comes from many who ' ve already come to college: He who knows the mysteries of x and y — Prof. Rose. When a student on the campus walks with thots a mile away, Murmuring words you cannot understand, Hyperbola, Ellipse, Parabola, you hear him say. He ' s a student of the best man in the land — Prof. Rose. Who is it when the balmy days of early spring draw near. And the meadowlarks each sing a happy lay. Who says, Of pyramids and cubes we ' ve had enough this year, On Friday we ' ll just have an all sneak day? Prof. Rose. Who is it whom the Senior ' s love for wisdom he has taught them? Who is it helps the Freshie green with many a trying problem? Who is it whom we all love for his kind and gentle spirit? He who has a heart so big it can hold us all within it — Prof. Rose. —Ruth Bailey.