Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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GEOGRE GILBERT POND, A T, 0 K 0. B. A., Amherst, I88IQ M. A., Amherst, 1884i Ph. D., Univer- sity of Gottingen, 1882-83 and 1885. Dean of the School of Natural Science. Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Laboratories. Born on March 29, 1861. at Holliston, Mass. Prepared for college at Holliston High School. Graduated from Amherst in 1 88 1 . Instructor in Chemistry there from 1883 to '88. Appointed Pro- fessor of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State College, 1888. Granted a year's leave of absence, 1893-94 to pursue advanced study at the Universities of Berlin and Munich. HENRY PRENTISS Amvrsnv, 0 B K, 0 K 0. 4 B. S., Worcester Polytechnc Instituite, 1871 3 Ph. D., Yale, 1879. Lecturer on Stock F eeding. Born at North Bridge, Mass., September 21, 1853. Pre- pared for college at the Milbury High School, Millbury, Mass. Graduated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1871. Appointed Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1883. Director Pennsylvania State College Experiment Station, 1887. Lcc- turer, the Pennsylvania State College, 1891. Expert in Animal Nutrition, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1898. Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of Society for Promotion of Agricultural Science, American Chemical Society, American Physiological Society. Author of Manual of Cattle Feeding, 188o, and rinciples of Animal Nutrition, 1903. BENJAMIN GILI., dt F, 10 B K. 0 K 0. B. A., Wesleyan University, 18703 M. A., 1873. Dean of School of Language and Literature. Professor of Latin and Greek. Born at Holmfurth, Yorkshire, England, July 11, 1849. Pre- pared for college at Willbraham Academly. Graduated from esleyan University, 1880. Instructor in atin at Willbraham Academy, Mass., 1872-74. Appointed Professor of Greek and Latin at Willbraham Academy, 1874-92. Professor of Greek and Latin at the Pennsylvania State College since 1892. 15

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I. THORNTON OsMoND, 0K 0. A. B., Mt. Vernon College, I87IQ A. M., Mt. Vernon College, 18742 M. S., Cornell, 1885. Dean of the School of Mathematics and Physics. Professor of Physics. A Born at Philadelphia, 1844. Prepared for college in the public schools of that lplace and under private instruction. Graduated at Mt. Vernon Co lege in 1871. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Professor of Physics at the Pennsylvania State College since 1879 Louis E. REBER, 0 K ID. M. S., Pennsylvania State College, 1880. Dean of the School of Engineering. Professor of Mechanics and Illechanical Engineering. Born at Nittany Hall, Centre County, Pa., February 27, 1858. Entered the Pennsylvania State College from the Preparatory Preparatory Deipartment. Graduated in 1880. Remained as Commandant an Instructor in Mathematics, Appointed Instruc- tor in Drawing and Mechanic Arts, 1883. Entered Massachu- setts Institute of Technology in this year as a special student. Commissioner for Pennsylvania, Paris Exposition, 1889, and As- sistant Commissioner for Pennsylvania in charge of Mines and Mining, Columbian Exposition. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. the Society for Promotion of Engineering Edu- cation, and Franklin Institute. WILLIAM FREAR, 0 K W, IP K ID. B. A., Bucknell University. 18812 Ph. D., Illinois Wesleyan Unwersity, 1883. Professor of Agricultural Chemistry. Born at Reading, Pa., March 24, I86O. Entered Bucknell from the Preparatory Department. Graduated there in 1881. Served as Assistant in Natural Science at Bucknell, 1881-83. As- sistant Chemist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1883-85. Ap- pointed Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at Pennsyl- vania State College, 1885. Pro essor of the same, 1886. Vice- Director and Chemist of the Pennsylvania State College Experi- ment Station, 1887. Chemist to the Prnnsylvania State Board of Agriculture, 1888. Chemist to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 1895. I4

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' HELEN. A. SNYDER. M. A., Queen's University, Canada, ISQSQ Ph. D., Heidelberg, 1901. Dean of the Department of VVomen. Instructor in German. Graduated from Queen's University, Canada, also from the Ontario College of Pedagog , 1895. Lady Principal, Hamilton Ladies' College, 1896-97. Sptudied at the University of Heidel- berg, ISQS-QQ, the University of Paris, 1900. Instructor in Ger- man and Dean of the Department of Women, the Pennsylvania State College, 1901. FRED LEWIS PATTEE, A K E, 0 K 0. A. B., Dartmouth, 1888gA. M., Dartmouth, 1891. Professor of the English Language and Literature. Born at Bristol, N. H., March zz, 1863. Prepared for college at the New Hampton Institute. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1888. Principal of Schools, Eatontown, N. I., 1888-89. Princi- pal High School, Mendon, Mass., ISSQ-90. Principal Coe's Acad- emy, orthwood, N. H., and Professor of English, 1890-91. Pro- fessor of En lish at the Pennsylvania State College since 18 4. Author of Phe Wine of May and Other Lyrics, 1893: A lis- tory of American Literature, 1896: Mary Garven, 1902: and numerous other works. GEORGE C. WATSON, 0 K 2, 0 K 0. B. Ag. S., Cornell, IBSIQ M. S., Cornell, 1893. Superintendent of Correspondence Courses. Professor of Agri- culture. Graduated from Cornell in 1881. Practical work in Wayne County, N. Y., 1881-88. Teacher in public schools at Clyde, N. Y., 1888-89. Appointed Assistant in Experiment Station at Cornell, 1891-95. T e Pennsylvania State Co lege since 1895. 1,6