Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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HORACE EDWARD STOCKBRIDGE, B. S., B. Sc., Ph. D. Director Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Professor of Agriculture. B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1878, Sc. B., Boston University, 1878, Ph.D., Gottingen, 18S4, D. G. K. Assistant Massachusetts Experiment Station, 1878; special chemist United States Department of Agriculture, 1880; instructor in Chemistry, Mas- sachusetts Agricultural College, 1882 ; Associate Professor in Chemistry at same, 1884 : Professor of Chemistry and Geology, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan, 1885-89 ; chief chemist to the imperial government for the Hokkaido, 1887-89 ; member A. A. A. S., American Chemical Society, Deutsch Chemical Gesellschaft ; author of the follow- ing publications : (1) Six prize essays from the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, 1879-86. (2) Ueber die Analytischen Bestimmungen der Zuckers der Kiibe nebst Anwendung von Neuren Verfahen, 1884. (3) Comparative experiments with manures in solid and liquid forms, 1886. (4) Occurrence of muscarine as a product of putrefaction ; fatal poisoning through the consumption of this alkaloid as a ptomaine, 1887. (5) Report of a case of criminal morphine poisoning, 1887. (6) Report of the chemist to the government for the Hokkaido, 1888. (7) Rocks and soils ; their origin, composition and characteristics, chemical, geologi- cal and agricultural, 1888. (8) The artificial nutrition of infants. (9) The nutritive value of ensilage experimentally determined. W. H. P. CREIGHTON, U. S. N, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Graduate United States Naval Academy, 1882 ; member American Association Naval En- gineers. ABNER PICKERING, U. S. A., Commandant of Cadets, Associate Professor of Mathematics. Graduate United States Military Academy, 1878 ; 1st Lieutenant 2d Infantry, U. S. A. OTTO G. ZERSE, Ph. C, Special Lecturer in Materia Medica. Ph. C, University of Michigan, ' 82 ; proprietor Zerse ' s drug store, Lafayette, Ind. ERNEST KNAUFFT, Professor of Art. Assistant in Graphics, Princeton College, 1886-87 ; Art Director the Chautauqua Society of Fine Arts since 1887 ; Art Critic for nine years on the staff 1 of the New York Daily Graphic ; contributor to the Art Amateur, American Magazine, etc. ALFRED EDWARD PHILLIPS, A. B., C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering. A. B., Union College, New York, 1887, C. E., same college, 1887 ; Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Xi ; assistant Engineer CumberlandValley and Unaka Railroad Co., 1887, assistant Engineer New York State Board of Health ; examined sanitary condition of water supply of New York City, 1888 ; member St. Louis Society Civil Engineers, Indiana Academy of science ; author of various articles in engineering periodicals.

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JOSEPH CHARLES ARTHUR, B. S., M. S., D. So., Professor of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, Botanist to Experiment Station. B. S., Iowa Agricultural College, 1872, M. S., same college, 1877, D. Sc, Cornell, 1886; Sigma Xi. Demonstrator in Biology at Iowa Agricultural College, 1877-8 ; instructor in Botany of the University of Wisconsin, 1879-81 ; lecturer on Botany at Summer School of Uni- versity of Minnesota, 1882 ; Botanist to the New York Experiment Station, 1884-7 ; Pro- fessor of Botany at Purdue University, 1887 ; present position since 1888 ; member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, Societe Mycologique de France, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, Western Society of Naturalists, Indiana Academy of Sciences, etc. ; author of the following reports and books : (1) Flora of Iowa. Pp. 44. 1876. (2) Additions to above. Dav. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1877-84. (3) Iowa Uromyces. Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pp. 27. 1883. (4) Preliminary List of IowaUredinese, and Memorandum of Iowa Ustilaginese. Bull. Iowa Agric. Col. Pp. 21 + 3. 1884. (5) Four reports to the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, largely relating to plant diseases. Pp. 33 + 25 + 39 + 29. 1884-7. (6) History and Biology of Pear Blight. Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pp. 24. 1886. (7) Handbook of Plant Dissection; assisted by C. R. Barnes and J. M. Coulter. Pp. 256. Henry Holt Co., 1886. (8) Report on Botanical Work in Minnesota. Bull. Oeol. and Nat. Hist. Surv Minn. Pp. 56. 1887. (9) Concerning the Potato Tuber, and Spotting of Peaches and Cucumbers. Bull. Ind. Exper. Station. Pp. 14 + 10. 1888-9. (10) Editor, with J. M. Coulter and C. R. Barnes, of the Botanical Gazette, 1883-9 + . (11) Contributor to Science, Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, American Naturalist, pro- ceedings of horticultural societies, etc. LOUIS BELL, A. B., Ph. D., Professor Physics and Applied Electricity. A. B., Dartmouth, ' 84 ; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1888; Psi Omega. Fellow Johns Hopkins University, 1885-88; author: (1) Optical Properties of Malic and Tartaric Acids. American Chemical Journal, 1885. (2) Ultra Violet Spectrum of Cadmium. American Journal of Science. 1886. (3) Absolute Wave Length of Light. Philosophical Magazine, 1888. (4) Various minor papers. JAMES TROOP, M. S., Professor of Horticulture and Entomology, Horticulturist to Experiment Station. B. S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1878; M. S., same college, 1882. Assistant in Botany and Horticulture, Michigan Agricultural College, 1880-83; member of A. A. A. S., American Forestry Congress, American Horticultural Society, American Pomological Society; author of (1) Reports and Bulletins, Experiment Station. (2) Various contributions to the agricultural press. - CARL AUGUST WULFF, A. B., M. S., R. S. A., R. A. S. E., Vice-Director Experiment Station. A. B., Kalmar College, Sweden, ' 82 ; M. S., Royal Agricultural College, ' 84 ; 1st Lieutenant 1st Regiment His Majesty ' s Life Grenadiers, ' 8? ; for a number of years has been the Commissioner of the Swedish Government, appointed to inspect the agricultural ex- periment stations of the countries of Europe and America; author of (1) Instruction for the Swedish Infantry, (2) The Guard Service in Field, (3) How to Feed Rationally, and many papers on agricultural topics in Swedish and other foreign newspapers.

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FRANCIS M. WEBSTER, Entomologist to the Experiment Station. Special agent of the United States Department of Agriculture ; member A. A. A. S., West em Society of Naturalists, Indiana Academy of Science, Entomological Society of On- tario, Entomological Society of Washington ; author of reports and papers included in the Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture ; contributor to scientific journals. RICHARD WENMAN SWAN, A. B., A. M., Librarian. A. B., Harvard, 1842, A. M., 1845, Alpha Delta Phi ; Professor Latin and Greek, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1842-51 ; Tutor, Williams College, 1852 ; teacher French and German, 1853; Professor Latin and Greek, Albany Academy, New York, 1855-70; Professor Latin and Literature, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1871-83. ERASTUS TEST, M. S., M. D., Principal Preparatory Department. M. S., Earlham College, 1866; M. D., University of Michigan, 1868; Professor Botany and Chemistry, Earlham College, 1865-72 ; Professor of Chemistry, Willamette University, Oregon, 1876 ; Principal of Raisin Valley Seminary, Michigan ; established Central Academy at Plainfleld, Ind. THERIES D. HINEBAUCH, M. S., D. V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science and Veterinarian to Experiment Station. M. S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1885 ; D. V. S., Toronto Veterinary College, 1887. MRS. EMMA MONT. McRAE, Professor of English Literature and Lady Principal. Educated Brookville College, Ind.; Principal Muncie High School, 1867-83; Principal Marion High School, 1883-87 ; member of the National Association of Teachers, also of the State Association ; contributes articles of an educational nature to school peri- odicals. MRS. EMMA P. EWING, Professor of Domestic Economy. Professor Domestic Economy, Iowa Agricultural College ; contributor of many domestic articles to the press. MISS ANNA VON HOLLAND, Professor of Modern Languages. Educated in the Paulinsenshift, Friedrichshafen, Germany, completing the course in 1868; Professor Modern Languages, Glendale Female College. 1875-88 ; filled like positions in several private schools previous to this time. MISS BERTHA A. REYNOLDS, Professor of Elocution. Educated at Clamack College, afterward took a course in elocutionary training under Mrs. Randall Drihl of New York and Professor Leonard of Boston ; has held positions in the following schools : Bordentown Female College, Irving Institute, Napa College, California.