Randolph Macon College - Helianthus Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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CLARENCE D. GREELEY, A. M., B. D., Lecturer on Philosophy. Mr. Greeley, by birth a New Yorker, began life in Kansas as a farmer, teacher and surveyor. He graduated from Washburn in 1883, and from Yale Divinity School three years later. He then took graduate courses in Philosophy and Sociology at both Yale and Harvard and has since been engaged in practical sociological work in New York. The last two years Mr. Greeley has delivered a course of lectures on Philosophy and Sociology to the graduating classes. . 'W11.1.1AM A. I-IARSHBARGER, B. S., Q55 bzsfructor zrz Matkema!z'os and Natural Hisiory. Professor Harshbarger is a native of Brandonville, W. Va. He graduated from the Normal School in 1880. Entered the West Virginia University in 1882. In 1884 he accepted a position as instructor in Math- ematics and Natural Sciences in Franklin Academy, Franklin, Neb., and while there he was also at the head of the Military department of that institution. In 1890 he entered the Sophomore Class at Washburn Col- lege, and graduated in 1893, since which he has been instructor in Math- ematics in his Alma Mater. ALMOND E. PALMER, A. M., fllb Professor of Orafory and Rkoforic. Professor Palmer graduated from Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1888, receiving his Master's degree in 1892. He taught in the University of Wisconsin in 1890-'91, graduated from the Emerson College of Oratory in 1893, and taught in Parsons College in 1894. He was elected to the chair he now fills in ISQ4. While in college Professor Palmer won honors in oratory a number of timesg in 1887. representing his college in the State Oratorical Contest of Iowa. His reputation as an elocutionjst during the year he has been at Washburn, has not been confined to col- lege circles, but he has very agreeably filled a number of engagements at various places over the State. IS

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FREDERICK W. ELLIS, A. B., Q45 Professor of ilze Greela Language and Liieraiare. Professor Ellis was born at Ansonia, Conn. After graduating at Yale University in 1889, he spent the next year at the same institution, in graduate work, giving special attention to the Semitic Languages and Biblical Literature. The year 1891-'92 he was Professor of Greek and Latin at Davis Military College, Winston, N. C. It was during this year that he was elected to the chair he now holds. Professor Ellis is a mem- ber of the American Philological Association. MAUD FULKERSON, A. M., Q65 Insiruetor in French ana' German. Miss Fulkerson graduated from De Pahw University in 1890, and after graduation she spent two years in France and Germany in the study of the languages and literatures of those countries. Miss Fulkerson re- ceived her Master's degree from her Alma Mater in 1893. She was called to her present position as instructor in Modern Languages at Washburn College in 1892. ROBERT S. WooDwoRTH, A. B., QIS5 Inslructor in Matlzematics. Professor Woodworth is by birth a Massachusetts man. I-Ie attended high school at Newton, Mass., and Boston, and college at Amherst, grad- uating in 1891. He was awarded the mathematics prize in conic sections and calculus and at graduation received summa cum Zaudia on his diploma, an honor which had not been granted by Amherst since 1887. After graduation, Watertown, N. Y., was the scene of his labors, where he was for two years instructor in Physics and Mathematics in the high school of that city. For two years Professor Woodworth has been instructor in Mathematics at Washburn, and his hearty sympathy with the students has been shown by his interest in the athletics of the college, and in the management of the Glee Club, which has been under his directorship. . I4

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BERTHA E. LOVEWELL, B. LIT., Q91 Principal of the Ladies' Department ana' bistruetor in History and .English Literature. Miss Lovewell is a graduate from Washburn with the class of '89, Her graduate work was done in Yale in the department to which she now gives her attention as a teacher. Previous to her return to Washburn as a member of the Faculty, Miss Lovewell held the position of Principal of the Minneapolis High School. Her home for the past twelve years has been in Kansas, previously to that in Wisconsin and Connecticut. The advantage to which Miss Lovewell turns her acquaintance with Washburn student-life, gained by her long continued connection with the institution, is well evidenced by the esteem in which she is held by all the students. MATTHEW HENRY FRANK, A. M., Q85 , Principal of the Academy ana' Instructor in Latin ana' Greek. Born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1866, Professor Frank graduated from the High School of that city in 1881. He worked as a carpenter and mechanic from 1881 to 18835 taught from 1883 to 1886 and entered Wooster University in the fall of that year. After his graduation, in 1889, two years he held the position of principal of Central College Academyg the next three years he filled a similar position in Tulon Academy, of Tulon, Ill., and finally, in 1894, was called to the Principalsllip of Wasl1burn's Academy. I HELEN RUTH INGALLS, Q75 Instructor in Pianofor te and Harmony. Miss Ingalls received her first instruction in music in Canada. She afterward studied in Chicago, Ill., and Springfield, Mass. She entered the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, graduating with honor in 1890. Miss Ingalls has had charge of the Instrumental depart- ment in Washburn since I8QO. Her proficiency as an instructor in music is attested by the growth of this department since it has been under her charge, and by her great popularity among the students of the music department. V 16