Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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lldtbdtl Hbbbii, H. B., IIE. B. V vATHAN ABBOTT was born July II, 18511, in the State of Maine. He gradu- ated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in june, 1873, and entered Yale tl1e following fall, graduating in 1877. He then studied law in his father's oiiice, and in Boston University, where he graduated in 1881, and was thereupon admitted to the Suffolk bar. He was married in 1884, and remained in Boston practicing law until his appointment as Tappan Professor of Law in the University of Michigan in 1891. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Law in Northwestern University, and the following year was called to the Department of Law at Stanford. Professor Abbott, by his method of teaching law, happily combines the lecture, textbook and judicial decision. A summary of each subject studied is dictated in the form of notes, and this is supplemented by the informal discussion and t' quiz. The idea is to make everything as plain as possible. I want to make myself clear, says Professor Abbott. To do this, he scorns not the use of simple language and homely illustration. Another characteristic of his teaching is that he never drives, never makes use of threats to force a student to work. Such methods are unnecessary in his classes. He so interests one in the study of law, that it is a pleasure to work with him. Again, the prodigious amount of work that he does himself is an inspi- ration to others. Professor Abbott, by his devotion to his profession, his eminent scholarship, his high ideals, and his kind, genial ways, has endeared himself to all who know him. R. J. O'N. Hmm william Smith, m. m. . fx ROFESSOR ALBERT WILLIAM SMITH, the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, was born in Westmoreland, N. Y., on August 30, Li 1856. He obtained a preparatory education in the grammar schools at the High School of Rome, N. Y. At eighteen years of age he began his collegiate training. registering at Cornell University in the fall of 1874. In 1878 the degree of B. M. E. was conferred upon him. After some years of practical work, Mr. Smith returned to Cornell and in ISS6 received the M. M. E. degree. A During the intervening years, from 1878 to 1886, Mr. Smith was engaged, first, for about a year and a half at the Brown tk Sharp Manufacturing Company of Providence, R. I., where he held the position of machinist and contractor. In 1830 he accepted the position of machinist and shop foreman in the Straight Line Engine Works of Syracuse, N. Y., and three years later he became superintendent of the Kingsford Foundry and Machine Works of Oswego, N. Y., which latter position Mr. Smith held until his return to Cornell. In 1886 he became a Fellow in Mechanical Engineering in his Alma Mater, being promoted in 1887 to an assistant professorship. In 1891 he was offered and accepted the chair of Machine Design at the University of Wisconsin. Professor Smith became a member of the Faculty of Stanford University in 1892 and at OllC6 attained to an unusual degree of popularity with his students. Being a thorough master of his subject, and having a faculty for interesting his scholars and clarifying their work, he has every requisite of the truly valuable instructor. His lectures are a special feature of his instruction and are marked by fluency, apt illustration, and a logical and clear presentation. Professor Smith is the author of two well-known textbooks, Constructive Materials of Engineering allfi Elementary Machine Design. He is a leading member of two engineering societies, the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers and the Technical Society of the Pacific Coast, ' S. B. O. L- I4 +.

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Jolm Kasper Bramuer, Pb. D. OHN CASPER BRANNER was born july 4, 1850, at New Market, Tennessee. ,J His early boyhood was spent 011 his father's slave plantation in the midst of M' the rugged mountain scenery of that region. In 187o he entered Cornell Universityg in 1875 he went to Brazil as an assistant on the Imperial Geological Survey. He lived eight years in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay as a geologist and mining engineer. From 1883 to 1885 he was employed on the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. He then became Professor of Geology at Indiana University, which chair he retained till his appointment, the second one made, to the Stanford Faculty. Meanwhile, as State Geologist, he was in charge of the Arkansas Geological Survey from 1887 until its completion in 1892. His appointment was due to Major Powell, who recommended him as a man of practical affairs as well as a geologist of high- repute. No State has had a better survey except Pennsylvania, and hers ranks higher only by virtue of forty years uf work and unlimited finan- cial resources. It is a monument both to Dr. Branner's tireless energy and to his scientific attainments. Fourteen volumes of reports have been published, three are now in press and three more i11 preparation. Dr. Branuer's vast knowledge of the subject and his wide experience in actual field work give him a place in the front rank of American geologists. His thorough command of his knowledge and the attractive style of his lectures make l1im one of the most popular of teachers: his true dignity, his genuineness, win for him the deep respect and enthusiastic admiration of his students. J. H. T. ...IS-