Stevens Institute of Technology - Link Yearbook (Hoboken, NJ)

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W EESDKHQDQSQZQ 1 itanmer ansnm Iaiglep OMER RANSOM HIGLEY was born of New England parents in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, where he received his early education. He entered the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, in 1888 and was graduated from that institution in 1892. He became the recipient of the Mathematical Scholarship and spent the fol- lowing year in pursuing postgraduate work. In his Junior year he had been appointed Assistant Teacher of Mathemat- ics, which position he held for three years along with his regular work. In September, 1893, he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the Kearney Military Academy at Kearney, Nebraska. In September, 1896, he took the position of Professor of Mathematics in the Pennsylvania State Normal School at East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It was in December of the same year that he married Lillian L. Scott. Now he is the proud father of three children, John, Alice and Scott Higley. His summers he devoted to the study of Mathematics at Cornell University and at the University of Pennsylvania. ' In the summer of 1903, however, he was placed in charge of the work in lVIathematics at Chautauqua, N. Y., owing to the absence in Europe of Dr. William Hoover. The following September he accepted the appointment as Instructor in Mathematics at the Pennsylvania State College. 1 In September, 1908, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in which capacity he has served to the present time. As one of the members of the Faculty Advisory Committee on Athletics, he is working in the interest of Athletics at Stevens. On the field and in the classroom he tries to encourage a more general participation in the sports, no matter what they are, for it is his firm conviction that students must ex- ercise their bodies before they can be healthy mentally as well as physically. He does not believe in sport for sport's sake, but for the benefit of the clearer brains which result, and their influence on the work of the classroom. And he has the courage of his conviction, for, during the spring and fall athletic season, he may be found among the last to leave the athletic grounds, where he not only has cheered and encouraged but has played as well. In fact, his enthusi- asm is even more spirited than that of the students. Athletics is not the only phase of Stevens' life that claims his attention. He is a loyal supporter of everything con- nected with Stevens Institute and is a firm believer in her future. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and of the Sons of the American Revolution. Professor Higley is also a member of the American Mathematical Society and of the lVIathematical Society of the Middle States and Maryland for the Improvement of Mathematical Teaching. His ambition is to be a better teacher each year than he was the preceding year, for he thinks the teaching profession the greatest of all professions. 10

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