Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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GELLERT ALLEMAN Professor of Chemistry. And deal damnation round the land. B.Sc., Pennsylvania College, 1893; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1897. Instructor in Chemistry, University of Maine. 1897- 98; Instructor in Chemistry, Washington University, 1898-1902; Professor of Chemistry, Swarthmore College, from 1902. , PAUL MARTIN PEARSON Professor of Public Speaking. Satire ' s my weapon, but I ' m too discreet, To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. A.B., Baker University, 1891; A.M., 1S95. Student of English and Oratory. Northwestern University, 1894-9.5; Harvard Uni- versity, 1901-1902; Assistant in Orator-y, Northwestern University, 1895-1902; Assistant Professor of Public Speaking, Swarthmore College, 1902-1904; Professor, from 1904. JOHN LIVINGSTON LOWES Professor of English. None but himself can be his parallel. A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1888; A.M., 1891; Ph.D., Hon., 1901; A.M., Harvard University, 1903; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1905. Student, LTniversities of Leipzig and Berlin. 1894-95. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. Washington and Jefferson College, 1888-91; McKee Professor of Ethics, in charge of Department of English, Hanover College, 1895-1901; McKee Professor of Ethics and Professor of the English Language and Literature, 1901-02: Lecturer in English in New York University Summer School, 1902, 1904 and 1905. Professor of English, Swarthmore College, from 1905. JOHN ANTHONY MILLER Edward H. Magill Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. And teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less That burn by day and night. A.B., Indiana University, 1890; A.M., Leland Stanford, Junior, University, 189.3; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1899. Graduate 15

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JESSE HERMAN HOLMES Professor of the History of Religion and Philosophy. Of right and wrong he taught, Truths as refined as ever Athens heard; And (strange to tell) he practised what he preached. B.S., University of Nebraska, 1884; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1890. Graduate Student in University of Nebraska, 1884- 85; Harvard Universitj ' , summer of 1895; Oxford University, 1899-1900: University of Pennsylvania, 1903-05. Professor of the Historj ' of Religion and Pliilosophy, Swarthmore College, 1900. Member $ B K. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BATTIN Professor of the German Language and Literature, and Secretary of the Faculty. He is the very pine-apple of politeness ! A.B., Swarthmore College, 1892; Ph.D., University of Jena, 1900. .Joshua Lippincott Fellow (Swarthmore College), Berlin and Athens, 1893-94; Student of German and Philosophy, Universities of Berlin, 1898-99, and Jena, 1899-1900. Instructor in Rhe- toric and Composition, and in Greek, Swarthmore College, 1892-93; As.- ' istant Professor of German, 1900-02; Professor of German, from 1902. Jlember I K and B K. ISABELLE BRONK Professor of the French Language and Literature. Wisdom, awful wisdom, which inspects, Discerns, compares, weighs, separates, infers — Ph.B., Illinois Wesleyan Universitj ' , 1893; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1900. Student of French and German; Wellesley Col- lege, 1880-83: Germany and France, 1883-84; University of Leipzig, Sorbonne and College de France, 1889-91; University of Chicago, summer quarter of 1896, and 1897-98. Fellow in Romance Languages, University of Chicago, 1898-1900; Bibliothgque Nationale, summers of 1902 and 1903; University of Grenoble, first half of summer session, 1900. Assistant in the Ro- mance Languages and Literatures, and Head of Beeeher House, University of Chicago, 1900-01; Assistant Professor of the French Language and Literature, Swarthmore College, 1901-02; Professor, from 1902. 14

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student, University of Chicago, 1895-97. and summer term, 1898; Instructor in Mathematics, Indiana University, January to June, 1890; Superintendent of Scliools, Eockville, Ind., 1890-91; Instructor in Mathematics, Leland Stanford, Junior, University, 1891-92; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1893-94; Acting Professor of Matliematics, Indiana University, 1894-95; Professor of Mechanics and Astronomy, 1895-1906; Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, from 1906. GEORGE FREDERICK BLESSING Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.M.E., Kentucky University, 1897; M.E., 1905; Ph.D., Hanover College, 1906. Draftsman with the Snead Iron Works, Louisville, Ky., 1897-98; Draftsman witli the Bro vn-Ketchum Iron Worlds. Indianapolis, Ind., 1898-99; Draftsman with the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company. Louisville, Ky.. summer, 1899; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Nevada State Uni- versity, 1899-1900. Draftsman with Joseph McWilliams Co., Contractors, Louisville, Ky., summer 1900; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Xevada State University, 1900-1905: Assistant to Engineer of Tests, Southern Pacific Railroad, Sac- ramento, Cal., summer, 1902; In charge of Design and Research Work for the Eureka Oil Burning Company, San Francisco, Cal., summer, 1903; Designer, Pacific Foundry, San Francisco, Cal., summer, 1904; Design and Research Work in Turbine Pumps. Piatt Iron Vorks, Dayton, Ohio. 1905-06; Designer in Steam Turbine Department of General Electric Company, Lynn, Mass., 1906; Assistant Professor ofMachine Design, Sibley College, Cornell University. 1906-08; Lecturer, Machine Design, Cornell University, summer session, 1907 and 1908; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Swarthniore College, from 1908. i [ember 2 X. JOHN RUSSELL HAYES, Librarian. With heart as calm as lakes that sleep. In frosty moonlight glistening. A.B., Swarthmore College, 1888: A.B., Harvard University, 1889; LL B., University of Pennsylvaniii, 1892. Student of English, Universities of Oxford and Strasburg. 1892-93. Assistant in English, Swarthmore College, 1893-95; Assistant Professor, 1895- 190G; Librarian, from 1906. Member B K. FRANKLIN SPENCER EDMONDS Assistant Professor of Law. Ph.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1893; A.M., Central High School, Philadelphia, 1896; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1903; 16