Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

Page 25 text:

chusetts Institute of Technology, during the summer of 1898. He was Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1886 to 1888, and has since then been in charge of the Depart¬ ment of Drawing. J. C. Nagle was born in Richmond, Virginia, October 9th, 1865 ; moved to Texas in 1874; entered the University of Texas, in 1886, graduating with the degree of B. Sc., in 1889, and M.A., in 1892 ; received the degree of C. E. from the Western Univer¬ sity of Pennsylvania, in 1892, and that of M. C. E. from Cornell University, in 1893. Was Topographer on the Geological Sur¬ vey of Texas, from June, 1889, to October, 1890, in charge of work in the Central Mineral District of the State ; Draftsman in office of the Pittsburg Bridge Company during the summer of 1892; Chief Engineer Brazos and Burleson Railway, summer of 1894; Assistant Chief Engineer H. E. W. T. Ry., July, 1899, to January, 1900; Agent and Expert in Irrigation Investi¬ gations, United States Department of Agriculture, from May, 1899, to date. Past President Texas Academy of Science; Associate Member American Society of Civil Engineers; Member of Council S. P. E. E., etc. October, 1890, to June, 1892, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; Professor of same from June, 1892, to June, 1899, and Professor of Civil Engineering from June, 1899, to date. Thomas C. Bittle, A. M., Ph. D., was born April 10, 1841, at Staunton, Virginia. In 1858, he graduated from Roanoke College, Virginia. From 1874 to 1879 he was Professor of Modern Languages at his alma mater. After this he taught private schools in North Carolina and Texas, being for fifteen years in charge of the Female Seminary at Manor, Texas. He then entered the ministry in 1SS5, and in 1890 accepted the position of Chaplain at the Agricultural and Mechanical Col¬ lege of Texas. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Lan¬ guages in the same College. Charles Woodward Hutson was born September 23d, 1840, in Prince Williams Parish, South Carolina; took his degree from the South Carolina College in December, i860; served in the ranks of the Confederate army throughout the war; was admitted to practise in the courts of law and equity at Colum¬ bia, S. C., in December, 1865 ; taught since 1868, sometimes as head of private schools, sometimes as Professor in College or University; wrote at times for magazines and reviews; is the author of several books; was Professor of History and English in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, from 1893 to 1900, since then has been Professor of History. David Wendal Spence, B. Sc., C. E., a native of Austin, Texas, was born on the 22d day of September, 1868. He first attended private schools in Austin and was four years at Pro¬ fessor Bickler’s Texas German and English Academy at that place. In 1889 he graduated from the University of Texas with the degree of B. Sc. In September of 1889 he entered Ann Arbor, where he remained one year at post-graduate work. After a year’s practical work at Denver he obtained the degree of C. E. at Ann Arbor. He continued as a draughtsman at Denver until November, 1891, when he went as chief engi¬ neer with the South Halsted Street Iron Works of Chicago. In August of 1892 he accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, and of Drawing at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. In 1899 was made Professor of Physics in the same College. Hilge Ness, Professor of Botany, was born 186 , in Norway, where he attended the common schools, and at the age of fifteen a private academy for boys. In 1881 he emigrated to America and settled in Grundy County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm for three years, and then attended the Grundy County Normal School for one session. Moved to California in 1885, and came to Fort Worth, Texas, the following year, which was spent on a farm near Fort Worth. He entered the Agricultural 21

Page 24 text:

Faculty David F. Houston, A. M., LL. D., elected President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College April 7th, 1902, and took charge July 1st, 1902. Roger H. Whitlock, M. E., was born July 15th, i860, at Brooklyn, New York. He first attended the public schools and then entered the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1878, gradu¬ ating in 1882. He was then for nine months with the Jersey City Manufacturing Company, and from there went to Brooks Loco¬ motive Works, at Dunkirk, New York. In 1883 he entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor H. H. Harrington, M. S., who presides over the Department of Chemistry, and who is ex officio State Chemist, and Chief Chemist to the Experiment Stations, is a native of Mississippi. He was educated at the University, and at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of that State, graduating from the latter institution in 1883. Took his master’s degree two years later. Before graduation he was made assistant in Chemistry and Physics in his alma mater, and continued in that capacity until January, 1888, when he was appointed “act¬ ing Professor of Chemistry and Physics ” in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The following June he was elected to his present position. Professor Harrington pur¬ sued special and advanced work at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of Troy. His most important scientific work was the discovery of the ' influence of cotton seed and cotton-seed meal, as a feed, upon the composition of butter—a discovery which overthrew the established chemical constants for normal butter. He is 20 Notes. the author of several new and modified methods for various determinations in agricultural chemistry. His station work has been devoted largely to investigations upon soils, and to the composition and digestibility of feed-stuffs. Professor Har¬ rington was married in 1892 to Miss Florine Ross, and they have one child living—Master Sul-Ross Harrington. Charles Puryear, M. A., B. Sc., C. E., was born October 21, i860, at Randolph-Macon College, near Boydton, Virginia. He was graduated from Richmond College in 1881, and from the University of Virginia in 1885. Taught four years in pri¬ vate high schools in Virginia, and in 1888 was made Instructor in Mathematics in the University of Michigan. Came to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1889 as Asso¬ ciate Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, and in 1890 was appointed to his present position as Professor of Mathe¬ matics. Mark Francis was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1863- Educated in the New London High School, the Ohio State University, and the American Veterinary College, New York City. Appointed Professor of Veterinary Science in 1888. f. E. Giesicke, M. E., a native of Washington County, Texas, was born January 28th, 1869. He entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1883, graduated in 1886, and completed a post-graduate course in Mechanical Engineering in 1890. He took a course in Drawing at Round Lake, N. Y., during the summer of 1889; a course in Experimental Engineering at Cornell University, during the summer of 1893; a course in Architectural Drawing at Cornell University, during the sum¬ mer of 1894, and a course in Architectural Design at the Massa¬

Page 26 text:

1 and Mechanical College at the beginning of the winter term, 1887, and graduated in June, 1889; was after graduation, appointed gardener of the College, and in 1890, made Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Botany. Before the last appoint¬ ment, he attended Cornell University for several summers, studying for the degree of M. S., which was conferred upon him in June, 1898. Professor of Botany since ’99. Frank P. Avery was born in Ionia, Michigan, in 1853. He entered West Point in 1874, and graduated as Second Lieuten¬ ant in 1878, since which time he has served as First Lieutenant and Captain. In 1898 he was retired and accepted his present position of Professor of Military Science and Commandant of Cadets in September, 1901. William Bledsoe Philpott, M. S., Professor of English, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, on the 13th day of December, 1865. The years of his early boyhood were spent at Austin, where he attended the public schools. For several years he was a student of lan¬ guages and mathematics under that rigid instructor, Professor J. G. James, of James’s Academy, and later continued these studies under Professor Jacob Bickler, of Austin. In Febru¬ ary, 1882, he entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College, took the course in Mechanical Engineering, and was graduated in 1884. After two years, spent in studying and teaching, he was offered the Assistant Professorship of English and History at his alma mater—an unsolicited position, which he accepted. On completion of graduate work, the degree of M. S. was con¬ ferred on him, and he was made Associate Professor of English and History. When the department of English and History wgs divided in 1900, he was elected Associate Professor of English and was placed in charge of the department, and was made full Professor a year later. In 1898 he was married to Miss Annie M. Derden, of Hillsboro, Texas, and is now the proud father of a charming little daughter of three years. Professor Philpott has been prominent in the Alumni Association, and has always been active in furthering the growth and develop¬ ment of the College. In society work, athletics, and all sub¬ jects pertaining to student life, he has ever shown unusual concern. William D. Gibbs, M. S., Dean of the Department of Agri¬ culture and Director of Experiment Stations, was born on a farm near Winchester, Illinois, in 1869. Attended the Winches¬ ter schools, graduating in 1888. Entered the Long course in agriculture at the University of Illinois in 18S9, graduating in 1893. Held the fellowship in agriculture in the University the following year, receiving the M.S. degree. Post-graduate stu¬ dent University of Wisconsin in 1895. Foreman of farm and assistant in agriculture in Ohio State University spring term 1895. Expert in Bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agriculture, summer of 1895, returning to Ohio State Univer¬ sity in September of that year as Assistant Professor of Agri¬ culture ; advanced to Associate Professor of Agriculture in 1896 and to Professor of Agronomy in 1900. Elected Director of the Experiment Station and Professor of Agriculture in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in December, 1901. Present position since September, 1902. Frederick S. Johnston, B.Sc., Professor of Agriculture. Born December 20th, 1873, at Oberlin, Ohio. Received preparatory education at Pierpont Academy Pierpont, Ohio. Entered the University of Ohio in September, 1893, and was graduated in June, 1899. Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Associate Agriculturist in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from July, 1899, to July, 1901. Associate Professor of Agriculture and Associate Agriculturist in Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana, from September, 1901, to Sep¬ tember, 1902. Present position since September, 1902. E. Dwight Sanderson, B. S. Agr., Professor of Entomology and State Entomologist. Born in Clio, Michigan. Was edu¬