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

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cated in public schools and High School of Detroit and Lan¬ sing, Michigan. Entered Michigan Agricultural College in fall of 1894, graduating with degree B. S. in June, 1897. Was stu¬ dent-assistant in Zoological Laboratory and editor of College Annual. Entered Cornell University College of Agriculture in July, 1897, taking special work in entomology and histology, and graduating in June, 1898. In May, 1898, was elected Assistant State Entomologist of Maryland and Assistant Entomologist of Maryland Agricultural College and Experiment Station. In July, 1899, was appointed Assistant in Division of Entomology. United States Department of Agriculture. In September, 1899, was elected Entomologist of Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, and the next year also Associate Professor of Zoology, Delaware College. Was elected to present position in Septem¬ ber, 1902. At Cornell was elected member of Sigma Xi Society. Author of Insects Injurious to Staple Crops and several ento¬ mological bulletins and reports. Edwin Jackson Kyle was born July 22, 1876, at Kyle, Texas. He entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in the fall ’96, graduating with the B. S. degree in ’99. From the College of his State Mr. Kyle went to Cornell University, receiving the degree of B. S. A. from there in 1901, and of M. Sc. A. in 1902. In June, 1902, he accepted his present posi¬ tion as Instructor in Horticulture, and Horticulturist to the Experiment Stations. Howard Meng Lanham was born July 29, 1874, at Weather¬ ford, Texas. In 1893 he received the degree of A. B. from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1896. He received an appoint¬ ment and served one year as resident physician in the hospital connected with that institution. Since then he has been engaged in the practise of his profession. In 1902 he was elected Physician and Health Officer, and Lecturer on Hygiene at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Robt. F. Smith is a native of Houston County, Texas. He attended school at the Austin College at Huntsville, Texas, and in 1881 graduated with distinction from the State Normal at the same place. The summers of 1894 and 1895 were spent at Cornell University in the study of higher mathematics. In 1881 and 1882 he was Superintendent of the Public Schools at Willis, Texas. He resigned this position in the fall of 1882, and accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Agri¬ cultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Since then he has held successively the positions of Adjunct Professor and Asso¬ ciate Professor of Mathematics. He has always taken active interest in agricultural matters, and in 1897 formed a partner¬ ship with Mr. Jas. W. Carson in the lease of a large Brazos Bottom plantation, the latter gentleman taking the active man¬ agement. In 1900 they purchased a thousand acre plantation in Burleson County, Texas, where they are endeavoring to apply the principles of scientific agriculture. P. S. Tilson, M. S.,was born December 30, 1867, at Boston, Bowie County, Texas. Entered the Agricultural and Mechani¬ cal College of Texas September, 1885, graduating in 1888. His first chemical work was with the Texas Geological Survey in 1889-90, as Chemist, stationed at the Agricultural and Mechani¬ cal College. Since 1890 he has been connected with the Chemi¬ cal Department of his alma mater. He now fills the position of Associate Professor of Chemistry. Aubrey Leonard Banks, B. S., was born in Memphis, Tenn., November, i860. In 1872 he entered St. John’s College at Little Rock, where he remained till 1875, when his parents removed to Texas. He completed his A. B. degree in the last-named State, and afterwards took the degrees of B. S. and M. S. at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. In 1891 he was elected to the position of Adjunct Professor of Mathe¬ matics in his alma mater, and in 1898 was made Associate Pro¬ fessor.

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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¬

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H. W. South was born in Brazos County, Texas. After completing the course in the Bryan High School, he was gradu¬ ated from the Sam Houston Normal. After leaving the Nor¬ mal he was Principal of the Navasota High School for two years. He resigned that position to accept the position of Instructor in Mathematics of the Ball High School, in Galves¬ ton, leaving there after two years to attend the University of Virginia. On returning to Texas, three years later, he became Principal of the Sherman High School, and next Principal of Galloway College, Searcy, Arkansas. In 1896 he was elected Assistant in Languages and History in the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and was later made Associate. Charles Perkins Fountain, A. M., Associate Professor of English, was born in Dallas County, Alabama He has received the degree of Master of Arts from Howard College, Alabama, and from Harvard University, Massachusetts; he is also a full graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi¬ nary, Louisville, Kentucky. As student or teacher, Professor Fountain has been connected with higher institutions of learn¬ ing for more than twenty years. Eugene Wycliffe Kerr, M. E., was born in Collin County, Texas, February 16th, 1874. In the fall of 1893 he entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College, graduating in the Mechan¬ ical Engineering course in 1896 and receiving the post-graduate degree, Mechanical Engineer, in 1899. He pursued a course in Experimental Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1899; courses in Fuel Calorimetry and Applied Electricity at the University of Wisconsin during the summer of 1902, and a course in Railroad Mechanical Engineering at Purdue Univer¬ sity during the fall term of 1902. After graduating, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Agricultural and Mechanical College, which position he still holds. He is the author of a text-book, entitled “ Power and Power Transmission.” He is a junior member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Western Railway Club and of the Texas Academy of Science. Andrew Cavitt Love, B. S., was born in Robertson County, Texas, April 1st, 1876. He prepared for the Agricultural and Mechanical College in the public and private schools of Cal¬ vert, Texas, first entering the College in 1895 and remaining one year. Until September, 1S97, he was a stenographer and abstracter in Robertson County. In 1897 he again entered the College, graduating in 1S99. Elected Assistant Professor of Drawing that same year. Since graduation he has spent two summers in the North studying drawing — one in teaching and one in an architect’s office. Norbert Fraenkel is a native of Cracow, Austria, where he took a systematic course of instruction, graduating from the Technical School. He then took up the specialization of chemistry at the Universities of Cracow and Vienna, Austria, Heidelberg, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, and at the Polytechnics of Vienna and Zurich. He passed the Chemical State Examination at Vienna Polytechnic and the Doctorate of Philosophy at Zurich University. He was then appointed Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the Technical Academy of Cracow, which position he left to gain experience in various branches of industrial chemistry. He came to this country in 1891, and is now a naturalized citizen. Since coming to the United States he has held industrial positions in New York and Michigan. He has been at this College since November, 1901, as Assistant Professor of Chemistry and first Assistant Chemist of the Agricultural Experiment Station. He has pub¬ lished several papers along the lines of original organic research and analytical and technical chemistry in both German and English. Wilmon Newell, M. Sc., Assistant State Entomologist, was born March 4, 1878, in the northwestern part of Iowa. At 24