Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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THOMAS W. WRIGHT, W T, E £. Professor of Mathematics and Physics. A. B., Toronto, 1863; A. M., 1871 ; Ph. B., Yale, 1872; Ph. D., Union, 1891 ; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1863- 1870 ; U. S. Survey, N. N. W. Lakes ; Professor at Union since 1884. Author of “ Treatise on the Adjustment of Observations,” 1886; “Text Book of Mechanics,” 1890; “Elements of Mechanics,” 1896. MAURICE PERKINS, $ B K. Nott Professor {No. j) of Analytical Chemistry. A. M., Harvard, 1865 ; M. D., A. M. C., 1871 ; Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Physicians, New York City ; Assistant to Rumford Professor, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard ; Professor of Analytical Chemistry in Union since 1865 ; Author of “A Course in Analytical Chemistry,” and of “ Estimation of Urea” and other papers. SIDNEY G. ASHMORE, A $ B K. Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. A. B., Columbia, 1872; A. M., 1875; L. H. D., Hobart, 1887; Instructor in Greek and Latin, Lehigh University, 1873-1876; Instructor in Latin, Columbia, 1876- 1881; Professor of Latin, Union College, 1881—.Editor of Terrace (Adelphoe)-, 1893, revised 1896, MacMillan’s Classical Series; Caesar (Helvetian War) and Caesar (Invasion of Britain), MacMillan’s Elementary Series ; Author of article on the Latin Language and Literature in International Encyclopaedia (Revised Edition); Review of Schlee’s “ Scholia Terentiana ,” Classical Review (Oct. 1894) ; Article on Terence in Harper’s New Classical Dictionary (Harpers, 1896) ; and other papers. Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, and of the American Philological Association. JAMES R. TRUAX, W V, 2 B K, 2 g. Professor of the English Language and Literature. A. B., Union, 1876; B. D., Drew, 1878; A. M., Union, 1879 ; Ph. D., 1894; Professor at Union since 1885. FRANK S. HOFFMAN, $ T A, f B K. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy . A. B., Amherst, 1876; A. M., 1879; B. D., Yale, 1880; Ph. D., Amherst, 1896; Hooker Fellow, at Yale, 1880-1882; Student in Germany, 1882-1883; Instructor in Philosophy at Wesleyan University, 1883-1885 : Professor at Union since 1885; Author of “Probability in Theology,” “The Sphere of the State,” “ The Sphere of Science,” “President Seelye as a Philosopher,” and of various papers.

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THruon Golleoe jfacult . ANDREW V. V. RAYMOND, A A $ B K. President of Union University. A. B., Union, 1875 ; A. M., 1878 ; D. D., 1885 ; LL. D., Williams, 1894. HENRY WHITEHORNE, $ B K. Nott Professor {No . ), oj Greek Language and Literature. A. M., University of Mississippi, 1848; LL. D., Union, 1887 ; University of Oxford, England, 1834-1839 ; Principal of St. Thomas Hall, Holley Spring’s, Miss., 1846 ; Professor of Greek and Ancient Literature, University of Mississippi, 1855 ; Professor in Union and Principal of Classical Department in Union School, 1862- 1869 ; Professor of Greek Languag-e and Literature, Union, since 1869 ; Dean of Union College, 1886- 1894. WENDELL LAMOROUX, W T, $ B K. Librarian. A. B., Union, 1844 ; A. M., 1847 ; Instructor in Modern Languages and Assistant Professor Belles Lettres, 1850- 1853 ; Actings Professor of Modern Languag-es, 1862-1864; Acting Professor of Rhetoric, Columbia, 1868- 1869 ; Professor of English Essays and French, Wells, 1873-1876 ; Professor English Essays, Union, 1876- 1885 ; Librarian since 1885 ; Librarian and Lecturer, 1895—. Contributor to various periodicals on Education and Art. WILLIAM WELLS, $B A. Professor of Moder?i Languages and Literature , and Lecturer on Current History. Ph. D., Berlin, 1848 ; LL. D., Indiana Asbury University, 1875 ; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in Genesee College, 1862- 1866 ; FrofC fcOr of Modern Languages and Literature in Union since 1865 ; Lecturer on Current History since 1886. Retired. H

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OLIN H. LANDRETH, A T, 2 g. Professor of Civil Engineering. C. E. Union, 1876; A. B., 1877; A. M., 1879; Instructor in Physical Laboratory,. Union, 1876-1877 ; Assistant Astronomer Dudley Observatory, 1877-1879; Pro¬ fessor of Engineering-, 1879-1894; and Dean Engineering-Department at Vander¬ bilt, 1886-1894; Union, 1894—; Member of American Society of Civil Engineers; Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education ; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; Member of the Deutscher Geometer Verein ; also contributor to leading Engineering Journals; Author of “Metric Tables for Engineering Students.” BENJAMIN H. RIPTON, W T, $ B K. Dean and Professor of History and Sociology. A. B., Union, 1880; A. M., 1886; Ph. D., 1895; LL. D., Syracuse, 1896; Vice- Principal Whitestown Seminary, 1882-1883; Principal, 1883-1885; Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Union College, 1886; Professor of Mathematics, Union College, 1887-1894; Professor of History and Sociology, 1894 -; Dean of Union College, 1894—; Member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, of the American Economic Association and of the American Historical Association. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, Jr., A A Professor of Rhetoric and Logic. A. B., Harvard, 1883 ; Ph. D., Halle, 1892 ; Instructor of English, Cornell, 1886- 1889 ; Acting Assistant Professor, 1889-1890 ; Fellow in Harvard University, 1890-92; Professor of English Language and Literature, State University of Iowa, 1892- 1895; Union since 1895; Editor of “ Lechford’s Notebook,” Boston, 1885; “Poems of Herrick, ” Boston, 1895; “Paradise Lost, Books I and II,” New York, 1896 ; “ Evangeline,” “Knickerbocker Stories,” “Poems of Knightly Adventure,” New York, 1897; Part Author of “Franklin in France,” Boston, 1887, 1888; Author of “The Chronological Order of the Poems of Robert Herrick,” Halle, 1892 ; “ Open and close e in Orin,” Modern Language Notes, Jan. 1893; “An Uncertain Exception to Early Middle- English Lengthening of a, e, o, in Open Syllables,” Sievers Festschrift, 1896 ; “Constructive Rhetoric,” New York, 1896, and articles and notes in the “Dial,” “Atlantic Monthly,” “Outlook,” “Chap Book,” and other periodicals. CHARLES S. PROSSER, P T A, 2 £. Professor of Coology. R. S., Cornell, 1883 ; M. S., 1886 ; Instructor in Paleontology, 1885-1888 ; Assistant Paleontologist U. S. Geological Survey, 1888- 1892 ; Professor of Natural 16