University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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N BE ARTHUR ELLIOTT GRANTHAM,A.B. 5.B. Professor of Agronomy Professor Grantham was born at La- doga, Indiana, 1878, Graduate of La- fayette Indiana High School. A. B. University of Indiana; B. 8. A. Univer- sity of Missouri. Assistant Principal of the Stockwell Indiana High School, 1900-01; 1902- 3. Post graduate study at the Univer- sities of Illinois and Pennsylvania. As- sistant in Agronomy, Missouri Agricul- tural Experiment Station, 1904-1905; Instructor in Agronomy, University of Missouri, 1905-1907. Professor of Agronomy, Delaware College and Agronomist to the Delaware Experi- ment Station, 1907 to date. Acting Di- rector of the Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, 1919, Member Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta and Phi Kappa Phi Fraternities. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. qu- ber, American Economic and Farm Management Association, Botanical Society of America, American Society of Agronomy. EARNEST VANCOURT VAUGHAN, Ph. D, Professor of History and Political Science Doctor Vaughan received the degree of L. B. from the University of Mis- souri in 1900, In 1904 he received the degree of A. M. from the same univer- gity. The Ph. D. degree was conferred upon him by the University of Penn- sylvania in 1910, From 1906 to 1911 Dr. Vaughan was Instructor in History at the University of Missouri. In 1911 he became Professor of History and Economies State of Delaware Chair of History at Delaware College and he has filled this place to the present time. He is the author of many historical pa- pers and iz a member of the American Historieal Association, the Political Sei- ence Association, the Delaware Historical Society, and the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Twenty-gix

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WILBUR OWEN SYPHERD, Ph. D. Profesgor of English Doctor Sypherd was born in Ceeil County, Maryland, in 1877. He entered Delaware College in the spring of 1893 and was graduated in 1896 with the de- gree of B, A. Entering the junior class of the University of Pennsylvania in 1898, he was graduoated in 1900 with the degree of B. S. In 1901 he received the degree of M. A., and in 1906 the de- gree of Ph. D. from Harvard. Since then he has been Professor of English at Delaware College. In the summer seasion he gave three courses in English at New York University. He is the au- thor of a number of articles on litera- ture. He is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi Fraterni- ties. CHARLES ANDREW McCuUE, 5. B. FProfessor of Horticulture Professor McCue was born in 1879, near Cars City, Michigan. He grad- uated from Michigan Agricultural Col- lege in 1901. From 1903 to 1904 he did graduate work, and from 1904 to 1907 he was Instructor in Horticulture at Michigan Agricultural College. He was elected Professor of Horticulture at Delaware College and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station in 1907. In 1913 and 1915 he did graduate work in Biology at University of Pennsylvania. In 1918 he was president of the Ameri- can Society for Horticultural Science. He is a member of the American Pomo- logical Society, the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Secience, the American Genetic Association, and the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

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THoMAS FRANKLIN MANNS, B. 8., M. 8., Ph. D. Professor of Plont Pathology and Soil Buaeteriology Professor Manns was born in Logan, Ontario, November 7, 1876. In 1901 he received the degree of B, 8. and in 1903 the degree of M. 8. from North Dakota Agricultural College, He reeceived his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1913, From 1904 to 1907 he was Prineipal of Provineial High Schools in the Philippine Islands. In 1907 he went to the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station as Assistant Botan- iat and Plant Pathologist. In 1912 he became Plant Pathologist and Soil Bae- teriologist of Delaware College. He is author of eight volumseg on Plant Diseases, Soil Bacteriology and Soil Fer- tility. He is a contributor to several journals, and is Collaborator of the United States Plant Disease Survey. He is a member of the Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi Fraternities. CHAS. CONGER PALMER, S. M., D. V. M. Profeasor of Bocteriology and Hygiene Dr. Palmer was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1890, He was graduated from Ohio State University in 1912 with the degree of D, V., M. In 1915 he received his M. S. degree from the University of Minnesota, where he was assistant pro- fessor from 1915 to 1917. In 1917 he became head of the department of Bac- teriology, Hygiene and Physiology at Delaware College. He is a member of the Alpha Psi Medieal Fraternity, the Minnesota State Medical Society, the A. V. M. O., the Ohio State Alumni As- sociation, and the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. In 1918 he was given leave of absence from Delaware College and served in the U. 8. A. as a second lieutenant, being an instructor in the O, T. Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, Tweniy-seven