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

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. w. BLUE HEN-iif a ' George Abram Harter, M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Miitheiiiatics (Uid Physics Doctor Harter was born near Leiters- burg, Washington County, Maryland. Upon his graduation from St. John ' s College in 1878 he was made Assistant Professor of Latin and Mathematics, and the same year he did post-graduate work in English and Mathematics. He received from St. John ' s the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D. From 1880 to 1885 he was principal of the High School at Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1885 Dr. Harter was elected Professor of Mathe- matics and Modern Languages at Dela- ware College. From 1888 to 1896 he was Professor of Mathematics and Physics. Upon the resignation of Dr. Raub, in 1896, he was called to the presidency which he held until he resigned in 1915. Dr. Harter is a member of the Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Phi P ' raternities. Elisha Conover, a. M. Professor of Ancient Languages and Literatures Professor Conover was born in Har- risonville. New Jersey, in 1860. He attended the Pennington Seminary, and upon graduation entered Dickinson College. In 1884 he received his B. A., and in 1887 his M. A. degrees from Dickinson. The next year he did grad- uate work at Johns Hopkins University. From 1883 to 1891 he was Professor of Latin at the Wilmington Conference Academy. From 1891 to 1895 he was Professor of Latin and Greek at Mont- pelier Seminary, Vermont. From 1895 he has held the chair of Professor of Ancient Lan Tiiap-es .ind T.itevitnre ' at Delaware College. Professor Conover is a member of the American Philological Association, the Kappa Phi Fraternity, and the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Fifteen

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,afM, BLUE HEN-»f a, Merrill Van Giesen Smith Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor Smith was born in 1871 at Montclair, New Jersey, where he received his early education in the pubhc schools. After being gradu- ated from the Stevens High School he entered the Stevens Institute of Technology from which he was graduated in 1896 with the degree of M. E. After leaving college he was a member of the Editorial Staff of the Rail- way Gazette for several years. He then became Instructor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1902 he was called to Delaware to temporarily fill the position of Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He then went to the Thomas S. Clarkson School of Tech- nology at Potsdam, N. Y. In 1904 Professor Smith was called to Delaware College again to head the Department of Mechanical Engineering which he has held to the pres- ent time. During the present year Professor Smith, as senior professor, has been acting chairman of the Engineering School and chairman of the Engineering Faculty. He is a m ember of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Engineers ' Club of Philadelphia and the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Fourteen

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BLUE HEN-afaa. Wilbur Owen Sypherd, Ph. D. Professor of EngUsli Doctor Sypherd was born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1877. He entered Delaware College in the spring of 1893, and was graduated in 1896 with the degree of B. A. Entering the Junior class of the University of Pennsylvania in 1898, he was graduated 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 session he gave three courses in English at New York University. He is the author of a number of articles on litera- ture. He is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi Fraternities. Reinhold Eugen Saleski, a. M. Assistant Professor of Modem Languages Professor Saleski was born in Meri- den, Connecticut, in 1890. From 1903 to 1907 he studied at Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire. In 1907 he entered Harvard, and in 1911 was grad- uated with the degree of A. B. From 1911 to 1912 he was Master of German at Pomfret School, Connecticut. In 1916 he again entered Harvard, and in 1917 the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by that institution. In 1917 he became Assistant Professor of Mod- ern Languages at Delaware College, which he has held to the present date. He is a member of the Harvard Philo- sophical Society and the Harvard Aero- nautical Club. Sixteen