University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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PROF. B. W. ALDRICH. GJSQQLOIE take pleasure in mentioning the name of B. W. Aldrich, who holds .Gi fa the Chair of Greek in our college. He is a favorite among the stu- 9 0 F dents, full of life and vigor, 'yet firm and rigid, and has the faculty of drawing out the very best that is in tl1e student. He has been with us since September, 1394. His work has been felt as a power, not only in his department but also in- the Young Men's Christian Association, in which he is now serving a third term as President. Prof. Aldrich- was born at Kenosha, Wis., March 26, 1866. In 1870 his parents moved to Providence, R. I., and there he began his school life. After his primary education he spent three years in the celebrated English and Class- ical School for boys. In the winter of 1880 he entered the preparatory department of Hillsdale College, and pursued his work there until June, 1887, when he completed the classical course and received the Bachelors degree. While he was much inter- ested in mathematics and took the maximum amount, he early formed a pref- erence for the classics. He gave himself time to do his work thoroughly, and at the end of his course received the D, W. Martin prize, which is awarded each year to the graduate attaining the highest rank throughout his course. In September, 1888, he began his work as teacher in the Montclair Boys School at Montclair, N. J. The next year he was called to a more advanced position in the Throgg's Neck Boarding School at Westchester, N. J. He then returned West and accepted a professorship in Oakland City College, Indiana, where he remained four years, from thence he came to Moores Hill College. He has spent a number of summers in study and travel, one year pre- paring himself to teach French. NVhile teaching in the East he was also studying for the M. A. degree. In addition to his work in German, in college, he took a course under Prof. IC. T. Bacon, of Hashronch Institute, Jersey City. 1 The M. A. degree was conferred upon him by Hillsdale College in june, 1800. -Y

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PROF. ANDREW JOHNSON BIGNEY. 3.6 EDNDREW JOHNSON BIGNEY was born on a farm one and one-quarter Cs! M41 miles north of Moores Hill, February 15, 1864. While a boy he worked on the farm, and attended school at the cross roads school on the corpo- ration line of Moores Hill. ,In the fall of 1880 he entered Moores Hill College, at which time Dr. J. P. D. John was President, and O. P. Jenkins Vice-President and Professor of Natural Science. From these two men he received his earliest impression of school life, and they instilled in him a desire to take a special course and become a teacher. Several winters l1e taught county schools, spending his summers at home. In the summer of 1887, in company with Prof. C. W. Hargitt, now of Syr- acuse University, he spent the time on Martha's Vineyard Island, studying the marine life of that part of the Atlantic. He received a diploma from tl1e Martha's Vineyard Sunnner Institute. In June, 1888, he graduated from Moores Hill College, and took the Chair of Natural Science the following year, on the resignation of Prof. Hargitt, to whom was due the first inspiration to become a scientist and to devote his time to the study and teaching of Biology in particular. I Four years were spent here in this position, at which time he resigned to pursue a post graduate course at Johns Hopkins University. At the close of the first year he was asked to accept a position as first assistant in Biology in the same university. Two years were spent here. In June,1894, was called to the Chair of Science in Moores Hill College again, which he still holds. ' He was married to Carrie E. Ewan, a member of the class of '94 of Moores Hill College, September 2, 1896. ' At present he is Assistant Secretary of the Indiana Academy of Science and State Secretary of the Epworth League of Indiana. 9' I O

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PROF. B. W. ALDRICH 'J