University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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James McLaren White, B.S. James McLaren White, Associate Professor of Architecture, was born in Chicago in 1867. He attended the public schools of Peoria, 111., and entered the University of Illinois in 1886, graduating four years later. He was retained as Assistant in Architecture and has since been advanced to his present position. William David Pence, C.E. William David Pence, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, was born at Columbus, Indiana, in 1865. He received his high school education in that place and entering the University of Illinois in 1883, took a certificate of graduation in 1886. He immediately entered the service of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, and held several positions of importance. In 1892 he returned to the University as assistant in Applied Mechanics, and completed the regular course in civil engineering. He is a member of the Society of Western Engineers. Violet Delille Jayne, A.M., r B Violet Delille Jayne, Dean of the Woman ' s Department and Associate Professor of the English Language and Literature, graduated from the University of Michigan, with the degree of A.B. in 1887. The next year she was assistant principal of the high school of Crookston, Minn. In 1888-89 she spent her time at Ann Arbor in study, and then took charge of the English department at the State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wis. She spent 1891-92 in Europe, passing two semesters at the University of Zurich, when she made a specialty of German literature. In 1892-93 she was head of the English department at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass. From 1893 to 1896 she held the same position in the State Normal School at San Jose, California. In 1896 she received the degree of A.M. from the University of Michigan. She came to the University of Illinois in the fall of 1897. 17

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Charles Churchill Pickett, A.B., ake Charles Churchill Pickett, Professor of Contracts, Equity and Sales, was born at Waterbury, Conn., in t862. He graduated from Chicago high school in 1879 and received the degree of A.B. from the University of Rochester (N. Y.), in 1883. In 1886 he was admitted to the Illinois Bar. From 1886-92 Professor Pickett was Assistant Librarian of the Chicago Law Institute. In 1893 he was made Assistant Attorney of the First National Bank of Chicago; and the next year he was appointed to the same position in the Sanitary District of Chicago. In 1897 he was appointed to his present position at the University of Illinois. He has written several articles for various law periodicals, and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Historical Association. William Lincoln Drew, LLB. William Lincoln Drew, Professor of Torts, Agency, and Corporations, was born in Newton, Iowa, in 1864. He graduated from the State University of Iowa, receiving in 1889 the degree ot B.S. and, in 1882, that of L.L.B. He studied one year at the Harvard Law School, and from 1896 to 1898 held the position of assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin. He was appointed to his present position last fall. Jacob Kinzer Shell, VI. D. Jacob Kinzer Shell, Professor of Physical Training, and Director of the Gymnasium, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., in i860. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philosophy, Dentistry and Medicine. Since 1886 he has been a teacher of physical culture at the University of Vermont, Media Academy, Swarthmore Grammar School, Swarthmore Public Schools, and Swarthmore College. Edgar J. Townsend, Ph.M., ata Edgar J. Townsend, Associate Professor of Mathematics, graduated from the Latin Scientific course of Albion College in 1890. The next year he took postgraduate work in Mathematics and History of Education in the University of Michigan. He was appointed to his position here in 1893. He is at present absent on leave. 16

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Assistant Professors WILLIAM HUMPHREY VAN DERVOORT, M, E. ATA. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. HARRY SANDS GRINDLEY, Sc.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry. THOMAS ARKLE CLARK, B.L., ATft, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric (absent on leave). HERMAN S. PIATT, PH.D., A0, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages. ARTHUR HILL DANIELS, PH.D., 4TA, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. GEORGE DAY FAIRFIELD, A.M., 4 BK, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages. CHARLES WESLEY TOOKE, Ph.D., Y, Assistant Professor of Public Law and Administration. FRED ANSON SAGER, B.S., Assistant Professor of Physics. FRANK SMITH, A.M., ATA, Assistant Professor of Zoology, Secretary of the Faculty of the College of Science, Assistant Zoologist in the State Laboratory of Natural History. CYRUS DANIEL McLANE, B.S., Assistant Professor of Architectural Construction. PERRY GREELEY HOLDEN, B.Pd., M.S., Assistant Professor of Agricultural Physics, Assistant Agriculturist at the United States Agricultural Experiment Station. JOHN EDWARD McGILVREY, A.B., Assistant Professor of Pedagogy, High School Visitor. JAMES DAVID PHILLIPS, B.S., Assistant Professor of General Engineering Drawing. SETH JUSTIN TEMPLE, PH.B., Assistant Professor of Architecture, Secretary of the Faculty of the College of Engineering. OSCAR QUICK, A.M., $BK, Assistant Professor of Physics. 18