University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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ANIOS NOYES CURRIER, A.M., LL.D. Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Dean of Collegiate and Acting President. Born in 1832. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1856, A.M. in 1859. Taught six years in Central Uni- versity, Pella. Spent three and one half years in military service. in State University of Iowa since 1867. Dean of Collegiate Department since 1887. Acting President of State University of Iowa in 1898.

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Ube tear HE YEAR marked by Vol. IX of THE HAWK- EYE may be said to form an epoch in the tory of our University. Grave and severe amities have befallen her. Bereaved of her ed and honored president, under whose wise counsel and unerring judgment she was ed from struggling infancy to the full bloom womanhood, standing in the fullness of her power, rejoicing health and strength, the radiance of her beauty bringing ture and refinement into thousands of homes throughout the she weeps again. This time for a faithful and obedient Dr. Dickinson, of the Homoeopathic Medical Department. good man, a student and a scholar; a man whose reputation his profession was broader than his State; a man who justice and spent his life in searching for truth. Thus she mourns ! Despite the inevitable, which must always happen, the year has brought a certain progress, a slight advancement, as one must notice when carried landward the tide of tears. It has seen the laying of the foundation of the new Collegiate Building. It has seen a slightly increased attendance in the several ments. It has seen and welcomed the return of many students from the call of war. It has seen the Library increased in size and usefulness. It has seen Athletics placed on a firmer and better basis by a growing spirit of that truer and higher sity life. 22

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SAMUEL CALVIN, A.M., PH.D. Professor of Geology and Structural Zoology. Born in 1840. Student in Lenox College. Enlisted in the army in 1864. Instructor in Mathematics and Science in Lenox College, 1865-66. Professor of Math- ematics and Science in Lenox College, 1866-69. Prin- cipal Fourth ward School, Dubuque. Iowa. 1869-74. Professor in S. U. I., 1874. State Geologist since 1892. LAUNCELOT WINCHESTER ANDREW ' S, A.M., PH.D. Professor of Chemistry. Born in Ontario, 1856. Yale, 1875 A.M.; University of Goettingen, 1882, Ph.D. Professor in S. U. I., 1885. THOMAS HUSTON MACIIRID1I, A.M., PH.D. Professor of Botany. Born in 1848. Student in Lenox College. Mon- mouth College,1869, A.B.; in 1872, A.M.; continuously teaching since 1866. Professor in S. U. I. since 1878. GEORGE THOMAS WHITE PATRICK, A.M., PH.D. Professor of Philosophy. Born in 1857. S. U. I., 1878, A.B.; Yale, 1885, B.D. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1888, Ph.D.; twice appointed Fellow of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University; Professor in S. U. I., 1888.