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

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Arthur Fairbanks Professor of Greek Archeology and Sanscrit, was born at Hanover, New Hampshire, November 13, 1864. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1886, studied at Union Theological Seminary 1887-88, at Yale Divinity School 1888-89, and at the Universities of Berlin and Freiburg i. B. 1889-90, taking his Ph. D. at the latter place in 1890. At Dartmouth he was Tutor in Greek, 1886-87, and 1890-91, and Assistant Professor of German and Philosophy, 1891-92; he was Lecturer on Sociology at Yale Divinity School, 1892-95, and Instructor in of Religion, and in Greek at Yale University 1895-98. He was made a Fellow of the American ARTHUR FAIRBANKS. School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, 1898-99. In 1899-1900 he was Acting Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy in Cornell University, and became Professor of Greek Literature and Archaeology at the University of Iowa in 1900. He is the author of a number of magazine articles mainly on topics connected with the religion of the ancient Greeks. Henry E. Gordon Professor Gordon is a Massachusetts man and a graduate of Amherst in the class of ' 79. After graduation he took charge of an educational enter- prise in Colorado where he acted as principal of Tillotson Academy at Trinidad. In 1896 this institu- tion was moved to Colorado Springs and consolidated with Cutler Academy. Prof. Gordon accepted the chair of Rhetoric and Oratory in Colorado College which position he resigned in 1900 to accept the chair of Public Speaking in the University of Iowa. Be- sides the degree of A. B. from Amherst he has a Teacher ' s Diploma from the Boston School of and has taken the courses in argumentation at the Harvard Summer School. HENRY E. GORDON.

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Alice Young, B. L. Alice Young, Dean of Women and Assistant of English, was born of Scotch-Irish parents at Bloomington, Indiana, in 1861. Her father was first president of what is now Butler University near Indianapolis. Miss Young ' s early childhood was passed at Belfast, Ireland, where her father had been appointed American Consul. Upon returning to America the family settled at Indianapolis where Miss Young after graduating from the city schools became teacher in the primary grades. In 1885 she accepted a position as teacher in the high school at San Diego, California, where she remained six years, being for one year a member of the city board of examiners. After three years as teacher in the Lake Side Schools, Duluth, ALICE YOUNG. Minn, she was elected Principal of that school but resigned to enter the University of Minnesota. At the University of Minnesota, Miss Young took two years study in English under Professor George E. MacLean and in 1895 became Instructor in English in that institution which position she resigned to accept her present one. Miss Young received the degree of B. L. from the University of Minnesota in 1896, and was registered for the degree of Ph. D., but discontinued the work upon coming to Iowa. Frederick E. Bolton, M.S.,Ph.D. Frederick E. Bolton, Assistant Professor of Pedagogy, was graduated from the State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis., 1890. After a year as Principal of the Fairchild High School he entered the University of Wisconsin, being graduated in 1893, (B. S. in Math). For two years he was Principal of the Park School, Kaukanna, resigning to pursue work in U. W., receiving the degree of M. S. in Pedagogy. During 1896-97 he studied in the University of Leipzig, Germany, and the next year was Fellow in at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., receiving there the degree of Ph. D. in 1898. Professor Bolton ' s experience as an educator has been wide, having taught in every grade from the through the high school, besides being Professor of Psychology and Pedagogics in the Milwaukee School, 1898 1900; Professor of Pedagogy, of Wis., Sumner Session, 1899; Special Lecturer in Psychology in the Milwaukee Medical College; State Teachers ' Institute Conductor, Wis., 1893-1900. Dr. Bolton is the author of a volume, The School System of Germany, pub. by D. Appleton Co., 1900, besides various articles in such magazines as American Journal of Psychology, Psychological Child Study monthly, Education, Educational Journal of Pedagogy, Wisconsin Journal of and the Vierteljahresschrift fur wissenschaftliche Philosophic. FREDERICK E. BOLTON.

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Baconian Club The Baconian Club was founded in 1885. It is an organization devoted to the of scientific work and study. Sessions are held on Friday evenings, consisting of lectures, reports, and discussions of scientific topics. Officers SAMUEL CALVIN . . . . President CARL E. SEASHORE . . . . . . . Secretary-Treasurer Members S. Calvin T. H. Macbride J. G. Gilchrist L. W. Andrews A. A. Veblen L. G. Weld C. C. Nutting C. S. Magowan E. W. Rockwood G. T. W. Patrick B. Shimek W. E. Barlow W. I,. Bierring A. G. Smith C. . Von Ende L. W. Dean A. V. Sims F. J. Newberry C. E. Seashore W. J. Teeters F. N. Brink H. M. Goettsch J. V. Westfall A. Von Ende C. F. Lorenz J. J. Lambert R. D. George G. D. Weeks H. H. Bawden Whitney Society A Society devoted to the study of methods of instruction in the field of Languages and Literatures. Officers F. H. POTTER . . . . . . . . President S. N. HAGEN, . . . . . . . . Secretary Members G. E. MacLean C. N. Eastman A. N. Currier G. T. Flom F. H. Potter F. C. L. van Steenderen Louise E. Hughes J. D. Batchelder Katherine Paine C. F. Ansley Arthur Fairbanks Alice Young Leona A. Call S. N. Hagen C. B. Wilson S. B. Sloan F. B. Sturm C. P. Cooper H. E. Gordon