University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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PROFESSOR RICHARDSON

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Charles S. Richardson | () I ' ROFESSOR CHARLES S. RICIIARDSOX. who to most all of us 11 . has been a friend, counsellor and guide, the Senior Class of the Maryland Agricultural College affectionately dedicates this, the eleventh volume of the Reveille. I rofessor Richardson was born in Snow Hill. Md.. in 1869. He graduated from the Snow Hill High School in 1886, and after graduation took charge of a grammar school in Delaware. He was then made principal of the (lirdletree (Md.) High School and remained there several years. He then entered the study of law under Clayton Purnell. Esq.. a member of the Snow Hill bar. However, having a decided preference for literary pursuits and work in the educational field, he went to New York and took up the study of bdlcs Icttres and oratory under private instructors. He also took courses in physical culture at the Yale School of Physical Culture at Lake Chautauqua. He was then for four years principal of the Snow Hill High School, and in 1897 ' ' ' ' s elected to the chair of Public Speaking and Physical Culture at the Maryland Agricidtural College, besides instructing the Freshman classes in History and English. The degree of A. M. was conferred upon him in 1006. Professor Richardson is very popular with the student body, taking an active interest in all their affairs, especialy in athletics. He took a prominent part in the formation of the Maryland Intercolegiate Athletic Association, of which he was the first secretary. He is also a well-known lecturer on technical English before educational bodies and colleges.

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Officers and Faculty of Instruction Faculty R. VV. SILVESTER, President and Professor of Mnthcmatics. THOMAS H. SPEXCE. A. M., Vice-President and Professor of Languages. EDWARD LLOVD. MAJOR, U. S. A.. Commandant o f Cadets. H. B. McDonnell, b. s„ m. d., Professor of Chemi.stry, State Chemist. W. T. L. TALLAFERRO. A. B., Professor of Agriculture. JAMES S. ROBINSON, Emeritus Professor of Horticulture. SAMUEL S. BUCKLEY, M.S., U. V, S., Professor of Veterinary Science. S. A. TALIAFERRO, Ph. D., Professor of Physics and Civil Engineering. F. B. BOMBERGER, B. S., A. M.. Professor of English and Civics, Librarian. CHARLES S. RICHARDSON, A. M., Director of Physical Culture, Instructor in Public Speaking. HARRY GWINNER, M.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. J. B. S. NORTON, M. S.. Professor of Vegetable Pathology and Botany, State Pathologist. T. B. SYMONS, M.S.. Professor of Entomology, State Entomologist. C. H. CLOSE, M.S.. Professor of Horticulture, State Horticulturist. HENRY T. HARRISON, A. M., Principal of Preparatory Department, Secretary of the Faculty. F. W. BESLEY, A. B., Director State Bureau of Forestry, Lecturer on Forestry. 8