University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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5,110 'zfnzlvzerszlfy of Wzhnesofa. class. During the summer of '89 and '90 he was employed under the direction of Prof. C. W. Hall of the Geology Department in geological field Work and in buildinga Paleontogical collection. The same work was continued during three years of graduate study. In '92 he received the degree of M.S. and later was elected a member of the Geological Society of America. Duringthe years of '92-'93 and '93-'94, Mr. Sardeson served as scholar and instructor in the Geology Department of the University. In '94 he went to Baden and studied for the degree of Ph. D.underDr. G. Stemmann at the University of Freiberg. Mr. Sardeson, in addition to car- rying on his studies,did considerable original research work. His examination for the degree Ph. D. was passed Hmulta cum laude in August, '95, Mr. Sardeson has written numerous papers on geological subjects, which have been favorably received. VVILLIAM FREDERICK KUNZE was born in 1872 at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He lived on a farm during his boyhood and attended school until the age of seventeen, when he be- gan to teach school in Brown county. Hc then attended the pre- paratory department of Hamlin University for two years, after which he entered thc University of Minne- sota and graduated with his class in '97, receiving the degree ot' B. S. Mr. Kunze was one of the charter mem- bers of the Shakopean Literary Society and was also editor-in- chief of the '97 Gopher. He was appointed assistant in chemistry at the beginning of his sophomore year and has served continu- ously in that capacity until last spring when he was made in- 36

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coming to the United States in 1892. She held il position for several years in Miss Master's School, Dobbs Surry, New York, and came to the University of Minnesota in 1897 to take the posi- tion of her sister, Frau- lein Marie Schiien, who is now studying abroad. During her vacations Fraulein Ida Schoen has been studying for the de- gree of Ph. D. in Paris. FREDERICK WILLIAM SAR- DEsoN, instructor in Paleon- tology, was born at Oswego Mills, La Fayette county, Wisconsin, in 1866. At the age of four his family re- moved to Argyle, Wisconsin, and here he attended the graded schools with varying regularity until his seven- teenth year, when he entered Augsburg seminary of Min- neapolis. The courses of this school not being satis- factorily arranged to suit University as sub-freshman with theclass of '91, graduatingfrom the Literary section with his 35 Mr. Sardeson, he entered the State Ulla Qfnzberszlfy of Wbm esoia.

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structor. Mr. Kunze is a member ofthe Sigma Xi Honorary So- he cietv and also a member ofthe American Chemical Societv. In 1S9'7 C. W. Hall and Mr. Kunze together published a hook on ?!72lU6'2'.S'l4y Physical Geography, which has received much favorable mention. f lnnesa a MR. HrN'roN was ed- ucated at Rugby School. He obtained a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford, and took highest honors in the mathematical schools. He subse- quently studied Phys- ics in Oxford and Berlin and was for some time engaged in teaching Science. He was ap- pointed head master of the Victoria Public School in Yokohama, Japan, but resigned the position for one under the Japanese Govern- ment, which afforded him the opportunity of prosecuting his mathematical work. In 1893 he was oiiered a post at Princeton, New Jersey, where he remained for four years as instructor. In 1897 he was appointed assistant professor of mathematics in the University of Minnesota. Mr. Hinton is the author of several books besides papers on mathematical and physical subjects. Among the best known ofhis publications are Scientific Romances and Stella, In the last named book he has used fiction as a vehicle for representing in a popular form some of the thoughts and speculations of modern mathematics. MAnEMoIs1sLLE H. CLOPATH, whose native land is Switzer- land, graduated at the College of Aigle-Canton de Vaud. She began early her art education, inspired by the beautiful scenes of her country. She studied also in Germany, in Dresden, and in Munich under the best foreign artists. She has traveled much in Europe and thus has had abundant opportunity for seeing all the . 37