University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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22 THE TROCHOS. tific School of Harvard University. In 1868 he was elected Professor of Agriculture in the University of Wisconsin, and the following year Analytical Chemistry was included in his department. In 1873 he received the appointment of chemist to the State Geological Survey. His chair was changed to that of Chemistry in 1880, and the same year Gov. Smith appointed him State Analyst. His experiments upon the University farm have been published by the Regents. Among his writings are: “ The Chemistry of Bread Making,” published in Transactions of State Agricultural Society; “Some of the Relations of Science to Agriculture,” “ Laws of Heredity applied to the Improvement of Dairy Cows,” read before the Northwestern Dairymen’s Association ; “ Some of the Wants of American Farmers,” “ The Conservation of Forces applied to the Feeding, Watering and Sheltering of Farm Stock,” “ Hard Times—A Cause and a Remedy,” a discourse delivered at the State Fair, Milwaukee; “Objectsand Methods of Soil Cultivation,” “Chemical Principles of Stock Feeding,” and “Health in Farmers’ Homes.” WILLIAM H. ROSENSTENGEL, A. M., was born September 10, 1842, in Barmen, Rhenish Prussia. His early education was received at Barmen Realschule. He was teacher in Elberfeld and Rade vorm Wald. In 1865 he came to America and located at St. Louis, Mo. Here he taught from 1866 to 1879, being second assistant in the St. Louis Central High School for nine years. In 1879 he was elected Professor of German Language and Literature in the University of Wisconsin. His honorary degree, A. M., was received from Williams College. He has published : “ Hilfsu. Uebungsbuch beim Unterricht in der Deutschen Sprache,” “ German Irregular Verbs,” “ A German Reader for High Schools” (second edition, 1883), “ Die Entstehung der Neuhochdeutschen Sprache,” “German Literature” (1884). He is an associate editor of the “ Erziehungsblaetter,” an American-German journal of education, and writes upon German language and literature. JOHN C. FREEMAN, B. D., LL. I)., was bom February 14, 1842, in Broome Co., N. Y. He prepared for college at Homer, N. Y. At the age of sixteen years he was made principal of the Kinder-

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BIOGRAPHICAL. 21 the burning of Atlanta. When Gen. Sherman made his famous march to the sea, Dr. Davies accompanied the army. His appointment as First Lieutenant was made after the battle of Bentonville and the army had entered Goldsboro, N. C. He marched home to Washington with his regiment via Richmond, having served his three years without a day's furlough. In 1865 he resumed his studies in medicine at the Chicago Medical College, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1868. The next fall he was elected Professor of Natural History and Chemistry in the University of Wisconsin. In 1875 his chair was changed to that of Astronomy and Physics. In 1879 his department was made to include only Physics. While in Chicago he was one year Professor in the Chicago Medical College, and gave lectures on Inorganic and Organic Chemistry and Toxicology. He has been general secretary of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters since its organization. Among his publications are: “On Potentials and their Application to Physical Science, “ Recent Progress in Theoretical Physics, “ The Magnetic Polarization of Light, in the Wisconsin Academy Transactions; “The Value of Vital Statistics,” twenty-three manuscript volumes of the trigonometrical survey of Wisconsin, fourteen volumes of vertical angles, ten volumes of records of measurement of the triangulation base line near Spring Green, Wis., two volumes of records of ordinary levels, two volumes of reconnaissance for the triangulation of Wisconsin, two volumes of descriptions of stations selected as triangulation points in Wisconsin, five volumes of computations, sent to the Superintendent of U. S. Coast Survey, at Washington ; “A Translation of Elliptic Functions, “ On the Change of Sea Levels produced by the Deposits of the Glacial Epoch, read before the Wisconsin Academy; “ Outline Sketch of the Triangulation of Wisconsin, under auspices of U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, published in Transactions of Wisconsin Academy, Vol. IV. WILLIAM W. DANIELLS, M. S., B. S., was born in West Bloomfield, Mich., March 10, 1840. His early education was received in Detroit, Wacausta, and Lansing, Mich. In i860 he entered the Michigan Agricultural College, graduating four years later with the degree of B. S. He was assistant Chemist in that institution for two years, and afterwards spent nearly three years in the Lawrence Scien-

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BIOGRAPHICAL. 23 hook. Academy, New York, where he remained for nearly two years, when he enlisted as a private in Company F, 27th N. Y. V. I. After serving two years, he was commissioned as Captain of Company M, ist N. Y. Vet. Cavalry, and participated in the battles of the Shenandoah, under Gen. Sheridan. In 1864 he was appointed Inspector General of Cavalry in the 19th corps. He was commander of the raid on Lewisburg and Covington, Va., in 1865, and was senior officer in command in the engagement at White Sulphur Springs, Va. In this engagement he, with only two regiments, overcame the forces under Gen. Jno. McClausland, and captured more than a thousand prisoners, including the General himself. At the close of the war he entered the sophomore class in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated in the classical course in 1868. He was elected assistant Professor of Greek and Professor of Latin in the Chicago University during the same year, and afterwards filled the chair of Rhetoric and English Literature for two years. In 1871 he graduated from the Chicago Theological Seminary, and received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. In 1879 was elected Professor of English Literature in the University of Wisconsin. He received the degree of LL. D. from the University of Chicago in 1880. He has published an edition of Xenophon’s Memorabilia, and the Dialogues of Lucian. He was one year editor of the Michigan Magazine, has published numerous articles in educational and political periodicals, and is also a prominent lecturer. EDWARD S. HOLDEN, B. S., A. M., was born in St. Louis, 1846. Graduated from the Scientific School of the Washington University, St. Louis, in June, 1866; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, 1866-70. He was Second Lieutenant 4th U. S. Artillery from 1870 to 1872, when he became Second Lieutenant U. S. Corps of Engineers. In 1873 he resigned, and was commissioned Professor of Mathematics in the U. S. Navy, which commission he resigned in June, 1882. He was assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at West Point, 1871-2, and instructor in Practical Military Engineering, 1872-3. In 1873 he was appointed Astronomer of the U. S. Naval Observatory at Washington. In 1881 he left this position to become Director of the Washburn Observatory, which position he now holds. Professor Holden