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

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.THE U.7IVERSIT'Y BADGER. CHARLES R. BARNES. A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Botany. Born in 1858. Hanover, 1877. Taught for three years. Summer School of Botany, Harvard, 1879 and 1880. Professor of Botany and Geology, Purdue University, Ind., 1880-85. Studied at Harvard, 1885-86. Professor Botany, U. W., since 1887. GEORGE C. COMSTOCK, Ph. B., LL. B,. Professor of Astronomy and Director of Washburn Observatory. Born in 1858. University of Michigan, 1877. College of Law, U. W., 1883. Assistant in the Ann Arbor Observatory, 1877-78. Assistant Engineer on the Improvement of the Upper Mississippi, 1878-79. Assistant in Washburn Obser- vatory, 1879-83. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Ohio State University, 1885-87. Professor of As- tronomy and Director of Washburn Observatory since 1887. CHARLES E. BENNETT, A. B., Professor of Latin. Born in 1858. Brown University, 1878. Taught school at Milton, Fla., 1878-79. Classical Instructor, St. John's School, Sing Sing, N. Y., 1879-81. Harvard, 1881-82. Leipsic, .Berlin and Heidelberg, 1882-84 inclusive. Instructor in Latin and Greek, and Principal of the Latin School, Uni- versity of Nebraska, 1884-89. Professor of Classical Philology, 1889. Professor of Latin U. W., 1889. ALMA J. FRISBY, B. S., M. D., Preceptress of Ladies' Hall, Professor of Hygiene and Sanitary Science. Born in 1857. U. W., 1878. Taught two years at West Bend, Wis. Boston University Med- ical School, 1883. Located in Milwaukee and took up active practice. Resident Physician, in charge of Woman's Homeopathic Hospital, Philadelphia, winter of 1886-7. Homeopathic Resident Physician, Hotel Kaaters- kill, in the Catskill Mountains, summer of 1887. Returned to Milwaukee and practiced there till 1889. Precept- ress of Ladies' Hall and Professor of Hygiene and Sanitary Science, U. W., 1889. CHARLES R. VAN HISE, M. S., Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography. Born in 1857. U. W., 1879. Instructor in U. W., 1879-83. Assistant Professor of Metallurgy, 1883. Professor of Metallurgy; 1886. Commissioned Assistant U. S. Geologist in the Department of Microscopic Lithology and Field Geology, 1883. U. S. Geological Survey, 1888. Present chair, 1888. '-1-- 1 WILLIAM H. HEN-RY, Agr. B. Professor of Agrieulture. Boi n in 1850. Cornell, 1880. Taught in Indiana two years, in Colorado three years, previ- ous to college course. Instructor in Botany, Cornell, 1880. Professor of Agriculture, U. W., since 1880. JOSEPH JASTROW, Ph. D. Professor of Experimental and Comparative Psychology. Born in 1833. University of Pennsylvania, 1882. Student and Fellow, Johns Hopkins, 1882-88. Present chair, U. W., since 1888. CHARLES I. KING, Professor of Mechanical Practice. Born in 1849. Cornell, non-graduate. Two years at machine work in the South, Super- intendent of U. W. Machine Shops, 1877-89. Professor of Mechanical Practice, 1889. JAMES A. COLE, 2d Lieut., 6th Cavalry, U5. S. A., Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Born in 1861. U. S. Military Academy, 1884. Stationed at Fort Bayard, N. M., till 1887, and at Fort Union, N. M., till 1388. Detailed to the University of Wisconsin, 1888. VICKERS T. ATKINSON, V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science. Toronto Veterinary College, 1574. State vetennarian. U. W., since 1885. EMMET S. GOFF, Professor of Horticulture. Born in 1852. Elmira Free Academy, 1869. Horticulturist to New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 1882-89. Professor of Horticulture, U. W., and Horticul- turist to Wisconsin Agricultural Station, since January, 1889. HOMER W. HILLYER, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Born in 1859. U. W., 1882. Graduate Scholar and Fellow at Johns Hopkins, 1882-85. Instructor in Chemistry, U. W., 1885-89. Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1889. Professor 13 '91 ' . v. rlay;t:tU:

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THE UNIVERSITY BADGER. FLETCHER A. PARKER, Professor of Music. Born in 1842. Boston School of Music, 1868. Non-graduate, Northwestern University and Western Union College. In the War, 1862-64. Studied music in Europe. 1873-75, also Professor of the Piano iu the Royal Normal Academy of Music, London. Dean of the College of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1875-78. Instructor in Music, U. W.. 1878. Professor of Music since 1880. DAVID B. FRANKENBURGER, A. M., Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. Born in 1845. U. W., 1869. Instructor in U. W., 1869-71. Graduated from College of Law, U. W., 1871. and afterwards practiced in Milwaukee. Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, U. W., since 1878. EDWARD T. OWEN, A. B., Professor of the French Language and Literature. Born in 1850. Yale, 1872. Studied in 1Europe, 1874-76. Professor French, U. W., since 1878. Professor of French, University of California, 1886-87. FRANKLIN H. KING. Professor of Agricultural Physics. Born 'in 1848. Whitewater Normal School, 1872. Cornell, 1876-78. Professot of Natural Sciences, River Falls Normal School, 1878-88. Professor of Agricultural Physics, U. W., 1888. EDWARD A. BIRGE, A. M., Ph. D,, Professor of Zoology. Born in 1851. Williams College, 1873. Studied at Harvard, 1873-76. Ph. D., Harvard, 1876. Instructor in Natural History, U. W., 1876-79. Professor of Zoology since 1880. Studied in Germany, 1880-81. ALLEN D. CONOVER, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering. Born in 1854. U. W., 1874. Government work on Wisconsin River, 1875. Instructor in Civil Engineering, U. W., 1875-77. General Engineering in Madison, 1877-78. Professor of Civil Engineering, U. W., since 1879. City Surveyor of Madison, 1882-84. Topographer of State Geological Survey, 1874-75. FREDERICK B. POWER, Ph. G., Ph. D., Professor of Pharmacy and Materia Medica. Born in 1853. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1874. University of Strassburg, Germany, 1880. Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1880-83. Professor of Pharmacy and Materia Medica, U. W., since 1883. GEORGE B. RANSOM, Passed Assistant Engineer U. S. N.. - Professor Steam Engineering. Born in 1851. Oswego, N. Y., Normal School, 1869. U. S. Naval Academy, 1874. Instructor U. S. Naval Academy, 1880-83. Professor of Steam Engineering, U. W., 1888. CHARLES A. VAN VELZER, Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics. Born 1851. Cornell, 1876. Instructor in Mathematics, Cornell, 1876-77. Fellow in Mathe- matics, Johns Hopkins, 1878-81. Instructor in Mathematics, U. W., 1881. Assistant Professor, 1883-85. Professor of Mathematics since 1885. WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS, A. B., Professor of Hebrew and Sanskrit. U. W., 1876. Instructor in Greek, U. W., 1879-83. Assistant Professor of Greek, 1888-89. Professor Hebrew and Sanskrit, 1889. STIMSON JOSEPH BROWN, Professor of Mathematics, Washburn Observatory. Born in 1854. U. S, Naval Academy, 1876. E1nsign, 1877. Acting Assistant Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1879-81. U. S. Naval Observatory, on duty, 1881-85. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy, 1883-87. On special duty at Washburn Observatory, 1887-91. STORM BULL, Mech. E., Professor Mechanical Engineering. Born in 1856. Polytechnic Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, 1877. Came to Madison in 1879. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1879. Assistant Professor, 1885-86. Professsor, since 1886. 12 '9k4.

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i - - 0 S 0 iS;e; atS - C. -- - otX So ; :e 0 L f .:C-M., ;;: -eV ;37 n 77 : Ia I iI : 7 : 11 . THE UNIUVERlSITY LEANDER M. HOSKINS, C. E., M.- S.-, Assistant Professor of Mechanics. Born in 1860. U. W., 1883. Taught one year at Fountain Clty, Wis. Held Morgan Fel- lowship at Harvard, 1884-85. Instructor in Engineering, U. W., 1885-89. Assistant Professor of Mechanics, 1889. JULIUS E. OLSON, B. L., Assistant Professor of the Scandinavian Languages and Literature. Born in 1858. U. W., 1884. Taught several years before graduating. Instructor in Scan- dinavian and German Languages, U. W., 1884-87. Present chair since 1887. FREDERICK J. TURNER, A. B., Assistant Professor of American Historv. Born in 1861. U. W., 1884. Instructor in Rhetoric and Oratory, U. W., 1885-88. Johns Hopkins, 1888-89. Assistant Professor of American History, U. W., 1889. -CHARLES S. SLICHTER, M. S., - Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Born in 1864. Northwestern University, 1885. Instructor in Mathematics, Chicago Athe- naeum, 1885-86. Instructor in Mathematics, U. W., 1886-89. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1889. EDWARD B. ROSA, B. S., Assistant Professor of Physics. Born in 1861. In business, 1875-82. Wesleyan University, Conn., 1886. Taught in Provi- dence, R. I., 186-48. Johns Hopkins, 188840. Assistant rrofessor of Physics, U. W., 1890. ALBERT S. FLINT, Assistant Astronomer, Washburn Observatory. Born in 1853. Harvard, 1875. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1876-77. Princeton, 1878-79. Student Assistant, Cincinnati Observatory, 1879-80. With Transit of Venus Commission and at U. S. Naval Observa- tory, 1881-89. Assistant Astronomer Wash- burn Observatory, 1889. F. W. A. WOLL, B. S., Ph. B., Assistant Chemist. Born in 1865. State University of Norway, 1882. Post-graduate at same Institution, 1882-85. Came to America in 1E85. Post-graduate, U. W., 1E88-86. Second Assistant Chemist, 1886-89. Assistant Chemist since then. RADGER. '91 SUSAN A. STERLING, B. L.S, Instructor in German. Born in 1858. U. W., 1879. Wellesley College, 1880-81. Taught at Ferry Hall, Lake Forests Ill., 1881-43. Traveled and studied in Europe, 1884. Instructor in French and German, Ferry Hall, 1885-86. Instructor in German, U. W., since 1886. WM. H. HOBBS, B. S. Ph. D., Instructor in- Minerak'gy. Born in 1864. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1883. Principal of High School, Boylston, Mass., 1883-84. Johns Hopkins, 1884- 86. Geological Survey, 1887. Hatvard, 1886. Johns Hopkins, Fellow, 1887. Ph. D., 1888; Heidelberg and Italy, 1888-89. Instructor in Mineralogy, U. W., 1890. FLORENCE A. CORNELIUS, B. L., Instructor in Latin. Born in 1863. U. W., 1884. Taught for three years. Instructor in Latin, U. W., 1888. GRACE CLARK, B. L., Born in 1864. U. W., 1885. Instructor in French since 1885. Traveled and studied in Enurope, 1888-89. OSCAR H. ECKE, B. L. Instructor in Elocution. Born in 1868. U. W., 1887. Instructor in Elocution, U. W:, 1888. DAVID E. SPENCER, B. L., Instructor in Historv. Born in 1863. U. W., 1887. Instructor in Rhetoric, U. W., 1888-89. Harvard, 1889-90. In- structor in History, U. W., 1890. E. M. O'CONNELL, Instructor in Dairying. WILLIAM H. MORRISON, Director of Agricultural Institutes. -