University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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24 THE 1910 PRJISM Walter Kiekstead Gaxong, S. B. Professor of Electrical Engineering. Born at St. Stephen, Canada, July 3, 1878; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B. S.. 1900; University of New Brunswick, 1895-96; Con- struction Department, Canadian General Electric Company, 1900-01; Electrician, Ontario Graphite Company, Ottawa, 1901 02; Superintendent and Manager, 1902-04; Instructor in Electrical Engineering. University of Maine, 1904-05; Acting Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1905-06; Professor, 1906 — . Charles Davidson, Ph. D. Professor of Education. Born at Streetboro, O., July 29, 1852; Iowa College, B. A., 1875, M. A., 1878; Graduate Student at Vale, 1876-77; Graduate Student English, Vale, 1891-92, Ph D., 1892; Founder and Principal of Minneapolis, Minn., Academy, 1875-84; Master in English, Belmont, (Calif.) School, 1887-93: Assistant Professor of English, University of Indiana, 1893-94; Associate Professor of English, Adel be rt College, Cleveland, 1894-96; Professor with graduate classes in English, University of Chicago, summer term, 1895; English Inspector for University of State of New Vork, 1896 1904; Professor of Education, Pomona College, California, 1904-6; Professor of Education, University of Maine, 1906 ; Member of Modern Language Association; Author of various monographs on philological topics; Member New England Associa- tion of College Teachers of Education.

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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 23 Miss Carolina Colvin, Ph. I). Professor of History. Indiana University, B A., 1893; Instructor in History, High School Port Wayne, Ind., 1893-98; Fellow in Ivuro[)can History, University of Penn- sylvania, 1898-1901; Research Work in Ireland and Scotland, 1901-02; Instructor in European History, University of Maine, 1902-03; Assistant Professor of History, 1903-06; Professor of History, 1906 ; Member of American Historical Associa- tion. Royal Society of Antiquaries, National Geographic Society; ‘l K l . Arthur Crawford Jewett, B. S. Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Born at Bath, Maine. August 26, 1878; Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, B. S., 1901; With the American Bridge Co.. 1901-03; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, 1903-05; Associate Professor, 1905-06; Professor, 1906 — .

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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 25 Joseph William Cakk, Pii. 1). Professor of Germanic Languages. Born at Hampstead, X. H., January 15, 1870; Phillips Exeter Academy, 1890; Harvard Uni- versity, A. B., 1S93, A. M., Ibid, 1895; Ph. D., Ibid, 1899; Classical Master, Morristown School, Morristown, N. J , 1894-1897; Graduate Student of Germanic and Romance Philology, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1897-1899; Ibid Ph. D , 1899: Instructor in German, Harvard University and RadclilTe College, 1899-1900; Acting head of the Germanic department, West Virginia University, 1900-1901; Associate Professor of English and Modern Languages, University of Arkansas, 1901- 1902; Professor of English and Modern Languages. University of Arkansas, 1902-06; Professor of Germanic Languages. University of Maine, 1906— ; Vice President of the American Dialect Society; Member of the Modern Language Association of America; Goethe-Gesellschaft in Weimer; (-) A X, l K 1 . Robert James Sprague, M. A., Ph. D. Professor of Economics and Sociology. Born at Frankfort, Maine, January 19, 1868; Boston University, A. B., 1897; Boston University, A. M., 1899; Harvard, M. A., 1900, Boston Uni- versity. Ph. D., 1901. Special work in Europe, 189S and 1903; Instructor in Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Woman's College, 1897-98; Pro- fessor of Economics and History, Knox College. Galesburg. 111., 1901-06; Professor of Economics and Sociology, University of Maine. 1996 ; Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science: Engaged in special research work for the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Author of various articles on economics and sociological topics; B 0 II.