University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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George F. Mills, M. A., Dean of the College, Head of the Division of the Humanities, Professor of Languages and Literature. Born 1839. Williams College, 1862. A A $. Associate Principal of Greylock Institute, 1882-89. Professor of English and Latin at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1890. Appointed Dean of of the College and Head of the Division of Humanities in 1907. Frank A. Waugh, M. S., Head of Division of Horticul- ture and Professor of Landscape Gardening, Dean of Sum- mer School, Massachusetts Agricultural College. Born 1869. Kansas Agricultural College, 1891. KS. M. S., 1893. Graduate student Cornell University, 1898-99. Editor Agri- cultural Department Topc a Capitot, 1891-92. Editor Montana Farm and Stock Journat, 1892. Editor Denver Fid J and Farm. 1892-93. Professor of Horticulture, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1893-95. Pro- fessor of Horticulture, University of Vermont and Slate Agricultural College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1895-1902. Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Horticulturist of the Hatch Experiment Station since 1902. Horticultural editor of Counir}) Centleman since Charles Wellington, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Chem- istry. Bom 1853. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1873. K2. Grad- uate student in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1873-76. Student in University of Virginia, 1876-77. Ph. D.. University of Gollingcn, 1885. Assistant Chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 1876. First Assistant Chemist, De- partment of Agriculture, 1877-82. Associate Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1885-1907. Professor of Chem- istry at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1907.

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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 19 Among his many published addresses we notice: Social Problems of the American Farmer, delivered at the Congress of Arts and Sciences, World ' s Fair, St. Louis; Social Phase of Agricultural Education, read before the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at Des Moines, la. His book. Chapters on Rural Progress, was published in 1907. The latest public recognition of his eminent services in the cause of agricultural progress, is his appointment by President Roosevelt to the Commission on Country Life. In 1 906 President Butterfield accepted the Presidency of the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College. His work here has been steadily progressive. With his contagious enthusiasm and wide experience, the College looks forward to a future of ever increasing usefulness .

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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 21 Charles H. Fernald, M. A., Ph. D., Director of Grad- uate School and Professor of Zoology, and Entomologist for Hatch Experiment Station. Bom 1838. Bowdoin College, 1865. Ph. D., Maine Slate College, 1886. Studied in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam- bridge and under Louis Agassiz on Penekese Island. Also traveled extensively in Europe, studying insects in various museums. Principal of Litchfield Academy, 1865. Principal of Houlton Academy, 1865-70. Chair of Natural History, Maine State College, 1871-86. Professor of Zoology at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1886. William P. Brooks, Ph. D., Director of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Professor of Agriculture and Agriculturist for the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Director of Short Winter Courses. Born 1851. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1875. 2K. Post- graduate, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1875-76. Professor of Agriculture and Director of Farm, Imperial College of Agriculture, Safforo, Japan, 1877-78; also Professor of Botany, 1881-88. Acting President, Imperial College, 1880-83, and 1886-87. Professor of Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Agriculturist for the Hatch Experiment Station since January, 1889. Ph. D., Halle, 1897. Acting President of the College and Acting Director of the Hatch Experiment Station, 1905-06. Director of Hatch Experiment Station, 1906. James B. Paige, D. V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science, and Veterinarian for the Massachusetts Agricultural Ex- periment Station. Born 1 861. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1882. Q. T. V. On farm at PrescotI, 1882-87. D. V. S., Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science, McGill University, 1888. Prac- ticed at Northampton, 1888-91. Professor of Veterinary Science at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1891. Took course in Path- ological and Bacteriological Department, McGill University, summer 1891. Took course in Veterinary School in Munich, Germany, 1895-96. George E. Stone, Ph. D., Professor of Botany and Bota- nist for the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Born 1861. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1882-84. 2K Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1884-89. In the summer 1890, in charge of the Botany Classes at Worcester Summer Sch ' of Natural History. Leipsic University, 1891-92; Ph. D., 1892 Studied in the Physiological Laboratory at Clark University, 1893 Assistant Professor of Botany at Massachusetts Agricultural College 1893-95. Professor of Botany at Massachusetts Agricultural College since July, 1895. B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1897.