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

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Lawrence E. Briggs, B.Se., Instructor in Physical Education Born 1903. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1927. Instructor in Physical Education, M. A. C, 1927-. Theta Chi. N. Butler Briscoe, Major of Cavalry, U. S. A., Professor of Military Science and Tactics Graduate Military Academy, 1909. 2nd Lieutenant of Cavalry, 1909-16. Captain of Cavalry, 1917. Major of Cavalry, (temporary) 1918. Lieutenant-Colonel of Field Artillery, 1918-20. Major of Cavalry, 1920. Professor o f Military Science and Tactics, 1925-. Joseph S. Butts, M.S., Instructor in Chemistry Born 1904. B.S., University of Florida, 1926; M.S., Fordham University, 1928. Phi Delta Theta, Scabbard and Blade, Honorary Fraternity. Alexander E. Cance, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Economics and Head of the Department Born 1874. B.A., Macalester College. Graduate Certificate, State Normal School, Oshkosh. A.M., University of Wisconsin. Professor of Greek and Literature, Avalon College, 1897-99. Principal Asheville Industrial School, 1901-04. Supervisor of Practice, First Pennsylvania State Normal School, 1904-05. Fellow in Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1906-08. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1908. Instructor, 1908-10. Assistant Professor, 1910-12. Associate Professor, 1912-15. Professor of Agricultural Economics, M. A. C, 1915-. U. S. Array Educa- tional Corps, A. E. F., France. Phi Kappa Phi. Carlton O. Cartwright, B. Voc. Agr., Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures Born 1902. B. Voc. Agr., M. A. C, 1927. Instructor in Horticultural Manufactures, M. A. C, 1927-. Kappa Epsilon. Joseph S. Chamberlain, Ph.D., Professor of Organic and Agricidtural Chemistry. Head of the De-partment. Born 1870. B.Sc, Iowa Agricultural College, 1890. M.Sc, Iowa Agricultural College, 1892. Instructor in Chemistry, Iowa Agricultural College, 1894-97. Johns Hopkins University, 1899. Instructor in Chemistry, Oberlin College, 1899-1901. Research Assistant to Professor Ira Rems- sen, Johns Hopkins University, 1901-09. Chief of Cattle Food and Grain Investigation Labora- tory, Bureau of Chemistry, 1907-09. Student at University of Berlin, 1909. Associate Professor of Organic and Agricultural Chemistry, M. A. C, 1913. American Chemical Society, Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New England Association Chemistry Teachers, President, 1928-, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Walter W. Chenoweth, A.B., M.Sc. Agr., Professor of Horticultural Manufactures and Head of the Department Born 1872. A.B., Valparaiso University, 1902. Assistant in Botany, Valparaiso University, 1902-03. Head of the Department of Science, Chillicothe Normal School, Missouri, 1903-10. M.Sc, Valparaiso University, 1908. B.Sc, University of Missouri, 1912. Instructor in Pom- ology, M. A. C, 1915-18. Professor in Horticultural Manufactures, M. A. C, 1918-. Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Orton L. Clark, B.Sc, Assistant Professor of Botany Born 1887. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1908. Teacher of Natural Science, Ethical Culture School, New York City, 1908-10. Student at Columbia University, 1909-10. Studied at the Universities of Rostock and Munchen, 1910-11; and Assistant in Botany at the University of Strassburg, 1912-13. Assistant Physiologist, M. A. C, Experiment Station, 1913-. Assistant Professor of Botany, M. A. C, 1915-. Phi Sigma Kappa. Clarence C. Combs, B.S., M.L.A., Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening Born 1892. B.S., University of Missouri, 1916. Landscape Architect for Nursery at St. Louis, Missouri, 1916-17, 1919-22. Professional Practice in St. Louis, 1922-25. Harvard School of Landscape Architecture, 1925-27. M.L.A., Harvard, 1927. Part time and summer work for Landscape Architects in New York and Massachusetts. Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening, M. A. C, 1927-. 21

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Jfacultp George W. Alderman, A.B., Assistant Professor of Physics Born 1898. A.B., Williams College, 1921. Instructor in Physics, M.A.C., 1921-1920. Assistant Professor of Physics, 1926. Charles P. Alexander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Entomology Born 1889. B.Sc, Cornell University, 1913. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1918. Assistant in Biology and Limnology, Cornell 1911-13. Instructor in Natural History, Cornell, 1913-17. Curator, The Snow Entomological Collections, University of Kansas, 1917-19. Systematic Entomologist of the Illinois State Natural Survey and Instructor at the University of Illinois, 1919-23. Fellow Entomological Societies of America and London. Member of the Entomological Society of France. Assistant Professor of Entomology M. A. C, 1922-. Sigma Xi, Alpha Gam- ma Rho, Phi Kappa Phi. Paul B. Anderson, M.A., Instructor in English Born 1904. A.B., University of Minnesota, 1925. M.A., Harvard University, 1927. In- structor in English, M. A. C, 1927. Phi Beta Kappa, Member of Medieval Academy of America. Lorin E. Ball, B.Sc., Instructor in Physical Education Born 1898. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1921. Coach of Freshman Basketball, 1921-25. Coach of Freshman Baseball, 1922-24. Attended Superior, Wis. Coaching School, 1924. Senior Leader, Camp Enajerog for Boys, 1925-. Treasurer, Western Massachusetts Board of Approved Basket- ball Officials, 1924-25. Director of Two Year Athletics and Coach of Two Year Football and Basketball, 1925-26. Coach of Varsity Baseball and Hockey, 1925-. Varsity Club, Q.T.V. Luther Banta, B.Sc., Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry B.Sc, Cornell University, 1915. Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, New York State School of Agriculture, 1915-18, at Alfred University. Instructor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C, 1918-20. Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C, 1920-. Sigma Pi. Rollin H. Barrett, M.S., Assistant Professor of Farm Management Born 1891. B.Sc, Connecticut Agricultural College, 1918. Assistant County Agricultural Agent. Hartford County, Connecticut, 1918-19. Instructor Vermont State School of Agriculture, 1919-20. Principal, 1920-25. M.S., Cornell University, 1926. Central Officers Training School, Camp Lee, Va., October 1918 to Januarv 1919. Assistant Professor Farm Management, M. A. C, 1926-. Phi Mu Delta. Arthur B. Beaumont, Ph.D., Professor of Soils and Head of the Department of Agronomy B.Sc, University of Kentucky, 1908. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1918. Teacher of Science, North Bend High School, North Bend, Oregon, 1909-11. Teacher of Science and Agriculture and Head of the Department, Oregon Normal School, 1911-13. Graduate Student and Assistant in the Department of Soil Technology, Cornell, 1913-17. Associate Professor of Agronomy and Acting Head of the Department, M. A. C, 1917-19. Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy, 1919-. Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Acacia, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Leon A. Bradley, B.Sc, Assistant Professor of Microbiology B.Sc, Wesleyan University, 1922. Ph.D., Yale University, 1925. Assistant in General Bacteriology, Yale, 1924-25. Assistant Professor of Microbiology, M. A. C, 1925-. Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi. Harold D. Boutelle, B.Sc, Cli.E., Instructor in Mathematics Born 1898. B.Sc, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, 1920. Ch.E., W. P. I., 1922. In- structor in Mathematics, M. A. C, 1926-.

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G. Chester Crampton, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Insect Morphology Born 1881. A.B., Princeton University, 1904. M.S., Harvard, 1921. M.A., Cornell, 1905. Student at Freiburg and Munich, 1907. Ph.D., Berlin University, 1908. Instructor in Biology, Princeton University, 1908-10. Professor in Entomology and Zoology, South Carolina State Agricultural College, 1910-11. Assistant Professor of Entomology, M. A. C, 1911-15. Professor of Insect Morphology, M. A. C, 1915-. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Miles H. Cubbon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Agronomy Born 1896. B.Sc, Cornell University, 1921. Instructor of Soils, Pennsylvania State College, 1925-26. Assistant Professor of Agronomy, M. A. C, 1926-. Alpha Zeta, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi. Frederick Morse Cutler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology Born 1874. A.B., Columbia University. Ph.D., Clark University. Member Columbia Freshman Crew which defeated Harvard. Private teacher, clergyman, author, social worker. Fellow, Clark University. Professor of Social Science and History, University of Porto Rico. Professor of Social Science and History, Massachusetts Normal School, Worcester. 1st Lieu- tenant, Headquarters, 55th Coast Artillery, U. S. Army, 1917-19 (Battles: Aisne-Marne, Cham- pagne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne). Capt. Reserve ,U. S. Army, 1920; Major, 1926. Member American Political Science Association; American Sociological Society; American Historical Association. Assistant Professor of Sociology, M. A. C, 1926-. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi Gamma Mu. William H. Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Botany Ph.D., New York State Teachers College. A.B., Cornell University. M.A. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Assistant in Science, New York State Normal College and Cornell. Professor of Botany and . griculture, Iowa State Teachers ' College. Assistant Professor of Botany, M. A. C, 1922-. Sigma Xi. Llewellyn L. Derby, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Born 1893. Unclassified Student, M. A. C, 1915-16. Assistant in Physical Eduaction, 1916-17. U. S. Army, 1917-19. Returned to M. A. C. as Instructor in Physical Education, 1919-20. Varsity Coach of Track, 1921-. Harvard Summer School of Physical Education, 1921. Springfield College Summer School of Physical Education, 1925. University of Illinois, Summer School of Physical Education, 1926. Assistant Professor of Physical Education, 1927-. Secretary- Treasurer, Eastern Intercollegiate .4thletie Association. Member of Association of College Track Coaches of America. Lawrence S. Dickinson, B.Sc, Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Superin- tendent of Grounds Born 1888. B.Sc, M. A. C, 1910. Superintendent of Grounds, M. A. C, 1911-. Leave of absence, 1919. Instructor in Horticulture and Superintendent of Greenhouses, Walter Reed Hos- pital, Washington, D. C, 1919-20. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, M. A. C, 1923-. Phi Sigma Kappa. Brooks D. Drain, B.Sc, Assistant Professor of Pomology Born 1891. B.Sc, Ohio State University, 1917. M.S., University of Chicago, 1925. Orchard Manager, Summer of 1927. Taught at Ohio State University, 1917-18. Artillery Branch, Officers Training Camp, 1918. Assistant Professor of Pomology, M. A. C, 1918-. Sigma Xi. Assistant Professor in Delmont T. Dunbar, A.B., Licenciado en Literatura, French and Spanish Born 1897. .A.B., Bowdoin, 1920. Taught at Castine High School, Sub Master. South- west Harbor High School, Principal. Head of the Department of Romance Languages, Western Military Academy, 1922-24. Head of the Departments of French and Latin, Powder Point School, 1924-25. Head of the Departments of Latin and Spanish, Tabor Academy. Assistant Professor, M. A. C, 1926-. Author, Spanish Verb Blank, Spanish Verb Syllabus and Co., Editing at the present time, Poema del Cid for D. C. Heath and Co Scott Fores man 22