Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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 e jr a c e ||z Class of 1011. after manp hours of toil aub m'' v ' ‘ labor, tabes pleasure in introbueing tlje 1011 £ubp to vow. fxom tlje start our class has been seriouslp hanbicappeb bp reason of its smallness. 0 On this account this booh is bis tinctlp representatibe of the class, each anb ebcn member habing some particular tuork to bo. s Hlesibes. all the Uiork of tins boltimr has been bone bp members of the 1011 class. 5?3)f this booh merits anp applause, the crebu is bue to the class as a whole anb not to anp inbibibunl member or mem btxti. Wt habc enbcaboreb to maintain anb eben to surpass the stanbarbs set bp our prebecessors. UMjether or not Uie habe accomplished our purpose. toe Will let the becision to our patrons. Cbitor in Chief.

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professor Jofjn i enttoortij Clatosoit fOHN WENT WORT 11 CLAWSON was Lorn in St Johns. New Brunswick. Canada the twenty-sixth of November. 1881 Mis father is a Canadian by birth, while his mother is an American of English descent When lie was old enough to attend public school he began laying the foundation of his education in the public schools of St Johns After having ahsorlied all the knowledge which he could obtain at this place, lie attended the University of New Brunswick. Fredericton. Canada, where he received the A.B degree in 1901 Mis parents, recognizing that he was one whose education should not cease at this point, made immediate preparations for him to attend Cambridge, where la- registered the following fall in Queen's College. Mere our Professor of Mathematics studied for three years in the subject in which he has proven himself to lx: a very proficient teacher. From this place he graduated in 1904. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with honors. I11 the following year. 11)05, he was elected Lecturer in Astronomy at Cambridge. During this year Professor Clawson pursued a further course of study, and in the following spring received the A M. degree. In 1900 Professor Clawson was elected Instructor m Physics in the Ohio State University, which position he held for one year. In the fall of the following veat he entered into active work at Ursinus as Professor of Mathematics and Physics, which position he has capably filled ever since. Besides occupying the chaii of Physics and Mathematics, he was elected in 1909 as assistant to the Dean of the College to take charge of the office records. Since the assigning of tins work to Professor Clawson, it is a very easy matter to get the sometimes needed information from the otfice. as everything is kept systematically and in order. Professor Clawson is not only interested in iiis class work, but also takes a deep interest in the activities of the college. Whenever it is necessary to do any surveying, either on the athletic field or on the college property in general, he is always willing and ready to lend his time and services. The members of the group of which Professor Clawson :s the adviser find in him a true friend, as it is to these that he is best known. This is due to the deep personal interest which he takes in each member of his group. 5

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