Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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tin'llrii Jfnx Henry Fox. Professor of P.iology. was lx rn in (iermantown. Philadephia County. Prc|»aring for college at the (iermantown Academy, he entered the I'nivcrsity of Pennsylvania in iS 5. and graduated with honors in 1899. h'rom 1899-1902 he was a resident graduate student in that institution, being both a Harrison Scltolar and a Harrison Fellow in Zoology. In 1903 he was ap]x inted Professor of Chemistry and P.iology in Temple College. Philadelphia. The summer of 1905. he s| cnt at Harvard Medical School studying the collection of Mammalian embryos. At the same time, he accepted a position as Instructor in Natural Sciences at the Northeast Manual Training High School of Philadelphia. In 1907. he resigned this | osition to accept the Professorship of I.iology at Ursinus College. In addition to his work here. Dr. Fox has carried on a course in General I’iology at Mcdico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, and has published several articles along his line of work. ffirnrgr ifiauitij ffiailrs George Handy Wailes. Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, was born in Salisbury. Maryland. After graduating from the Salisbury High School lie engaged for a time in mercantile business: but. later entering Princeton University, he received the degree of A. !’.. (magna cum laude) in 1894. The same year he became a student in Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1897. While pursuing his theological studies he received, in 1896. the degree of A. M. from Princeton University. In the same year he was licensed by the New Castle Presbytery: in 1897 he was ordained bv the Philadelphia Presbytery and installed pastor of Scots Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. During his ministry he gave private instructions in Greek and Latin, and in 190(1 assumed the Professorship of the Hebrew Language and Literature at Temple University. He terminated his pastorate in 190X to teach at Ursinus College. 17

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Hinhn Iflnituuirtlj ffilmusmt John Wentworth Clawson was Ixirn in tin- year 1881, in the Canadian city of St. John. New Brunswick. After passing through the schools of that place, lie entered the Provincial I’nivcrsily at Fredericton in 1897, and graduated in 1901 with honors in Physics and Mathematics. In the autumn of the same year, he went to Kngland and entered Queen’s College in Cambridge University. where for three years he studied Mathematics, graduating with honor-in that subject in 1904. The following school year he spent at the University of New Brunswick as Lecturer in Astronomy, at the end of which time he re-ceived the M. A. degree from that institution. The following year Mr. Clawson acted as an Assistant in Physics at the Ohio State University. In the fall of 1907. lie was called to the Professorship of Mathematics and Physics at Ursinus College. iftatthriu Hrarftuuuti Matthew P.eardwood, A. M.. M I).. Professor of Chemistry, received his elementary education at Central High School, Philadelphia, where he attained the degree of A. 15. in 1890, and the degree of A. M in 1895. During these years, he also pursued a course at the Medico-Chirurgical College, where lie took his M. I), in 1894. From that time on, he has been a member of the faculty of that institution, having served as Instructor in Chemistry from 1896-1899: Lecturer on Clinical Clumistry from 1899-1900. and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry from 1900. In the summer of 1909. Dr. Beardwo. d took up graduate work at the University of Kdinburgh. He has taught Chemistry at Ursinus College since K.03, In addition to his active classroom work, he is often employed as a chemical expert by the courts of Philadelphia and enjoys a medical practice of considerable extent. He is a memlier of the American Chemical Society and of the Franklin Institute. 16

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(Charles t . Atkimuut Charles R. Atkinson. Professor of History mul Politics, receiver! the decree P.achelor of Arts, at George Washington 1‘nivcrsitv. Washington. I). C. Since his graduation from that college, he has hail lengthy and valuable ex| ericiicc along | c(lagogical lines, especially in the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. W hile living in the West, he held positions as City anil County Superintendent of schools, served for three years as Treasurer of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, and acted in Wyoming as the President of the State Teachers' Association and Chairman of the State Hoard of Examiners. Professor tkinson came East to take graduate work in | olitical science and kindred subject- at Columbia I'niversitv. where he was awarded lx th his Master f Art- and Doctor of Philosophy. As Professor of History and Political Science in l'r-inus College since the fall of 1911, he is making a strong effort to raise the work of the department to the highest jx ssible standard. JfmVrirk tlinn fiirthfhirf Frederick E. von Riethdorf. the S' n of a German father and an American mother, the latter having left the South for Euro] e during Civil War times, was born in Nancy, Erance. At the age of live, he went to Germany, where he lived until after the death of his mother. He came to America in 1904. He received his secondary training in a German gymnasium and later studied philology at the Universities of Gottingen and Leipzig. He also served in the German army. Since his coming to the United States, he has not only taught in several schools, but has shown his interest in conditions by writing articles for | eriodicals in English and German alike, and by taking an active part in |M |itics. He is the editor of Erom Rough Rider to President. a member of the Modern language Association and American Academy of Political and Social Science, and teaches German and French at I'rsinus College. 18