Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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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

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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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Horatio BiUis Drrssrr Horn in Yarmouth. Maine. Horatio Willis Dresser received his early education in Danville. X. Y.. Denver Col., and Oakland. Cal., having resided in the latter state tor a period of five years. At the age of thirteen, he liecautc a telegraph | crat r. F.lvveii years later, reading and travel induced him to enter on a college course at Harvard, which, although interrupted at various times, ended in 1895 with his receiving the A. B. degree, ten years “out of course, niagna cum lande. Pursuing graduate work, he was awarded an M. A. in 1004. and a I'h. D. ( Metaphysics) in 1907. During the last few years, he has acquired practical experience, teaching in KadclitTe College and in the Harvard Summer School. In 1912, lie was elected Professor of Philosophy and education in Ursinus College, where, by reason of putting his personality into his subject -and giving them a vital interpretation, he is at this early date meeting with success. (Caluitt Dattirl limit Calvin Daniel Yost was lorn in Schuylkill County. Pennsylvania. After he received a public school cducati 11. he taught in the schools of his native county. He continued this work for four annual terms, in the meantime attending Key-s one State Normal School, where he prepared for college. I11 1887. lie entered Ursinus and graduated in 1891. Front 1811-93, lR‘ studied in the Ursinus School of Tluology, and, from 1893-94. in the Divinity School of Yale University. I11 1894, he was ordained to the ministry, and. from 1894-96, was jeistor of Kinan-i el Reformed Church. Minersville Pa. He served as pastor of the Plea-ant vdle Reformed Church in Bucks County. Pa., from 1901-06. Mr. Yost was -sistant Librarian of Ursinus from 1889-92: Principal of the High School. Ma-lianov City, Pa., from 1896-1901 : Ceneral Secretary of the Reformed Fvan-gclical and educational Union from 1907-10: and has been Librarian and Instructor in Fnglish and History, Ursinus College, since 1910. 19