Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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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

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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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3amrs 3. OSimii James I Good, ail American clergyman and Clinrch historian, was born al York. I’a. He graduated from I afayelte College in 1872, and from the Union l lieological Seminary in 1875. Ordained to the German Reformed ministry in 1875, he filled the Reformed Church pastorates in York and Philadelphia until 1890. win 11 he accepted a call to a congregation in Reading, and liecame Professor of Church History in Ursinus College. In 1891. he was chosen Dean, and. in 1893, was tra-’c Professor of Dogmatics in the Theological Seminary He lias ltecn Professor of Reformed Church History and Liturgies in the Central Theological Seminary, Dayton. Ohio, since 1907. He is also Yice-President of the American Section Alliance of Reformed Churches. In June, 1911. Rev. Good received the degree Doctor of Laws from Ursinus College. N’ot only-lias he been engaged in the work mentioned above, but has written many interesting books as well. 3aaialt ittarrh Sapp Isaiah March Rapp was the Student Assistant in Physics at Ursinus from 1901-1903, graduating from this institution with an A. Ik. degree in 1903. From this time on until t ;cxy he not only acted as Instructor in Physics and Chemistry, but also pursued graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1909. in order to become a graduate student at the University of Chicago for a period of two years, he obtained a leave of absence from his Alma Mater. While at Chicago. lie took special work along his favorite line, science: secured one of the Fellowships in Physics, and. in Dcccmlier, 1910. was elected to the mcmlicrsliip of the Sigma Xi Society. Returning to Ursinus in 1911. lie received the |x sition of Assistant Professor of I hy-ics and Chemistry, in which capacity he is serving at the present time, lie is also interested in college athletics. 20