Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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l'bCUCI.I1.B AYUIIB ,o u on i- ,, ,. by A T O 'Q . 1 . :flea ELLEN M. Frrz, A.B. 4 - 4 I nstrnctor in Dlnsie and Assistant Oryanist A. B., Mount Holyoke, 1904. Assistant Organist and Assistant Cho.ir.Director, Mount Holyoke College, 1904-06, Smith College, 1906-08. Studied organ with William C. Hammond and Gaston M. Dethier. BEULAH ELISA ToMPK1Ns, A.B. - - -- A - Assistant in Mwic A. B., Vassar, 1911. Assistant in Music at The Castle, Tarrytown, N Y., 1911-12. Assistant in Music, Vassar, 1912. EMMA THORN WILLIAMSON -- - - - Assistant to Miss Chittenden Studied with Kath S. Chittenden, Myra S. Dilly, Edward Macdowell, Leslie J. Hodgson and Harold Bauer. Studied Pianoforte and Pianoforte Pedagogy at Metropolitan College of Music. Taught four years at the Ossining School, Ossining, N. Y. Member Macdowell Association. Hhilusuphg JAMES M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., CID B K ---- - Professor of Ethics A. B., University of Rochester, 1868. D. D., Rochester, Yaleg LL. D., Rutgers. Rochester Theological Seminary, 1868-71. Studied in Europe, 1871-72. Minister, 1873-86. Trustee of Carnegie Foundation. President of Vassar, 1886. Published: 'Practical or Izleal?,' Psychology Syllobusfor Classes, Ethics Syllabusg A New Uforlcl and an Old Gospel. Many educational and other articles. I. Woonnnrnon RILEY, Ph.D., fb B K - - - Professor of Philosophy A. B., Yale University, 18923 A. M., 1898: Ph. D., Yale University, 1902. Instructor in English, New York University, 1897-98. Graduate Study in Philosophy at Yale, Colum- bia and Johns Hopkins University. Professor of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1902-04. Johnson Research Scholar in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1904-07. Professor of Philosophy, Vassar, 1908. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Philosophical Association. Associate Editor of The International Year Book. Published: The Founder of rllornzonisrn: a Psychological Study QfJoseph Smith, Jr.,' Ameri- can Philosophy: The Early Schools. About sixty reviews and articles, chiefiy on American and Italian Philosophy and Psychology, in the Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review, Journal of Philosophy, Nation, Boohnzan, etc. SAVILLA A. ELKUS, Ph.D. - - -- - - Instructor in Philosophy B. S., M. A., Columbia University, Ph. D., Columbia, 1908. Studied at University of Munich. Attended lectures at the Sorbonne, Paris. Instructor in Philosophy, Vassar, 1911. Member American Philosophical Association. Published: The Concept of Control. ZITA LILLIAN rPHORNBURY, A.B. Assistant in Ethics and in the Secretary 's Ojiee A. B., Vassar, 1908. Assistant in Ethics and History, 1908. Assistant in Ethics and in the Secretary's Ofhce, 1909. lihgaira LEROY C. COOLEY, Ph.D., iv B K - - - Prcjessor Emeritus of Physics A. B., Union College, 1858. Student of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Instructor in Science in the Lockport Union Schoolg in Mathematics in Fairfield Seminary: in Science in Cooperstown Seminary. Professor of Natural Science in New York State Normal College, 1861-74. Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Vassar, 1874. Professor of Physics, 1894. Professor Emeritus, 1907. 28

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4'ifEUCI.l',B AIUUB JN itll. rwwiiliiiiqr IV tl -01 '1 A -i '.,.-- 9 - 2, . Q Ji ELIZABETH BUCHANAN COWLEY, Ph.D., CID B K - Instructor in Mathematics A.B., Vassar, 19015 A. M., 1902: Ph. D., Columbia, 1908. Graduate Scholar in Mathc- matics and Astronomy, Vassar, 1901-02. Instructor in Pennsylvania Public Schools, 1893-97. Instructor in Mathematics, Vassar, 1902. Reader on College Entrance Examination Board. Studied at Columbia University, University of Chicago and Universities of Gottingen and Munich. hflember Circolo Illatematico di Palermop American Mathematical Society: Association of Teachers of Mathematics: Deutsche llfC1fll!37ILGl'ih'67' Vcreinigung. Published: Definitive Orbit of Comet 1826 II, published at Kiel, Germany, 1907. Plane Curves of the Eighth Order u-ith Two F our-folcl Points having Distinct Tangents and no other Point Singularities. Articles in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Associate Editor of the Revue Semcstrielle rlcs Publications D1 athematiques. CAmsterdam.j GERTRUDE SMITH, A.M., 111 B K ---M Instructor in Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 1897: A. lVI., 1903. Instructor in Portland, Me., 1897-993 in Englewood, N. J., 1899-1900. Graduate Student in Vassar, 1900-01. Associate Alumnae Fellow in Mathematics at the University of Paris, 1907-08. Instructor at Vassar, 1901-07, 1908. Member American Mathematical Society. fllilwair GEORGE COLEMAN Gow, Mus.D. ----- Professor of Music A. B., Brown Universityg 1VIus. D., Brown University. Newton Theological Seminary. Teacher of Piano and Theory at Smith College, 1889-95. Professor of Music, Vassar, 1895. Europe 1892-98: 1906-07. President of the National Music Teachers' Association, 1912. Member National Association Music Teachers g New York State Music Teachers' As- sociationg International Musical Society. Published: Structure of Blusic, 1895g Lessons in Elementary Theory, Elementary Harmony and Advanced Harmony, in the American Encyclopedia and History of Music, 1910g also Songs and Part Songs. JOHN COENELIUS Garoos, Ph.D. ---- Instructor in Singing A. B., Yale, Ph. D., Leipsic. Instructor in Singing, Vassar, 1897. TCATE S. CHITTENDEN ------ Instructor in Pianoforte Studied with Jules Fossier, Lucy H. Clinton, A. R. Parsons and Harold Bauer. President, lVIetropolitan College of lVIusic: V ice-President and Dean of American Institute of Applied lVIusicg President of Synthetic Guild of Pianoforte Teachers 3 Founder of American Guild of Organists. Lecturer in New York City Public Lecture Course. Organist and Choir Director of Calvary Baptist Church, New York City, 1879-1906. In charge of Piano Department in the Catherine Aiken School, Stamford, Conn. Member lVIacdowellAssociatior1g Life Member New York State MIISIC Teachers, Asso- ciation, and Life Member National lNIusic Teachers' Association. Published: Various works on Technique and Pianoforte playing and numerous magazine articles. GUSTAV DANNREUTHER ------A Instructor in Violin Berlin-Hochschule fiir M usih. Pupil of De Ahna and Jos. Joachim. Player and Teacher in London, England, 1873-77. hflember of the Boston Mendelssohn Quintette Club, 1877-80. Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Society, 1882-84. Concert Master of the New York Sym- phony and Oratorio Society for two years. Member of Philharmonic Society until 1906, occupying a place at the first desk. Organizer of the Dannreuther String Quartette in 1884. Instructor in Violin, Vassar, 1906. Published: Set of Scale and Chord Studies, published by Breitkopf and Hartel, Leipsic. 27

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AA ,, i fi - lT7liTf' Af ' I ' is-333 . Member American Physical Society 3 National Educational Associationg New York State Science Teachers' Associationg National Geographic Societyg Vassar Brothers Institute. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Published: Text-books on Physics, Elementary and Advanced: Text-books on Chemistry, Elementary and Advanced. Papers on Educational Subjects: Proc., University Convocation, The New York State Science Teachers ' Association, The New York State Teachers ' Association. Investigations: Electricity applied to register vibrations, 1868, Proc., Albany Institute. The Electric Register, and a Study of the Intervals in the Musical Scale, 1869, Journal of the Franklin Institute. Determination of the Pitch of Koenigis Tuning Forks by the Electric Registerf, 1877, Proc., Pouylzlceepsie Society of Natural Science. Convection Applied to the Detection of Heat,'l 1873, Proc., Albany I nstitute. The Convection Thermoscope: experi- ments , two papers, 1873-'74, Journal of the Franklin Institute. Theory of the Convection Thermoscope and the Crookes Radiometerf' 1875, Proc., Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Science. Repulsion by Heat, the Radiometer Principle, detected in Air by the Thermoscope, 1875, Mechanical Action of Radiations in Air and Vacua, Historical Sketch, 1876, Trans. Albany Institute. The Limit of Visibility of Minute Particles, 'I 1888, Trans. Vassar Brothers Institute. i'The Solubility of Gypsum in Slowly Moving IVater, 1870, Proc., Albany In- stitute. A Steady Automatic Air-blast for the Laboratory, 'I 1870, Journal F ranlclin Institute. A Blow-pipe Assay of Silver Ores by the Automatic Air-blast, I' 1871, To Remove Noxious Vapors while Evaporating Corrosive Liquids on the Laboratory Tables, 1885, American Journal of Chemistry, London Chemical News. Some Miscellaneous Papers: F rom Newton to Kirchoti'-Spectrum Analysisff 1872, Proc., Albany Institute. The Molecular Theory,', 1879, Popular Science Monthly. 'AThe Evolution of Science, 18841, Proc., Vassar Brothers Institute. Science for Education, 1899. Annual Address New York State Science Teachers, Association. CLARK VVELLs CHAMBERLAIN, Ph.D., CIJ B K - - - Professor of Physics A. B., Denison University, 1894. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1910. Instructor in Mathematics and Physics, Western Reserve Academy, 1894-97. Graduate Student in Physics and Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1897-1900. Fellow in Physics, University of Chicago, 1899-1900. Professor of Physics, Colby College, 1900-01. Professor of Physics, Denison Uni- versity, 1901-08. Professor of Physics, Vassar, 1908. Ernest Kempton Adams Research Fellow of Columbia University, 1909-10, and 1910-11. Silver medal for Original Instruments of Precision, Jamestown Exposition. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member American Physical Society. Published: The Radius of NIolecular Attraction, The Compound Interferometerf' A New Form of Interferoineterf' The Achromatism of Interference, in Physical Reviewg The Relative Motion of the Earth and Ether and the Fitzgerald Lorentz Effect, in Transac- tions of the British Association. EDNA CARTER, Ph.D. ----- Associate Professor of Physics A. B., Vassar, 1894fg Ph. D., YNt1rtsburg, 1906g Assistant Principal, High School, De Pere, VV is., 1895-96g Assistant in Physics, Vassar, 1896-983 Student, Chicago University, 1893- 993 Instructor in Physics, State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis., 1899-190413 Student, Wliirtsburg, Germany, 1904-06g Instructor in Physics, Vassar, 1906-113 Sarah Berliner Research Fellow- ship for Women, 1911g XViI1'tSbl1I'g, 1911-12, Associate Professor of Physics, Vassar, 1912. Published: Papers in Annalen rler Physik. HELEN SHEPARD HOLBROOIC, A.B. ----- Instructor in Physics A. B., Vassar, 1904. Assistant in Physics, 1905-08, 1909-10. Instructor in Physics, Vassar 1910. Q9