Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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VAS 5 A111 I LOUISE DUFFIELD CUMMINGS, Ph.D. - Instructor in Mathernattcs: A. B., Toronto University, 1895: A. M., 1902: Ph. D,, Bryn Mawr College, 1914. Fellow in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1896-97: Graduate Student, University of Chicago, 1897-98: Fellow in Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, 1898-99: Graduate Scholar in Mathe- matics, Bryn Mawr College, 1899-1900: Student of Ontario Normal College, 1900-01. Instructor in Mathematics, St. Margaret's College, Toronto, 1901-023 Instructor in Mathematics, Vassar, 1902. Member American Mathematical Society. Published: On a. lllethod of Comparison for Triple Systems, in Transactions of the American Illathemalical Society. GERTRUDE SMITH, A.M., qw B K - - Instructor in Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 1897: A. M., 1903. Graduate Student, Vassar, 1900-01: Associate Alumnae Fellow in Mathematics, University of Paris, 1907-08: Instructor in Portland, Me., 1897-99, in Englewood, N. J., 1899-1900: Instructor in Mathematics, Vassar, 1901-07, '08. Member American Mathematical Society. MARY EVELYN WELLS, Ph.D., E CE - - Instructor in Mathematics A. B., Mt. Holyoke College, 1904: S. M., University of Chicago, 1907: Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1915. Holder of '86 Fellowship of Mt. Holyoke, 1906-1907: Talcott Scholar, University of Chicago, 1914: Fellow in Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1914-1915: Instructor in Mathe- matics, lkit. Holyoke, 1907-1912: Acting Associate Professor of Mathematics, Oberlin College, 1914-1915: Instructor in lklathematics, Vassar, 1915. Member American Nlathemat-ical Society. ilillusin GEORGE COLEMAN Gow, Mus.D. - - - Professor of Music- A. B., Brown, University: Mus. D., Brown University, Newton Theo- logical Seminary. Teacher of Piano and Theory, Smith College, 1889-95: Professor of Music, Vassar, 1895. Europe, 1892-93: 1906-07. Member Music Teachers' National Association: New York State Music Teachers' Association: International Musical Society: President of the Music Teachers' National Association, 1912. Published: Structure of ilIlLSlC,' 1895: Lessons in Elementary Theory, Elementary Harmony and Advanced Harmony, in the American Encyclopedia and History of Music, 1910: also Songs and Part Songs. and articles in musical magazines. JOHN CoRNEL1Us GRIGGS, Ph.D. - - - Instructor in Stnging' A. B., Yale: Ph. D., Leipsic. Instructor in Singing, Vassar, 1897: Instructor in Singing and in History of Music, Vassar, 1912. KATE S. CHITTENDEN ---- Instructor in Ptanoforte- Studied with Jules Fossier, Lucy H. Clinton, A. R. Parsons and Harold Bauer. President, Metropolitan College of Music: Vice-President and Dean of American Institute of Applied Music: President of Synthetic Guild of Pianoforte Teachersg Founder of American Guild of Organists. Lecturer in New York City Public Lecture Course since 1892: Organist and Choir Director of Calvary Baptist Church, New York City, 1879-1906. In charge of Piano Depart- ment in the Catherine Aiken School, Stamford, Conn. Member lklacdowell Association: Life Member New York State Music Teachers' Asso- ciation, and Life Member National Music Teachers' Association. Published: Various works 011 Techique and Pianoforte playing and numerous Maga- zine articles. GUSTAV DANNREUTHER - - - - Instructor in Violin Berlin- Hochschule fur Musik. Pupil of De Ahna and Jos. Joachim. Player and Teacher in London, England, 1873-77. Member 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. occu- 31

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VASS AD. IC 2 LILY Ross TAYLOR, Ph.D., It B K - - - I nstrnctor in Latin A. B., University of Wisconsin, 19063 Ph. D., Bryn Mawr College, 1913. Reader in Classic- al Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1910-123 Instructor in Latin, Vassar, 1912. Member American Philological Association. Published: Thesis, The Cults of Ostia. ETHEL HAMPSON BREWSTER, A.M., Ph.D., fb B K Instructor in Latin A. B., Swarthmore College, 19073 A. M., University of Pennsylvania, 19113 Ph. D., 19153 Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania, 1908-14: Bennett Fellowin Latin, 1912-14. Teacher of Latin and Greek. High School, Chester, Pa., 1907-093 Head of the Department of Latin, High School West Chester, Pa., 1909-125 Instructor in Latin, Vassar, February, 1914. Member American Philological Association: Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Published: Notes in Classical Phttotogy. CORNELIA GASKINS HARCUM, A.B., S.M., Ph.D. Instructor in Latin A. B., Goucher College, 1907: S. M., Johns Hopkins University, 1912. Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1913. Instructor in Lat-in, Vassar, 1915. Mathematics HENRY SEELY WHITE, Ph.D., LL. D., fb B K Professor of Mathematics A. B., Wesleyan University, 1882: Ph. D., University 01' Gottingen, 18905 LL. D., Northwestern University, 1915.1 Assistant in Astronomy, Wesleyan University, 1882-833 Instructor in Mathematics and Chemistry, Centenary Collegiate Institute, 1883-84g Tutor in Mathematics, Wes- leyan University, 1884-87: Assistant in Pure Mathematics, Clark Uni- versity, 1890-923 Associate Professor and Noyes Professor of Pure Mathe- matics, Northwestern University, 1892-1905: Professor of Mathematics. Vassar, 1905. Ex-President of the American Mathematical Society, and Editor of the Society's Transactions, 1907-141 Vice-President of Section A., American Association for t-he Advancement of Science. Member National Academy ' of Sciences. Published: Papers in American Journal of Ilflathematics, lllathema- tische Anrtalen, Acta of the Leopold Karolina Akademie, Bulletin and Transactions of the Americavi Jllathametical Society, Annals of Zllathe- mflticsg also a Dtlfff of Lectures on lllathematics, in the Boston Colloquium. ELIZABETH BUCHANAN COVVLEY, Ph.D., dw B K Assistant Professor of Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 1901: A. M., 1902: Ph. D., Columbia, 1908. Graduate Scholar in Mathe- matics and Astronomy, Vassar, 1901-02: Studied at Columbia University, University of Chicago and Universities of Gottingen and Munich. Reader on College Entrance Examination Board. Instructor in Pennsylvania Public Schools, 1893-975 Instructor in Mathematics, Vassar, 19023 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Vassar, 1913. Member Circoto lllatematico di Palermo: American Mathematical Society, Association of Teachers of Mathematics: Deutsche Mathemaziker Vereinigungq Vice-President of Association of Teachers of Mathematics of the Middle States and Maryland. Published: Dehaittve Orbit of Comet, 1826 II, Published at Kiel, Germany, 19073 Plane Curves of the Eighth Ortter with Two Four-Fold Points Having Distinct Tangents and No Other Point Singu- laritiesg articles in the Bulletin of The American Mathematical Society. Associate Editor of the Revue Semestrielle des Publications Matlzcmaliqztes fAII1SlJG1'd211T1D. FFSOPHIA FOSTER RICHARDSON, A.B. Assistant Professor of Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 1879. Graduate Student at Newnham College and Chicago University, for two years. Teacher in Private School, Rutherford, N. J., 1879-823 Principal of Rutherford Institute, 1882-85. Instructor in Mathematics, Vassar, 1886-19143 Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics, Vassar, 1914. Publishedi A TGI! 300k of Soli1lGcomctry, 1914. Contributions to various periodicals. +Deccased, February 2nd, 1916 30

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VA.-21: fs All 1 Q A pying a place at the Hrst desk: Organizer of the Dannreuther String Quartette in 1884. In- structor in Violin, Vassar, 1906. Published: Set of Scale and Chord Studies, published by Breitkopf and Hartel, Leipsic. DONALD N. TWEEDY, A.B. ---- Instructor in Music A. B., Harvard, 1912: Summer Course, University of Geneva, Switzerland, summer, 1912: Lectures at the Sorbonne, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sociales, Conservatoire de llflusique, Paris: Institute of Musical Art, New York, 1913-1914: Instructor in Music, Vassar, 1914. SUSIE PEERS SNELLING - - - Assistant to Miss Chittenden Studied with Kate S. Chittenden, Albert Ross Parsons, Dudley Buck, Leslie J. Hodgson, Harold Bauer. Assistant to Miss Chittenden, 1913. ISLAY MACDONALD - - - Assistant to Miss Chittenden Studied with Kate S. Chittenden, William F. Sherman, Harry Rowe Shelley. Graduate of the American Institute of Applied Music. Assistant to Miss Chittenden, 1913. 'CARL PAIGE WOOD, A.B. A.M., - Assistant Professor of Music A. B., Harvard, 1906: A. M., Harvard, 1907. Assistant Professor of Music, Vassar, 1915. ELINOR SPRAGUE GENUNG, A.B. - - - Assistant in Music A. B., Vassar, 1914. Assistant for one year to Professor XV. T. Bigelow, Professor of Music at Amherst College: Assistant in hiusic, Vassar, 1915. ihbilvfvpbp 1. WOODBRIDGE RILEY, Ph.D., fb B K - Professor of Philosophy A. B., Yale University, 1892: A. M., 1898: Ph. D., 1902. Graduate Study in Philosophy at Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins University: Johnson Research Scholar in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1904- 07. Instructor in English, New York University, 1897-98: Professor of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1902-04: Professor of Philosophy, Vassar, 1908. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science: Member of the Executive Committee of the American Philosophical Association: Associate Editor of The International Year Book. Published: The Founder of illormonisrn: A Psychological Study of Joseph Smith, Jr,,' American Philosophy: The Early Schools: American Thought: Frorn Puritanisnz to Pragmatism. Qpp. 8-3733 About Sixty re- views and articles, chiefly on American and Italian Philosophy and Psychology, in the Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review, Journal of Philosophy, Nation, Bookman, etc. DURANT DRAKE, Ph.D., eb B K - - - Professor of Ethics A. B., Harvard, 19003 A. M., Harvard, 1902, Ph. D., Columbia University, 1911. In- structor in Philosophy, University of Illinios, 1911-1912: Associate Professor, XVestern University, 1912-1915: Professor of Ethics, Vassar, 1915. Member of Religious Education Association: National Education Association: Authors' League of America: American Philosophical Association. Published: Various religious articles in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scien- tihc Methods, the Outlook, The Inzlependent, American Journal of Theology, The North American Review, The Forum, The National lllunicipal Review. Problems of Conduct, 1914, Problems of Religion, 1916. ipbpsinal Training HARRIET ISABEL BALLINTINE - Director of Physical Training Graduate of Dr. Sargentfs Normal School of Physical Training, 1891: Graduate of the Cambridge Summer Normal School of Classic Dancing, 1911: Studied in Harvard Summer School, 1891, '92, '96, '98. Assistant ln Gymnasium, Lasell, 1890-91: Gymnasium Director, Vassar, 1891: Instructor in Harvard Summer School, 1901-02. Member of American Physical Educational Society: American Posture League: Sargent Normal School Association. Wan ,.,t,,3 , , lf. , V . F . -rw ' 1'- ,j Y ggi 2 ' t 32