Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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fessor of English and Modern Languages at Washington and Lee. In 1899 the department of Modern Languages was detached and he became Professor of English. Is well known throughout the South for his lectures. Is now engaged in editing several of Shai espeare ' s plays for a well-known publishing house. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, M. A., B. L., LL. D. (University of Mis- sissippi), 1897, Dean, and Professor of Equity and Corporation Law and of Con- stitutional and International Law. Educated at Washington and Lee, where he received his M. A. in 1875 B. L. in 1876. Practiced law in Staunton, Va., till 1888, when he was elected a member of Congress from the Tenth District. He obtained the passage of a bill reimbursing Washington and Lee for the dam- age done by General Hunter ' s troops in 1864. In 1897 he was elected Professor of Law at Washington and Lee to succeed his father, and in 1899 became Dean of the Law Faculty. On President Wilson ' s death in October, 1900, he was chosen Acting President, but refused a re-election as such in June, 1901. He edited Tucker on the Constitution of the United States. He has resigned his Professor- ship, to take effect July i, 1902, and will engage in arousing interest in education in the South. HENRY PARKER WILLIS HENRY PARKER WILLIS, Ph. D. (Chicago), 1898, Professor of Economics and Political Science. Studied at Western Reserve University, Ohio, and Univer- sity of Chicago, where he received his A. B. in 1894. Appointed graduate scholar and later traveling fellow in Economics, he was assistant to Prof. J. Lawrence Laughlin, and then studied in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, returning to the University of Chicago to receive his Doctor ' s degree in 1897. During winter of ' 97-98 assisted Prof. Laughlin in the preparation of the report of the Monetary Commission. While thus engaged he was appointed Professor of Economics and Political Science at Washington and Lee. During the past year he has, on leave of absence, been engaged in newspaper work, and will resume his chair next session. WALTER LbCONTE STEVENS WALTER LeCONTE STEVENS, Ph. D. (University of Georgia), 1898, McCormick Professor of Physics. Graduated from South Carolina College with Baccalaureate degree in 1868; taught for several years; entered University of 19

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ADDISON HOGUE ADDISON HOGUE, 1893, Corcoran Professor of Greek. Graduated from Hampden-Sidney College in 1869 with the Baccalaureate degree. Studied at the University of Virginia under Gildersleeve, 1869-1872. In June, ' 72, was elected Professor of Greek and French in Hampden-Sidney, a position he held till 1886, when he accepted the chair of Greek in the University of Mississippi. The ses- sions of ' 83-84 and ' 84-85 he spent in Europe on leave of absence. In 1893 was chosen Professor of Greek in Washington and Lee, a position he still holds. In 1889 he published The Irregular Verbs of Attic Prose. JAMES LEWIS HOWE JAMES LEWIS HOWE, Ph. D. (Gottingen), M. D., 1894, Bayly Professor of Chemistry. Received his undergraduate education at Amherst, from which he received his B. A. in 1880. He entered the University of Gottingen in August, 1880, and received the degree of Ph. D. in chemistry and m ' mera ogy , magna cum laude, in March, 1882. In 1882-83 he taught in Cleveland, Ohio ; then was Pro- fessor of Chemistry and Geology in Central University (Kentucky) from 1883 to ' 87. From 1886 to 1894 he was Scientist and Lecturer to the Polytechnic So- ciety of Kentucky at Louisville ; and Dean of and Professor in the Medical and the Dental Departments of Central University, both of which he helped to establish. Since 1894 he has been Professor of Chemistry at Washington and Lee. He is a member of several scientific societies, among them being the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, and was a member of the committee of this association on the Spelling and Pronunciation of Chemical Terms, the standard authority at present. He is one of the leading exponents of the Periodic Law, and in connection with President Venable, of the University of North Carolina, has published Inorganic Chemistry According to the Periodic Law. He has done considerable original research, especially on the ruthenium compounds. WILLIAM SPENSER CURRELL WILLIAM SPENSER CURRELL, M. A., Ph. D. (Washington and Lee), 1895, Professor of English. Received his collegiate education at Washington and Lee, entering in 1875 and receiving his A. B. in 1878 and M. A. in 1879. Was awarded several scholarships and was the first holder of the Howard Houston Fellowship, receiving his Doctor ' s degree in 1882. Was elected Professor of English in Hampden-Sidney College, which he resigned in 1886 to accept a similar chair in Davidson College, North Carolina. In 1895 he was chosen pro- 18

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Virginia in 1876, studying Matliematics and Piiysics. For several articles on original research which were published in England he was given the degree of Ph. D. by the University of Georgia. From ' ■]■] to ' 90 taught in New York City and in the Packer Collegiate histitute, Brooklyn. He then studied in Germany for two years in the Universities of Berlin and Strassburg and the Zurich Polytechnicum. He was Professor of Physics in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, from 1892 till ' 98, when he accepted a similar position here. His specialties are physiological optics and sound, and he has contributed articles on these subjects to scientific journals and cyclopedias. WILLIAM REYNOLDS VANCE WILLIAM REYNOLDS VANCE, M. A., Ph. D., B. L. (Washington and Lee), 1899, Professor of Commercial Law. Entered Washington and Lee in 1890, and received his A. B. in 1892, M. A. in 1893, Ph. D. in 1895, B. L. in 1897. Among the many honors he won are the Young Scholarship in 1891, the Mapleson in 1892 and the Howard Houston Fellowship in 1893. While holding the latter he was instructor in English and German. In 1894 he won the Santini Medal, and in 1895 he was the editor-in-chief of the first CALYX ever published. In June, 1897, he was chosen Assistant Professor of Law, and in 1899 was made full Professor. He is now engaged in preparing a text-book on Insurance. GEORGE HUTCHESON DENNY GEORGE HUTCHESON DENNY, M. A., Ph. D. (University of Virginia), 1899, Professor of Latin. [See page 15.] MARTIN PARKS BURKS MARTIN PARKS BURKS, A. B., B. L. (University of Virginia), 1899, Professor of Common and Statute Law. Entered Washington and Lee in 1866, passing his time in pleasanter ways than with little books during his Fresh- man year. Received his A. B. in 1870, and B. L. at the University of Virginia in 1872. Has been so assiduous in his study of law that what he doesn ' t know has not been found out yet. In 1893 he published The Property Rights of Married Women in Virginia, which is used as a text-book in all Virginia Law Schools. In 1895 he was elected reporter for the Supreme Court of Appeals. In 1899 he was elected Professor of Law at Washington and Lee.