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

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JOSEPH RAGLAND LONG, K A, A , received his B. A. at Richmond College in 1S90, a B. S. from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1S94, and LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1895. From 1890 to 1892, he was an Instructor in Alleghany Institute at Roanoke, Va., and from 1897 until 1902, he was a member of the Denver (Colorado) bar, from which he was called to the Brad- ford Professorship of Civil Law and Equity Jurisprudence at Washington and Lee. lie is the author of nun erous articles for the American and English Encyclopedia of Law, and lias written articles mi States for the Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure; also the Law of Domestic Relations, 1905, used as a college textbook. JAMES LEWIS HiiWK, A K E, B K, is Bayly Professor of Chemistry, since 1894. He has received the following degrees: K. A., at Amherst, D80; M. A., and Ph. D. from Gottingen in 1882; M. D. ( Hon.) Hospital College, 1886. After his term as a stu- dent at Berlin, he was Instructor in Brooks Military Academy, Cleveland, lKN-J-S ' i; Professor of Chemistry, Central University, nnd also Dean of the Medical and Dental Departments there, from is-,; to 1S94. During this time he was Lecturer of the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky. Doctor Howe is a Fellow American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, Member of American Chemical Society, the Chemical Society of London, Society of Chem- cal Industry, Deutsche Chemische Geselldeavor, and other similar societies. He is the author of Metals of the Platinum Groups, 1SH7; • ' Inorganic Chemistry for Schools and Colleges, 1907; Co- author with F. P. Venable of Inorganic Chemistry According to the Periodic Law, 1878; Inorganic Chemical Prepara- tions, etc. WALTER LeCONTE STEVENS, McCormick Professor of Physics since 1898. Received his B. A. at the University of South Carolina, M. A. at the University of Virgina. and Ph. D. at the University of Georgia. He has studied at the Universities of Strasburg and Berlin, and at Zurich Polytechnic. Has held Profes- sorships at Oglethorpe University, Georgia; Chatham Academy, Georgia; Cooper Institute. New York City; Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy. New York. Member of Royal Microscopical Society of Great Britain. In 1888, he revised Steele ' s Physics, is the author of ten scientific articles in Johnson ' s Cyclopedia, 1896; contributor of numerous articles in London Philosophical Magazine. North American Review. American Journal of Science. etc.

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MARTIN PARKS BURKS, A , B K, Dean of the Law School, and Professor of Common and Statute Law. He received his B. A. degree at Washington College in 1870, an LL. B. from the University of Virginia in 1872, and an LL. D. from Roanoke College in 1903. In 1899, he was called to a professorship in Law at Washington and Lee, and in 1903 was made Dean of the Law Department. Reporter of Supreme Court of Appeals, 1895; Author of Property Rights of Married Won en, ' ' Notes on Conveyanc- ing, Notes on Common Law, Pleading and Practice ' ' ; contri- butor of numerous articles to the Virginia Law Register ; one of revisors of the Code of Virginia, 1915. 1246 DAVID CARLISLE HUMPHREYS, $ T A, O A K, Scott Professor of Civil Engineering, studied at Washington and Lee from 1875 to 1878, receiving the degree of C. E. in this latter year. In 1879 he taught at the McDonogh School, and from that time until 1885 was United States Assistant Engineer on the im- provement of the Missouri River. From 1885 until 1883 he was Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering, after which time, he became full professor, and since 1903 has been Dean of the School of Applied Science. Me., ber of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the promotion of Engineering Education, Hydrographer U. S. Geological Survey, 1895-1906. Author of Notes on Ran kins ' Civil Engineering. 161 ADDISON HOGUE, K , the Corcoran Professor of Greek since 1893, received his B. A. at Hampden-Sidney College in 1S69, where he taught Greek and French from 1872 to 1876. From 1886 until 1893, he held the Professorship in Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. In 1893, he was called to the Chair of Greek at this university. He is the author of ' ' Irregular Verbs in Attic Prose, 1889.

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JOHN WILLIAM KERN, B 6 II, B K, has been, since 1902, in the Peabody Chair of Latin at Washington and Lee. lie re- ceived the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1899, and was Fellow by Courtesy, Johns Hopkins, 1899-1901. From 1S84-S6, he occupied the position of Assistant in Languages at the University of Virginia, and for the next ten years was In- structor in Arcient Languages at the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia. Author of Case Construction of Verbs of Sight and Hearing in Greek. THOMAS JAMES FARBAB, S T A, has for ten years been Professor of German at Washington and Lee. He was a student at this university from 1S93 until 1901, and while here received his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. His record from that time nntil he was made a professor in Washington and Lee is as follows: Studied at the Universities of Gottingen and Paris, 1908; In- structor in Modern Languages, Washington and Lee University, 1895-99; Associate Principal of Donald-Fraser School, and from 1902 until 1905, he was Professor of English at Agnes Scott Col lege. Doctor Farrar is a member of the Modern Language Asso ciation of America, and of the Southern Educational Association also of L ' Alliance Francaise. He is editor of Legouvi and La biche ' s La Cigale. His work, The Gerund in old English was read before the Modern Lanuage Association in 1903. EOBERT GRANVILLE CAMPBELL, A 6, B K, Professor of Political Science and Commerce at Washington and Lee, re- ceived his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. at this institution. He has taught in the following scho ols: Episcopal High School, Washing- ton School for Boys, Emerson Institute, Boys ' Country School, Baltimore City College. He received the Virginia Scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, 1904-07, and was Fellow at Johns Hop- kins University in Political Science, 1907-08. He performed work in Editorial and Statistical Research for the Bureau of Census in 1906-07. Member of American Economic Association, American Political Science Association, and the American Society of Inter- national Law. Is the author of Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War.