Whitman College - Waiilatpu Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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Til 'Q Q'S'6 3 Q 5 6'6 6'9-'45 Q' rma utrumque n no, ' Grain? ui rtmu.-5 ab orii Professor Edward E. Ruby The Latin Department is to be congratulated because its leader is a man in full accord with therspirit of the work, Professor Edward E. Ruby. In 1897 Mr. Ruby graduated from Indiana University, and four years later took his Master's Degree at the same college. He has held various professorships in the Middle West, and in 1903 became head of the Latin Department at Whitman. 7. Mr. Ruby is broadminded and sympathetic. His work is not confined by the narrow channel of dead form and philological research. He grounds the student thoroughly in the grammar and syntax of the language, but 'what he lays special stress upon is literary apprecia- tion, and a broad insight into the .motives and great principles working for the civilization and decay of ancient Rome. The student who takes a course under Mr. Ruby may be assured that it will be interesting as well as instructive and altogether worth while. 22

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C.. , 4 ' - , c . . C 2 i s 0 . a , E' Z 3 ,,.---- ' 5 ,----- P ,F- U I . a 45.'l iv- . 7 M 'o wifi, . 4 fa, 7'fld-1 lil 3 W, I 'VUL I Professor Walter Andrew Bratton min aj 67 L' Professor Bratton, head of the Matlie- '64-0 tis r A-xr-1.6-,sis 'U-V'L,u,.f,a..g I 7: ' 72- -'f1, -64+ -1-r--HJ '7 C'5f'72.l I' 7.1-L, Kea. .P-.,LQ'f4 h-wvv-.fn.f--- 01104-14112-. matics Department, graduated from Williams College in 1895. The following year he was an instructor in VVl1itman College and fr0IH 1896 to 1903 he was Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. In 1903-04 he took post- graduate work in the University of Berlin. since which time he has been head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy here. He has a keen and logical mind, a peculiar faculty for explaining hard prob- lems, and an enthusiastic personality. He sees things clearly and makes the students see them clearly. He has a broad general knowledge of the college and its require- ments. He understands college life and college students perfectly. He is a big, broad, and competent man in love with his profession. Professor O. T. Geckeler Graduating from the University of Indiana in 1894, Professor Geckeler became a graduate student in the University of Chicago in 1,894-95, and during the summers of '95 and '96 and '03. He was a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1908-09, and is at present completing a thesis which will secure for him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He was superintendent of schools, Lowell, Mississippi, 1900-01, principal Opelika High School, Alabama, 1901-03, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Georgia School of Technology r9o3-06, and head of the department for the next three years. This is Professor Geckeler's first year here, and. our opinions of him are not definitely formed: At first we were inclined to regard him as a cruel tyrant, for he was the absolute master of Mathematics, and we had to have our lessonsg there was no way of putting up a bluff, But we have gradually found out that he is human. He is not a mere mathematical textg there are other ideas in his head than trigonometry and calculus. Intolerant of laziness, he has a soft spot in his heart for all workers, and sympathy for all their troubles. And so the boys name their football dummy after him, or give his name to a nigger baby at the carnival with their other most popular teachers. The girls liken him to the Old Man of the Mountains, and we all like him. 21

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fl- ' fk d i erwizlfes , F a s 1 e X ' . it X , al Q 1 Professor James Walton Cooper The Department of French under Professor Cooper is an especially strong one. It offers excellent opportunities for il student to become familiar and conversant with the French lim- guage. Professor Cooper is a very competent and eliicient instructor, being favored by a broad education and a Wide experience. He has received an A.B. degree from Doane College, and an A.M. degree from Columbia University, and has studied for some time at the University of Chicago. Aside from this, he has traveled and studied extensively in France and Germany. This experience has given him a broad conception of modern languages and their influence on modern life, which he aims to transmit to his pupils. Professor Cooper is a very thorough and conscientious teacher. I-Ie endeavors to give an insight into French customs and manners, as well as to train the student for a proper and fluent use of the language. His object is also to make them familiar with the best in French Literature. . Professor Samuel Kroesch Many times, when a new professor takes his place iD the ranks of the members of the Faculty who are tested and well known by the students, considerable friction ensuesg annoyance on the part of the teacher and dissatis- faction for the students, especially if the professor requires closer attention than his predecessors. It is a tribute to Mr. Kroesch's personality and ability as an instructor that the work has gone so smoothly and so elfectively, since he has taken charge of the Department of German. Humorous, alert, and enthusiastic, he makes the language interesting and at the same time requires honest work and thorough prepnrtion. Mr. Krnesch is an entire master of the language and has had good experience in teaching. He graduated with the degree of A.B. from the Missouri State University in 1901. Then he taught in the High School at Lathrup, Missouri, until 1903, and was Superintendent of Schools during 1903-04 at Douiphan. From 1904 to 1907 he was head of the Department of Modern Languages of the Central State Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. In 1908 he received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. 23