Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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The Gulielmensian '1 l , c l 1 5 I Lcverett Mears, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry Was graduated from Amherst College in 1874. Studied two years at the University of Goettingl'Il, Wllvrc he received the degree of Ph.D. Received his M.A. from Williams. In 1877 was appointed Instructor in Chemistry at Amherst, and in 1881 was called to Williams as Professor of Chemistry and Physiesg in 1888 became Professor of Chemistry. Has published Out- lines of General Chemistry. Dr. Mears is a member of the A ACI, Fraternity. Richard Austin Rice, M.A., Professor of the History of Art and Civilization, Emeritus Was graduated from Yale with the Class of '08 and continued his studies in New Haven and Berlin. In 1875 was made Pro- fessor of German at the University of Vermont. Received the degree of M.A. from Williams in 1883. Was called to Wil- liams as Professor of German in 1881, and in 1890 became J. Leland Miller Professor of History. In 1908 was made Pro- fessor of the History of Art and Civilization. Made Emeritus Professor in 1911. Professor Rice is a member of the AKE Fraternity. John Haskell Hewitt, LL.D., Professor of the Greek Lan- Rev. guage and Literature, Emeritus Was graduated from Yale in 1859 and from Yale 'Plncologieal Seminary in 1863. After two years of postgraduate study at the same institution, was called to Olivet College as Professor of Lating in 1872 became Acting President. Was appointed Professor of Greek and Latin at Lake Forest University in 18755 and in 1877 became Acting President. The year 1881- 82 was spent abroad in Leipsie and Italy. Professor Hewitt was called to Williams in 1882 as Garfield Professor of Ancient Languages. Was in Europe during the year 1892-93. In 1903 became Professor of Greek. ln 1867 received the degree of M.A. from Yale and in 1888 from Williams. In 1895 rc- ceived the degree of LL.D. from Union College. In 1901 was elected Acting President of Williams. Professor Ilewitt is a member of thc fl1BK, Xl' T, KEE Fraternities and Wolf's IIead. Leverett WVilson Spring, D.D., Professor of the English Language and Ltterature, Emeritus 1Vas graduated from VVilliams in the Class of '08 with the Phil- osophical oration and VIIBK rank: and from the Hartford Theo- logical Seminary in 1800. For one or two years was a graduate student in the Andover Theological Seminary, after which he became pastor at Fitchburg, Mass. From 1881 to 1886 was Professor of English Literature at Kansas University. In 1880 was called to vviiilttlllli as Morris Professor of Rhetoric. Re- ceived from Williams the degree of M.A., and, in 1880, the de- gree of D.D. from the University of Kansas. llc is the author of a History of Kansas, and Mark llopkins, 'l'ca4-her, and at present is preparing a book on t.he history of Williams Col- lege. Professor Spring is a member of the American Historical Association, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the A T Fraternity.

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II u ry Augustus Garfield, LL.D., President of thc College Was gl'1l.lll1!l,tCll from Williams College in the Vluss of '85, 'lnught Latin :md Romain History :Lt St. Pu,ul's School, Con- Cord, .1885-1886. Prnetieed law in Cleveland, 1888-1903. Occupied the ehstir of Contracts ut Western Reserve liniversity Law Sehool, 1892-1895. Professor of Politics at Princeton, 1904--1908. VVus eleeted President of VVilli:m1s College in 1908. Ilolds degree of Ll,.D. Q1'rineeton, 1908, lJlLl't1110lllll, 1908, Amherst, 1909, Wesleyan, 19091, President Garfield is at member of the AAIII Fraternity. Samuel Fesscndeu Clarke, 1'h.D., Professor of Natural ' H 'istory WVIIS grauluzitetl from the Sheffield Scientific School :tt Yule in 1878. In 1879, after postgrauluzite study :tt Johns llopkins, received the degree ol' 1'h.D. lieezunc in 1880 assistant at Johns Hopkins. Was made Professor nt Smith in 1881, und ll1.l,ll0 same year wus culled to Williauns us Professor of Natural History. Received tl1e degree of M.A. from Williams in 1891.

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Volume LVII. 1914 Iohn Edward Russell, M.A., M arlc Hopkins Professor of I ntelleclual and Moral Philosophy Was graduated from Williams in the Class of Continued his studies at the Andover and Yale illlllilblllglifiti Senunaries. Was a g1'aduate student at Yale, 1880-188l.. Spent 1883 at the University of Berlin. In 1881 was appointed Instructor in Theology at Yale, and in 1885 Professor of New '1 estament Theology at the Yale Divinity School. Was called to Williams in 1889. Was Lecturer in the Harvard Divinity School in 1903-041, and in the University of Chicago in 1908. Has re- cently published A First Course in Philosophy. Professor Russell is a member of the KIIBK Society. P1 nik Goodrich, Ph.D., L.I-LD., Professor of European H flstory Was graduated from Yale in 1880 with the Scott prize and fb BK rank. After a postgraduate course at Yale, spent two years of study in Germany. Was Principal of the High School at North Adams, 1884-87. Was called to the German Department at Yale in 1887, whe1'e he remained until 1891. After two years of travel and study in Europe, during which he took tl1e degree of Ph.D. at the University of Halle, returned to Yale to take the place of Professor Gruener. Was made Professor of German and History at Williams in 1894: Professor of IIistory, 1903. In 1910 received the degree of L.II.D. from Marietta College. Spent second semester of 1910-11 in Europe. Dr. Goodrich has published an edition of Dr. Luther by Freytag, and of Goethe's Goetz von Bcrliehingen. IIe is a member of the il' T Fraternity. George Moritz Wahl, L.I'I.D., Professor of the German Language and Literature Was graduated from the Gymnasium of Arnstadt in 1870. Studied at the Universities of Leipsic, Halle, and Berlin. Ite- ceived the degrees of M.A. and L.II.D. from Rutgers College. In 1879 was appointed Master of Modern Languages in Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts: thence called to VVHHIIIIIS in 1892. In 1890 1'eeeived the degree of M.A. from hvilll1tl11S. Professor Wahl is a member of the Juridical Bar of the States of Massachusetts and New Jersey, of the 111 BK Society. of the Modern Language Association of America, and the Goethe So- ciety of Weimar. I'Ie has published A Revised Edition of 0tto's German Li1'1tl1'11Il1tI',U1l.I'1tlIl1l.S contributed articles to the A flantic Monthly, lIarpcr's Magazine and the Goethe-Jahrlmch. Henry Daniel Wild, M.A., Massachusetts Professor of the Latin Language and Literature ancl Chairman pro tefmpore of the Faculty . Ivas graduated from Vililliams as Valedictorian in the Class of '88. Professor of Latin at Olivet College. In 1891 was called to Williams as Assistant Professor of Latin. Spent the years 1893-95 in travel and study. Was made Massachusetts Pro- fessor of the Latin Language and Literature in 1895. Dean of the Faculty from January till June, 1902. Ile has contributed several articles to the Classical Journal. Professor Wild is a lllCll1lJC1' of the AT 1 raternity and the '11 BK Society.