Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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William Edward lVIcElfresh, Ph.1J., Tlzomas T. Read Professor Qf PhjzjSZC-9 Was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1888 undifrorn Harvard in 1895. Received the degrees of M.A. and lh.l?. from Harvard in 1896 and 1900 respectively. 11115 11551511131 lfl Physics at Harvard from 1895 to 190Q when he was called to Williams as Instructor in Physics. 131-canie A,S:'ilSi1ll'1l, l rofessur of Physics in 1903 and was appointed Thomas l . lic-nd Professor in 1905. ,'fGeorge Edwin Howes, Ph.D., Garfield Professor of An- cient'Langaages Was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1886. Instructor in Kings School for Boys, Stamford, Conn., 1886-87. Junior Maste1', Boston Latin School, 1887-91. Instructor in Latin at .the Haverford Grammar School, 1891-93. Received the degree of M.A. from Harvard in 1890, and that of Ph.D. in 1895. Professor of Greek at the University of Vermont, 1895-1905. VVas called to VVilliams as Garfield Professor in 1905. He is the author of articles in the Harvard Studies in Classical Plzfflology. and in other classical journals. Dr. Howes is a member of the KIDBK Society and of the A T Fraternity. : Absent on leave. James Graham Hardy, Ph.D.. PrQfc'.v.wn' of .1l1CIflIC'II1fIf1.C'S Was graduated from Lafayette Vollege in the class of 1894. Took up post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins Vniversity. where he was appointed Scholar and Fellow in Mathematics. Received the degrees of M.A. from Lafayette in 1897 and of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1898. Was called to Williams in 1898 and received his profcssorship in 1918. Professor Hardy is a member of the fb BK Society and the fb 125. Frater- n1 y. cFrederic Hollis Howard, M.D., Professor of Physiology Cornell ex-197 Was graduated from the Unix eisi .' .' 2 ' ' ty of Penn- Sylvama Medlcal College ln 1898. Appointed Resident Physi Clan at the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, in 1898. VVas Assist.. t D . . . 'IU inefgggstiator of Pathologylat the Unrvel-Slty. of Pennsylyania .nstructoi in Physiol t W ll A Professorin 19044, and Professd3rgi7na1908. lalglii. a commission as Faptain in the Medic L ' f 1 al Reserv . - 'Absent on leave. e Collis In 1917' 18

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Willis Isbister Milham, Ph.D., Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy Was graduated from Williams in 1894 withsalutatorian rank. Fellow in Physics at Williams, 1894-1895. Instructor in Mathe- matics and Physics, 1895-1898. Received the degrees of M.A. from Williams in 1895 and of Ph.D. from Strassburg in 1901. Became Assistant Professor in the Mathematical Sciences in 1898, and Professor of Astronomy in 1902. Has published How to Identify the Stars, Meteorology, and articles in the Astro- nomische Nachrichten, Physilcalische Zeitschrift, and Monthly Weather Review. Dr. Milham is a member of fIDBK and of several scientific societies. James Lawrence Kellogg, Ph.D., Professor of Biology Was graduated from Olivet College in the class of 1888 and continued his study at Johns Hopkins University, where in 1892 he received the degree of Ph.D. Honorary M.A. from Williams in 1900. VVas Professor of Biology at Olivet College until called to Williams in 1899. Dr. Kellogg has published: A Contribu- tion to Our Knowledge ofLamellil1ranchiate M olluslcs, Life History of Mya Arenaria, Clams and Clam Culture, Marine Food Mollusks of Louisiana, Conditions Governing the Existence and Growth of the lllya Arenaria, Shell-Fish Industries, and The Ciliary Mechan- isms Qf Lamellibranchs. Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland, Ph.D., Edward Brust Pro- Theodore Clarke Smith, Ph.D., J. Leland Miller Pro- fessor of American History, Literature, and Eloquence Was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1892. Fellow in History at the University of Wisconsin, 1894-95. Goodwin Memorial Fellow of, Harvard University at Paris and Berlin, 1896-97. Instructor in History at the University of Michigan in 1898. Instructor in History at Vassar College, 1898-1900. Assistant Professor of American History and Political Science at Ohio State University, 1901-03, from which he was called to Williams. Received his M. A. from Harvard in 1893 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1896. Professor Smith is a member of the CID BK Society. fessor of Geology and Mineralogy A . Was graduated from Oberlin College in the class of 1894. Con- tinued his studies at the- University of Chicago and at the Uni- versity of Nebraska. Received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale in 1900. Served as Instructor in Natural Sciences at Gates College, Nebraska, in 1895. Instructor at Cornell in 1901. when he was called to Williams. Appointed Assistant Professor in 1904, Professor in 1905, and in 1911 was made Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Nlineralogy. His most recent work is a text-book for colleges and universities entitled Geology, Physical and Historical. Dr. Cleland is a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geographical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Paleontological Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Seismological Society, and the 119 I' A Fraternity. 17

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tGarrett Droppers, Ph.D., Urrin Sage Professor of Politi- cal Economy ' Was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1887. After a year of post-graduate study at the University of Berlin, he became Professor of Political Economy at the University of I'okyo, Japan, 1889-99. He was then elected President of the State University of South Dakota, which position he held for seven years. Became Lecturer on Economics at the University of Chicago in 1906. Was appointed Secretary of the Massachu- setts Commission of Commerce and Industry in 1907, but re- signed after the commission made its report. Was called to Williams as Orrin Sage Professor in 1907. Appointed United States Minister to Greece by President Wilson in 1914. xAbsent on leave. l Karl Ephraim Weston, M.A., Professor of the History of Art and Civilization A Was graduated from Williams in the class of 1896. Studied in France and at the American School of Classical Studies at Rome in 1897. Received his M.A. degree from Williams in 1898. Continued his graduate work at Johns Hoplcins Uni- versity and taught in Baltimore from 1898 to 1900, when he was called to Williams. Was made Assistant Professor of' the Romance Languages in 1904. Studied in France, Italy, and Spain from 1904 until 1906, and was appointed Professor in 1911. Made Professor of the History of Art and Civilization in 1912. Professor Weston is a member of the CPBK and Gargoyle Societies and the '-ID A 9 Fraternity. t'tRobert Longley Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of the Romance Monroe Nichols Wetmore, Ph.D., Professor of Latin Was graduated from Yale in the class of 1888. For five years was Assistant Principal of Harrisburg Academy and for seven years was Instructor in Latin and Greek at the Staten Island Academy.. Received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1900 for Work done in Latin. ,Was elected Foote Fellow in Latin at Yale in 1902, receiving the degree of Ph.D. from that institu- tion in 1904. Was called to VVilliams in 1904 and became As- sistant Professor of Latin in 1905, Associate Professor in 1911, and Professor in 1913. Has published an Index Vcrborimi Ver- gilianus and an Index Verbornrn Catullianils. w Languages g Was graduated from Hamilton. College in 1882. Was instructor in the Kansas State University, 1882-83. Tutor in -Robert College, Constantinople, 1883-87. Instructor in Hill School, 1887-94. Instructor in French at Yale, 1894-1900. Was made Assistant Professor of French at Dartmouth in 1900, from which he was called to Williams in 1912. Professor Taylor is the author of Alliteration in the Italian Language, and has edited La Bibliotheque de mon Oncle and Ifflbbe Daniel. He is a mem- ber of the Modern Language Association of North America and the 111 T Fraternity. 'Absent on leave. ' 19