Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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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

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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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James Bissett Pratt, Pl1.1J., 1l1'11:rlf ll0jlA7I.'IlS l'r11fe.s's11r of Intellectual and M 111111 1'l1'1fl11s11y1l1y Was graduated from VVilli:11ns as V:1l1-1li1'1ov1'i1111 111 llll' 1'l:1ss of 1898. Stuclied philosophy 111. 112l1'V111'f1 ll1llV1'l'Sll.V. 1898-99. Attended Columbia Law S1-hool. 1899-1900. 111'a11. of 11111111 Department in Elmira 1 r1'1- AC'2lll1'11lX, 191111-UQ. 51111111111 philos- ophy at the University of l11'1'lin, 191122-1151. 111111 111 .11211'VJ11'11. 191151- 05, receiving the degrcrc of 1'l1.lJ. from 111111 1l'1Sl11l1llf.1l1 111 19115. Instructor in Philosophy at Xvllllillllhi, 1905-0133 Ass1s111n1 Pro- fessor in 1906g Professor in 1919. Dr. 1,l'1lll.S hooks are: The Pgyglwlogy Qf RUl1ig'l07I.S' 111'l'1'1jf, 11711111 is lifflfflllllfll-S'7l1?. 111111.11 111111 Its Faiths, and De111111:r111-y llllll l'1'111'1'. 111' is :1 1ll1'1'lll11'l' of the CIJBK and Gargoyle So1'i1-111-s Zlllfl 1111- K A .1'lI'2ll1'I'l'1l1j'. Byron Johnson Rees, M.A., Professor of English Was graduated from Harvard in 1903, and received the 111-gn-e of M.A. with honors in English, in 1904-. Called to Yvilliams in 19011. Was made Assistant Professor of English in 19117. Studied at Oxford, 1910-11.. Appointed Professor of English in 1914. Has edited Thoreau's W11.l1le111.for lJ21C1111ll1l11'S Port-111 Classics. Is the author of Nineteenth C671f'11'I'y Leflers. Professor Rees is a member of the ANI' Fraternity. l Walter Wallace lVIcLaren, Ph.D.. .flciing Professor of Economies Was graduated from Queens Ifniversity in Kingston. clilllllflll. 1899 and received the degree of Ph.D. from 1'I:1rvar11 in 1908. Was Called to Keiogijuku, Tokyo. Japan, in 1908 to :1 Vhair of Economics and Politics: in 191-L he was 111111011 to Williams. Dr. McLaren is the Editor of J11p11111'.vr G01'11r111111'111 1J0f'll7IIl'lIfS published by the Asiatic Society of Japan in 191-1. and the author of A-Polztteal History Qf J11y11111 IJIITIIIIQ the .ll1'1'j1' Era. 1867-1919 published in London and New York. 1916. i William Howard Doughty, Jr., LLB., Professor of Government . K ' Was graduated from Williams in 1898 - . . - G ' d . . f -V Columbia University, 1.898-1901, receiving the lli:g11-znetbf 1901. Praeticed law 1n New York City 1909-05. Cqlled W'l1 ' . t0 Dtiuiahngs ii? 1906, band was made 1'rofessor in 1917- MI. Fratirnity. a mem er of the Galgwle Sficlety and the KA at in 20