Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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Dedication Advancing the student-faculty relationship expressed in the saying, The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the otherf, the VVilliams Faculty has stimulated students, their fellow faculty members, and the administration. During the past fifty years the Wfilliams College Faculty has included many outstanding members, and it is with regret that we cannot mention all of them here. In recognition of their efforts, however, the 1951 Gulielmensian is respectfully dedicated to five professors who have typified the Xvilliams spirit in education. LEVERETT MEARS Coming to Williams in 1881 he was appointed a professor of Chemistry seven years later. Through his efforts the science departments were expanded and the infirmzu'y constructed. Possessed of a frank and open nature and a sympathetic personality hc instilled in his stu- dents a love of truth. KARL E. WESTON Graduating from NVilliams in 1896 he returned to the college in 1900 where, after teaching Romantic languages, he became the Amos Lawrence Professor of Fine Arts. In this post he was instrumental in building up the Art Department and the establishment of the Lawrence Art Museum. THEODORE CLARKE SMITH Appointed to the faculty in 1903 he later became the XVoodrow NVilson Professor of Amer- ican History and Government. Keenly interested in the college he was a leader in changing the curriculum and was responsible for the establishment of honors work and comprehensive examinations. XVhile an active member of the faculty he instilled in his students a belief in the sound historical method. JAMES BISSETT PRATT Having been a member of the class of 1900 he returned as an instructor in 1905. Through his teaching and writings he became one of the best known philosophers of his day and was beloved by all. His intellectual integrity and his constant search for truth by means of objective and realistic thinking had a stimulating effect on all with whom he had contact. JOHN HANVLEY ROBERTS He joined the Williams Faculty in 1926, and his personality and scholarly abilities were soon to make him a well known and beloved person on the campus. XVith a sensitive and penetrating analysis, his instruction in the field of English gave a new insight into literature. Under his guidance, courses in English became an inspiration to students and rejuvenated the department of which he was the head. Page 2

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THE QZFLIELMENSIAN WILLIAMS COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN IIUNIJREID AND l IF'I'Y-ONE PUBLISHED BY THE IUNIOR CLASS Puonuc LD BY MILLEII LAMB KND HUNTI-in. lxr-. Nowrr-I I-umms xrws.

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