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library lins been made by securing Rail's "Gcncial His
loiy of Matlicmatics" and Cajori's "History of Malhe
matics in llic United States."
Dr. Gcoigc R. Hussy is a graduate of Columbia college,
New Yoik. After leaving thcic he spent tlucc years at
Johns Hopkins, studying classical philology. After receiv
ing the Ph. D. dcgicc he spent a year in Giccce. Since
then he has been at Princeton. lie finds the students veiy
' earnest.
J. J. Pcishing, 2nd lieutenant 6lh caaliy, who takes
rhaigi of the military dcpaitmcnt, is a giaduate from West
Point. Ifappcaianccs aic not eiy deceptive, he will prove
eiy populai with the cadets. He is the brother of the
Misses May and Grace Pcishing who wcic students hcic
tlucc ycais ago.
Pi ofessor Caldwell during the first part of the summer
taught in the summer school. Durirg July he prepaicd lee
Unas for the Long Pine ehautauqua. The first pait o
August he deliveicd six lectures on American histoiy at I ong
Pine. The rest of the summer was spent at home picparing
foi the fall woik.
Dr. Wollc spent most of the summer in Lincoln picparing
foi the woik of the fall tcun. In July he attended the
National Educational Association at Toionto, Canada, wheic
he met a laige number of ihe foicmost psychologists. Of
these men pcihaps Piesident Hall of Claric Univcisity is
best known to students.
Piofcssor Hunt was called to his caily home in western
New Voik during conuncnccnicnt week. His mother was
not expected to Mve. While visiting tier lie sintered a
stiokcofpaialysis. Disiegaiding the advice of his physician,
he returned to Ncbiaska and took up his woik in the insti
tutes of Lancastci, Otoe, and Scwatd counties.
Mr. Ilcibert Hates will have charge ol the classes in pic
paratoiy English under the supcivision of Professot Hunt.
Piofcssor Hates is a graduate of Harvaid and has taught in
the public schools of Philadelphia. In addition to his work
in the picparatory dcpaitmcnt Piofessor Rates will have
cbaige of the class in junior themes and also classes in the
new couise of oiatory,
Professor Fiascr graduated from Dalhausic college in
1S82 after which he attended Johns Hopkins, where he stud
led under the direction ol some of the most celebrated class
ical instructors in the country. A thorough scholar and an
cneigclic instructor; Principal Fiascr is well pieparcd and
fully competent to keep up, or even to raise the piesent high
standard of his dcpaitmcnt.
Piofessor Homer was busy the most of the summer
studying the festive grasshopper. He made two trips to
Colorado, one to Minnesota, one to Noith Dakota and one to
Montana. He then intci viewed Jerry Kusk and reported the
lesult of hlb reseaiches. He is now preparing a written
rcp'ut of his nine weeks work, which will give a description
of the sixteen diffeicnt species of injuiious locusts.
Mr. and Mis. M. nsendorf spent the summer at theirhome
in Rlujiniiiglon, 111. They visited Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Cincinnati. In Chicago they selected new music for this
year's use in the musi department. Every summer places
of musical interest are visited to gather the newest works and
publications and to attend all the most notable concerts, such
as the summer conceits of Theodore Thomas in Chicago.
The southwest room of the basement has been set aside
for the purpose of clay modeling. Fruits, flowers, and human
featuieE are used as models. Pupils will make original com
positions and copy first fiom the antique and from life as the
class progresses. The university woik lias already at
tracted considerable attention. Miss Rarton has chaigc of
this woik. She has been studying in New York City for sev
eral ycais under St. Gandcns and French, two of the greatest
sculp'ois in the countiy, and under the famous painter Win.
Chase. A sketch class meets in this room Monday, Wcd
ncsdav and Friday afternoon of each week.
Dr. Edward II. Rarbour who, as the successor of Pio'cs
sois Kingslcy and Hicks, will have charge of the classes in
biology and geology, is a graduate of Yale. Piofessor Har
boui comes to us from Iowa college, where for the past two
years he has conducted a dcpaitmcnt similar to the one he
now has chaigc of, and the successful manner in which he
conducted it justifies us :n saying that he is one of the most
valuable acquisitions to our faculty.
Piofessor Chailcs L. Ingersoll, who is at the head of the
dcpaitmcnt of agricultuic, comes to us from the University of
Colorado. Piofcssor Ingersoll is a graduate of the Michigan
univcisity, and is eminently fitted both by education and by
piactical experience to take chaigc of and build up this here
tofoic neglected depaitment. Undei his guidance and direc
tion, tlicic is no doubt but that the agricultural course will
soon take the position its importance demands.
Piofessor Allen has pcihaps spent the summer more pio
fitably than anyone else. After putting the physical labor
toiy in good shape for a sunnim rest and a new housekeeper,
he put on his liet coat and bioadcst smile and went over the
briny dtep to bring tr. a close the misery of a bachelor's life.
This he accomplished to his own satisfaction and certainly
cvciy one else i well pleased. May his example be followed
by other nieinlieis of the dcpaitmcnt ofphjsics.
A fine laige book case is a new fixture in Prof. Lccs' 100m.
A new desk has supplanted the old one. To the new book
case one hundred and twenty volumes of the Tuebner texts
have been tiausfencd from the general library. Two
new and valuable books, besides otheis less worthy of
notice, have been added to the number of books. They au,
Sejffeit's ''Dictionaiy of Classical Antiquities," a large work
issued in i8oi;and Pcny's "History of Gieck Literature,"
published in 1S90.
Piofcssor J. K. Wighlman, a native of Toronto, Canada,
graduated at the University of Toionto. After some years of
high school teaching he went to Europe where he spent two
years studying in Paris and in the univeisities of Bonn and
Rcrlin. On his return to America he spent four )eais in Hal
timorc pursuing studies at the Johns Hopkins, where he wrs
scholar and fellow in romance languages and whence he took
his Ph.D. degree in 188S, During the past two years he ha
been piofessor of modern languages in Iowa college.
Professor J. T. Lees, who for the past two years has been
the principal of the Latin school, assumes the chair of Gieek.
The advances made by the preparatory depailment aie
largely due to the indefatigable energy of Dr. Lees and it is
not suiprising that he has alieady perfected plans looking tc
the modernising of his department. Dr. Lees is the author
of several paperMhat have attracted much attention In class
ical ciicles, the latest of which is "The Judicial Speech in
Euriphidfs" which he has submitted to Johns Hopkins for
the Ph. D. degree.
Prof. Fossler is now offering a course in elective scien
tific German for the third year students. This is a class in
addition to the literary course. In this elective scientific
class, as fooii as practicable, peiliaps next term, students may
confine their study of German to such scientific branches as
they may be put suing. Fo-example, students in chemistry
will study a German text on chemistry and receive special
and separate instruction. A series of lectures, as studies on
Goethe and his "Faust," were begun September 15. They
will be continued every Tuesday at 5 o'clock, P. M., and arc
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