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Seventy-eighth Annual Catalogue OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF Pennsylvania College GETTYSBURG, PENN'A. FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1909--1910 — Pennsylvania College. CALENDAR ] 909-19] 1. 1909. Sept. 16. Thursday morning—Beginning of PMrst Term. Dec. 22. End of First Term. WINTER VACATION. 1910. Jan. 5. Beginning of Second Term. Mar. 23. End of Second Term. K.\STKR liECESS MAY.. 2'.i (NOON) TO MAK. oO (7.40 A. M.). Mar. SO. Beginning of Tliird Term. May 16. Junior Latin Examination for Hassler Prize. June 6, 7, 8. Final Examinations of Senior Class. June 12. Sunday Morning—Baccalaureate. June 12. Sunday Evening—Discourse before the Y. M. C. A.. June 13, 14. Entrance Examinations. June 14. 8 a. m., Tuesday—Meeting of Board of Trustees. June 14. 10 a. m., Tuesday—Junior Oratorical Contest June 14. Evening—Annual Meeting of Alumni—President's- Reception. June 15. 9 A. M., Wednesday—Commencement Exercises Alumni Collation. SUMJIER VACATION. Sept. 15. Thursday :\lorning—Beginning of First Term. Dec. 21. End of First Term. WINTER VACATION. 1911. Jan. 4. Beginning of Second Term. Mar. 28. End of Second Term (Noon). Mar. 28. Beginning of Second Term (Noon). EASTER RECESS APR. 12 (A'OON) TO APR. 19 (7.40 A. M.) June 14. CoBOKiencemeBt. Pennsij/vaii.ia (Jollege. OFFICIAL ROLL OF TRUSTEES. President, Hon. Edmund D. Graff Vice President, Hon. Samuel McC. Swopje Secretary, Charles M. Stock, D.D. Treasurer, Henry C. Picking Elected. 1873. Hon. George Ryneal, Jr. Martinsburg, W. Va, 1878. Harvey W. McKnight, D.D., LL.D. Gettysburg. 1890. Hon. Edmund D. Graff Worthington. 1890. Hon. Samuel McC. Swope Gettysburg 1890. William H. Dunbar, D.D. Baltimore, Md. 1892. Thomas C. Billheimer, D.D. Gettysburg. 1893. .John Wagner, D.D. Hazleton. 1894. Charles M. Stock, D.D. Hanover. 1894. Matthew G. Boyer, D.D. Philadelphia. 1896. John B. McPherson, Esq. Boston, Mass. 1897. John Jacob Young, D.D. New York, N. Y. 1897. William A. Shipman, D.D. Johnstown. 1898. Henry C. Picking Gettysburg. 1899. Charles F. Stifel Pittsburg. 1899. Henry H. Weber, D.D. York. 1905. Milton H. Valentine, D.D. Philadelphia. 1906. Samuel G. Hefelbower, D.D. Gettysburg. 1906. George E. Neff, Esq. Y'ork. 1907. Luther P. Eisenhart, Ph.D. Princeton, N. J. 1907. Martin H. Buehler Pittsburgh. 1907. Hon. R. William Bream Gettysburg. 1907. Frederick H. Bloomhardt, M.D. Altoona. 1907. Alpheus Edwin Wagner, D.D. Altoona. 1908. William J. Gies, Ph.D. New York, N. Y. 1908. William L. Glatfelter Spring Forge. 1908. Frank E. Colvin, Esq. Bedford. 1908. John F. Dapp Harrisburg. 1908. George B. Kunkle, M.D. Harrisburg. 1908. Jacob A. Clutz, D.D. Gettysburg. Pennsylcariia College. FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS. REV. S. G. HEFELBOWER, A.M., D.D. PRESIDE.NT. A.VU WILLIAM BITTINGLR PROIKSSOR OF IXXKLLECTUAL AND MORAL .SCIENCE. 3 Campus. JOHN A. HIMES, Litt.D. GRAEIF PROIESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURi; A.NU POLITICAL SCIENCE. 130 Carlisle St. REV. PHILIP M. BIKLE, A.M., Ph.D. UEAN, AM> PEARSON PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 2 Campus. EDWARD S. BREIDENBAUGH. A.M., Sc.D. OCKERHAISE.X PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, AND CUKATOB OF THE MLSEUM. 227 Carlisle St. GEORGE D. STAHLEY, A.M., M.D. DR. CHARLES H. GRAFF PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. AND SECRE- TARY OF THE FACULTY. Confederate Avenue. HENRY B. NIXON, Ph.D. ALUMNI PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY. 1 Campus. REV. OSCAR G. KLINGER, A.M. FRANKLIN PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 130 Broadway. KARL J. GRIMM, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 228 Carlisle Street. REV. CHARLES F. SANDERS, A.M. PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY. 50 Sprinas Avenue. LOUIS A. PARSONS, Ph.D. PROFES.SOR OF PHYSICS. 250 Sprinas Avenue. REV. ABDEL R. WENTZ, A.M. ACTING AMANDA RUPERT STRONG PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH BIBLE, ANB CHAPLAIN. 50 Sprinr/s Avenue. PROFESSOR or FRENCH. CLYDE B. STOVER, A.M. ASSISTANT IN CHEMISTRY. E. Lincoln Street. JAMES A. DICKSON. A.B. ASSISTANT IN CHEMISTRY. 149 Chamhershurg Street. Pennsylvania College. HAROLD S. LEWARS, A.M. ASSISTANT IX ENGLISH. 109 Broadway. RUFUS M. WEAVER, A.B., B.S. ASSISTANT IN PHYSICS. 129 Baltimore Street. FRED G. TROXELL, A.B. ASSISTANT IN MATHEMATICS. 27 Hanover Street. A. J. WHITE HUTTON, A.M., LL.B. LECTURK ON .JURISPRUDENCE. Chav}T>er.i'bura. HENRY WOLF BIKLE, A.M., LL.B. LECTURER ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Philadelp7iia. REV. CHARLES H. HUBER, A.M. PBINCIPAL OF THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, AND PROFESSOR OF LATIST AND ENGLISH. 411 Carlisle Street. CURWIN H. STEIN, A.B. TUTOR IN GREEK AND HISTORY. 16 Stevens Hall. FRANKLIN W. MOSER, A.B. TUTOR IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE. 42 Stevens Hall. MARY H. HIMES, A.B. PRECEPTRESS. 130 Carlisle Street. JOHN W. WEIMER. PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR. 30 East College. JOHN T. JENKINS. PROCTOR. 7 Middle College. SAMUEL E. BOWER. PROCTOR. 14 South College. SALLIE P. KRAUTH. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN. .3 Baltimore Street. KARL J. GRIMM, Ph.D. REV. S. G. HEFELBOWER, D.D., LIBRARY COMMITTEE. FRED. C. VAIL. COACH IN ATHLETICS. E. \fater Street. REV. HERBERT A. RINARD. SECRETARY OF Y. M. C. A. 28 Ch^ynnershurg Street. : : ; Pennsylvania College. COURSES OF STUDY. The College offers the following courses I. A Classical course leading to the degree of A.B. II. A Scientific course leading to the degree of B.S, III. Partial courses Avithout reference to a degree. TEEMS OP ADMISSION. Entrance examinations are held on Monday and Tuesday be- fore Commencement and on Thursday, the day of opening, in Septembei'. A^Tiile there may be examinations at other times, all applicants are urged to present themselves on the days ap- pointed. Students from the Prejiaratory Department are admit- ted to the Freshman class upon the recommendation of the Prin- cipal without further examination. Applicants recommended by approved Academies and High Schools as having mastered the required preparatory studies are admitted on an extended trial, without a formal examination. WoDirn arc admitted to all drpartuirnt>< as daij scholars. CLASSICAL COURSE. *Candidates for the Freshman class in 1910 are subject to ex- amination in the following books or their equivalents Latix.—Latin Grammar: three books of Czesar's Gallic War; three books of YirgiFs yEneid: three orations of Cicero. Greek.—Greek G]-animar ccmiplete ; thi'ee books of the Ana- basis; Jones' Prose Composition complete. Mathematics.—Arithmetic complete, including the Meteric System; Elementary Algebra (Wells' Academic, through Quad- ratics. Robinson's complete, or Wentworth's to Chapter XVIII) deometry, three books of Wentworth's, or Phillips and Fisher's or the equivalent in other authors. *S(»e p. 8. : Pennsylvania College. 7 EnciLish. — In English the following books, recommended by the National Conference on Uniform Entrance Requirements, will be required: (a.) Eeasonable familiarity with the substance of the work: Eor 1010 the following are preferred, though the alternatives, in some cases allowed, will be accepted : Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar; Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; Franklin's Autohiography; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome; Scott's Ivanlioe and Lady of the Lake; Tennyson's Gar- eth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine and Passing of Arthur; Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables; George Eliot's Silas Marner. For 1911 and 1912 the following are preferred, though the alternatives are accepted Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar; Addi- son's Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; Goldsmith's Deserted Vil- lage; Scott's J vanhoe and Lady of the Lal-e; George Eliot's Silas Marner; Irving's SJcefch Booh; Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine and Pa^ising of Arthur: Euskin's Sesame und Lilies. (b.) More careful and specific study: For 191U and 1911: 8hakesi)eare's Macbeth; Milton's Lyci- 4as, Conius, UAllegro and II Penseroso; Washington's Farewell Address and "Webster's First Bunl-cr Hill Oration; Carlyle's Essay on Burns. The candidate will be required to present evidence of a general knowledge of the subject matter and to answer simple questions on the lives of the autliors. The form of examination will usu- ally be the writing of a paragraph or two on each of several topics designed to test the candidate's power of clear and accurate ex- pression and will call for only a general knowledge of the sub- stance of the books. Questions involving the essentials of Eng- : 8 Pennsijlvania College. lish Grammar and the fundamental principles of TJlietoric will be part of the examination. No candidate Avill be accepted in English whose work is not- ably deficient in spelling, punctuation, idiom, or division into paragraphs. Geography axd History.—Modern Political Geography; History of the United States (the equivalent of Sheldon's) : Es- sentials of Greek and Eoman History. SCIENTIFIC COUESE. Candidates for the Freshman class of the Scientific Course are subject to the same examination as for the Classical Course with the omission of the Greek. For this omission may be substituted one of the following: I. Physiography. — (Elementary Physical Geography), Botany (Elements of systematic and structural departments), or Elementary Physics. II. History.—Histories of England and France (Montgom- ery is recommended). NEW REQUIREMEXTvS. By action of the Board of Trustees in June, 1909, the follow- ing entrance requirements for the Classical Course Avere adoi^ted to go into effect in September, 1911 Latin.—Grammar and Elementary Composition; Caesar, four books; Cicero, six orations; Virgil, six books. Greek.—Grammar and Elementary Composition; Xenoplion's Anabasis, four books; Homer's Iliad, three books. Mathematics.—Plane Geometry complete; Algebj-a to the Binominal Theorem, including Eatio and Proportion, the Pro- gressions and Simple Permutations and Combinations. Pennsylvania College. 9 English.—The requirements of the Xatioiial Conference on Uniform Entrance.