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Faculty of the University of North Dakota
1905-1906
Webster Merrifield, M.A.
President of the University and Professor of Political and Social
Science
President Merrifield was born at
Williamsville, Vt. He was graduated from Yale in 1877, and taught
for the next two years in a private school at Newburg, N. Y. For
four years he held a position at Yale as tutor in the classics and
mathematics. In 1883 he was appointed to the chair of Latin and
Greek in the newly established University of North Dakota. In 1891
he was advanced to the presidency, which position he has held for the last
fifteen years.
George S. Thomas, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures and Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts
Born in Richmond Va., graduated with degree of
M.A. from University of Virginia in 1879; studied in Universities of
Berlin and Leipsig, receiving degree of Ph.D. from the latter. He
was elected to his present position in 1893.
Joseph Kennedy, M.A.
Dean of the Normal College and Professor of Philosophy and Education
Born at Oshawa, Minn.; graduated from
University of Minnesota in 1886; came to this University in 1892 as
Assistant Professor of Pedagogy and Principal of the Preparatory
Department. Later he was promoted to the position he now
holds. Professor Kennedy has been identified at the head of the
University Summer School for several years past.
Earle J. Babcock, B. S.
Professor of Chemistry, Mining and Metallurgy, and Dean of the College of
Mining Engineering
Born at St. Charles, Minn,; graduated in 1889
from University of Minnesota; became instructor in Chemistry and
Mineralogy at the University of North Dakota in 1890; made Professor of
Chemistry and Geology in 1891; appointed Dean of the School of Mines in
1898; State Geologist from 1895 until 1902. Professor Babcock was
the author of the first biennial report of the State Geological Survey.
Calvin H. Crouch, M. E.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dean of the College of Mechanical
and Electrical Engineering.
Born in Oswego, N.Y.; received degree of M. E.
from Cornell University in 1892. Previous to his coming to the
University in 1901. Professor Crouch held a position as traveling
engineer, stationed in Europe.
Melvin A. Brannon, M.A.
Professor of Biology and Curator of the Museum.
Born at Lowell, Indiana, received his A. G.
and A. M. degrees from Wabash College in 1889 and 1890, respectively;
spent two summers doing research work in bacteriology at the University of
Chicago. Professor Brannon has filled his present position since
1894.
John Macnie, M.A.
Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures, and
Secretary of the Faculty.
Professor Macnie is a native of Scotland;
studied at University of Glasgow and holds degree of M.A. from Yale.
He came to this University in 1885, and till 1902 was Professor of French
and German. He has published a treatise upon the Theory of Algebraic
Equations, and a text-book on Elementary Geometry.
Vernon P. Squires, M.A.
Professor of the English Language and Literature
Born at Cortland, N. Y.; graduated from State
Normal School in 1885, and from Brown University in 1889 with a degree of
B.A. He was Fellow in English at the University of Chicago from 1893
to 1897, receiving his M.A. degree in 1895. Professor Squires has
been at the University since 1897 with the exception of one year.
John Tingelstad, M.A.
Professor of the Scandinavian and German Languages and Literatures
Born in Norway in 1861, coming to Dakota in
1879; received his B.A. degree from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1885
and his M.A. degree in 1890. Professor Tingelstad has made a number
of trips abroad for the purpose of studying modern Scandinavian and old
Norse. He took up his present work here in 1902.
Elwyn F. Chandler, M.A.
Professor of Mathematics
He received his B.A. degree from Ripon
College, Wis., coming to the University of North Dakota in 1899.
Professor Chandler was the first State Engineer of North Dakota; appointed
Assistant Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey in 1903. He is now in
charge of all the river measurements made by that survey in North Dakota
and Minnesota.
Orin G. Libby, Ph. D.
Professor of History
Doctor Libby is a native of Wisconsin;
graduate of the State Normal School; received degree of B. L. from
University of Wisconsin in 1892 and degree of Ph.D. in 1895. He came
to our University in 1902 as Assistant Professor of History; he was
appointed to his present position in 1904.
Geo. W. Stewart, Ph.D
Professor of Physics
Born in St. Louis, Mo.; received degree of B.
A. from DePauw University in 1898, and degree of Ph.D. from Cornell
University in 1901. Dr. Stewart came to North Dakota University in
1903 as Assistant Professor of Physics, assuming his present position in
the Fall of 1904.
Geo. St. John Perrott, B. A.
Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin
Professor Perrott was born in England;
graduated from Worcester College, Oxford, in 1878. He came to the
University in 1898 as instructor in Latin and Greek. He became
Assistant Professor in these subjects in the fall of 1897.
Arthur G. Leonard, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Geology and Mineralogy and State Geologist
Born in New York; graduate of Oberlin College;
received degree of Ph. D. from John Hopkins University in 1898. He
has been connected with the State Geological Surveys of Maryland and Iowa,
being Assistant State Geologist on the latter until 1905. Dr.
Leonard took up his present work in 1903.
W. M. Bryant, M. Acct.
Principal of the School of Commerce
Born in Indiana; graduated from the
teachers' course in Burlington Junction Academy; took up commercial work
in Brown's Business College, Jacksonville, Ill. Previous to his
coming to the University in 1901, he was Principal of the Commercial
Department of Stanburg Normal School.
Marcia Bisbee, M. A.
Instructor in Chemistry
Born in Azalia, Mich. received degree of
B. A. from the North Dakota University in 1898. Upon graduation, she
became assistant in the chemical laboratory, and at the same time took
special post-graduate work in chemistry, receiving her M. A. in 1900.
Johanna Kildahl, M. A.
Instructor in Biology and Assistant Curator of the Museum
Born in Wastedo, Minn.; graduated from the
Normal Department of the University of North Dakota in 1896 and received
her B. A. degree in 1898. She then took up special work and received
her M. A. degree in 1900, when she assumed her present duties.
Burdette L. Main
Instructor in Music and Elocution
Born in Blefast, N. Y.; graduated in 1902 from
Genesee Wesleyan School of Oratory, and in 1903, from the Cumnock School
of Oratory, Northwestern University. Professor Main came to the
University of North Dakota in the fall of 1903.
Edith M. Main
Instructor in Freehand Drawing
Born in Sparta, N. Y.; graduated from the Art
course in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in 1901, and from the English course
in 1902. She took a special course in art at Syracuse University,
coming to North Dakota University in the fall of 1903.
Casimir H. Wallinger
Instructor in Shop Work
Born at Monroe, Mich. He took up the
study of shop and construction work, after completing his high school
course, at the same time filling positions along that line; for seven
years was Superintendent of Shops in the employ of a firm of manufacturers
at Monroe, Mich. He came to the University in 1903.
Jens M. Rysgaard, B. A.
Instructor in Mathematics and Physics
Born in Denmark, Europe, coming to this
country at the age of 19; graduate of Red Wing Seminary, Red Wing, Minn.;
received his B. A. Degree from North Dakota University. During his
senior year was Assistant Instructor in Algebra.
Gertrude Beers
Instructor in Commercial Branches
Miss Beers is a graduate of the Plattville
Normal School at Plattville, Wis., and also of the Plattville Business
College. She taught in the grades and in high schools before taking
up her present duties at the University in the fall of 1904.
Howard L. Schug, B. A.
Instructor in Latin and German
Born in Oakland County, Michigan; graduated
from Pontiac High School in 1898; received degree of B. A. from University
of Michigan in 1904, having applied himself especially to the study of
German and Latin languages and literatures.
James E. Boyle, Ph. D.
Instructor in Economics, Sociology, and History
Born in Kansas, in 1873. Dr. Boyle
received his B. A. degree in 1900 from Nebraska University; degree of M.
A. from the University of Kansas in 1901, and Ph.D. from Wisconsin
University in 1904. He came to the University last fall.
Albert J. Becker, B.S., M.E.
Instructor in Mechanical Drawing
Professor Becker was born in Evansville,
Indiana; graduated from Engineering Department of University of Michigan
in 1903, being Assistant to the Professor of Mechanical Engineering during
his senior year.
G. J. Sweetland, Jr. B.S., M.D.
Physical Director and Commandant of Cadets
Dr. Sweetland completed the academic course in
Union University and then took up the study of medicine, receiving the
degree of M. D. He served in the U.S. army hospital department
during the Spanish-American war. Later he took a course in athletic
work in one the foremost schools of the East.
Mary R. Brennan, B. A.
Instructor in English
Miss Brennan was born in Ann Arbor,
Mich. She received her B. a. degree from the University of North
Dakota in 1903. During the following year she assisted in the
English Department. She was appointed to her present position last
fall.
Alice W. Cooley
Assistant Professor of Education
Born in New England; graduated from Mann High
School, Toledo, Ohio; took special work at the School of Peagogy, Buffalo,
N. Y., and at Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Cooley was
Supervisor of Primary Work in Minneapolis, Minn., for six years previous
to her coming to this University in 1900.
Mary E. Donovan, B. A.
Instructor in English
Born at Steubenville, Ohio; graduated from
Carleton College in 1892; she then taught in high schools in Minnesota and
in Florence, Colorado, in the Departments of German and English
Literature. Miss Donovan took up her present duties last fall.
Eleanor Gillette
Instructor in Shorthand and Typewriting
Born in Mason City, Iowa; received her early
education in a Convent School and High school. She is a graduate of
the Globe Business College, St. Paul, Minn. She came to the
University in 1903.
Source: The Dacotah, Published by the
Class of 1906, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, MCMV.
(University Yearbook.)
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