Word: geologists
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ways in which classics should be taught appears somewhat obscure and doubtful. Why may not a student follow more than one point of view in reading an author if that author deserves such a consideration? When a man climbs a mountain, whether he is a botanist, a geologist, or a mere climber, he must have one look at the vegetation, another at the ground, and another at the vistas about him. If he fails to appreciate any of these three realities about him, he may still remain a good geologist, or a good botanist, or a good seer...
...last spring and fall will take effect next term. Professor Atwood formerly of the University of Chicago, will begin duties here as Professor of Geology and Geography. He will give courses A, (Physiography); 6, (Physiography of the United States); and 20a (Research). Professor Atwood is one of the foremost geologists and physiographers of the country, having been the geologist of the New Jersey and Illinois survey and, since 1909, of the United States Geological Survey. He has taken active part in the proceedings of a large number of the geological and geographical associations of the country and is a writer...
Harvard University has recently presented to Yale a portrait of the poet and geologist, James Gates Percival. Percival was a graduate of Yale in the class of 1815, and a most picturesque personage. The portrait has for many years hung in University Hall...
...Joseph A. Holmes, director of the United States Bureau of Mines, will speak on "Sociological and Economic Problems in the Mining Industry" in Emerson D this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Mr. Holmes is a well-known geologist and lecturer and has been connected for many years with state and government geological work...
Durfee, P. S., economic geologist...