The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-19
STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE
COLLEGE SCATTERED FAR
AND WIDE.
Where Some Of Them Are and What
They Are Doing This
Summer.

resident students at Whitman college
are pretty we'll scattered over the
Northwest. Some are canvassing,
many are at home, and a big share of
the boys are sweating in the harvest
| field to gain the means to continue
their education next year. The cam
pus has rather deserted aspect these
days even "Boneparte, the college
horse is lonesome. Only two boys are
| left at Billings hall and all the girls
left Reynolds long since. Most Of them
| will probably be back and a large
! number Of new students are expected
! to swell the rolls and make next year
banner year for Whitman.
OF the faculty President S. B. L.
Penrose and family are enjoying va
| cation at home, but will soon leave for
| their summer camp up Mill creek.
Professor A. W. Hendrick will re-
main here this summer to conduct
| correspondence campaign for students
and to superintend the construction of
the new gymnasium.
| Professor L. F. Anderson and family
will probably leave for Lake Chelan as
soon as the weather becomes settled.
Professor J. w. Cooper and wife are
enjoying themselves in the East visit
| ing relatives in Iowa and seeing the
! sights at St Louis.
| Professor Brown returned few days
| ago from the mountains where his
| family is encamped. He will prob
ably stay here during the remainder
| of the summer.
| Professor w. D. Lyman is now in
| southern Idaho ampagning for new
| students. He will also visit several of
the large eastern Oregon towns
Professor Helen A. Pepoon of the
| Latin department, who has been at
Oberlin during the last year. writes
Der, having spent a very pleasant and
profitable year.
Professor Edward NJ. Ruby and fam
lily are spending the summer at Prem
tiss hall.
| Word received from Professor Wal
ter A Bratton, who has been pursuing
| advanced studies in Germany during
&c D1,'S Of a1oc I'll,
he expects to sail this month for
America. He will visit in the east and
at the st. Louis fair on his way home
| Howard d. Brubaker, Phi. D., who
has recently been appointed to become
| head of the chemistry department of
Whitman, has just been married. He
and his wife will arrive here late in
August or early in September.
Professor Brode has been doing re-
search work on the Sound at Friday
harbor. in conjunction with the biolog-
zeal department of the university of
Washington.
Miss Edith B. Merrell is visiting It
home with her parents at Ripon, Wis.
She will return in September and prob
ably bring her sister with her to at
tend college.
Professor Coan of the business de-
partment is enjoying life at home in
Beaver Dam, Wis. and also will take
in the fair at St. Louis before return
ing.
Professor Horne, who taught mathe-
MATES this year, has been offered two
very fine positions in the East, one of
which he will accept.
Miss Eliza p. Cobb. formerly dean of
| women, is now a tourist in Alaska
She will be assistant dean at Vassar
college next year.
The Students
Bert Palmer of this years gradual
ing class is at his fathers farm near
Medlcal Lake. He will become one of
hte faculty of Puget Sound academy
at Snohomish next year. His brother
in-law, William Worthington, another
old Whitman boy, is pastor of the
First Congregational church there.
His classmate' H. Elmer Brown has
been visiting the past month with
friends at Seattle. Hez will return to
take a post graduate course in ancient
languages next year and compete for
the Oxford scholarship.
Marion KEGS, another graduate, will
become assistant treasurer of the COL
lege next year. He will live in Pro-
fessor Brode's old home, on the cam
pus. He is working at the court house
this summer.