Biographies of New Instructors.
lished many works in book form. His writings treat mainly
in petrography, geology, ore deposits and meteorites, on all
of which he is an authority.
MISS HELEN A. SNYDER.
Miss Helen A. Snyder, the new lady principal, comes
to us to take, in part, the position held by Miss McElwain,
and, in part, the work of which Prof. Grumbine had charge
last year.
That Miss Snyder is a woman of experience and of
strong preparation for her work is shown by the following.
She obtained the degree of Master of Arts from Queen’s
University, Kingston, Canada, in 1895. Following this she
taught Modern Languages in the Iroquois High school and
afterward was elected to the lady principalship of the Hamil
ton Ladies’ College, which she held for two years. At the
end of this time Miss Snyder went to Europe and spent
nearly three years there in study, attending the University
of Paris and the University of Heidelberg. At Heidelberg
she was the first woman to be allowed to enter the course of
Philosophy at that institution. In 1901 Miss Snyder re
ceived from the Heidelberg University the degree of Ph. D.
with the standing “Summa cum laude.”
Since her arrival at “State,” by her genial smile and
kindly ways Miss Snyder has won a place for herself in the
hearts of the students, and her success here is assured.
NORMAN MCLAREN TRENHOLME.
Norman McLaren Treuholme, M. A., Ph. D., comes to
us this year to take the chair of History, so ably filled here
tofore by Professor Becker. Dr. Trenholme was born in
Montreal, Canada, in 1874. He was educated in the Mon
treal High School and McGill University, and at the latter
institution became B. A. in 1895, taking First Rank Honors
in English and History. After a year of graduate work at
McGill Dr. Trenholme went to Harvard as the Edward