OBIT-MASON BLANCHARD THOMAS.
On Wednesday evening, March 6, 1912, Mason Blanehard Thomas, Professor of Botany at Wabash College and Dean of the Faculty, died at his home in Crawfordsville of an acute attack of pleurisy.
Mason B. Thomas was born at New Woodstock, N. Y., December 16, 1866. He prepared for college at Cazenovia Academy and entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in the fall of 1886. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1890 and was awarded a graduate fellowship in biology at Cornell for the following year. 1n 1891 he came to Wabash College as Professor of Biology, and after 1895, when the department was divided, he gave his whole time to Hie study and teaching of Botany.
While at Cornell he was elected to membership in the Sigma Xi Society and at Wabash was elected as an organization member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 1n 1907 an honorary Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the trustees of Wabash.
ln June, 1893, he was joined in marriage to Miss Annie Davidson, only daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. F. Davidson, of Crawfordsville, and his wife survives him.
Professor Thomas was a great teacher. He brought to his work a thorough knowledge of his subject, an unbounded energy and enthusiasm, and a personal interest in and love for his students. He was active also in furthering the general interests of the college; was for many years the chairman of the Athletic Committee of the Faculty, and since 1907 has been the Dean of the Faculty. He was a fellow and past president of the 1ndiana Academy of Science and has always been active in its service. At the time of his death he was secretary of the lndiana Forestry Association and chairman of its Educational Committee, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' School at Plainfteld. He was also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Microscopical Society, the American Forestry Association, the Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathological Society, the Society of Western Naturalists, and the Corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.
For twenty years Professor Thomas has given his best efforts in the service of Wabash College, of Crawfordsville, and of the State of 1ndiana, and his influence will long be felt through the work he has done and the inspiration he has given to his students and associates.
On Wednesday evening, March 6, 1912, Mason Blanehard Thomas, Professor of Botany at Wabash College and Dean of the Faculty, died at his home in Crawfordsville of an acute attack of pleurisy.
Mason B. Thomas was born at New Woodstock, N. Y., December 16, 1866. He prepared for college at Cazenovia Academy and entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in the fall of 1886. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1890 and was awarded a graduate fellowship in biology at Cornell for the following year. 1n 1891 he came to Wabash College as Professor of Biology, and after 1895, when the department was divided, he gave his whole time to Hie study and teaching of Botany.
While at Cornell he was elected to membership in the Sigma Xi Society and at Wabash was elected as an organization member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 1n 1907 an honorary Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the trustees of Wabash.
ln June, 1893, he was joined in marriage to Miss Annie Davidson, only daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. F. Davidson, of Crawfordsville, and his wife survives him.
Professor Thomas was a great teacher. He brought to his work a thorough knowledge of his subject, an unbounded energy and enthusiasm, and a personal interest in and love for his students. He was active also in furthering the general interests of the college; was for many years the chairman of the Athletic Committee of the Faculty, and since 1907 has been the Dean of the Faculty. He was a fellow and past president of the 1ndiana Academy of Science and has always been active in its service. At the time of his death he was secretary of the lndiana Forestry Association and chairman of its Educational Committee, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' School at Plainfteld. He was also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Microscopical Society, the American Forestry Association, the Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathological Society, the Society of Western Naturalists, and the Corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.
For twenty years Professor Thomas has given his best efforts in the service of Wabash College, of Crawfordsville, and of the State of 1ndiana, and his influence will long be felt through the work he has done and the inspiration he has given to his students and associates.
OBIT-MASON BLANCHARD THOMAS.
On Wednesday evening, March 6, 1912, Mason Blanehard Thomas, Professor of Botany at Wabash College and Dean of the Faculty, died at his home in Crawfordsville of an acute attack of pleurisy.
Mason B. Thomas was born at New Woodstock, N. Y., December 16, 1866. He prepared for college at Cazenovia Academy and entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in the fall of 1886. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1890 and was awarded a graduate fellowship in biology at Cornell for the following year. 1n 1891 he came to Wabash College as Professor of Biology, and after 1895, when the department was divided, he gave his whole time to Hie study and teaching of Botany.
While at Cornell he was elected to membership in the Sigma Xi Society and at Wabash was elected as an organization member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 1n 1907 an honorary Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the trustees of Wabash.
ln June, 1893, he was joined in marriage to Miss Annie Davidson, only daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. F. Davidson, of Crawfordsville, and his wife survives him.
Professor Thomas was a great teacher. He brought to his work a thorough knowledge of his subject, an unbounded energy and enthusiasm, and a personal interest in and love for his students. He was active also in furthering the general interests of the college; was for many years the chairman of the Athletic Committee of the Faculty, and since 1907 has been the Dean of the Faculty. He was a fellow and past president of the 1ndiana Academy of Science and has always been active in its service. At the time of his death he was secretary of the lndiana Forestry Association and chairman of its Educational Committee, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' School at Plainfteld. He was also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Microscopical Society, the American Forestry Association, the Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathological Society, the Society of Western Naturalists, and the Corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.
For twenty years Professor Thomas has given his best efforts in the service of Wabash College, of Crawfordsville, and of the State of 1ndiana, and his influence will long be felt through the work he has done and the inspiration he has given to his students and associates.
On Wednesday evening, March 6, 1912, Mason Blanehard Thomas, Professor of Botany at Wabash College and Dean of the Faculty, died at his home in Crawfordsville of an acute attack of pleurisy.
Mason B. Thomas was born at New Woodstock, N. Y., December 16, 1866. He prepared for college at Cazenovia Academy and entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in the fall of 1886. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. in 1890 and was awarded a graduate fellowship in biology at Cornell for the following year. 1n 1891 he came to Wabash College as Professor of Biology, and after 1895, when the department was divided, he gave his whole time to Hie study and teaching of Botany.
While at Cornell he was elected to membership in the Sigma Xi Society and at Wabash was elected as an organization member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 1n 1907 an honorary Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the trustees of Wabash.
ln June, 1893, he was joined in marriage to Miss Annie Davidson, only daughter of Judge and Mrs. T. F. Davidson, of Crawfordsville, and his wife survives him.
Professor Thomas was a great teacher. He brought to his work a thorough knowledge of his subject, an unbounded energy and enthusiasm, and a personal interest in and love for his students. He was active also in furthering the general interests of the college; was for many years the chairman of the Athletic Committee of the Faculty, and since 1907 has been the Dean of the Faculty. He was a fellow and past president of the 1ndiana Academy of Science and has always been active in its service. At the time of his death he was secretary of the lndiana Forestry Association and chairman of its Educational Committee, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' School at Plainfteld. He was also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Microscopical Society, the American Forestry Association, the Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathological Society, the Society of Western Naturalists, and the Corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.
For twenty years Professor Thomas has given his best efforts in the service of Wabash College, of Crawfordsville, and of the State of 1ndiana, and his influence will long be felt through the work he has done and the inspiration he has given to his students and associates.
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