Show IS GREAT MOUNTAIN CLIMBER prof hobbs has earned title of th crazy american worcester mass this city the home of the famous woman mountain climber mrs fannae bullock work man can now lay claim to the als lon of also producing a man mountain climber who has won tame abroad this summer william II 11 hobba professor of geology at the university of michigan and a eon of the lato capt horace for many 5 ears one of the oldest tatlo examiners in the state recently broke all previous records for climbing mont blanc by making the trip to the top and back from grands mulcts in 7 hours prof hobbs has performed many other mountain climbing beats but regards the mont blanc ascension bis proudest effort he has made several trips abroad in the last dozen years or more tor the especial purpose of studying the geological formation of mountains and was present at mt vesuvius at the time of its last eruption two years ago at that time he earned the title of the crazy american be cause of the lack of tear he showed in going as near to the crater of the volcano as possible even before the eruptions had ceased prof hobbs was graduated from the worcester polytechnic institute with the class of 1883 and immediately after graduation entered the johns university in baltimore where he pursued a four years course and received the degree of ph D lie then entered harvard college tor a postgraduate course and after corn his studies there studied in german universities for several years ho has been professor of geology at ann arbor tor two years previous to which he was connected with the versley of wisconsin |