Alexander Stuart Hunter, Ph.D., joined the faculty in 1896 as Professor of English Literature and Ethics. In 1897, his title was changed to Professor of English Literature and Ethics and Lecturer in International Law. Hunter was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson (1880). He had a long and influential career in English at the Western University of Pennsylvania, spanning the time, in fact, when it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh (1908). From 1909 until his retirement in 1918, he is listed on the faculty roster as a Special Lecturer in English Literature. Later in his career, he was primarily teaching courses in English and American literature. He is the author of two novels, The Girl from Kankakee (NY. W. Neale, 1926) and Different: A Story of College Life and Love (Toronto: Gorham Press, 1917), and a textbook, Ethics, Theoretical and Practical (Allegheny, PA: J. C. Park, 1900).
Edmund J. Shaw, A.B., was appointed Associate Professor of English Literature and Latin in 1890. He left the university in 1893.
Rev. S.B. McCormick served for one academic year, 1893/94, as Acting Professor of Literature and Rhetoric.
Rev. E.P. Crane returned for three terms in 1893 as an Instructor in English Literature.
George M. Sleeth was an Instructor in Elocution from 1884-1888, and then he appears again on the faculty roster in 1892. His primary appointment was at the Western Theological Seminary. He lectured regularly on campus; as late as 1912 he is listed as providing a lecture on “The Moral Aspects of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” He is often given notice in the Courant, including this notice of a lecture in 1917:
Professor George M. Sleeth, instructor in oratory and public speaking at the Western Theological Seminary, addressed the student body in chapel on Friday, October 18th. Professor Sleeth spoke on his favorite subject, “Elocution.” His main thought was that the aim of speaking is to influence some other being and this is done by appealing to the feelings. “Cultivate the heart, for out of the heart are the issues of life,” was his cry. Professor Sleeth is a unique speaker in many ways and his talk was thoroughly enjoyed by all the students.