A large number of changes in the personnel of the faculty marks the opening of the present academic year. A summary follows:
DIED
Professor David Collin Wells, Professor of Sociology.
RESIGNED
Professor Frank A. Sherman, Professor of Mathematics on the Chandler Foundation (retired). Professor Thomas W. D. Worthen, Cheney Professor of Mathematics, to serve on the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire. Professor Charles F. Richardson, Winkley Professor of the English Language and Literature (retired). Mr. Henry M. Wells, instructor in French, for further study. Dr. Arthur S. Field, instructor in Economics, to work with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. Dr. George B. L. Arner, instructor in Economics, to engage in literary work. Dr. Harold B. Hastings, instructor in Latin, to become assistant professor of Latin in Hamilton College. Mr. Ralph W. Morris, instructor in English, to teach in the Cheshire School, Cheshire, Conn. Mr. Harold H. Burbank, instructor in Economics, to pursue further study. Mr. Harry M. Paine, assistant in chemistry, to pursue further study. Mr. Charles Goggio, substitute in French, to pursue further study.
APPOINTED
Mr. Albert C. Baird, instructor in English; Mr. Holmes Beckwith, instructor in Economics; Mr. Adolph B. Benson, instructor in German; Mr. Carlos A. Blume, instructor in French; Dr. Theodore H. Boggs, instructor in Economics; Dr. Earl L. Bradsher, instructor in English; Mr. Herbert G. Coar, instructor in Biology; Dr. George C. Cox, lecturer in Philosophy; Mr. Charles R. Dines, instructor in Mathematics; Mr. Henry A. Doak, instructor in English; Mr. Peter S. Dow, instructor in Graphics; Mr. Roy W. Follett, instructor in English; Mr. Meyer G. Gaba, 'instructor in Mathematics; Dr. Henry W. Lawrence, Jr., instructor m History; Mr. Arthur B. Meservey, instructor in Physics; Mr. Harry G. Mitchell, instructor in Chemistry; Dr. Curtis Hidden Page, professor of English on the Winkley Foundation; Mr. Chester A. Phillips, instructor in Economics ; Dr. Arthur D. Pitcher, assistant professor of Mathematics; Mr. Warren C. Shaw, instructor in English; Mr. Andrew J. Scarlett, Jr., instructor in Chemistry; Mr. Harlan T. Stetson, .instructor in Physics; Dr. Erville B. Woods, assistant professor of Sociology; Mr. Mark Skidmore, instructor in French; Dr. John W. Young, Professor of Mathematics on the Chandler Foundation; Mr. Henry S. Trask, secretary to the Christian Association, and Messrs. A. J. Nichols and C. H. Reynolds, assistants in Physics.
PROMOTIONS
Dr. Sidney B. Fay, assistant professor of History, advanced to full professorship; Dr. Frank A. Updyke, assistant professor of Political Science, appointed Ira Allen Eastman professor of Political Science; Dr. James W. Goldthwait, assistant professor of Geology, appointed Hall Professor of Geology; Mr. Arthur H. Chivers, instructor in Biology, advanced to assistant professorship; Dr. Albert H. Licklider, instructor in English, advanced to assistant professorship; Mr. James M. O'Neill, instructor in English, advanced to assistant professorship; and Mr. Roland R. Tileston, assistant in Physics, advanced to instructorship.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
The following members of the faculty have been granted leave of absence: For one year, Professor William Patten and Professor Homer Eaton Keyes; Professor Patten is spending the year in study in Florida and Europe, and Professor Keyes in study at Princeton and in New York. For two years, to Professor Ralph M. Barton, who will study in Chicago. For the first semester, to Professor John M. Poor, who is studying at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. For the second semester, to Professors George D. Lord and Ashley K. Hardy.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
In the Medical School, Dr. Frederick Pomeroy Lord has received the appointment of professor in Anatomy. Dr. John M. Gile has been transferred from the department of Medicine to that of Surgery, and Dr. Gilman D. Frost from the department of Anatomy to that of Medicine.
Information regarding some of the newly appointed members of the faculty will be found in the June and August numbers of the ALUMNI ZINE. A brief synoposis of the previous work of the others follows:
Arthur D. Pitcher, Ph.D., is a graduate of the University of Kansas and holds his doctor's degree from the University of Chicago. He has been instructor and assistant professor of Mathematics in the University of Kansas.
Erville P. Woods, Ph.D., is a graduate of Beloit in 1901, where he has also been librarian and instructor. He was Fellow in Sociology at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctor's degree and then became professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Economics in Hamline University. He has also made investigations for the National Immigration Committee.
George C. Cox, Ph.D., graduated from Kenyon College in 1886 and took his doctor's degree from harvard in 1910. He was an assistant in Harvard from 1908-11, and at Radcliffe in 1911. From 1888-1908 he was active as a clergyman in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Albert C. Baird, B.D., has the degree of A.B. from Wabash College and that of B.D. from Union Seminary, the latter received in 1910. He has been instructor of English in Ohio Wesleyan University.
Herbert G. Coar, A.B., graduated from Dartmouth in 1910 and was assistant in Biology during the last college year.
Charles R. Dines, A.M., is a graduate of Northwestern University, class of 1908, has taught at Grinnell College and studied in the Harvard Graduate School.
Peter Staub Dow is a graduate of Dartmouth, class of 1911.
Meyer G. Gaba, A.M., holds his degree from" the University of Chicago and has served as instructor in the University of Kansas and the School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri.
Harlan T. Stetson, M.S., graduated from Brown University in 1908, was a graduate student and assistant at Dartmouth, and during the last year studied at Bangor Theological Seminary.
Harry G. Mitchell, B.S., and Andrew J. Scarlett, Jr., A.B., are Dartmouth graduates of the class of 1910. Mr. Mitchell has taught at Kimball Union Academy.
Mr. Trask graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1911. During his senior year he was president of the Dartmouth Christian Association.
Adolph B. Benson, A.M., is a graduate of Wesley an, 1907, and has taught in Pennsylvania and studied in Columbia.