Additions to the Dartmouth faculty were made at the Commencement meeting of the Board of Trustees by the election of Everett Walton Goodhue as Professor of Economics, Harold J. Lockwood as Professor of Electrical Engineering, Maurice F. Longhurst as Assistant Professor of Music, Arthur D. Wright as Assistant Professor of Education, Jerome Davis as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Frank E. Brown as Assistant Professor of Public Speaking.
The biographical records of Mr. Goodhue and Mr. Lockwood were printed in the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Mr. Longhurst, who was the organist at the Commencement organ recital in Rollins Chapel June 19, comes to Hanover from Asheville, N. C., where for several years he has been organist at the Grove Park Inn. He was also organist of the Vanderbilt Church at Biltmore, N. C., and had charge of much work in the training of choruses and teaching of Theoretical, Vocal, and Instrumental Music. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Organists of London, and of the Conservatory at Leipzig, where he studied four years.
Arthur D. Wright, who will have charge of the work of the Department of Education, has just completed work as assistant consultant in education of the First Corps Area, U. S. Army, having supervision of all army schools in New England. He received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, Va., in 1904. Since that time he has held positions as assistant principal, teacher of mathematics, and athletic coach at the Hampton, Va., High School, principal of the Baker School at Richmond, Va., superintendent of schools at Fredericksburg, Va., superintendent of schools of Henrico County, Va. and supervisor of rural schools of the state of Virginia. Mr. Wright has been a member of the National Education Association since 1907 and vice-president of the Virginia State Teachers' Association. During 1908 he was a member of a party of American teachers to visit schools of England and Scotland under the joint auspices of the National Civic Federation and Sir Alfred Mosely of England. In 1919, Mr. Wright served on the staff of Dr. Inglis of the Harvard Graduate School of Education who was engaged in making a survey of the schools of Virginia for the state legislature.
Jerome Davis, who will be Assistant Professor of Sociology, is a graduate of Oberlin of the class of 1913, and also of Union Theological Seminary. He was Gilder Fellow at Columbia University and during 1914 and 1915 lectured for the Board of Education of New York City. Mr. Davis lectured in 1919 and 1920 for the American University Extension Society, and has had considerable experience on the Chatauqua platform lecturing on Russian History and Politics. Mr. Davis was engaged in war work in Russia for three years. Recently he has been selected as one of a group to study the industrial situation in England during the present summer.
Frank E. Brown, Assistant Professor of Public Speaking, graduated from Knox College in 1902 and received the degree of A.M. from that place in 1908. During 1902 and 1903 he was engaged in newspaper work in Danville, Illinois and studied at the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston. From 1903 to 1905 he was instructor in English and Oratory at Mercersberg Academy, and from 1905 to 1915 was head of the Department of Public Speaking at Drake University Des Moines lowa. He was head of the Department of Public Speaking at South Dakota State College from 1915 to 1918 and engaged in Y. M. C. A. lecture service overseas in the two following years. Since his return from France Mr. Brown has been instructor in English at the Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich.
At the April meeting of the Board of Trustees Adelbert Ames, Jr., was elected Research Professor of Physiological Optics, and Leroy James Cook Assistant Professor of Romance Languages.
Mr. Ames was graduated from Harvard in 1903 and received the degree of LL.B. as a graduate of the Harvard Law School in 1906. From 1915 to 1917 he was a Fellow of Clark University and from 1917 to 1919 served as an aerial observer with the rank of captain, in the U. S. Army. Mr. Ames was officer in charge of the Aerial Photographic Schools at Langley Field Hampton, Virginia, and Post Field Fort Sill Oklahoma. He also served as Chairman of the Committee on Research and Invention and was a member of the Board of Reorganization of Division Military Aerinautics. Mr. Ames is a member of the Optical Society of America, the Committee of Physiological Optics, and the National Research Council. He has published several articles in the Journal of the Optical Society of America.
Leroy James Cook was graduated from Tufts College in 1909 and in 1910 received the degree of A.M. from that institution. During 1910 and 1911 he served as an instructor in French, German, and American History at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., and from 1911 to 1914 as instructor in French at the University of Cincinnati. In 1914 Mr. Cook went to Colby and in 1917 to Tufts as instructor in French. He was called to M. I. Tin 1919 and since that time has been instructor in French at M. I. T. and Harvard and instructor of French and Spanish at Tufts. Mr. Cook is a member of the Modern Language Association, the American Association of University Professors the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
The appointments of the following men have also been announced:
Elliott Adams White to be instructor in English. Mr. White entered Dartmouth with the class of 1912, later transferring to Harvard, where he graduated. He received the degree of A.M. from the University of Missouri in 1916 and of Ph.D. from Michigan in 1920. He has been instructor in English at the University of Missouri (1912-16), Northwestern University (1916-19), University of Michigan (1919-20), and the University of Maine (1920-21).
Eric Philbrook Kelly, to be instructor in English. Mr. Kelly graduated from Dartmouth in 1906 and entered newspaper work. He was associated with the Westfield, Mass., Times for one year and then went to the Springfield Evening Union, where he was managing editor until 1909. From 1909 to 1911 Mr. Kelly was a member of the staff of the morning edition of the Union, and during 1911 and 1912 edited a paper in High Bridge, N. J. In 191.4 he joined the staff of the Boston Herald, where he remained until 1918, when he entered Y. M. C. A. work overseas. Mr. Kelly served with the Y. M. C. A. in England, France, and Poland until last January. Since his return from Europe he has taught English at Mercersberg Academy. Mr. Kelly has been a frequent contributor to the Youth's Companion.
Waldo Hall Shattuck, to be instructor in French. Mr. Shattuck graduated from Harvard with the degree of S.B. in 1916, and received the degree of A.M. in 1921. He has served as an instructor in English at Milton Academy, Milton, Mass. (1918-19), and instructor in Mathematics at the same place (1919-20).
Amos Haywood Knowlton, to be instructor in French. Mr. Knowlton is a graduate of Dartmouth of the class of 1917 and received the degree of A.M. from Harvard in 1918. He has since been Master of Modern Languages at the Roxbury School, Cheshire, Conn.
William Randall Waterman, to be instructor in History. Mr. Waterman received the degree of Ph.B. from Brown University in 1915 and the degree of A.M. in 1916. From 1916 to 1919 he was instructor in History at St. Johnsbury Academy, and since 1919 has been instructor in the History Extension Courses at Columbia.
Ralph Penrose Holben to be instructor in Sociology.
Ernest Cary, to be instructor in Latin.
A number of recent Dartmouth graduates have been appointed instructors.
Carl Converse Colby '17, to be instructor in French.
Rolf Christian Syvertsen '18, to be instructor in Biology.
Jerome Gregory Kerwin '19, to be instructor in Political Science.
William Hill McCarter '19, to be instructor in English.
Allan Miles Cate '20, to be instructor in Business Organization.
Kenrick Clark Bean '21, to be part time assistant in Physics.
Joseph Butler Folger '21 to be instructor in 17 rench.
John Crawford Woodhouse '20, to be instructor in Chemistry.
George Harry Chamberlaine '21, to be instructor in Psychology.
Nelson Lee Smith '21, to be instructor in Economics.
Robert W. Elsasser '21, to be instructor in Economics.