The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-24
FLEMINa's NEW POSITION.
Elected Professor of History at Uni- , versity of West vfroin;a

Auburn, June 23-(SpeciaD-W. l.. Elem Ing has been elected professor of history at the University of West Virginia. MT Fleming is graduate and postgraduate or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He was assistant professor of history at Co. lumbia University New York, at the time or his election to the chair of history at
 the West Virginia University. Mir Flem-
 ing was assistant librarian and special
 student in advanced work in history in
 the college at Auburn before he went to
 Coiunbfa University where he was a stu dent and assistant three years, receiving
 the degree of Master of Arts the first
 year and the degree of Doctor of Philos-
 ophy the second year. but the latter de-
 gree will not be formally conferred until
 his thesis reconstruction in Alabama is finished.
 Lee Boyd is publishing two-coIumn article in The New Orleans Times-Demo- crat every Sunday morning on the letters of Gen. W. T. Sherman, which were written to Dr. Boyd. father of Lee Boyd.
 pr. Boyd was professor in the insti- tuition which later became the University of Louisiana when General Sherman was the superintendent of that institution and life long friendship grew up between Dr. Boyd and General Sherman. After the death of Dr. Boyd, about a year ago, Lee Boyd found among his fathers papers a number of hitherto unpublished letters of General Shmerman which had been written to Dr. Boyd at different times. beginning and continuing almost to the time of General Sherman's death. The let ters are very valuable because Of the light they throw on many things in the conduct and character of the author.
 A son of General Sherman put at Mir. Boyd's disposal number of letters and notes written by General Sherman which had not been published. Mir Boyd will publish the letters of General Sherman and letters of his father, Dr. Boyd, to General sherman in book form.
 Mir. Boyd Is graduate of the Alaba- ma Polytechnic Institute and was assist ant librarian and special student in his tory before he accepted position in the Congressional Library at Washington.
 MT. Fleming and Mir. Boyd received their training and methods of work in his tory from Dr. George Petrie, professor Of history at the Alabama Polytechnic h. stitute. Their taste and inspiration for historical work they have received largely from Dr. Petrie who has put the method ana spirit of the Alabama Polytechnic h. stitute into the historical work
 Prof. J. F. Duggar. professor of agri- culture and director of the Experiment Station at Auburn. will leave this week for trip of several weeks to Louisville. St. Louis and other places where he will visit and study number of large stock farms and will buy sheep and other small stock for the station at Auburn Profess sor Duggar was elected director of the Experiment Station at Auburn at the re- cent meeting of the Board of Trustees. He Is very young man to have done as much important work as he has done and the reputation of his ability as a scien- tihc agriculturist is not confined to Ala oama He has received recently most flat tering offers from other States and from the United States government but he is an Alabamian and desires to devote his en- ergy and skill to the developing of the agricultural resources of his own State.