Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-13
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| mont, where he has been instructor in
| botany and assistant professor Of hac-
teriology. He has also served as as
slstant in botany in the Vermont Elk
lperiment Station.
George K. Wheeler, r. A.. has been
appointed as acting assistant profes
| sor of English to fill the position yacat
! ed by Prof. q. A. Thompson, who has
| 4 years leave of absence to pursue
graduate work at the University of
| Chicago. Prof. Wheeler is "A graduate Of
Albion College and mas taken advanced
| work at the University Of Michigan.
| During the past few years the posi
| ton of physical director has been held
| by the professor of military science and
| tactics, but this year change has been
| made and Percy L. Reynolds, NJ. D..
| will be at the head of this department
as physical director and university ply
Stefan. DR.. Reynolds was for some
| ye"rs assistant director of the Fan
| River Y. ". C. A.. which he left to at
tend the Springfield Training School
| During the first two years of his course
be. acted rs physical director of the
Wostliold Y. NJ. c. A., and the last year
|
| School gymnasium. After graduating
he became physical director of the At
! lanta Y. NJ. c. A., during which time
he attended the University of Georgia
| Medical School. 1t has been provided
| that every student may consult him
| once without any charge whatever.
The need of~another instructor in the
| civil engineering department has long
/ I nj.
&C. f.. q graduate of Sheffield Scientific
School has been appointed to fill that
| need Mr.. Brown has had 10 years of
practical experience in engineering. es-
pecially in railroad work and he will
| have charge of the railroad work in
| the university.
Gustave Wittig, c. E. a graduate Of
Rutgers College, and Of the electrical
engineering department of Columbia
University comes to take the place of
II. ID. Carpenter as instructor i'll cleo
trical engineering. Mr.. Wittig has had
several years Of practical work ana
has acted as technical assistant Of a.
V. Abbott, of Westinghouse, Church.
Kerr & Co. the well-known writer
along electrical subjects.
The place left vacant by Arthur w.
Cole. instructor in machine and tool
work, who will go to accept a similar
position in Purdue University, will be
occupied by Charles j. Carter. a ma
chinist Of IL years experience. Mr.. Car
ter mas take! several courses at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
with a view to better preparing him
self for teaching. During the last year
he has been assistant in the shops at
Tufts College. and last summer he was
assistant in the Tech shops. In addition
to his instructorship, he will have
charge Of the power and light plant at
the university.
After a years advanced work at
Iowa state College. Percy j. Campbell.
NJ 5. A., a graduate of New Hamp-
shire State College. has returned to the
university as instructor in animal in
dustry.
Windsor p. Daggett. Phi. B.. gradu-
ate of Brown University, has been ap-
pointed as instructor in public speak,
ing. Before coming to Maine he held
similar positions at Mercersburg Acad-
envy. Mercersburg. Pa. and at Edward
Little High school. Auburn. Me.
re fill the vacancy made by the resig-
nation Of Thomas F. Buck instructor
in mathematics Elmer f. Moots, p. s.,
of the Missouri State Normal school
and Highland Park College. has been
elected Mr.. Moots has taught for some
years and was assistant in mathemat-
les AT Highland Park College
In order to let Prof. Munson devote |
all his time to Experiment Station |
work. Maxwell j. Dorsey of the Michi- |
gan Agricultural College and the Ohio |
Agricultural Experiment Station has
been appointed as instructor in horti-
culture. Mr.. Dorsey has had charge of |
the Michigan State park and has also |
had wide experience in fruit growing
and horticulture.
Arthur c. Whittier Is. s., L. of NJ. |
03, of Pennington, will take Il position |
as chemist in the Experiment Station |
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- |
nation of Willis /. Nurenburg. Last |
year Mr.. Whittier was chemist at |
the Hatch Agricultural Experiment |
Station at Amherst, Mass
Ralph l.. Seabury, r. :, u. OF NJ, !
'O5, who was assistant in chemistry last /
year. has been made instructor in agri-
cultural and biological chemistry. in or
der to permit Prof. Merrill to give his
time to the Experiment Station work.
Miss Jennie T.. Dunmore. =. s., has
accepted position as cataloguer in the
University of Maine library. Miss Dun
more is a graduate of Simmons College
in the class of '06. where she took a
fOur-years' course in library economy.
Last years graduating class fur
nishes four new members to the facul-
ty: Miss Joanna c. Colcord. L. s., OF
Searsport. who becomes a chemist in
the Experiment Station; Harry A. En-
cry, B. S.. of North Arson, who takes
the position of Horace p. Hamlin as in
structor in civil engineersing; Henry
w. Bearce. y. s.. of Hebron, who fills
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Ira NJ. Bearce, as tutor in physics.
and Dayton j. Edwards, Il. s., of Ok
ford, who becomes assistant in biology.
There have been several promotions
among the members of the faculty.
Miss Caroline Golvin. Pin. D., has been
promoted from assistant professor Of
history t. professor Of History. walter
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