Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-01
BROWN UNIVERSITY NOW
HAS INCREASED FACULTY
PROFESSOR TO SPEND VACATION
IN CALICO mia
Three Of the New Instructors In Rhode
Island Institution Leave Yale to
Join staff-New Courses
Offered

PROVIDENCE, R. l.. Sept. so.-The
teaching staff of Brown university js
strengthened this year in several depart
ments notably in mathematics where
Two new men will give instruction-Prof
H. q. ID. Richardson and Dr. H. H. Com
over-both of them formerly instructors
at yale. A third teacher trained at Yale
is DR.. Philip H. Mitchell. These access
sions are the more interesting because
nltnerto there has been, curiously enough
an almost entire absence of Yale men on
lne brown faculty. Yet two of the most
notable teachers of the last generation
d. rae We're Brown graduates-Prof
= Isner, uean of the divinity school, and
Prof. Wyland dean of the law school
Inc new instructor in German, Mr..
Na mas recently been serving as in
structor at Dartmouth college. The new
instructor In English, w. T. Hastings.
LOOK MS IN. d. at Harvard university
iast June He is a Brown graduate
lHree BroWn professors have leave of
absence the coming year-Prof. N. n
Davis. Prof. A. K. Potter and Prof An
sen brooks. Prof. and Mrs. Davis will
Potter is already established in residence
at oxford university and Prof. Brooks
Will be at the Sorbonne in Paris.
several OF the instructors and assist
ants at Brown have been called to higher
positions In other institutions. George
w. Latham of the English department.
has gone to teach English at McJill mi
versity, Montreal. DIR. HI. x. Sullivan has
accepted a position in biological research
under the department of agriculture at
Washington Walter G. Phillips of the
English department has gone to teach
In the University of Illinois.
Scope Enlarged
Several new courses of study are to he
offered in the University this year. In
the botanical department Prof Collins
Will give new course in the study of
trees, including lectures and field study
of the economic value of trees in New
England. In the department of biology
the new course in ornithology, which
created SO much interest last year. will
be continued and developed. Groups of
students were frequently seen last spring
leaving college at $3.50 a. m. to study the
native habits of birds under the guidance
of Prof. Walter.
The departments of economies and geol-
ogy will combine to give a course in
physical and commercial geography un-
der the instruction of Profs. Brown and
Kirk.
Several new courses are to be offered
in the department of German-on Ger
man lyrical poetry by Jrof. Jones, on
Leasing and Schiller by Prof. Crowell
and on Goethe by Prof. Won Klenze.
The three departments of German,
French and English combine to give a
lecture course extending through the
year, which is practically a course in
comparative literature, dealing with the
main currents of literary production in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The course in elementary Greek will be
continued. Every year about half dozen
men and the same number at the
women's college begin the study of Greek
in the university. In one year they do
about what is done in two or three years
in the preparatory schools and are then
ready FOR the regular course in fresh
man Greek.
Profs. Atkinson and Hardness will offer
together a course in Greek and Roman
literature and the history of language,
intended as a study of classical civiliza-
ton, and open even to those who may
have no knowledge of the Greek IAN
guage.
Prof MacDonald's course in medieval
and modern history has now been extend
ed through the year and is required of all
candidates for an arts degree.
Prof Meiklejohn will offer new course
in advanced logic for seniors and grad
yates.
Buildings Renovated
have been put in thorough repair. The
greatest change is in Maxcy hall. wnere
the ertire second floor, formerly used as
a dormitory. has been remodeled into a
series of recitation and lecture rooms.
This has been made necessary by the IN
crease of engineering students, VINO VIII
need the entire engineering buildirg Tor
laboratory purposes, all recitations Delng
removed to Maxcy hall.
A most agreeable change at the women's
college has been the laying out OF true
college campus on Cushing street. ste
phen O. Metcalf, who presented TO the
college last year another lot Oh iano' mas
during the summer at his own expense
torn down several unsigntly structures
on Cushing street and by grading ana
planting of trees and shrubs created an
attractive garden inclosed by suitable
iron fence.
The adjourned autumn meeting, of the
CORPORATION will be held on October >.
Two new fraternity houses VIII De
opened this month-the house OF Deita
Tau Delta on Angel street, formerly tne
parsonage of the First Baptist churcn'
and the new structure erected by pets
Theta Pi on George street. In spite OF
This fact nearly every room in the dor
mitories is already occupied, and there
is call for more rooms. A larger per-
centage of students live on the campus
than a few years ago. DR.. Fauhce au-
,yjses all men who reside in or near Prov
idence to have at least day room III
the dormitories Many men VINO IorhelS
lived at home now room on the campus
and thus have closer touch Win al SUI
dent activities.
nrMv VIAnIInT SCHEME,