The Ordway new era., 1908-11-06
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE eoAHo
MEETS AND CHOOSES THEIR
SUCCESSORS.
VOTE OF THREE TO FIVE
NEW MEN ARE CARL w. GAY or
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALVIN
kEYseR OF NEBRASKA.

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University OF Pennsylvania. one oil the
most noted authorities on animal nus
landry In the country, was elected 10
succeed Dean Carlyle at the state AZ
ricultural college by the state board oi
agriculture Wednesday. and froi. Al
win Keyscr OF the University OF Ne
braska was appointed to take the place
of Prof. w. II. Olln AS the head oil the
department of plant Industry anu
agronomy. The committee which rec
Ommcnd,d the two men announced
that IL would be- ready in short Time
to report to the board n nominee TO
succeed President Aylcsworth. The lat
ter stated that he was ready to step
out. as soon as his successor was
selected
The board met In Governor Buchtcls
office. Governor Buchtcl. Eugene
Grubb and \. A. Edwards. who have
all along been opposed to the removal
Of Professors Carlyle and Olin. voted
against the committees recommcnda'
tious. while President Aylcsworth. B.
+ Rockafcllcw, b. L. Dye. Franklin
for IT, DR.. Il. w. Corwin and James l..
Chatfield were not present. DR.. Cor
win, Mr. Brooks and President Aylcs'
worth were the members Of the com
mittcc. Neither Dean Carlyle nor Pro
iossCr Olin appeared before the board.
DIR. Gay will be valuable acquisi'
,ion TO the college and will be
worthy successor to Dean Carlyle. He
was first suggested to the committee
by Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
who named two men. either of whom
would be satisfactory.
DIR. Gay. who is only thirty'five
years old. graduated from the New
York State Veterinary college. Cornell
university. In 1899. being awarded
graduate fellowship for postgraduate
work the following year. After lcav-
ing Cornell he became instructor OF
veterinary science In the Iowa State
college. DR. Gay was professor in the
veterinary division three years. and
assistant professor of animal husban-
dry one year. lie later went TO the
Ohio State university as assistant pro
fessor of animal husbandry for one
year. and associate professor Of the
same department for one year.
During the past year he has served
as professor of animal husbandry at
the University of Pennsylvania. He
has also been In charge of the horse
breeding work inaugurated by the
state department OF agriculture OF
Pennsylvania. In institute work and
judging of stock, he has had much ex.
pcIiccne in Iowa, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. lie coached the team which won
the horse trophy" in the student judg-
ing contest held in connection with the
International Live Stock exposition in
Chicago three years ago.
Professor Keyser also comes highly
indorsed in his line of work. He Is
younger than Professor Gay, but has
already made his mark as an authority
on agronomy. He was graduated from
the agricultural department OF the
University " Nebraska, and took n
years postgraduate course In agro-
nomy and plant breeding in the Uni
versity of Minnesota under DR.. Hayes.
now assistant secretary of agriculture
at Washington. For the last four or
five years he has been professor of
the agricultural department of the
University of Nebraska.
President Andrews has written the
committee that Professor Keyser is an
extraordinary desirable man." DIR.
Galloway of the head of the federal
department of plant industry has also
recommended him in high terms. He
is especially noted as n classroom in
structor and institute worker.
DR.. Gay will begin his work with
the college February /. while Profes.
sor keyser will take. up his duties
probably January |. DIR. Gay expects
to visit the college In December, in
, order to familiarize himself with some
OF the features of his new office.