The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-22
NICHOLS RESIGNS
AS MOUTH
PRESIDE NJ
Announcement Made Yesterday
By Board of Trustees
WILL RETURN TOYALE UNIVERSITY
Accepts invitation to New Chair of
Physcs-successor Not Yet
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Appointed.

Boston, Nov 22-The retirement
Of DR.. Ernest Fox Nichols from the
presidency Of Dartmouth college at
the close OF the present college year
was announced by the board OF trus-
tees here yesterday President Mich
OILS has accepted an Invitation to a
chair OF physics at Yale, thus return
ing to a field that in the past, he told
the trustees. had gratiied his every
ambition and which he LETT recuctant
ly to accept the call to Dartmouth
- years ago
The resignation was rendered at
special meeting of the trustees held
in Boston Friday. and was accepted
at the time with an expression OF
deep regret, His successor has not
been fixed upon, according to the
trustees. who in statement for the
press said that there was plenty OF
time to act deliberately and after
full consideration OF the needs OF the
college and fhe future policies which
it should undertake.
In his letter to the board President
Nichols said that when he was called
to HanoYer the college was passing
through critical period but that the
needs Of that earlier time had been
largely met He added
There seems therefore no compel
ing reason why may not ask you 10
let me so back to my earlier work
the duties and recompenses of which
are in fuller accord with my individu-
al taste and preference. Moreover,
feel a growing conviction that the
best work il is in me TO do for the
college is already done"
The reply OF the trustees contains
cordial tribute to the services OF the
president, saying i'll part 1T had
been our hope that Dartmouth college
would long continue to enjoy your
leadership. Yet we cannot but recog-
nize that the sacrifices which you
have already made deserve worthier
recognition than the demand that you
continue them at serious cost to your
own well-beine "
Ernest Fox Nichols was born in
Leavenworth, Kan, IN 1869, and re-
ceited his early education in the
West At the age OF 10 heswas gradu
ated from Kansas agricultural col
lege with the degree Of b. S. The
following year he taught, subsequent
ly taking up graduate work in mathe
MATES and physics at Cornell uni
versity, where he held the Erastus
Brooks fellowship.
From 1892 to 1898 DR., Nichols was
professor Of physics and astronomy
at Colgate university, but for two and
a half years of this time he was on
leave Of absence, studying at the uni
versity of Berlin
In 1898 DR.. Nichols first came to
Dartmouth to assume the professor /
ship of physics and reorganized the
department He remained at Dart
mouth for five years and before he ]
went to Columbia university to fill
the chair of experimental physics,
Dartmouth gave him the honorary de-
gree of doctor of science. The year
i1904-1905 DR., Nichols spent at Cam
bridge, Eng, where he both studied
and lectured
DR. Nichols became president of
Dartmouth in 1903, succeeding Dr.
William Jewett Tucker resigned
He was inaugurated October 10 of
that year. and at the ceremony more
than 100 colleges were represented.
He was frequent speaker at Dart
mouth gatherings in Springfield, He
married in 1894, Katherine Williams
West of Hamilton, N Y. They have
one daughter.