The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-09-14
MANY CHANGES IN
COLLEGE FACULTY
TWENTY TEACHERS HAVE
RESIGNED TO ACCEPT
POSITIONS ELSE
WHERE
ON LEAVE
Three Members Married During
Vacation. Making A Total
OF Twenty-seven Vacan-
cies This Year.

More changes have occurred in the
college faculty this year than ever
before, nearly thirty vacancies having
occurred in the teaching staff Of the
institution since school ended in June.
Practically all Of these vacancies
have been filled and all will be in
readiness with a full faculty when
the college formally opens Tuesday
moIuing, September %.
The most notable change in the Of
fetal staff Of the institution is the
retiring Of Mrs. NJ. f. Shattuck.
housekeeper at Junior and Senior
Hall. Mrs. Shattuck had served the
institution faithfully and efficiently
for more than twenty years. Her
gentle and sweet manner won for her
the friendship of every young lady
student Of the college during al
these years and the announcements
Of her retirement will be read with
interest by thousands Of Mississippi
women, former students Of the col
lege.
Eight members of the faculty
were granted leaves Of absence ex-
tended over a year, a custom which
obtains in all Of the big institutions
Of the country. Three members 'of the
faculty launched out upon the sea Of
matrimony during the. vacation period
and they will not be back this year.
The greatest number OF vacancies
cam. as the result of resignation
n rseseens. members Of the faculty re-
signed the past session. They left the
institution TO accept better and more
lucrative positions elsewhere. 1t IS
known that teachers salaries IN
Mississippi rate among the lowest IN
the country, and especially at the
large institutions of learning is this
notably true However, the board df
trustees which met late n August
long after teachers had made their
plans for another year, passed reso-
lutions granting an increase Of ap-
proximately 20 per cent in salaries OF
the members Of the faculty. Many
teachers elected not 70 take the
chances of the uncertainty Of the
situation and sought positions else
where.
Following are the changes this sos
sion: 4
On Leave:
Mrs. Gesner T. Smith, Head Mod
ern Language Dept; Miss Leus
Vaughn, Head Of Physics Dept; Miss
Miriam Paslay, Head Of Latin and
Greek Dept; II. G. MCGOWAN, Head
of Agriculture Dept; Miss Grace
MasshgaIe, of Physical Education
Department; Miss Lucy Banks, Of
Modern Language Department; Miss
Margaret Baskerville, Of Hygiene
Department; Miss Annie Caulfield,
of English Dept.
Resigned:
Mrs. NJ. f. Shattuek, Hclsekeeper;
Miss Undine Levy. Assistant Libra
rian; Miss Anne Walker, Assistant
in Education; Mrs. o. B. Sears, Of the
Practice School; Miss Ava Allen, OF
the Practice School; Miss Florence
Wilson. of Home Science Dept; Miss
Guyton league, of Home Science
Dept; Miss Matte Sebastian, Of
Home Science Dept; Miss NJ. Garth,
of Home Science Dept; Mrs. Away,
Of History Dept; Miss Ruth Brand,
of History Dept; Miss Lena Elling-
ton Of History Dept; Miss Eula
Pauline Carroll, Of English Dept;
Miss Iva Strachan, Of Voice Dept;
Miss Helen Warner, Of Sight Sing
ing Dept; Miss Emeth Tuttle, of
English Dept; DR. Carolyn Carr, col
lege Physician; Miss Bagnetto, Nurse
Miss Morton, Nurse.
Members of Faculty who married
during vacation:
Miss Susie VIII Guntsr, Head OF
Home Science Dept; Miss Floy Cum
ningham. of the Chemistry Dept;
Miss Lucille McMullin, Of English De-
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