Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-06-25
MANY IMPORTANT
FACULTY CHANGES

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Two other additions to the teaching
staff for next year will be Wendell b
Phillips, Professor of English Language
and Literature at Piedmont College
Demorest, Ga, who is to teach in the
same department at Middlebury and
Hollis G. Cooley 30 who will enter the
Department of Mathematics. The APP
pointment of Alfred T. Larsen, of Bur
lington, as Instructor of Music was
announced last week.
The opening of the college year 1920
81 will find a number of important
changes in the personnel of the teach
ing staff. In addition to Professors
Skillings and Burrage who return in
the fall from a years leave of absence
Middlebury will greet seven new mem
bers of its Faculty. The vacancy for
the chair of English Literature and
Rhetoric caused by the retirement OF
Professor Charles B. Wright has been
filed by the appointment of Professor
Skillings, former head of the German
department of modern language IN
struction.
DR.. Allen M. Kline, head of the de-
partment of History and Political
Science in the College of the Pacific,
San lose, Cal, will become Professor
of History. Dr. Kline is graduate
of University of Michigan, '0, having
taken his Masters degree the following
year and a Doctorate in 1907. He has
taught at Michigan and in Springfield
Ohio High School prior to 1909 wher
he became associated with the Califor-
man institution. In addition to his
work in History and Political Science
at the University Of Pacific DR.. Kline
has acted as Dean Universal recognl-
ton of DR.. Klines authority on the
subject Of Jurisprudence has led to his
successive appointment as lecturer at
Leland Stanford University. 1t is in
this capacity that he has been en-
gagged for the summer session at Uni
versity of Southern California.
Professor Stewart Macdonald OF
Colby College is to become head OF
the Department of Economics next
year. Professor Macdonald's experience
as a teacher has been a wide one
Graduating from Talhousie University
in 1900 with the degree of A. B., he has
twice been honored by Cornell, being
awarded the Sage scholarship and in
1904 having been granted the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. He held the
chair of Economics in University oil
New Brunswick, in Pennsylvania Col
lege and since 1917 in Colby College
He has taught Philosophy at Wesley
College and at McGill University
Doctor Macdonald has been engaged
for summer session instruction at Bos'
ton University.
The appointment Of Professor Juliar
Moreno-Lacalle, for years Dean OF the
Spanish School of the Summer SEES
sion. as head of the same department
IN the regular college year will mark
further fusion of the instruction stat
of the two schools which was com
menced this year with the engagement
of Professor H. P Williamson de Vismt
in French and of Senorita Rodriguez
in Spanish. Senior Lacalle, a native o
Spain, as a member Of the Department
of Foreign languages at United State
Naval Academy has attained singulaI
success. He is very well qualified t.
instruct in Spanish literature and othe'
advanced studies, having edited sew
eral native newspapers and held Ger
tain diplomatic appointments. He j
graduate of University of St. Thomas
Manila, Philippine Islands, has studied
in The Escurial, Spain, in Concordii
Institute, Zurich Switzerland and il
1918 received the degree of NJ. A. a
University of Maryland.
Walter G. Kleinspehn who it is ex
pected will become Instructor il
Chemistry, filling the vacancy caused
by the retirement of Mr.. Hall, is
graduate OF Lafayette University 1917
with the degree of B. S. The follow
ing year he received his NJ S. for grad
uate work on viscosity under PROBES
sor E. c. Bingham, head of the de
partment of Chemistry at Lafayette
and a graduate of Middlebury, Clas
of 1899 During the past year he ha
continued his graduate work at Har
ward, this time his research being il
Physical Chemistry. He is a membe
of Alpha Chi Rho and Phi Beta Kapp
Fraternities. At Middlebury he vii
instruct in Qualitative and Theoretical
Chemistry.