The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-31
UNIVERSITY FILLS
FACULTY VACANCIES
MANY NEW MEMBERS OF FAC
ULTY SECURED AND ARE NOW
ARRIVING IN MOSCOW.

Announcement of many new ap-
pointments to the faculty of the Uni
versity of Idaho have been made by
the State Board of Education.
For the Headship of the Depart
ment of Mechanical Engineering re-
Gently vacated by Professor Macin-
tire, the University is very fortunate
in securing Professor R. E. Chandler,
for the past five years head of the
corresponding department in the Uni
versity of Florida. Professor Chan
dler is a graduate of that leading col
| lege of mechanical engineering, the
Stevens Institute of Technology, and
received his M. M E. at Cornell Uni
versity. He taught in positions of
increasing responsibility at the Uni
versities of Nebraska, Vermont and
! Oklahoma before going to the Uni
! versity of Florida He leaves the
latter institution to the great regret
of students, faculty and University
authorities. Professor Chandler was
member of the U. S. Naval Consult
| ing Board during the war, and has
| had a useful part in advancing the
| interests of the states in which he has
been located.
Mr.. Roy B. Gray comes to the
University as Professor of Agricul-
tural Engineering to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Profess
or ]. G. Wooley. Mr.. Gray received
| his degree in agricultural and cleo
trical engineering from Iowa State
College in 1910, and since that time
has been continuously with the In
ternational Harvester Company ex-
cept for year spent as an instructor
at Manitoba Agricultural College.
He spent some time in the expert
mental department of the Interna-
tional tractor works at Chicago, and
later did motor field work in the
United States, Canada, Germany, Ru-
mania and South Africa. During the
World War he spent two years in
England in connection with the Gov
ernment Food production scheme, and
in 1917 he organized an extensive
scheme for producing food immedi-
ately behind the lines in France. He
was then sent to Italy on similar
assignment, when the advance of the
German armies interfered with the
food production plan on the French
front 4A.s- s---.
Mr.. Sherman Dickinson of the Uni
versity of Minnesota has been elected
to the position of Professor of Agri-
cultural Education and Principal of
the School of Practical Agriculture
to succeed Professor c.. B. Wilson,
resigned. Professor Dickinson was
graduated from Iowa State College in
1913, specializing in animal hus-
bandry. He had considerable expert
ence in this field before entering the
teaching profession Mr.. Dickinson
had charge of starting the agricultur
al work in the high schools and the
pordaroino IN couontu-f five orv.oIo
schools of Minneapolis, and during
the latter part of the World War he
was director for Minnesota in the U.
S. Boys Working Reserve, an orga-
nization that resulted in much benefit
to the food production campaigns in
the central and eastern states. Dur
ing the past year Mr.. Dickinson has
been instructor in agricultural edu-
cation in the University of Minnesota
and has just secured his masters de-
gree specializing in that field.
Hiss Lofty May has been appoint
ed Instructor in Art to succeed Miss
Palmer resigned. Miss May has had
exceptionally thoro training in her
chosen field. She received her bach
elor's and masters degrees from Col
umbia University and has also pur-
sued her art studies at the Art Stu
tional Academy of Design and New
York University. She has had sew
eral years successful teaching and
studio experience in the College of
Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas, and in
New York City.
Mr. George l.. Luke has been ap-
pointed to the position of Assistant
Professor of Physics and will work
with DIR. NJ F. Angel in that depart
ment Mr. Luke received his bach
elor's degree in Brigham Young Uni
and later was a graduate
student in the University of Wiscon-
sin for two years, while he was as
sistant in the Department of Physics.
For the past seven years Professor
Luke has been located in China, where
he was for four years head of the
physics department of the Imperial
Mr. M. G.. McDole has been chosen
Associate Professor of Agronomy.
Professor McDole received his bach
elor's and masters degrees from the
of Nebraska, the latter
in 1911. For two years after his
graduation he was member of the
Experiment Station staff of his alma
mater, conducting Investigations in
soil physics. He then spent two
years in Arizona in charge of large
farming project. Since 1915 he has
been with the University of Mime
sofa with the exception Of twenty-five
months spent in the army. While
overseas he was for four months in
England stationed at the widely
nown Rothamsted Experiment Sta
ion.
Miss Hattie Gesner, home econ
,mics graduate from Kansas State
agricultural College, will be Steward
,ss at Lindley Hall, Miss Gesner has
,een manager of large restaurants in
Kansas, and Salt Lake
yity, Utah, and comes to the Uni
'ersity well qualified for her new
'osition.
Richard Westover returned this