The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-08
LARGER FACULTY
 SHOWS GROWTHOF
 STATE UNIVERSITY
Present Year Sees Fifteen Additions to Faculties of Various Schools and Col
 leges of University
By JACK FIREMAN

University, September 7-(Special. } The grow tn of the University of Ala bama in the past few years is evil deneed not only in the constantly in- 1 creasing number of students in at- | tendance, but it is also manifested by a faculty that is growing larger and larger each year.
 This year sees fifteen additions to the faculties of the various schools and colleges of the university. The new members of the faculty are: Pro- lessor Mccoy, law; Prof. E c. Wright Mantaliurgy; Prof c. St. J. Perrett, chemistry; Prof Carl Garner; Pro- lessor Pallister mining engineer ing; Mir. Anders, bureau of mines; MT. s. F. Mckinney, bureau of mines Prof. Il. II. Chapman, accounting Prof. A. R. Upgren, accounting and economies; Professor Langston, med l. icine; Professor McBurney, medicine Professor Earhart, medicine MT. Reg inald c. Smith; mechanical drawing Miss Elizabeth Creighton. home econmics; and Miss Mary Burke, dean of women.
 School of Commerce Dean Bidgood of the school of com
  has raised this school in two and q half years to one of the largest of the sch ools and colleges of the uni versity.
 The two new professors who come to the commerce school this year are both young men, and are both ex- service men.
 Prof. H. H Chapman, who will have charge of the accounting depart ment, is a graduate of the university of Michigan, where he specialized in business administration and served as assistant in his senior year. For the past two years. he has been in- structor in accounting and statistics in the school of business of the Uni versity of Minnesota, and he has taken the most advanced work in both subjects in the graduate school of that university. He will give his entire time to accounting and sta- tistics, and will be in general charge of all the work in accounting.
 Arthur R. Upgren will have the sections in accounting not taught by Professor Chapman, and will give his remaining time to courses in eco monies. He received his B. s. degree in commerce from the University of Wisconsin, and has had three years experience in commercial and in- vestment banking.
 Accounting and Auditing
 Courses will be given in this school this year in both cost accounting and auditing. Six sections in all will be provided for work in first and second years of accounting. For the first time. courses In transportation and courses in investments will be given. The latter named course will be given by Dr. E. G. Howe, science. pr. Howe is an authority on the sub ject of investments, and he has had a wide personal experience in this field.
 In speaking of the coming years work, and the commerce school in general. Dean Bidgood said
 Our nation wide inquiry for men competent to give instruction in com- merce developed the shrinking fact that. despite the existing business conditions, the number of graduates in commerce who are looking for work is so small as to be negligible The commerce schools of several of the larger universities reported that every alumnus and member of the graduating class was placed. Busi- ness men should exert their influ- ence as vigorously as possible to Keep young men from sacrificing tneir university training for business on account of the temporary depres- sion"