Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-02

appeared on the campus Saturday 1t
contains quite considerable accoant
of the college news and the first
The Editor in chief for the new year
is Merton Laverty of Westbrook and
tho business manager is John l..
Dunstan of South Portland.
There arc six new professors on
the faculty of Colby college for the
coming year. This change is the
largest in several years. In the
English department there are three
new instructors. Professor Weber,
Marsh and Burgum. Professor New
man will have charge of the new
formed department. that Of Biblical
Literature and he will also be director
o. religious activities in the college
Professor Weeks is returning to
Colby after an absence Of two years
to teach chemistry. In the Depart
ment of Modern Languages, Profess
sor Strong is filing the vacancy
caused by the resignation of PROBES
sor Harry.
Professor Newman graduated from
Colby in the class of is. and from
Newton Theological Institution in
o. During the World War he served
at Camp Jackson, retiring with the
rank of a second lieutenant. The
now course has been thorOuS ally
mapped out and Professor Newman
assumes control with enthusiasm
which will bring great results. At
present Professor and Mrs. NcWma n
arc living in Waterville but his home
is in Weston, Maine. He is MEM
or of the lambda Chi Alpha frater-
nifty.
Tho vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Or. Harry is being filled by
from Wesleyan in 1913 and from the
University Of Toulouse, France in
1922. Professor Strong has had con-
siderable teaching experience. being
at the Salisbury School, Salisbury.
Conn, and the Horace Mann school
in New York city. Professor
Strong's home is in Natick, Mass. He
is a member OF the Phi M Theta
fraternity.
Another member of last years
faculty who did not return is Profess
Sor HannaN, his place being taken
by Professor Carl J. Weber. Professor
Weber comes to Colby for the second
time in the past three years Profess
Sor Wei er graduated from tho Balti-
more City College in 1910 and con-
tinued his study at the Johns Mop
kins University. For three wears he
studied at tho University OF Oxford
England. as one of the Maryland
Rhodes Scholars. Professor Weber
has been at the Johns Hopkins Uni
Ncrsity and ut the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis as an
English teacher. He is a member of
the Maine Rhodes Scholarship Com
mittcc of Selection.
Owing TO a severe illness, Professor
Brown has not been able to resume
his duties in the English departne
and the vacancy is filled by Professor
James r. Marsh. Professor Marsh
graduated from Boston University in
the class of 1916 and has. for the
past five years been the American
Representative to the Provincial Ad-
ministration of Finance in Pekin.
China. He has published several
popular novels the latest being The
Charm of the Middle Kingdom.
Professor Marsh makes his home in
Boston. He is member of the Phi
Alpha Mu fraternity.
Professor George X. Burgum grad
uated from Dartmouth in the class
of 1917, taking a post graduate
course at Harvard for two years.
During the World War he served as
a sergeant major at Camp Devcns.
He has taught at the Curtiss School,
Brookstield, Conn, and at the Uni
versity of PittsburS.