Evening star., 1933-09-10
NOTED EDUCATORS
.. Join c. v. j. STAFF
DR.. {. B. Vedder and DR.. W. J.
! Cooper Included in n
Appointments.

Twenty-one new appointments to the
faculty of George Washington UniVer-
sity have been made for the coming
year, including Of professional rank,
2 lecturers. 10 instructors, associates
and 2 teaching fellows.
Outstanding faculty appointments are
those of Dr. Edward Bright Vedder,
former director of the Army Medical
School. as professor of experimental
medicine and executive officer of the
department of pathology and expert
mental medicine; DR.. William John
Cooper, former United States commits
sioner of education. as professor OF
education: DR.. Joseph Quincy Adams,
director of research of the Folger
Shakespeare Library, as professional
lecturer in English, and DR.. Donald B.
Young formerly head of the depart
men of zoology at the University OF
Maine, as professor of zoology.
DR.. Vedder Is an eminent pathologiSt
and the author of numerous scientific
books and papers. His contributions to
medical science have been recognized
with the honorary degree of doctor of
science. conferred by the University OF
Rochester Dr. Vedder has been a
member of the United States Army
Board for the Study of Tropical Dis
eases, head of the Southern Depart
chief of the medical research division
of Edgewood Arsenal and senior men,
ber of the Board of Medical Research.
DIR. Cooper Nationally Known.
Dr. Cooper. who joins the faculty Of
the School of Education. has acquired
national reputation in the field of edu
cational administration. As United
States commissioner Of education from
1000 tn 1922 ha rondncta1 throa no
tional educational surveys which will
have an important bearing upon the
future Of education in this country.
Before becoming education commits
Sioner DR.. Cooper served as State super
intendent of public instruction and
State director of education in Cali
fornia. He has had wide experience as
a public school superintendent and
teacher and has taught at Fresno State
California and Johns Hopkins Uni
versity.
The appointment Of Dr. Adams Is
regarded as highly significant de-
velopment in the teaching program Of
the English department. opening op-
portunities for the graduate student to
profit by resources in materials and
personnel for Shakespeare research in
Washington. DR.. Adams Is considered
the foremost authority in America to-
day on Shakespeare and the Eliza
ulty of Cornell University from 1905
until he came to the Folger Library In
1881. he has devoted lifetime of study
to this field.
Adelaide HaSSe, well known bibli-
ographer and specialist In public docu-
ment, will join the faculty Of the di-
vision of library science to give courses
in the cataloging classification and
preservation in public documents and
in special libraries. Miss Hasse has
served as librarian at the Los Angeles
lie Library and has performed impor.
tant governmental work Following the
World War she organized war records
for the War Industries Board and later
was photographer for the Institute of
Economics and the Brookings Institute.
sAmong her several publications the
most outstanding is the index to Eco
.nomic Material In United States Docu-
ments, published in IA folio volumes by
the Carnegie Institution.
English Department ENLARGED.
In the English department. where
organized his freshman rhetoric course,
two new instructors and a lecturer have
been appointed. including DR.. John
james ElSon, George Winchester Stone,
sr., and Fred E. Nessell.
DR.. ElsQn holds the degree Of bachelor
of arts and doctor Of philosophy from
Cornell University, where he taught
from 1925 to 1888.
Prof. Stone is a graduate Of Dart
mouth, cum laude. and holds the mas
ter's degree from Harvard. He was
So1J1 ,,1~ -
Washington University from 1881 to
1888
Mr.. Nessell has been associated with
the university since 1928 in the ca
pacity of registrar.
Development of the program in
scientific medicine and public health
work is reflected in the appointment Of
five instructors and one teaching fell
low in the School of Medicine and in
additional courses in the departments
of bacteriology, hygiene and preventive
medicine. biochemistry and pathology
and experimental medicine. The new
appointees are: William Henry Waller,
A. B. De Pauw University. Phi. D.. Cor
nell University, instructor in anatomy;
Hubert Scott Loring. B. S., Pomona
College. M. S., University Of Illinois, in
Structor in biochemiStry; James Leslie
Snyder. B. S. and M. S., University OF
Washington. NJ. D., George Washing
ton University. instructor in pathol-
pgy; Jesse Harmon, B. S., M: S..
Phi. D., instructor in biochemiStry;
James L. Collins. A. B and M. D., Uni
yersity of Kansas. clinical instructor in
surgery, and John Ralson Pate, A. B.
and A. NJ. University Of South Caro-
dina, M. D.. University of Rochester,
teaching fellow in anatomy.
Joins Engineering School.
The School Of Engineering has a
new member Of the teaching staff In
Charles Edward Cook. B. S. in e. E.,
University of Florida B. s. in c. e..
George Washington University. instruc-
tor in civil engineering.
John Withrow Brewer. A. B.. A. NJ.
Ph. D., Princeton University. has been
appointed instructor in political science
Yor the year 1933-34 to teach the
courses of staff members absent on
eabbatical leave.
David Halbert Howard, jr., Phi. D..
Cornell University. has been appointed
Instructor in chemistry.
Other new members of the teaching
staff are: Ross E. Pollock, jr., B. S.,
Lafayette College, A. NJ. George Wash
ington University, teaching fellow in
psychology; Donald StubbS. A. B.. A. NJ,
M D., George Washington University,
associate in psychology; Edwin Arm
strong Weihe. B. Arch, George Wash
ington University. associate in archi-
lecture, and Arthur Beaupre Darton. B.
Arch. George Washington University,
associate in architecture.
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