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The entering class numbers about 125, with a similar enrollment of the two- 

 year course in practical agriculture. R. W. Neal, associate professor of rural 

 journalisin, has resigned to engage in commercial work. H. P. Cooper and Fred 

 G. Merkel have al.so resigned, the former to accept a position at Cornell Uni- 

 versity and the latter to become assistant professor of soil technology at the 

 Penns^'lvania College. 



F. M. Salisbury of the Medina (Ohio) County Farm Bureau has been 

 appointed head of the department of animal husbandry vice J. C. McXutt, 

 whose resignation has been previously noted. Other appointments include 

 Miss Lorain P. Jefferson as assistant research professor in agricultural eco- 

 nomics, W. F. Robertson as instructor in horticultural manufactures, Raymond 

 W. Swift as analyst in the department of plant and animal chemistry in the 

 station vice A. M. Clarke resigned, and Harlan N. Worthley as investigator in 

 entomology. 



Mississippi College and Station. — C. B. Anders, associate agronomist, has 

 been appointed to take charge of the new substation to be established at Ray- 

 mond. F. B. Richardson, extension horticulturist, has accepted a position as 

 horticulturist for the South Mississippi Substation at Poplarville. 



Nebraska University and Station. — Ray W. Carpenter, assistant extension 

 agricultural engineer, resigned September 15 to become professor of agricul- 

 tural engineering in the University of Maryland. Fred R. Nohavec has been 

 appointed acting manager of tractor tests beginning September 1, vice C. K. 

 Shedd, resigned, and Lew Wallace, engineer in tractor testing beginning 

 October 1, vice F. L. Orr, resigned. Other appointments effective September 1 

 include W. W. Derrick as instructor in animal husbandry; F. D. McClure as 

 instructor in rural economics ; and L. V. Skidmore, D. V. M., as instructor in 

 plant pathology. 



Nevada University and Station. — Dr. Robert Stewart, professor of soil fer- 

 tility at the University of Illinois, has resigned to become dean of the college 

 of agriculture. Dr. Lyman R. Vawter, associate professor of veterinary 

 medicine at the Georgia College, has succeeded Dr. Lewis H. Wright as station 

 pathologist. N. F. Petersen of the station department of range management 

 resigned September 1 to accept a position with the Wayne (Nebr.) Normal 

 School. 



New York State Station. — Otto McCreary, assistant chemist, resigned Sep- 

 tember 1 to accept a similar position with the Washington Station. Elizabeth 

 F. Hopkins has been appointed assistant botanist for seed testing work. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — D. C. Wimer, assistant professor of 

 soil technology, resigned September 15. Recent appointments include W. A. 

 Broyles of the Texas College as professor of agricultural education, J. L. E. 

 McCord as assistant professor of farm management and rui'al economics, 

 W. H. Martin as instructor in dairy husbandry, and Paul L. Fatout as assistant 

 in animal husbandry. 



Ohio Station. — The departments of animal husbandry and nutrition have 

 been formally abolished as of August 1, vacating all positions therein. A new 

 department of animal nutrition has been establishe<l with the following per- 

 sonnel : E. B. Forbes chief, J. W. Hammond associate, and C. H. Hunt, J. A. 

 Schulz, R. F. Remler, A. R. Winters, W. J. Buss, and W. L. Robison assistants. 



Rhode Island College and Station. — Dr. Philip Hadley, professor of bac- 

 teriology and biologfst, has been appointed to the faculty of the department of 

 bacteriology and hygiene of the school of medicine. University of Michigan. 



South Dakota College. — Dr. Arthur T. Evans, professor of botany at Huron 

 College, has been appointed associate professor of agronomy. 



