1915.1 PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 3 a 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



WM. P. BROOKS. 



ADMINISTRATION. 



Station Staff. 



During tlie past year but few changes occurred in station 

 staff, and none in the personnel in the positions of chief respon- 

 sibility. The following should be mentioned : — 



The place of Chas. E. Ward in the trustees' committee on 

 the experiment station, made vacant by his resignation in Au- 

 gust, was filled by the appointment of his successor on the Board 

 of Trustees — Mr. Edmund Mortimer of Grafton — to mem- 

 bership in the experiment station committee. 



Dr. J. B. Lindsey, vice-director and head of the department 

 of chemistry, was granted leave of absence on account of ill 

 health from June 20 until September 1, and during his ab- 

 sence Mr. F. W. Morse served as vice-director and Mr. E. B. 

 Holland as head of the chemical department. 



Dr. Geo. E, Stone was granted leave of absence on account 

 of ill health in October, and this leave still continues. Prof. 

 A. Vincent Osmun was appointed acting head of the depart- 

 ment of vegetable physiology and pathology. 



Mr. Geo. H. Chapman, after eight months' leave of absence 

 for study and investigation abroad, resumed his duties on May 

 1. Mr. Orton L. Clark, employed in the department of vege- 

 table physiology and pathology during Mr. Chapman's absence, 

 was appointed assistant in the department on Dec. 1, 1913, 

 taking the place of Mr. Edw. A. Larrabee, whose resignation 

 took effect on February 28. 



Mr. John W. Sayer, foreman in the experimental poultry 

 yards, resigned September 30, His work is now carried on by 

 Mr. Austin Brown, who has not, however, yet received formal 

 appointment to the position of foreman. 



