REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



SIDNEY B. HASKELL. 



The work of the Experiment Station this past year has been 

 affected by many of the personal factors which so influenced 

 work in other major subdivisions of the institution. Chief 

 among these factors has been that of uncertainty as to the 

 future, brought about by delay in securing the salary adjust- 

 ment necessary to make the rate of pay somewhat more nearly 

 comparable to the increased cost of living. This delay pro- 

 duced a feeling of uneasiness absolutely inimical to the good 

 conduct of research work. Despite this fact, there have been 

 but few changes in staff membership, these being as follows: — 



Arthur M. Clarke resigned the position of assistant chemist 

 on Sept. 30, 1920, and was succeeded by Mr. Raymond W. 

 Swift, a graduate of the College with the class of 1920. 



Dr. Thomas G. Hull, assistant in the Department of Veter- 

 inary Science, resigned Jan. 10, 1920. Dr. John B. Lentz, who 

 resigned Sept. 18, 1919, having been in the service of the 

 institution about three years, was reappointed February 4, as 

 assistant research professor in the Department of Veterinary 

 Science. 



Prof. Fred W. Morse, who had been serving as acting director 

 since the retirement of Dr. William P. Brooks, in March, 1918, 

 resumed his work as research professor of chemistry on July 1. 



Dr. Jacob G. Shaw was reappointed to the position of re- 

 search professor of pomology, beginning June 1, 1920. Dr. 

 Shaw comes back to this institution from service as head of the 

 Department of Horticulture in the University of West Virginia. 



Miss Lorian P. Jefferson, formerly assistant professor in the 

 Division of Rural Social Science in the College, was appointed 

 assistant research professor in agricultural economics, effective 

 June 1. 



