1910.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 15 



Changes in Staff. 



There has heen no change in the heads of depai'tments in the 

 station staff during the past year. This fact has been favorable 

 to station efficiency, ahhongh in this connection it may not be out 

 of place to point out the fact that the rapid growth of the college 

 has imposed much additional work upon the educational side 

 upon most heads of departments in the station. This fact has 

 necessarily reduced the time and energy available for station 

 work, and the further growth of the college will force upon those 

 responsible for station management a careful consideration of 

 the question whether there should not be connected with the 

 station a larger number of men who have had such training and 

 experience, and who possess such natural ability, that they are 

 competent, without immediate supervision, to originate and carry 

 on investigations of the highest order. 



The chemical research work of the station suffered a serious 

 break in the resignation of Dr. E. D. MacLaurin. The place 

 left vacant by his resignation has not been filled, but an addi- 

 tional assistant in chemistry is now employed, thus makiug it 

 possible to push chemical research investigations which are in 

 progress under ]\Ir. Holland more raj^idly than it has been pos- 

 sible to do heretofore. 



The connection of Mr. F. A. Johnson with the experiments 

 pertairiing to cranberry insects has ceased during the past year. 

 The station, however, has been fortunate in once more obtaining 

 the services of Henry J. Franklin, Ph.D., for entomological 

 work. Dr. Franklin will devote a large share of his time to cran- 

 berry insects, but will be placed in local charge of other experi- 

 mental work with cranberries in the cranberry district. He will 

 be available also for other entomological investigations as time 

 permits. 



Mr. P. V. Goldsmith has resigned during the past year to 

 accept a more lucrative position as a sugar chemist. The tvv'o 

 new assistants in chemistry are J. F. Merrill, B.Sc, and Carl 

 D. Kennedy, B.Sc. 



