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making this year's total enrollment 851, shows 

 the largest increase of any division of the uni- 

 versity. The College of Letters and Science 

 has an enrollment of 2,528, as compared with 

 2,504 last year. The course in pharmacy in 

 this college has increased from 38 to 44, and 

 the Medical School from 57 to 66. The course 

 for normal school graduates has a registration 

 of 66 as compared with 58 last year. The 

 course in commerce has 335 students, a loss of 

 5, while the course in chemistry has 77 stu- 

 dents, a loss of 11. The Law School with 167 

 students has 9 more students than last year. 

 The Library School has 36 students, two more 

 than last year, and the largest number that 

 can be accommodated with the present facili- 

 ties. The School of Music has a total of 418 

 students. The College of Engineering has 678 

 students, a loss of 50. This loss is largely in 

 the present freshman class, which has 49 stu- 

 dents less than that of last year. The Grad- 

 uate School this year numbers 394, a gain of 

 17. The faculty of the university consists of 

 624 members, of whom 95 are full professors, 

 45 associate professors. 111 assistant pro- 

 fessors, 21 special lecturers, 201 instructors 

 and 152 assistants. 



John L. Ulbich, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins 

 University '13), has been appointed instructor 

 in physiological psychology in the Catholic 

 University of America. 



Dr. W. J. V. OsTERHOUT has been promoted 

 to be professor of botany at Harvard Univer- 

 sity; Dr. P. W. Bridgman has been promoted 

 to be assistant professor of physics. 



Dr. B. M. Allen, assistant professor of 

 anatomy in the University of Wisconsin, has 

 been chosen by the board of administration 

 of the University of Kansas to be head of the 

 department of zoology, succeeding Professor 

 0. E. McClung, who a year ago became head 

 of the department of zoology in the University 

 of Pennsylvania. Promotions have been made 

 as follows: F. H. Billings, from associate pro- 

 fessor to professor of bacteriology; N. P. 

 Sherwood, from instructor to assistant pro- 

 fessor of bacteriology; W. H. Twenhofel, from 

 assistant professor to associate professor of 



geology; T. T. Smith, from instructor to as- 

 sistant professor of physics; R. K. Yodng, 

 from instructor to assistant professor of phys- 

 ics and astronomy; W. J. Baumgartner, from 

 assistant professor to associate professor of 

 zoology; F. C. Dockeray, from instructor to 

 assistant professor of psychology; H. W. 

 Josselyn, from assistant professor to associate 

 professor of education; H. A. Eice, from asso- 

 ciate professor to professor of civil engineer- 

 ing; F. H. Sibley, from assistant professor to 

 associate professor of mechanical engineering. 



The corporation of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology, at its meeting on June 6, 

 confirmed the following promotions and ap- 

 pointments in the instructing staff of the in- 

 stitute : Dr. J. Arnold Rockwell appointed 

 medical adviser in place of Dr. F. W. White. 

 Associate Professor F. A. Laws, promoted to 

 professor of electrical engineering. The fol- 

 lowing assistant professors are promoted to the 

 grade of associate professor : Earle B. Phelps, 

 research in chemical biology; S. P. MuUiken, 

 organic chemical research; M. S. Sherrill, 

 theoretical chemistry; G. E. Russell, civil engi- 

 neering; Ervin Kenison, drawing and descrip- 

 tive geometry; N. R. George and L. M. Pas- 

 sano, mathematics; M. deK. Thompson, elec- 

 trochemistry; L. E. Moore, civil engineering. 

 Two instructors were promoted to the grade of 

 assistant professor : Edward Mueller, inorganic 

 chemistry; J. W. Howard, topographical engi- 

 neering. A number of assistants have been 

 promoted to the grade of instructor, namely, 

 N. S. Marston, electrical engineering; Duncan 

 MacRae, inorganic chemistry, replacing C. R. 

 Cressy; Dean Peabody, mechanical engineer- 

 ing; W. H. Wengert, mechanical engineering; 

 W. J. Murray, analytical chemistry, replacing 

 Mr. Fallon, and C. K. Reiman, inorganic 

 chemistry. Assistant J. M. Livingston has 

 been made research associate in applied chem- 

 istry. The following are new appointments to 

 assistantships : Edward A. Ingham, biology; 

 Robert D. Bonney, Warren E. Glancy, Leon 

 W. Parsons and Charles S. Venable (half 

 time), analytical chemistry, replacing E. T. 

 Marceau, P. M. Tyler, C. K. Reiman (pro- 



