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they suffer. The first group of about 100 

 resignations has been sent in to terminate on 

 January 31, 1914, these being resignations of 

 headmasters and headmistresses only. For 

 various reasons the remainder of the resigna- 

 tions are being delayed for consideration by 

 the executive of the National Union of 

 Teachers. 



At the University of Chicago, Elbert Clark 

 has been appointed instructor in anatomy, and 

 Cora C. Colburn, instructor in home economics. 



Mr. J. H. MuNCiE, assistant pathologist at 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Wooster, Ohio, has been appointed assistant in 

 plant pathology at the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, beginning with November lY. 



At the Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

 Assistant Professors D. L. Gallup and Frederic 

 Bonnet, Jr., have been advanced to full pro- 

 fessorships in gas engineering and chemistry, 

 respectively. Dr. T>. F. Calhane, instrvictor in 

 industrial and electro-chemistry, has been ap- 

 pointed assistant professor in his department. 

 P. W. Brouwers, '13, returns to the institute 

 as instructor in mathematics, and G. S. Simp- 

 son, who graduated from the University of 

 Maine last June, becomes assistant in chemis- 

 try, replacing E. B. Peck, who has taken up a 

 course of graduate work at the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology. 



The University of Minnesota added to its 

 scientific faculties, this year, the following 

 new members : Dr. E. P. Lyon as dean of the 

 College of Medicine ; as professors : Frederick 

 J. Alway in agriculture, Josephine T. Berry 

 in home economics, Arthur D. Hirschfelder in 

 medicine, C. M. Jackson in medicine, F. M. 

 Mann in architectural engineering, Adolph F. 

 Meyer in engineering, Eoscoe W. Thatcher in 

 agriculture, George T. Young in mining, and 

 T. B. Hutcheson in agriculture; as assistant 

 professors: Alva Hartley Benton in agricul- 

 ture, W. H. Brierly in agriculture, Robert 

 0. Dahlberg in agriculture, E. L. Donovan 

 in agriculture, Robert A. Hall in medicine. 

 Estelle L. Jensen in agriculture, Francis 

 Jager in agriculture, R. S. Mackintosh in agri- 

 culture, T. B. McCulloch in agriculture, Peter 



J. Olson in agriculture, C. C. Palmar in agri- 

 culture, C. J. Posey in geology, Richard Well- 

 ington in agriculture and George A. Works in 

 agriculture ; as instructors : George D. Allen 

 in animal biologyj W. 0. Beal in astronomy, 

 E. C. Davis in agriculture, R. Dietrichson in 

 chemistry, John T. E. Dinwoodie in agricul- 

 ture, Albert M. Gilbertson in anthropology, 

 Julian H. Gist in agriculture, Alex. R. Hall 

 in medicine, Arthur T. Henrici in medicine, 

 R. C. Jones in engineering, F. B. Kingsbury 

 in medicine, W. Kritchevsl^ in chemistry, 

 H. J. Leonard in dentistry, Mabel McDowell in 

 agriculture, W. L. Miser in mathematics, 

 Agnes Morton in agriculture, D. O. Ostergren 

 in dentistry, Rollin M. Pease in agriculture, 

 R. M. Peterson in agriculture, E. R. Pinney 

 in dentistry, A. C. Potter in medicine, 0. H. 

 Rogers in pharmacy, C. O. Rost in agricul- 

 ture, H. C. Samuels in dentistry, J. F. Shell- 

 man in dentistry, E. K. Strachan in chemis- 

 try, H. M. Sheffer in psychology, Frank 

 Smithey in medicine, Mabel Barbara Trilling 

 in agriculture, Grace T. Williams in agricul- 

 ture, Robert Wilson in agriculture and J. J. 

 Willaman in agriculture. 



During the past year the following appoint- 

 ments have been made for persons who have 

 graduated at the University of Illinois or who 

 have been there within two years as graduate 

 students in chemistry. 



J. E. Bell, instructor in chemistry, University of 

 Washington, Seattle, Wash. 



E. A. Dutoher, instructor in agricultural chemis- 

 try, Agriculture College, Corvallis, Oregon. 



J. E. Egan, assistant professor of chemistry, 

 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 



H. B. Gordon, assistant professor, Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College of Texas, College Sta- 

 tion, Texas. 



L. R. Littleton, professor of chemistry, Emory 

 and Henry College, Emory, Virginia. 



W. S. Long, assistant professor of chemistry, in 

 charge of the food laboratory, Lawrence, Kan- 

 sas. 



C. Ferdinand Nelson, assistant professor of physi- 

 ological chemistry, University of Kansas, Law- 

 rence, Kansas. 



L. F. Nickell, instructor in chemistry, Washington 

 University, St. Louis, Missouri. 



