Seventy Years Of The Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Page 321

Sweetser came to the end of a long and honorable service July 5, 1924, following prolonged illness. Quietly but thoroughly he had taught analytical chemistry for four full decades, waiting long for the promotions that his more aggressive colleagues achieved more rapidly. But "Bobby" was one of the best beloved of them all.

Prof. Francis W. Roys, '09, was selected, with full approval of his colleagues, to succeed Professor Bird as head of the Mechanical Engineering department in 1923. For a time there was no decision regarding the administration of the Shops, but later in the year Louis W. Rawson was promoted from superintendent to manager. To the Mechanical Engineering staff there were added in 1921, Carroll F. Merriam, '16, succeeding his classmate, Arthur K. Ingraham - he remained for three years - and Robert G. De La Mater, just graduated from Rensselaer. Kenneth G. Merriam, from M. 1. T., and Carl W. Larson from Northeastern, joined the department in 1923. The following year, Bernhard E. Fernow, Cornell, '04, came from an instructorship at Ithaca to be assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. Gleason H. MacCullough, instructor since 1918, was also promoted to assistant professor.

George H. Brown, graduate of Dartmouth and formerly professor at Cornell and Hobart, succeeded Lester B. Struthers as head of the Modern Language department in 1922. Merle C. Cowden, '20, had joined this department in 1921, giving part of his time to instruction in Chemistry. Earle R. Closson, Clark, '20, was added to the staff in 1923.

In the Electrical Engineering department there were added two instructors, Harold A. Maxfield, '16, and Hobart H. Newell, '18, in 1921. Willard E. Lawton, '20, became instructor in Physics in 1922. Dr. Carleton D. Haigis, a member of that department since 1915, resigned in 1923. Dr. John B. Zinn resigned as professor of Chemistry in 1924 to return to Gettysburg as head of the Chemistry department. His successor was Leon E. Jenks, Hamilton, '05, who had

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