Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Seventy Years

had a variety of teaching assignments, for reasons that his new colleagues found understandable. Also in 1924, Wayland M. Burgess was succeeded as instructor in Chemistry by Dr. Maurice E. Smith, graduate of New Brunswick and Toronto.

There were several changes in the Civil Engineering department in 1924. Prof. Howard C. Ives was granted a year's leave of absence, which was followed by his resignation. Prof. Herbert F. Taylor relinquished all but two subjects, in order to give most of his time to activities of the Alumni Association. To succeed Professor Ives there was appointed Jerome W. Howe, '09, who a short time previously had retired as Major of Cavalry, U. S. Army, after a long period of service. Carl F. Meyer, '22, returned from engineering work in California to be instructor in the department.

Harris Rice was promoted to professor and Harold J. Gay to assistant professor of Mathematics in 1924. Charles S. Porter resigned as instructor in this department to return to Amherst, later to be appointed dean of the college. He was succeeded by Edward C. Brown, Harvard, '18. Roderick C. Hall succeeded Willard B. Anthony as Y. M. C. A. secretary in 1923. Two years later Paul R. Swan, former student at the Institute and a graduate of Clark, succeeded Mr. Hall.

In order to secure material for a book on the United States Senate which he was writing, Dr. George H. Haynes took leave of absence in 1923-24. He and Mrs. Haynes moved to Washington, where he spent much of his time in the Congressional Library. During his absence, Dr. Hollis took charge of the course in Government, securing Mr. Frank F. Dresser, prominent Worcester attorney, to give lectures. The honorarium paid to Mr. Dresser was returned to the treasurer. When he died shortly over a year later, Mr. Clifford S. Anderson and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts added contributions to this amount to establish the Frank Farnum Dresser library fund for Economics. During this year, Nathan A. Pattillo, Jr. served as instructor in Economics and

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