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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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