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to assistant professor, and Frederic R. Butler, '20, with a Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1925, returned from Massachusetts State College, also as an assistant professor. In 1928, Thomas K. Sherwood accepted a full time position as assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, but resigned two years later to return to M. I. T., although he served as lecturer at Worcester for one additional year. Harry B. Feldman, '26, became instructor in the department in 1928, after two years as graduate assistant.

In Electrical Engineering, Harold A. Maxfield was promoted to assistant professor in 1927, coincidently with his appointment as superintendent of the dormitory. Hobart H. Newell received a similar promotion the following year. Ernest W. Starr, Cornell, '25, was instructor in the department from 1927 to 1930, when he was succeeded by Leslie L. Robinson, Ohio State, '25. Carl F. Meyer, '22, instructor in Civil Engineering for five years was promoted to assistant professor in 1929. Stanley H. Fillion, '30, became instructor in that department soon after graduation.

Edwin Higginbottom, Clark, '26, and J. Edward Fitzgerald, Clark, '27, joined the department of Modern Languages in 1927. The following year, Merle C. Cowden, instructor since 1921, accepted a more attractive position at Dartmouth. Claude K. Scheifley, Pennsylvania, '28, became instructor in German. Paul R. Swan, secretary of the student Y. M. C. A. since 1925, joined the department of English in 1928. George H. Brown, professor and head of the Modern Language department since 1922, died March 6, 1931, following a long illness. His successor in 1930' was Leland L. Atwood, Clark, '16, Ph.D., Cornell, '27, formerly professor at Clark University.

Dr. George H. Haynes continued his studies in preparation for his book on the United States Senate. In 1929, he was honored by being appointed James Schouler lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and in 1931, he published an excellent "Life of Charles Grenfill Washburn." Beginning in 1927, he

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