Many Faculty Changes
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New faces in almost every department are being noted this
fall. The end of the war has brought resignations, and subse
quently appointments as well as the releasing of faculty mem
bers who were on leave of absence. Many of these changes were
made this summer; others have only recently been announced.
fetm other appointments are await
ing official approval.
Leading the other departments!
in the number of new appointees,
the University of Oregon depart
ment of English now has as its
head Dr. Philip Webster Souers.
Dr. Souers, who came here after
seven years at Sophi Newcomb
College, Tulane university; received
his bachelor’s degree and a mas
ter’s degree from the University of
Iowa. He received another mas
er’s and a Ph.D. from Harvard',
following which he taught at Iowa
and then at Harvard.
Three new instructors in Eng
lish have reecived appointments,
Dr. Sterling Kincaid, F. D. Moore,
and Vaughn Shaffer Albertson. Dr.
Kincaid received his B.A., M.A.,
and Ph.D. from the University of
Southern California, having just
come from Whitman college where
he was an instructor in the navy
training program. Moore is a Uni
versity of Oregon graduate and
took his master’s here. He was a
graduate assistant for two years
before going to Oregon State
College, where he served as . on
instructor for three years. Albert
son, who comes here from the
army air forces, received his B.A.
from Rice institute in Texas, lie
took his M.A. at Columbia univer
sity and has taught in both
Arkansas and Texas.
Among members of the faculty
now on leave of absence is Hoyt
Trowbridge, associate professor of
English, who has accepted' a visit
ing progressorshipi at the Univer
( sity of Iowa. He received another
master’s and a Ph.D. from Har
vard, following which he taught
at Iowa and then at Harvard.
On Music Staff
Two new members have been
added to the staff of the school of
music, George Boughton and Ralph
Briggs, assistant professors of
violin and piano, respectively.
Boughton, who studied in New
York and Prague, received his
bachelor of fine arts degree and
his master’s in music at the Uni
versity of South Dakota. He has
concertized in Austria and Sweden,
and taught in Kansas and South
Dakota.
Briggs received his bachelor of
music and master of music de
grees at the Cincinnati Conserva
tory of Music and also attended
L’Ecole Normale de Musique de
Paris. He has taught at Murray
State college, Kentucky, South
western College, Kansas, and
Wesleyan university, Ohio.
Heads Political Science
Another appointment announced
this week is that of Eldon Lee
Johnson, professor of political
science and public administration,
who will be the new head of the
political science department. Pro
fessor Johnson comes here from a
position with the graduate school
of the U. S. department of agricul
ture. He received his B.A. degree
from Indiana State Teachers’ col
lege, his master of philosophy and
Ph.D. from the University of Wis
consin.
R. D. Millican, new assistant
professor of advertising, is edit
ing a textbook called “Business in
Action,” designed for a general
freshman course in advertising and
business. Millican taught three
years in California high schools,
one year at New Mexico and
has had three years of news
paper work and six years of work
at a lithograph plant writing ad
vertising copy for trade -publica
tions.
Vets Counselor
Herbert Crawford McMurtry
has been appointed as an acting
assistant professor of psychology
and will also serve as a counseloi
at the University testing bureau
of the veterans’ administration
McMurtry graduated from Yank
ton college, South Dakota, re
ceived his M.A. at the University
of Chicago and his Ph.D. at the
University of Oregon. He hat
taught at Yankton, Willamette
university, and Reed college.
Also announced was the appoint
ment of Karl J. Belser, planning
consultant, to the bureau of muni
cipal research. Belser, who comes
here from working in the city
planning department in Los Ange
les, received his master’s degree
from Harvard after graduating
from the University of Michigan.
He has taught at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and at the
University of Michigan.
"^Mrs7 Marjorie Reynolds, super
visor of reserves in the library
and librarian at the Oriental art
museum, has resigned and her
position will be taken by Miss
Margaret Markley, who formerly
was associated with the University
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of Georgia. She received degrees
from Southwest Missouri State
Teachers college and the Univer
sity of Illinois.
Other resignations are those of
Dr. Lawrence S. Bee, assistant
professor of sociology, to accept a
position at Reed college, and of
Lawrence K. Shumaker, assistant
professor of education and director
oi the lower-division advisory
group, who is now with the veter
ans’ administration in Portland.
Assistant Dean
Also new on the faculty is Mrs. '
Grace Irvin Gland, acting assist
ant dean of women. Mrs. Gland is
a University of Oregon graduate
and has taken advanced study in
psychology. Formerly a teacher
and dean of girls at Pendleton high
school, she taught a year in Cali
fornia and last year at Redmond,
where she was also dean of girls.
Valliere Gwen Decker, instruct
or in home economics, has been
appointed to replace Mrs. Mary S.
Huser, who has resigned. She
graduated from the University of
Iowa and took her master's degree
at the University of Washington.
Also announced was the- appoint
ment of Mrs. Edith Roeder Jacobs
as instructor in physical educa
tion.
New Biology Head
New head of the biology depart
ment this year will be Dr. Paul L.
Risley, replacing Dr. H. B. Yocom,
who is on a year’s leave of
absence because of his health.
Dr. Risley, who has been on the
faculty of the State University of
Iowa since 1931, received his
master’s and doctoral degrees from
1 the University of Michigan. He is
a member of Sigma Xi, national
science honorary, and has done
outstanding work in biological re
search. He is the author of num
erous scientific articles published
in educational journals.
New Speech Professor
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Kirt E. Montgomery as
assistant professor of speech and
dramatic arts was made this week
by W. A. Dahlberg, director of the
University speech division.
Montgomery was an instructor
in speech at Oregon from 1941 to
1943, leaving to accept a position
as head of the speech department
at Beloit college, Beloit, Wis. He
received both his baccalaureate
and master’s degrees from North
western univdrsity in Evanston,
111.
Return from Leaves
Returing to the campus this fall
from leave of absence is Dr. Albert
E. Caswell, professor of physics
and head of the department. Dr.
Caswell left in fall, 1942 for re
search work at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Two faculty members who are
back from leave of absence for
service with the navy department
are Dr. Paul B. Means, professor
of religion and head of the de
partment, and Dr. Kenneth S.
Grent, assistant professor of math
ematics, the latter having been
gone since 1942.
Worked on Bomb
Coming to Oregon from the Uni
versity of Rochester!, Rochester,
N.Y., where he has been doing re
search work in connection with
the atomic bomb in the school of
medicine, is Dr. Daniel L. Adler,
assistant professor of psychology.
Since 1941 Dr. Adler was at work
in the Rochester department of
bio-chemistry, teaching and doing
research.
In Sociology Department
Recently appointed as instructor
in sociology by the state board of
higher education is Robert Cobb
Myers. He received his bachelor of
science degree from Boston uni
versity, Boston, Mass., and his
master’s degree from Stanford.
From 1940 to 1941 he was a
teaching assistant at Stanford
and during the winter of 1945
served as an acting instructor
there.
Professor of Law
Vernon Abram Vrooman has
been appointed visiting professor
of law for the coming academic
year at the University. Subject to
approval by the state board of
higher education. This announce
ment was made by Orlando John
Hollis, dean of the sohool of law.
On leave from Drake university,
Des Moines. Iowa, where he has
been professor of law since 1926,
Mr. Vrooman has also taught law
at St. Louis, Missouri, university.
Mr. Vrooman served as lieuten
ant-colonel with the infantry for
two and a half years in World
War II. He was captain in the in
fantry in World War I, served
overseas, and was awarded the
distinguished service cross with
citations.
Returning to the campus this
fall is Dr. Lloyd W. Staples, assist
ant professor of geology. Dr.
Staples has been on leave of ab
sence for the past three years as
geologist for the Horseheaven
Quicksilver Mining company.
The geologist will teach classes
this fall in petrography and min
eralclogy, according to Dr. Warren
D. Smith, head of the department.
Newly-appointed acting libra
rian at the University law school
for the coming academic year is
Miss Reta Ridings, Eugene, ac
cording to an announcement by
Orlando John Hollis, dean of the
law school.
Miss Ridings is on leave from
her position as reference and
school of law librarian at the Uni
versity of Wyoming. She takes
over the duties of Mrs. Lois Baker
who has been granted a year’s
leave of absence.
lusiiui'iur liuw
Leonard L. Jermain has been
appointed instructor of journalism
in the University George Turnbull,
acting dean of the school of jour
nalism said last week. He will
teach courses in journalism, copy
editing, and reporting.
The new instructor was employ
ed by the Oregonian and Oregon
Journal newspapers in Portland
prior to three years service in the
army. He served two years in the
South Pacific and was put on in
active status in December, 1944.
Mr. Jermain reecived his bache
lor of science degree from Oregon
in 1940. During the past year he
has worked as a graduate assist
ant in the journalism school and
this summer finished work on his
master’s degree. Editor of -the
Oregon Daily Emerald, student
newspaper, during his senior year,
he was a member of Sigma Delta
Chi, men’s national journalism
honorary.
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room this month is a collection
of foreign dolls made of unusual
materials and belonging to Miss
Mabel Wood, head of the home
economics department. Also on
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cases of rare manuscripts, Bibles,
and first editions, chosen from the
Burgess collection of rare books
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