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Show NUTTAL, DEAN OF EDUCATION; EYRING, ARTS AND SCIENCES; LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED Prof. L. John Nuttall has been made dean of t'ne College of Education and Dr. Carl F. Eyring dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Brigham Young university. The appointments "were made at a meeting of the executive committee com-mittee of the university Saturday. Professor Nuttall is a graduate of Columbia university, and has filled the positions of superintendent of the Iror county schools and of Nebo district. Recently he has beei acting as director of the training school of the university He was president of the Utah Education association last year Prof. John C. Swenson, who has been acting dean foi three years, will continue as head of the department oJ sociology and economics. Dr. Eyring has been acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since the death of Dr. M. P. Henderson, He is also head of the department of physics. Four tenchers were granted sabbatical sab-batical leaves of absence, Professors J. M. Jensen, Alice L. Reynolds, T. Earl Pardoe and Vilnte Elliott They will spend next year in study in institutions of higher learning in this country and in Europe. Miss Reynolds and Miss Elliott expect to go to Europe where Miss Reynolds will pursue courses in English literature liter-ature and Miss Elliott courses in textiles nnd other branches of domestic art. Professor Jensen will study at Stanford and Professor Pardoe at Cornell. Instructors A. Ray Olpin and Carl Christensen have been granted leaves of absence ab-sence and will pursue their courses in physics and chemistry, respectively, respec-tively, in eastern universities. To fill the places made vacant by these leaves a number of members mem-bers of the faculty who are now on leave will return and several teachers teach-ers will be added to the staff. Prof. Fred Buss, who received his A. M. at Stnnford last month and who is now going on towards a doctor's degree de-gree at Stanford; Dr. C. E. Maw, who will receive his doctor's degree in chemistry this summer; Prof. B. F. Cummings, who will receive his doctor's degree in modern languages lan-guages from Stanford, and Prof. B. F. Larsen, who has been studying art in European conters for a year; and Miss llermese Peterson, who has been studying at the University of Chicago, will all return to the Brigham Young university in time to take up their labors as regular instructors nt the beginning of school in September. The following additions to the faculty were made : Miss Beruice Dnvies, a former student of the Brigham Young university who has been studying for some time at the University of Chicago, has been engaged en-gaged to teach domestic art; Prof. Ralph Booth, a former instructor in violin of Snow college will tench violin ; Miss Maud Dixon, a last year's graduate from the Brigham Young university, has been engaged to teach high school English ; Lavel . Morris was appointed instructor of horticulture; and A. Rex Johnson John-son in office practice. The training school faculty has been augmented by the employment of Miss Hazel Brockbank, Hazel Clyde, a student of Columbia university, uni-versity, and LaPreal Bullock. President Franklin S. Harris reported re-ported a number of gifts that have been made to the institution since the last meeting of the board. The budget adopted for next year provides for growth in the institution institu-tion and for better work in all departments. de-partments. According to President Harris a spirit of optimism prevailed. pre-vailed. All members of the committee commit-tee look forward to next year with faith that it will be the greatest year in the history of the institution. institu-tion. "With a half century of glorious traditions and history behind it, and with the spirit of optimism now prevailing to urge the institution on to greater efforts and to loftier ideals of service, there is nothing seemingly to interfere with its continued con-tinued progress." President Harris announced after the meeting, "I am very well pleased with the outlook for next year and am of the opinion opin-ion that it, the semi-centennial of the institution's founding, will find the Brigham Young university doing work that will be of the highest high-est type, ranking with the best work of the best nnd largest institutions of America." . |