DEAN SHALER'S SUCCESSOR

The Board of Overseers, at their meeting yesterday morning, consented to the action of the President and Fellows in electing, as dean of the Lawrence Scientific School, and in that capacity as the chief administrator of the reorganized departments of Applied Science in the University, Wallaco Clement Sabine '88, A.M. Professor of Physics in the University.

In view of the important steps recently taken by the University looking toward the ultimate establishment of instruction in Applied Science upon the level already set by the professional schools of law and medicine, this appointment must rank as one of great importance.

Professor Sabine is a scientific investigator of established reputation, an authority on the subject of architectural acoustics and a man of tried administrative ability as chairman of the Department of Physics.

He was born at Richmond, O., in 1868, and obtained his college education at the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he received the degree of A.B. in 1886. Entering the Graduate School here he received the degree of A.M. in 1888. In 1889 he was made assistant in physics, was promoted the following year to an instructorship, became a member of the Faculty in 1892, Assistant Professor of Physics in 1895, and Professor in 1905. Though most of his time has been given to teaching and research, he has frequently been consulted by architects and others dealing with the practical problems of acoustics and in the construction of large halls.