FRENCH OFFICERS MADE MEMBERS OF FACULTY

At the meeting of the Overseers on Monday, George Lyman Kittredge '82 was elected to the newly established chair of Gurney Professor of English Literature. At the same meeting the two officers stationed here to assist Captain Cordier, and the six French officers were appointed members of the Faculty. They are: Captain William Storrs Bowen, Captain James A. Shannon, Major P. J. L. Azan, Major J. de Reviers de Mauny, Captain A. Dupont, Captain de Jarny, Lieutenant A. Morize, Second Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux.

On the same day the Corporation accepted five resignations, made 11 appointments, chose the Undergraduate Athletic Committee for 1917-18, granted leave of absence to two professors and awarded five prizes. Following is the business which was transacted at this meet-meeting.

Resignations: William Sharp McCann, as Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellow in charge of the Laboratory of Surgical Research; Augustus Thorndike '84, Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery; Ernest Carroll Moore, Professor of Education; Albert Parker Fitch '00, as Andover Professor of Practical Theology; Robert Mearns Yerkes, as Assistant Professor of Comparative Psychology.

Eleven Appointments Made.

Appointments: Bruce Robinson Silver 2G, as Assistant in Chemistry; Carl Henry Wilson 2G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Herbert Frederick Engelbrecht 3G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Melville Johnston Marshall, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Alexander Donald Macdonald 2G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Arthur Welch Phillips 1G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Orin Renwick Douthett 1G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Ralph Hunter Bailey 2G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in Chemistry; Joseph Vincent Fuller 2G, as Austin Teaching Fellow in History; Reginald Francis Arragon, as Instructor in History; Lee Irvin Smith 2G, as Instructor in Chemistry.

Athletic Committee Chosen.

Undergraduate Athletic Committee for 1917-18: George Almy Percy '18, John Merryman Franklin '18, Hampton Robb '18.

Leave of absence for the year 1917-18 was granted to Professor Robert W. Willson and Professor W. H. Schofield '93.

Awards: Coolidge Prize, J. H. Spitz '17; Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize, B. D. Allinson '18; Bowdoin Prize in Classics, W. C. Greene 3G; Bowdoin Prize, H. J. Leon '18, S. Hecht 3G, J. P. Moffat '19, H. V. Fox '18, M. Brandwene '17; Ricardo Prize Scholarship to Robert L. Wolf 1G.