Word: departmental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Eight or nine full professorships has been the average figure over the last 15 years," declared Frederick G. White, Secretary of the Department of English and Secretary of the Division of Modern Languages. "In the middle thirties the number swelled, reaching its high-point of 11 during the 1937-38...
In bumper years, however, a few of the Professors listed are invariably not full-time men and give possibly only one course in the field of English. The present eight full Professors, however, give all of their time to the department.
Chester N. Greenough, Professor of English, died in the spring of 1938, and Kirsopp Lake, Professor of History, resigned in 1937. Professor Lake is an example of a man giving only part time to the English department. George L. Kittredge '82, Gurney Professor of English Literature, emeritus, resigned in 1935...
It is all but impossible to find immediate replacements for men like Professor Kittredge, and it is difficult to single out certain men as replacing others directly. Nevertheless, John N. Bush, Professor of English, who was promoted in 1937, certainly relaces Professor Lowes in a scholarly sense. George W. Sherburn...
Whether the aim of the Grant Study can be realized remains to be seen. The verdict of the distinguished gathering last week indicates that the hopes of the Hygiene Department may be fulfilled. In any event, the Study marks an important change in the approach to American university education.