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Scandinavian Languages in Columbia College. His summers have usually been spent in Copenhagen, where ho has made a special study of the languages. He is a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, T h e Nation, Modern L a n g u a g e Notes, American Journal of Philology, T h e Outlook, T h e Independent, Goldthwaite's Geographic a] Magazine, and T h e Dial. In '90 he published a "Bibliog-

I )a n Hois a member of the Modern Language Association, American Philological Association, Danish University Jubilee Society, Society for the Publication of Old Norse Literature, and an honorarv member

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Frank Morton McMurry, P h . D., Professor of

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in 1862. He moved to Illinois, and, in 7 9 , gradated from the high school of Normal. He attended the University of Michigan for two years, and in "86 went to Germany to study Pedagogy, spending one year at Halle Saale. and two years at

Jena, from which place he received his degree in 19, After returning from Germany he was principal of Carter High School, of Englewood, and later a teacher in the Training School at Normal. He spent another year abroad studying French, and in visiting French and Swiss schools.

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Lester Paige Hreckenridge, P h . B., Professor ••f Me< hanical Engineering, was born at Meriden, Conn., in 1858. He attended the schools of t h a t place and Westfield, Mass., g r a d u a t i n g from the latter in 7f>. His vacations were spent in the shop, usually under the direction of his father. In ~8 he entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, graduating in '81 from the Mechanical Engineering Course. From Jan. '82, till the summer of X4, he was instructor of Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, P a . He was engaged in general engineering work, consisting largely of power measurements, till Feb.*8f>, *vhen he returned to Lehigh University as Senior Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. In "01 he went to Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing.

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