. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. vote his time to assisting Prof. MacCord in the two upper classes. Mr. Thomson resigned his position as Instructor in Applied Electricity in1900. and Wm. J. Moore ( 00) was appointed to fill the vacancy. In thefall of 1900 the Faculty membership was further increased: R. M. McKenzie,, was appointed to assist Prof. Leeds in his lectvu-es and class-room work,and Prof. Stillman in the laboratory wo
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. vote his time to assisting Prof. MacCord in the two upper classes. Mr. Thomson resigned his position as Instructor in Applied Electricity in1900. and Wm. J. Moore ( 00) was appointed to fill the vacancy. In thefall of 1900 the Faculty membership was further increased: R. M. McKenzie,, was appointed to assist Prof. Leeds in his lectvu-es and class-room work,and Prof. Stillman in the laboratory work; and Charles O. Gunther ( 00)was appointed Instructor in Mathematics to assist Prof. Bristol. GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTE 33 After the death of Dr. Leeds, which occurred in 1902, the departmentsof Chemistry and of Analytical Chemistry were combined and placed in charge ofProf. Stillraan. Dr. McKenzie w^as advanced from Instructor to Assistant Pro-fessor of Chemistry. In 1902 Prof. MacCords title was changed from Professor of MechanicalDrawing to Professor of Mechanical Drawing and Designing, and Prof. Fur-mans title, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor in these One of the Enlarged Drawing Upon the death of President Morton in 1902, Alexander C. Humphreys,( 81) was, at the request of the Faculty and Alumni of Stevens Institute,unanimously elected President of Stevens Institute of Technology by the Boardof Trustees. President Humphreys entered upon his duties in September, 1902. The lectures in Physics, which had been given by President Morton up tothe time of his death, fell naturally to Dr. Geyer, who in addition to this wascalled upon to organize a laboratory course in Physics for the Sophomore order to give the necessary attention to this work. Dr. Geyer was, at his own 34 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY request, relieved of the work in Applied Electricity, and was made Professor ofPhysics. Prof. Ganz was given charge of the w
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