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j       ' An anticle on "The Territorial Basis of Educa- . `
—   i — ·   tion" was written by Doctor Wiest in 1923 for I
i L Q i   “SCh00l and Society" and an article in the Ency-
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F   A I     He is a member of the American Economics i S,
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    L ..   American Association of University Professors, 3.
  . .   _   American Economic League, Beta Gamma Sig- f,
i g   ‘   _, Z ` é     ma, honorary Commerce fraternity; Delta Sigma _ ?  g
i   I i_ ,   »’_e-    T' Pi, professional Commerce fraternity, and Phi O.
‘ ·   i I ,     -·_,·_¤ g ,.b__ J _V»`. _     Sigma Kappa, social fraternity at the University 3
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y i. ‘ _ "   ,»,_     Mrs. Wiest was Miss Sidney Crews, of Louis-   tj
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i i Dr. Edward Wiest years Old' , _  ; g
g Dr. Edward Wiest, Dean of the College of Com- FORMER U. K. DEAN DIES AT ITHACA - Q
i   merce at the University of Kentucky since 1925 _.Y j;
  — and a member of the faculty since 1918, was born Mrs. Virginia Francke York, 29 years old, dean   S
·   I in Fairmount, Fla., but received his early educa- of women at the University of Kentucky during  J Y
X ‘ tion in Pennsylvania before undertaking his un- the year 1925-1926, died at the Ithaca, N. Y.,  C d
  t , L dergraduate work at George Washington Uni- Memorial hospital, according to word received  , 3
I A versity from which he received his A. B. degree here. Mrs. York was the wife of Dr. Webb York,  t €
, r i in 1912. of the Cornell University medical staff.   6
L   During his undergraduate days Doctor Wiest Mrs. York came to the University of Kentucky   f
Y gained quite a bit ‘of business experience with as acting dean of women during the leave of ab- Y  i
j private firms and in the government service, and sence of Miss Sarah Blanding, who was doing .i. 
I y after completing his course at George Washing- graduate work at Columbia University. Mrs. York  _ l
  _ 9 ton he entered Columbia University from which was a graduate of Vassar College in the class of it  {
    _ ; he received his Master’s degree in 1913 and Sub- 1922. Following the completion of her work there, 1;  ‘
fi * j —* sequently his Ph. D. degree in 1916. she went to Cornell University where she was sec- -_ l
ij 1 Y · In 1915 Doctor Wiest Was appointed to the fac- retary of the Young Women’s Christian Associa- ‘
t   _ ii Lllty of the University of Ve1`1n0nt HS inSt1‘¤ci301` tion. She was also a Fellow in the National Coun- Y  
‘ . in Economics, which position he held until his cil of Religion in Higher Education, and was ac- h l
. Y I   t appointment as professor of Economics and Dean tive in the civic organizations of Ithaca.  . ‘
i . i of the department of Economics and Sociology at   i l
_ i 3   L the University of Kentucky in 1918. DR. JAMES WEST DIES '
I g With the organization of a graduate school at -—;-   I
H . i t the University of Kentucky in 1924, Doctor Wiest Dr. James Nephew West, formerly of Lexing- V
. l was appointed acting dean for one year, and in ton, died at his home in East Fifty-second street, i
    the spring of 1925 with the evolution of the Col- New York, recently. He was 63 years of age. I
; i lege of Commerce from the department of Econ- Dr. West’s father was Major James Nephew “ 
i ~ omics and Sociology, he was named Dean of the West, who was on the staff of General Kirby .
  i College of Commerce, which position he has held Smith in the Confederate army. Dr. West was ‘
2 ever since. born in Lexington and attended the State Col- V
i , C Doctor Wiest has written numerous articles on lege of Kentucky (now University of Kentucky). -
l     Economic questions and among them is a book later completing his education at Bellevue hos-  A
i ‘ . entitled "Agricultural Organization of the United pital medical college, in New York City.
 i ` States/’ which was published by the University He is survived by his widow, a son and two D
 ; , of Kentucky as one of a series known as "Econo- daughters. Q