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L. E. SMITH, ,II, MEDICAL MISSIONARY TO AFRICA. ;
il L. E. Smith, a graduate of the University in IQII, and johns Hopkins — I
University in 1915, with an M.D. degree, has gone to Kaheroon, \’\'est Africa, ‘
‘}` where he will be a medical missionary. Before leaving New York Mr. Smith ¤
*i made an extended visit to Lexington and arranged for The Alumnus to visit him Z
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E. F. WHITE, ’15_, MEETS WITH SUCCESS.  
I News has been received of the success of E. Field \\lhite, a former student  
iq in the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Mr. \\ihite left here f
gt several years ago and has been in automobile equipment work, meeting with  
excellent success, He planned an enameling process now in use on one make of l
automobile, having his suggestions accepted over a large number of applicants. [
Since that tinrqglje has been connected with another concern. His latest work  
has been in designing a new equipment plant for his present employers. All 2
J, the equipment is made and fitted in one big connected process which saves i
U, much time, labor and expense. .
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li P. R. CASSIDY, ’I1, LEAVES UNIVERSITY.
N Perry Cassidy, Professor of Thermodynamics in the College of Mechanical l
and Electrical Engineering for the past two years, has resigned his position to
accept a position as engineer with the Babcock and \\'ilcox Company, of Baber-
QC ton, Ohio. He is succeeded by Azra Lyttle \}"ilhoite,·a member of the ’oS grad- ~
hc uating class of the College of Mechanical Engineerrng. Since graduation Mr.
\\’ilhoite has been associated with the college.
H Mr. Cassidy graduated from the University in IQII. At the close of the
‘ college term last june he went to New York, but after being there a short time
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M, he went to Barberton, where he will probably be. located for srme tune. He is
IL now at work on the construction of a large addition to the plant. '
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ty. I THOMAS HUNT MORGAN, ’86.   ·
Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, ’86, who was the recipient of an honorary degree  
at the jubilee celebration, has just published some of l11s recent investigations  
in a book entitled "The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity."  
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_,,, HERO OF SANTIAGO BATTLE DIES IN EAST.  
1 H Major \’\~iilliam C. McFarland, one of the heroes of the charge on San juan  
jo Hill in the Spanish—American war, and at one time commandant at the Univer-  
O; Sity Of Kentucky, died early in September in New York, and was buried with f
military honors at \\'est Point. For many years he had suffered from injuries  
he received during the war, and these injuries caused his death. His wife, who ,
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