Mrs.  Mary  Pierce  Van  Zile  who  had  been
Dean  of  Wonmi  and  Dean  of  the  Division
of  Home  Economics  resigned  the  latter
position,  July,  1918,  in  order  to  devote  her
entire  time  to  college  social  problems  as
dean  of  women.    At  the  opening  of  the


college  year  in  September,  1918,  Dr.  Helen
B.  ThonqMon  who  had  been  professor  of
nutrition  and  dietetics  in  Connecticut  Col-
lege for  Women  became  dean  of  the  division.
Olive  A.  Sheets  and  Loula  E.  Kennedy
left  the  department  of  Domestic  Science  to
go  into  war  work  in  the  simmier  of  1918.
Margaret  H  Haggart  resigned  as  Professor
of  Domestic  Science  July  1,  1919.
The  department  of  Domestic  Science  has
been  divided  to  form  a  Department  of  Food
Economics  and  Nutrition  and  one  of  House-
hold Economics.  In  these  new  departments
the  following  appointments  have  been  made
for  this  year.
Food  Economics  and  Nutrition:  Professor,
Dr.  L.  Jean  Bogert  from  Yale  University
Medical  Staff,  Department  of  Experimental
Medicine;  Associate  Professors,  Elizabeth
Rothermel,  A.M.,  Columbia  University,
1913-16  Instructor,  University  of  Washing-
'  ton,  1917-18  Dietitian  Peter  Bent  Brigham
Hospital  and  University  of  California
Ho^ital;  Martha  S.  Pittman,  A.M.,  Co-
lumbia, recently  in  extension  service  Penn-
sylvania State  College.
Household  Economics:  Professor,  Hilde-
garde  Kneeland,  A.B.  Vassar,  1914-17
Instructor,  University  of  Missouri,  1917-18
graduate  student  Columbia  University,.
1918-19  Gilder  Fellow  in  sociology;  Asso-
ciate Professor,  Ellen  A.  Reynolds,  A.M.,
University  of  Chicago,  previously  Assistant
Professor,  University  of  Kentucky,  and  in
war  emergency  work  in  cooperation  with
Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute.
