President Lowell and President John Grier Hibben of Princeton were among the most prominent guests of honor at the inauguration of Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, eminent physicist and educator, as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Eastman Court on the Charles River Campus yesterday afternoon. President Lowell spoke briefly at the exercises, stressing the pioneer work done by M. I. T. in the field of technical education, and the public service it has rendered. President Hibben brought a welcome from Princeton, where Dr. Compton had served on the faculty prior to his elevation to his present post.
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THE SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY
