1913. Awarded second prize for oratory, February, 1911. Member: Garfield Literary Society, 1908-9: Goethenian Oratorical Association, 1910-11. National President, Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs, 1913. Awarded State Fellowship in Education, Iowa, 1913-14. Returned to China, December, 1915. Head of the Normal Department. Willian Nast College, Kiukiang, 1915-16. Dean, Fu The College, Hankow, 1916 to date.
易鼎新 字修吟。年三十一岁。生于湖南醴陵。兄著魁。业农。本籍通信处。湖南醴陵东门永嘉宾馆。已婚。子一。初学于长沙府中学。长沙游学预备科。奉天方言学堂。北京财政学堂。任江西萍乡县栗江学堂教员。宣统二年。以官费游美。入理海大学。习电气工程。民国三年。得电气工程师学位。入佑凝学校。民国四年。得硕士学位。被选入某某两名誉学会。为理海大学中国学生会会长。为理海大学电气学会。及留美学生会会员。常撰文载留美学生月报。及中华实业界。为留美学生季报编辑。充普通电气公司试验员。民国四年囘国。任湖南工业专门学校教员。民国五年。任汉口西门子公司工程师。又任湖南高等师范学校教员。现时通信处。湖南长沙岳麓高等师范学校。
Yeh, Ting Shien.-Born in Lee Ling, Hunan, 1886. Married, 1906. Studied at Changsha Middle School, Changsha, 1904-5; at Chinese Educational Mission School, Changsha, 1906; at College of Languages, Mukden, 1908-9; at College of Finance, Peking, 1909-10. Instructor, Li Kiang School, Pinghsiang, 1907. Arrived in America, September, 1910. Government support. Studied Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University, 1910-14: at Union College, 1914-15. E.E., 1914: M.S., 1915. Elected to Tau Beta Pi, October, 1913; to Sigma Xi, April, 1915. President, Lehigh Chinese Students' Club, 1913-14. Member: Electrical Society of Lehigh University, 1912-14: Chinese Students' Alliance, 1910-15. Frequent contributor of articles to Chinese Students' Monthly, Chung Hua Industrial World, etc. Assistant Editor, Chinese Students' Quarterly, 1913-14. Testman, General Electrical Company, 1914-15. Returned to China, August, 1915. Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Hunan Polytechnic Institute, 1915-16. Engineer, Siemens China Co., Hankow, 1916. Head of Physics and Mathematis Department, Government Teachers' College, Hunan, 1916 to date.
