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ANOTHER PROFESSOR
EMERITUS STRICKEN
.Lafayette,     Ind.,     May     1.—Dr.
Joseph    C.    Arthur,    92,    professor j
emeritus of botany at Purdue Uni- !
j versity,   died   yesterday,   the   third j
| prominent   Purdue   personality   to
; die in   the   past   two weeks.    Dr.
Arthur came to Purdue in 1887 and
held  his   botany  post   for   a   half
century before retiring in 1915,
Dr. Arthur, Ay tariff
On Plant Rust, Bemi
LAFAYETTE,    Ind.:    (IP)    Dr.
Joseph Charles Arthur, §2, professor emeritus of botany at Purdue university and widely
known authority on plant rust,
died today at a hotel in Brook,
Ind., where he had been living
the past year.
He was a member of the Purdue faculty from 1887 until his
retirement  in  1915.
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:Dr. JL C. Arthur, Former
Purdue Professor, Dies
I     -
i Lafayette, May 1 — Dr. Joseph
C. Arthur, 92, professor emeritus of
botany at Purdue University, died
yesterday, the third prominent Purdue personality to die in the past
two weeks. Dr. Arthur came to
Purdue In 1887 and held his botany post for a half century before
retiring in 1915.
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RETIRED PROFESSOR
OF BOTANY SUCCUMBS
LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 30.—UP)
—Dr. Joseph Charles Arthur, 92,
professor emeritus of botany at
Purdue University and widely known
authority on plant rust, died today
at a hotel in Brook, Ind., where he |
had been living the past year.
He was a member of the Purdue j
faculty  from  1887  until  his retire-
ment in 1915.
Born in Lowville, N. Y., he moved!
to Iowa with his parents when he j
was a small boy. He graduated from !
Iowa State College in 1872. He later
studied at several universities in the j
United States and Europe arid re- j
ceived a number of degrees.
He was a charter member of the j
Indiana Academy of Science and]
once served as its president. He also |
was a former president of the I
Botanical Society of America. He j
was the author of several books qmS''
plant rust.   ;'     / t
PLANT AUTHORITY DIES
LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 30.—
(AP)-~Dr. Joseph Charles Arthur,
92 years old, world famous authority on plant rust and a member of
the Purdue University faculty for
twenty-eight years, died today at
Brook where he had lived for the
last year.
A native of Lowville, N. Y., Dr.
Arthur was a member of the Purdue faculty from 1887 to 1915 and
was professor emeritus of botany
at the university. He was a graduate of Iowa State College and was
the author of several books on plant
rust. He was a former president of
the Indiana Academy of Science and
the Botanical Society of America.    .
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JFulffi PROFESSOR
\    AT PURDUE IS DEAD
Lafayette, Ind., April 30 {IP)—Dr.
Joseph Charles Arthur, 92, world-
famous authority on plant rust and a
member of the Purdue University faculty for twenty-eight years, died to-
iday at Brook, where he had lived for
the last year.
A native of Lowville, N. Y,, Dr. Arthur was a member of the Purdue
faculty from 1887 to 1915 and was
professor emeritus of botany at the
university. He was a graduate of
Iowa State College and wras the author of several books on plant rust.
He was a former president of the Indiana Academy of Science and tjas
-•~~t <2~tjot.v. rvf America,
diana  auauciuj   v	
Botanical Society Amer ^
ern Europe," vit^..&as..been, learned
here.-
Rationing of alcohol is expected
to be introduced later in tjie month.
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Purdue Botany
{Professor Dies
Dr.  Joseph   C.   Arthur
LAFAYETTE. —■ (AP) — Dr.
Joseph Charles Arthur, 92 years
old, professor emeritus of botany
at Purdue university and widely
known authority on plant rust,
died Thursday at a hotel in Brook,
Ind., where he had been living the
past year.
He was a member of the Purdue
faculty from 1887 until his retirement in 1915.
Born in Lowville, N. Y., he
moved to Iowa with his parents
when he was a small boy. He was
graduated from Iowa State college
in 1872. He later studied at several universities in the United
States and Europe and received a
number of degrees.
He was a charter member of j
the Indiana Academy of Science
and once served as its president.
He also was a former president
of the Botanical Society of America.
He was the author of several
books on plant rust.
;EPH;,AWrHUS   DIES
LAFAYETTE,    May    1—(UP)--
Dr.   Joseph C- Arthur, 92, prdfes-
sor emeritus of botany at Purdue
university,   died   yesterday     The
third  prominent   Purdue    personality to die in the past two weeks.
Dr.   Arthur  came  to   Purdue     in
1887 and held his botany post for
i a  half  century before retiring
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