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Charles Scott Berry
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Charles Scott Berry, who is Acting Assistant Professor of Education the present year in the absence of Pro fessor Calvin O. Davis, was born in Hamlin, Kans., in 1875.
His boyhood and early years were spent in Kansas and Georgia. Later he taught school in Florida for a time before entering Hir am College in Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1903, receiving his A.M. from Harvard in 1905.
While in college he was director of the gymnasi um for three years, and during the summer he acted as director of one of the Cleveland playgrounds.
He re ceived his Doctor's degree from Har vard University in 1905. While pur suing his graduate work at Hiram College, he was teacher of law, and while at Harvard was assist ant in philosophy for one-year and was also assistant in psychol ogy for two sessions of the Harvard Summer School.
Upon receiving his Doctor's degree from Harvard, he was awarded the James Walker Traveling Fellowship, which entitled him to one year's study abroad. Most of this time was spent in the study of philosophy Berlin University.
He is the author of two articles on "Imitation," pub lished in the journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology in 1905 and 1908.