Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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American Studies s., Halsey, Marx, Taylor, Williamson, Davison. ..,,,-N -A 'ss we T, ..-.-A.. . - ti x , ., A . U N U ugly-Y 1 ,5 S-- - ,,.-, - v w fl 35. Ratiocination? ? ? ALBERT PAUL LINNELL, Associate Professor of Astronomy. B.A., Wooster 19435 Ph.D., Har- vard 1950g Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xig Kappa Mu Epsilong Sigma Pi Sigmag Atomic Energy Commission Predoctoral Fellowg Ten Years at Amherst. EDWIN BENJAMIN WESTON, Instructor in Astronomyg B.A., Pomona College 194-'Ig M.A., University of Michigan 194-85 Phi Beta Kappa? Sigma Xi. Two years at Amherst. Facult ROBERT ALLEN DAVISON, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studiesg B.A., Ohio Wes- leyan 19395 M.A., Columbia 19405 Ph.D., New York Universityg Delta Tau Deltag Phi Alpha Thetag One year at Amherst. CORTLAND VAN RENSSELAER HALSEY, see Deans' Page. HUGH DODGE HAWKINS, Instructor in Amer- ican Studiesg A.B., DePauw 19505 Ph.D., Johns Hopkins 1954g Delta Tau Deltag Phi Beta Kappag Delta Sigma Rhog Two years at Amherst. LEO MARX, Professor of English and American Studiesg S.B., Harvard 194-lg Ph.D., Harvard 19493 Phi Beta Kappag Two years at Amherst. GEORGE ROGERS TAYLOR, see Economics Department. ' GUSTAVUS GALLOWAY WILLIAMSON, JR., Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studiesg A.B., University of South Carolina 194-2g Ph.D., Johns Hopkins 19543 Sigma Nug Alpha Phi Omegag Phi Beta Kappag One year at Amherst. Astronom l-..l.i.....J ,V f ' A Linnell, Weston.

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Stor In response to the demands placed on the small col- lege by the increasing number of American youth desiring higher education, Amherst took a step into the future by playing a central role in the formulation of the New College plan. The New College committee, consisting of one faculty member from each of the schools in the four-college area, presented a pro- vocative educational experiment in its first formal announcement. New College, a small liberal arts in- stitution characterized by an emphasis on individual research, provides increased opportunity for intellec- tual mobility by steering away from academic strati- fication. Further study of its potentialities has been aided by a grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Education. The academic year was not left unmarked by ad- ministrative changes, and the problems posed by the uundeskingn of the fraternities and the ennui of the uunderachieveri' evoked official wrath. The intra- college strife of those subjects soon subsided, how- ever, and with the appointments of Rhodes Scholars, Dodyk and Morgan, Amherst again asserted its posi- tion in the academic world. 1958-59 saw Amherst College produce another of its perennial coherent paradoxes, staunchly preserv- ing its academic tradition while submitting to the dictates of a changing American society. RHODES SCHOLARS Paul M. Dodyk and Gerald D. Morgan, Jr. The two seniors were selected to do graduate study in England. CHURCHILL HOUSE was acquired by the College in 1958. It was converted into study space for seniors despite under- graduate desire for its use as a social dormitory for unaf- filiated upper classmen.

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- 1 xv ., . . 1' , 1 an, .A , First row: Wood, Schotte, Plough, Kidder. Second row: Hexter, Yost, Brower, Ives. Chemistry RALPH ALONZO BEEBE, Massachusetts Pro- fessor of Chemistryg B.A., Amherst 19203 Ph.D., Princeton 19233 Phi Alpha Psig Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xi3 Thirty-six years at Amherst. ALLEN KROPH, Instructor in Chemistryg B.S., Queens College 1951g Ph.D., University of Utah 1954g Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xi3 One year at Amherst. EARLE STANLEY SCOTT, Assistant Professor of Chemistryg B.A., Reed 194'9g Ph. D., University of Illinois 19523 Phi Lambda Upsilong Alpha Chi Sigmag Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xig Four years at Amherst. MARC STAMM SILVER, Instructor in Chem- istry3 B.A., Harvard 1955: Ph.D., California In- stitute of Technology 19593 Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xi. One year at Amherst. ROBERT BYRON WHITNEY, George H. Corey Professor of Chemistryg B.A., University of Min- nesota 19243 Ph.D., University of Minnesota 19275 Delta Upsilon3- Alpha Chi Sigma3 Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xi: Phi Lambda Upsilon3 Scab- bard and Bladeg Twenty-nine years at Amherst. LAWRENCE EDWARD WILSON, Instructor in Chemistryg B.A., Western Washington College of Education 1952 3 Ph.D., Western Washington Col- lege of Education 19575 Sigma Xi3 Kappa Delta Pi3 Phi Lambda Upsilong Three years at Amherst. Biology LINCOLN PIERSON BROWER, Instructor in Biologyg A.B., Princetong Ph.D., Yale3 Sigma Xi3 One year at Amherst. WILLIAM MICHAEL HEXTER, Assistant Pro- fessor of Biologyg A.B., University of California 19493 M.A., University of California 19513 Ph.D., University of California 1953Q Sigma Alpha Mug Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xig Six years at Amherst. PHILIP TRUMAN IVES, Research Associate in Biologyg A.B., Amherst 19323 A.M., Amherst 193413 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology3 Sigma Xi3 Twenty years at Amherst. GEORGE WALLACE KIDDER, JR., Stone Pro- fessor of Biologyg A.B., Oregon 19263 M.A., Uni- versity of California 1929: Ph.D., Columbia 19333 Sc.D., Wesleyan 1950. Fellow American Arts and Sciences3 Sigma Xi3 Twelve years at Amherst. HAROLD H. PLOUGH, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biologyg B.A., Amherst 19133 M.A., Columbia 19152 Ph.D., Columbia 1917i Delta Up- silong Sigma Xi3 Forty-two years at Amherst. OSCAR E. SHOTTE, Rufus Tyler Lincoln Pro- fessor of Biology3 D.SC., University of Geneva 19253 M.A., Amherst 1944-3 Sigma Xi3 Twenty- five years at Amherst. ALBERT ELMER WOOD, Professor of Biologyg B.S., Princeton 1930Q M.A., Columbia 1932: Ph.D., Columbia 19353 Phi Beta Kappag Sigma Xi3 Thirteen years at Amherst. HENRY THOMAS YOST, Assistant Professor of Biology3 A.B., Johns Hopkins 19473 Ph.D., Johns Hopkins 19513 Sigma Xig Eight years at Amherst. Professor Beebe's distillery. p,. Wilson, Scott, Silver, Kroph, Beebe, Whitney. 1 .Eu , .