Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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mfe6Sor6 mm indd tor modi em wari-are Celestial navigation, mathematics, engineering, airplane drawing, and appendicitis have taken most of the time of PROFESSOR W. E. GLENN this year, and the operation probably is the least talked about of all these subjects. Stars have a special fascination for Professor Glenn, and he man- aged to make the whole class see Venus when he pointed her out in the Alpha House one night. A handball fan, the professor has been using his time for sports to teach extra courses since the cadets moved in. Born in Georgia, Professor Glenn and his family have been at Southern since 1927. His official title is Assistant Professor of Mathematics, but he teaches a variety of other subjects. He is popular on the Hilltop because he is always friendly and smiling. Birmingham-Southern has been home to DR. JOHN MILTON MALONE for most of his life. Born in Wilcox County, Alabama, Dr. Malone is an alumnus of Birm.ing- ham-Southern, and has been on the faculty since 1910. As head of the Simpson Preparatory School, he got students ready for the Hilltop, then in 1915 he moved up on the cam- pus to teach them mathematics. Fond of the Education De- partment, Dr. Malone has taken the Alumni Scholarship winners under his wing, winning their friendship when they first come by feeding them steak. All three of his children have been students at Southern, and he has set them a pace in taking part in campus ac- tivities. This year he has advised the Executive Council, as well as making Theta Sigma Lambda one of the outstanding clubs on the Hill. In 1941 he was made head of the mathe- matics department, and is still making sines and cosines clear to unmatliematical minds. PROF. ALAN TURNER WAGER, who came to Southern i n January, 1942, is still trying to get accustomed to the South and the slow drawl of Southern students. But he likes the South as well as his home state of New York, and he ' s one of the few Yankees who gets along down in Alabama. His physics students like him so much that they didn ' t complain about doubling up on their work when the cadets moved in in Alarch. There are no children in the family; students find Mrs. Wager attractive and delightful. Since the army moved in she has been helping her husband grade the papers of cadets and students, and has proved such a help that Professor Wager still finds time to play volley ball or soft ball with the faculty teams. [15]

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