Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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r JJJhe J ut»ot a .4 tall and lanky form, a fondly face. He holds himself aloft with languid grace. Tozuering above us, ever smiling dozvn, I think, that I have never seen him frown. He can make figures talk , I k n0UJ - The books that he has written prove it so; Broad in its range of interest is his mind, A.nd those of us who are in his classes find That in the blue-grass country under southern sfo ' es, In Berea College, that great interest lies. I R. Clyde Ford, Ph. D. Professor of Modern Languages Ph. B., Ph. M., Albion College Ph. D., Universicy of Munich TOK 4S Elmer A. Lyman, A. B., LL. D. Professor of Mathematics A. B., University of Michigan Graduate Student, University of Michigan LL. D. , Berea College, Berea, Kentucky Once upon a time in the upper peninsula lived a little band of — , and wc settle down to enjoy one of Dr. Ford ' s famous Indian stories, for Indians and Indian mounds and relics turnish him a delightful avocation. Dr. Ford is a great scholar, a graduate of famous schools, both at home and abroad, but he is also a great teacher. His classes are lit by the glow of his great friendliness for his pupils and by flashes of his clever, original humor. Along with this work and his frequent trips abroad Dr. Ford has had time to make his name well known as a lec- turer. 3dC » 1925 «E J« J2f W Page Nineteen

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Hi JpheJ urot»a Babies and baskets! This dear New England lady collects them — so we ' ve been told. She has them in every size, color and description, and keeps on adding more to her collection. Of course, we were ralking about the baskets and not the babies, but she wants to adopt every baby she sees, just as she longs to possess every queer- looking basket that she finds. Her students are always willing to be adopted and her boys think that Aunt Alice is the best friend a fellow could ever have. After discovering the twinkle in her eye and her whole- hearted interest in them, they pronounce her pure gold and true-blue. The doors of her home in Ypsilanti and her farm in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, arc always thrown wide open to her many friends, old and young. Alice I Boardman Assistant Professor of Industrial A.rts Graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Lloyd Training School, Boston There is a golden mean in all things, says Horace. Dr. D ' Ooge is very fond of this quotation, but he is a better preacher than practicer. As a scholar, lecturer, teacher, and author he has made the golden extreme his goal, and has achieved it. His en- thusiasm for his subject is boundless, and sutely he. has done his best in its behalf, for he writes textbooks and then he trains the teachers. For these things he is famous, but for his kind- ness he is loved, and when his pupils ' brows are crowned with snowy locks, each will say to her grandchildren, I went to school to Dr. D ' Ooge. Ah, there were teachers in those days. I Dr D ' Ooge, Ph. ' D. Professor of Latin A. B. A. M., University of Michigan Ph. D., Univetsity of Bonn a 1925 a 36 i Page Eighteen

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Jcju-pora m Our Mr. Alexander is widely known for his remarkable musical ability, for his intense appreciation of the deeper meaning underlying music, for his suc- cess in producing it with a choir com- posed in the main of untrained singers. He has, however, all the peculiarities belonging to genius. It is our impres- sion that he is directly responsible for the red necktie fad now so universally adopted on the Campus. His reverence and affection for the past leads him to collect all manner of curious and beauti- ful tapestries, cabinets and chests. His chief treasure is his well-tempered clavichord. The combination of new music with this antique instrument jars upon his artistic sensibilities. Therefore he has been known to stain his music in order to give it the appearance of age. To arouse in his pupils an interest in art, interpreting the word broadly, is his aim. May it be accomplished to his satisfaction. Frederick Alexander, A. B. Professor of Music, and Director of Conservatory of .Music A. B., University of Michigan Those who have been fortunate enough to go on one of Dr. Sherzer ' s tours through western United States and Alaska know him for a most effi- cient organizer and a very delightful traveling companion. Everything moves smoothly and when the unexpected does arise, it is met promptly and with an unruffled temper. Thorough and ex- acting in his teaching, nevertheless, he sometimes in anecdotes gives tantaliz- ing glimpses of the truly remarkable experiences he has had. A scientist of national repute, we know him best of all as a true gentleman. i 1 William H. Sherzer Professor of Natural Science S., M. S., Ph. D., University of Michigan ► «E a 1925 «e a»e i Page Twenty