Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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EXPRESSION The Tempo quickens. Emofions run +he gamut This is war. We muswL find release. We mu51L in+er- pref. We express. Here we find our guides. our menfors. These are Jrhey who have lived and known +he passion of youfh. They have seen +he lempo of +he fwenfies and +he disillusionmenf oi +he +hirlies. And +hey are wise. since Jrhey have soughf and found: and now +hey lead. These represen+a+ives of +he English Deparlmenl have been called upon +0 do double duly. No+ only have +hey been obliged +0 carry +heir regular college course, buf Jrhey have underfaken +0 fulfill +he inherenl cry of youfh in arms +0 express. Wifh deparfmenl members Angell. Mulhauser. and Holmes on leave +0 +he Armed Services. +he fask has been even more difficult The enfire sfafi is involved in +he presenfafion of +he Freshman infro- ducfory course which is known +0 praclically every- one in Jrhe college family. John's Hopkins S+ra+h- mann is widely known for his work in English lilera- fure of +he Renaissance. Public Address Professor. Docfor ScoH is an indispensible rally figure. Al- Jrhough cerfain of Jrhe confesls in plaHorm work de- signed for men have been suspended +his year. Dr. ScoH has carried +hrough wi+h +he women's con-' +es+s as well as a number of affairs wi+hin +he army groups. Pomona graduale Virginia Princehouse Allen has carried on nobly in spife of +he small number of men sludenfs wi+h +he regular schedule of producfions. Beginning +he season wi+h +he all female Cry Havoc she complefes +he year wilh PeHicoaf Fever, which requires more men ihan women. In spife of falling sands +he year has been quife normal. Leaders in expression include Slrafhmann. above. and Allen and ScoH. a'r rithr.

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The oneeman eclucafion deparimenf is a busy place. l1c +he liberal arfs are +0 confinue Jrhey mu51L produce +heir supporl and people who can carry on Jrheir JrradiJrions. This can besf be done by +hose who will influence iufure college sfudenfs . . . Jrhe Freshman of Tomorrow muswL also believe in Jrhe place of liberal arfs in educafion. Educalors are foolay needed and il will always be so. BuwL if is imporfanf +ha+ Jrhese leacherS-lo-be know well +heir jobs. Tor upon +hem 'resls Jrhe responsibilify of proving Jrheir worfh and +he value of ihaf which +hey represenl . . . liberal arfs living and liberal arls Jrhinking. A newcomer +0 Jrhe Psychology Deparfmenf is Miss Alice James. and wi+h her comes a new fradifion +0 Pomona. The Psychology DeparlmemL will undoubfedly confinue +0 grow +hrough +he years +0 come for +heirs is a new subject a growing subject and one whose imporlance in lu+ure social work can now liHle be doubled. Psychology is play- ing an imporlanf roll in Jrhe war work of rehabilifafion. and , will play a larger roll in Jrhe work 01C reconsfrucfion. Hs social value is proven. i+s iufure can only be surmised. In war-lime. more +han ever. sludenfs are finding +ha+ +he pracfical inlormalion of psychology courses slands +hem in good slead in facing The abundance of problems +ha+ Jroday's youfh meef. A scene of lecfures and discussions is Harwood Hall. home of psychology. and Jrhe iorfe of Dr. Ewer. There sophomores s+ruggle wifh bases in +he infroduclory psych course. and. affer masfering Jrhese. discuss quesfions oi adiuslmenf perfinenf +0 living in a war and pos'r-war period. Below ground level. sludenls gafher in Jrhe affernoons +0 Jrhe varied. unusual experi- menJrs devised by Dr. Ewer. Upperclassmen proceed fur- +her info +he sludy of man's mind in advanced courses. This spring. under Dr. Ewer. sludenls probed Jrhe mysleries oi super-nalural evenfs.

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Europe bred Carl Baumann. Head of +he German Deparfmenf. infroduces Jrhe spirif from across +he wafers info campus and communify acfivifies. As head of +he local Rofary Club he amply fulfills Jrhe laHer funcfion for +his year. His Confinenfal Lif course is a musf on pracfically every senior's lisf. Parficularly in fimes when infernafional undersfand- ing is so vifal +0 +he survival of men+al balance in +he mad march of evenfs have his clear. well- JrhoughiL pronouncemen'rs been welcomed by Po- monans. His popular discussion of Russia has been reques'red by clubs JrhroughouwL +his secfion of +he sfafe. Wifh his quick wif and vifal background Herr Baumann has made a definife confribufion +0 our speeding civilizafion. Fellow workers in +he English Depar+men+ are Wesferner Lincoln and Rhodes Scholar Davis. Renowned for his dry humor and pulp s+ories his creafive wrifing classes are popular wi+h +hose who would express +hemseives in +his manner. Inspiring a long lineof budding Pomona au+hors. Mr. Lincoln may look back across fields of fruif- ful sowing and forward +0 ever widening iields of rich. unframmeled loam. The broad experience of Hal Davis adds exfra inferesf +0 his popular Iiferafure courses. Six men; six media. Each one may find his pafh wifhin +his varied seHing. The men in +he armed service benefiHed immeasurably from +heir confacf wifh +hese men. Each one in deparfing will bear somefhing of +heir spirit and one may devine +his feeling in all +heir fuiure works. If is +heir efforf here found. +heir indusfry which has con- fribufed so much +0 mark so disfinguishingly and dis- finguishably +ha+ inferprefafion of universal phenomena which is revealed in Jrhe expressions 01c Pomona men and women. Versafile creafors wifhin Jrhe English deparfmen+ are Lincoln. above leH. and Davis. left-