Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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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-

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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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OBJECTIVITY Members out He Mafh erabC consisf of Hugh HamiHon. Edward Tay- lor, Ches+er Jaeger. and Orville Harrold. Civilians. Influenced by He demand for +echnical experfs and perhaps by +he example se+ by +he uni- formed sfudenfs on +he campus. filled science and ma+hema+ics classes +0 recerd capacify. Women. herefofore inclined +0 avoid Jrechnical courses. now carry calculus books. slide rules. and laborafory aprons. Each day sfudenfs spend +he affernoon over fesf-fubes in Jrhe labs of Mason Hall under +he super- vision of Dr. Charles Robinson Hem. Unfil March, men of Pomona's A.S.T.U. were engaged in doing similar work in adjoining labs. Mafhemchs was roufed from 1+5 home in Pearson Hall during +he sfay of +he army a+ Pomona. and classes assembled in Masons and Crookshank. The mafhemafics factu was under special sfrain while +he armed unifs were here. bu+ +hey did no+ lef Hue civilian sfudenfs down. Dr. Jaeger. Pro- fessor of Mafhemafics. evidenced superhuman vifalify by appearing as en+er+ainer af several school 1cunc+ions aHer a full day of work. Pomona has senf 0qu well- +rained sfudenfs of mafh and science +0 do +heir par+ in Jroday's fechnical world.