Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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highly regarded Mathematics Department is set up mainly for graduate work with few undergraduate departmental members. The main fields of endeavor are differential equations, statistics, and mathematical physics. The Physics Department has been more in demand as a center of nuclear research, microwave experimentation, and cosmic ray study than for un- dergraduate work. Using the modern equipment of Palmer Laboratory, however, the departmental stu- dent can follow either experimental or theoretical research. Psychology and Geology place the accent upon the collection of data — the former from experimen- tation and the latter from field trips. The students who major in Psychology work in four main groups: experimental psychology, social psychology, psycho- metrics, and clinical psychology. Whereas Psychology studies the individual or groups of individuals, Geology offers the opportunity to study Nature. Although the aim of the department is to produce trained technicians in specialized fields, underclass courses cover a wide range of subjects. The scientist, as a man, does not fail to prize hu- man values, such as beauty, integrity, love, humility, etc., nor does he fail to impart to his students an appreciation of these. In such ways, then, science and the scientist play their role in a Liberal Education at Princeton. Professor M. G. White, Physics Professors H. O. Gulliksen. C. C. Pratt. Chain H. Cantril. E. G. Wever, Psychology Professors P. MacClintock. A. F. Buddington. Geology Associate Professor E. M. Rogers. Physics

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fROFESbOR N H I ' URMAN. Chairman of Cheiiinti) Depart iie»t Professor L. Spitzer, Jr.. Chairman of Astronomy Department pROiLSSOR h Artin, . I Professor S. Lefschetz, Chairman of Mathematics Department three stages. During the fall semester, the Junior students hear a series of lectures by the faculty members dealing with the specific problem under investigation by that professor. The lecture defines the problem and research, explains the experimental technique, and presents the results. In the spring semester, the departmental student writes a mono- graph based upon the literature of a pertinent bio- logical topic. The senior thesis may be the customary library research project or it can be in the form of the findings of a laboratory research experiment. These experiments are often done in conjunction with the faculty. Within the Chemistry Department the plan of study is essentially the same as that of the Biology Department. The Junior Departmental lectures, however, are designed to present interest- ing and important advanced chemical concepts drawn from faculty research which is progressing along many diverse paths. The department also attempts to instill the scientific method in the elementary student in its underclass courses by means of the highly successful lecture-experiment method. In Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics, the plan is altered because of the highly theoretical and tech- nical nature of the subjects. The primary function of the Astronomy Department is graduate instruction and research. An interesting feature of some of the research is that it is prepared with the observations secured with the great California telescopes which the faculty members and their graduate students enjoy by continuing arrangement. The small but Associate Professors C. E. Bricker, J. Turkevich, H. N. Alyea, Professor E. S. Wallis. Chemistry

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Pkofessor G. a. Graham, Chairman of Politics Department SOCIAL SCIENCES By Dana Gardner Munro, Ph.D., LL.D., William Stewart Tod Professor of Public Affairs, Director of the Woodrow Wilson School of Pi hlic International Affairs If a college is to do its right service, Woodrow Wilson said, it is indispensable that the air of af- fairs should be admitted to all its classrooms. It is this idea that shapes the undergraduate teaching in the social sciences at Princeton. In a college which the same great alumnus could describe as The Seminary of Statesmen, the tradition of training for public service must be a strong one. Admitting the air of affairs to the classroom does not mean concentrating on the study of current events. The student must be interested in the great issues with which his generation will have to deal, but he must also equip himself for dealing with them. He must have the tools that he needs: an understand- Professors R R Paimik, W, F. Craven, E. H. Harwmjn, G. A. Craio. tlniu,) Professor O. MoRuiiNsiiiRN, Economics