Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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l vvtnoiau iviAi2oieAvE Music HELEN MATTHES Music MAUDE MAYI-lEW Brush Critic jQl-llXl MAYOR l-lead ol Mathematics Department relating to the natural history ol Southern lllinois, A loan service has been established which enables any class or teacher to borrow picture tiles, lile cycles ol insects, living material, and plaster models. The museum has also instituted an exchange service with other museums by means ol which the stall hopes to build up a collection of plants and animals representative ol various types throughout the United States. President Pulliam has placed Bruce Mervvin, Mary Steagall, Kenneth Van Lente, Thomas Barton, Qtis Young, Vtfillard Ciersbacher, lfussell Nolen, William Bailey, and john ivlfright on o Museum Governing Board, which is carrying on an investigation ol the possible source ol' historial objects relating to the history ol Southern lllinois. A number ol interesting and valuable additions to departmental services have been made this year. The Physiology and l-lealth Education Department has inaugurated a complete system ol hospitalization, Among the services rendered to the students have been vaccination -and inoculation lor communicable diseases, complete physical examinations, and checl4s For abnormalities. lhrough a lee system, all students are insured medical care when they are ill. BRUCE W. MERWIN EDWARD V, MILES Supervisor ol Student leaching Econgmicg RENZQ E. MUCKELROY ELIZABETH DILL l-lead ol Agriculture Music Department DOROTHY MUZZEY JAMES W. NECKERS Physical Education l-lead ol Chemistry Department Page 18

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ANNEMARIE E. KRALISE Geography gem E.VILAgD5i2 U L T Y artervi e ritic DOUGLAS E. LAWSON Assistant Principal of Brush Training School ELI G. LENTZ History torium is also available for entertainments and weelcly meetings of organizations and clubs, as well as for larger services to the community. An example of the latter was the Federal Arts Exhibit held there from Febru- ary Q3 to March 7. Fifty paintings by some of the most famous of Americals modern painters were mounted on newly constructed screens under the direction of Burnett Shryoclc. The exhibit officially opened with an address by Gerard Lambert, Head of the Southern Illinois Eederal Arts Project, and a program presented by the college string quartet. Miss Gladys 'Williams and Burnett Shryoclc of the Art Department acted for thelcollege in arranging this exhibition, and Mrs. Clyde Smith headed a committee of townspeople who worlced wit them. After being closed for fifteen years, the College Museum was recently reopened under the custodianship of Mary Goddard and Fred Cagle. Vtfhen the museum was moved to a new location in the Parkinson Labor- atory, the staff made a complete index of all specimens and revised the case displays. Ihis year the staff members have been collecting alcohol specimens, developing a series of bones, and mounting specimens FRED LINGLE LELAND I3. LINGLE Carterville Critic Physical Education CLARENCE C. LOGAN WILLIAM McAINIDREW University High School Critic Head ofMen's Physical Education Department DAVID S. McIINII'QSH ELSIE RARRISH McNEILL Head of Music Department Rural Critic .xi .. ... . , Page, I7

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CHARLES NEELY English U L T Y RUSSELL ivi, NoLEN I-lead ol Economics Department SUSIE E. QGDEN Commerce CHARLES PARDEE I'Iistory The I-lame Economics Department has assumed all responsibility lor the costuming ol plays presented by the Little Theatre and other campus organizations. Under the supervision ol Mit Petersen ol the Industrial Arts Department the students in the pattern making and laundry classes have constructed a gas Furnace For melting brass and bronze. Miss Florence VVells, English critic in the University High School, has organized a Poetry Club and a Dramatic Club lor her students. Mention should be made ol the two boolcs published by Faculty members this year. Mr. L. C. Peterson is the author of Action Toys, a text designated for use in the home worlcshop and in industrial art classes in the upper grades and junior high schools. Dr. R. D. Bowdens third boolc, Boies Penrose,theSymbaI of an Era,has received extremelyfavorable critical comment. It is a biography ol a political boss of the 'I875-1925 period. This vear the Art Department has extended its services to include the Rural Practice Schools. Miss Lulu Roach supervises the vvorlt ol the student teachers. The department also arranged an exhibition ot Archi- tectural Designs and Murals done by the students in the art classes at the University ol Illinois. These were displayed in the second Floor corridor of the Main Building during the Winter Term. ALICE P. DI GIQVANNA VERA L. PEACOCK Secretary to President I-lead of Foreign Languages Department LOUIS c. PLTERSEN Esrritiz ivi. Powtia Industrial Arts English 1 i itsst ia, Puienv TED ia. MQSDALE Mathematics Cn Leave ol Absence Page IQ