Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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LULU D. RQACH Art GRAND. ROGERS yn ritic F A C l HENRY SCHRQEDER University l'ligh School Critic MARTHA H. SCCDTT Cn Leave ol Absence A new department ol Sociology was created this lall with Dr, R. D. Bowden as head. The lull program ol courses otlered has been extremely popular with students. At the end ol April Dr. Bowden took the Rural Sociology class on a lour day trip through the sharecropper section ol Arkansas and the Delta cooperative larming district ol Mississippi, across the old plantation region ol Mississippi and the strip Farm section ol northern Georgia and Alabama, and back through the tobacco region ol Tennessee and Kentucky. The Entertainment Committee headed by Dr. Vlfillis Swartz continued the Fine work which it began in 'l935 in bringing to the campus this year a series ol lamous singers, musicians, and speakers, thus adding materially to the cultural opportunities of the college. Perhaps the most popular ol the programs were those by Cornelia Otis Skinner, John l-layes l-lolmes, ,lulien Bryan, vlohn Mason Brown, and the Barrere Little Symphony. Two organizations which are very active are the American Association ol University Rrolessors and the American Association ol University VVomen. The First, which includes part but not all ol the Faculty, has established an annual scholarshiogivento the mostoutstanding member ol thejuniorclass. This scholarshipwas named the Charles Neely, slr., Memorial Scholarship in honor ol the late Charles Neely, Jr. R. A. SCOTT MARjQRllE SHANK Chemistry Geography BURNETT SHRYGCK GLADYS SMlTl-l Art Cn Leave ol Absence GLADYS Q. SMITH MADELlfllNlE M. SMITH Carterville Critic French Page 20

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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

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LQREN C. SPIRES Carterville Critic MARY M. STEAGALL U L 'I' Y l'lead of Zoology Department TROY L. STEARNS Qn Leave of Absence l'4llLDA A. STEIN Zoology lhe Carbondale Branch of the American Association of University Woriien draws its membership largely from faculty women and faculty wives. This organization maintains a loan fund from which S150 is lent each year to a senior woman who meets certain standards of scholarship and personality. When over a thousand refugees from flood striclcen Ohio River towns poured into Carbondale on January 25, an emergency arose which enlisted the aid of faculty and students alike. Cooperating with the Red Cross Committee in the town, President Pulliam, who headed the relief worl4 on the campus, soon had faculty and student committees efficientlycaring for the seven hundred people who were housed in college buildings. Williain McAndrew, l. W. Abbott, and Frances Etheridge had charge of the white refugees in the New Gymnasium, and l lenry Schroeder, Charles Neely, jr., and Aileen Carpenter supervised the negro refugees in the Old Gymnasium, A temporary laitchen was erected on the south end of the Main Building, and meals were served on long tables placed in the south corridors. Leland R. Lingle, R, A. Scott, vlohn Vlfright, and l'lal l'-lall were the very capable members of the Commissary Department. Dr. l-linrichs and Miss Denny gave l LOUlS W. GELLERMANN WILLIS G. SWARTZ Education l-lead of Political Science Department l-lARLEY R. TEEL CHARLES D. TENNEY Rural Critic English WELLlNGTQN ll-lALMAN LILLIAN D. TOLBERT Education Carterville Critic Page 21 Y