Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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ALBERT REIFF BECHTEL, Phe; Rose Professor of Botany A. B., University of Pennsylvania; Ph. D., Cornell University. Mem- ber: Botanical Society of America, 'American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Indiana Acad- ‘emy of Science. At Wabash for 22 years. Married '—three children. Formerly taught at Penn State and Cornell Univer- sities. Author: An Introduction to Plant Science; Keys to the Spring Flora of Central Indiana. GEORGE ERNEST Car- SCALLEN, A.M. Associate Professor of Mathematics A. B., Wabash; A. M., Univer- jsity of Illinois. Member: Mathe- |matics Association of America. At Wabash for 22 years. Mar- ried. Assistant in mathematics at the University of Illinois between |1907-13. Head of mathematics de- partment at Hiram College before jcoming to Wabash. Interests: Pug- lilism (old style); bearskin coats; sand fiddles. ' FERGUSON REDDIE ORMES, A. M. Professor of Economics, Comptroller A. B., Colorado College; A. B., Yale University; A. M., University of Chicago. Member: Alpha Sigma Phi. At Wabash for 21 years. Mar- ried—three children. Taught at Georgia School of Technology 1914- 1916. U. S. Naval Reserve 1917- 1919. Employed by Pace and Pace, Accountants of New York—1919- 1921. Author: ‘Elementary Con- struction and Interpretation of Fi- nancial Statements”’. Nett CHarLes HutTsIn- PILLAR, A. M. Associate Professor of English A. B., Chio State University; A. M., Chicago University. Mem- ber: Pi Kappa Alpha. At Wabash for 22 years. Un- married. Has taught at the Mis- souri School of Mines, Culver Mili- tary Academy, and Huron College. Former chemist for Ivory Soap. Fifteen

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CLARENCE ELDREDGE LEAVENWORTH, Ph. D. Professor of Romance Lan- guages and Literature A. B., Hamilton College; A. M., Yale University; Ph. D., University of Chicago. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Indiana Art- ists’ Club, Rotary Club, American Association of University Profes- sors, American Association of Teach- ers of French. At Wabash for 26 years. Mar- ried—one child. Has studied in France, Germany, and Italy. Has taught in summer sessions at Co- lumbia and Chicago Universities. FREDERICK CARL DOMROESE, A.M. Professor of the German Lan- guage and Literature, Registrar A. B., Butler University; A. M., University of Michigan. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Association of German Professors, Phi Kappa Phi. At Wabash for 23 years. Mar- ried—two children. Interests: music, painting, stamp collecting, and Ger- man poetry, JAMES INSLEY OSBORNE, Pha Yandes Professor of English Language and Literature A. B., Wabash; A. M., Wabash; A. B., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); Ph. D., Columbia Univer- sity. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Pi Delta Epsilon. At Wabash for 23 years. Mar- ried—2 children. First Lieutenant, Military Intelligence, 1918 - 1919. Attached to American Peace Com- mission, Paris, 1919. Author: “Arthur Hugh Clough’, Co-author: “Wabash College, The First Hun- dred Years’. GEORGE VALENTINE KENDALL, A. M. Milligan Professor of English, Dean of the Faculty A. B., Brown University; A. M.., University of Wisconsin. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi. At Wabash for 22 years. Married. Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, A. E. F., 1917-1919. Interests: The army, students, and Shakespeare. Fourteen od a es! ae

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WiLttiam Norwoop BRIGANCE, Ph. D. Professor of Speech A. B., U. of South Dakota; A. M., U. of Nebraska; Ph. D., U. of Iowa. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Kap- pa Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Nat’! Ass’n of Teachers of Speech. At Wabash for 20 years. Mar- ried—one child. Lieutenant, 32nd Division,: VA. Ga obs 9s OO Headed English department at the University of Hawaii, 1936-1938. Has written nine speech textbooks. THEODORE GREGORY GRONERT, Ph. D. Professor of History and Political Science A. B., A. M., Ph. D., University of Wisconsin. Member: Phi Gam- ma Mu, Phi Eta, American His- torical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Association. At Wabash for 18 years. Mar- ried. Served as Adjutant, U. S. Army. Has taught at Texas State College for Women, University of Arkansas, and Centre College. Au- thor: History of the American Business Corporation. Co-author: Wabash College, the First Hundred Years. Sixteen Litoyp BRELsFoRD HoweELt, Pi Professor of Chemistry A. B., Wabash; M. S., Ph. D., University of Illinois. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, PN, INN BS At Wabash for 18 years. Married —four children. Has done grad- uate work at Ohio State and Illinois. Also taught at Illinois, In- terested in research. ROBERT WALLACE BRUCE, Phas Associate Professor of Psychology A. B., Wabash; A. M., Ph. D., University of Chicago. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Xi, The Amer- ican. Psychological Association. At Wabash for 20 Years. Mar- ried—two children. With U. S. Marines, 1917-1918. Interests: Mu- sic; track; chess; aviation; hiking; and tennis.