Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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JosEPH CRAWFORD POLLEY, Pha: Thornton Professor of M athematics A. B., A. M., Yale University; Ph. D., Cornell University. Mem- ber: Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Mathematical Society, Association of Mathematics Teach- ers, Fellow of A. A, A. S. At Wabash for 13 years. Mar- ried—two children. U. S. Naval Officers’ Training Unit at Yale, 1918. Taught at Cornell, Yale, Colgate, and Susquehanna Univer- sities before coming to Wabash. FRANZ SCHUBERT PRELL, A.M. Assistant Professor in German, Organist A. B., Wabash; A. M., Univer- sity of Minnesota. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Omega. At Wabash for 7 years. Mar- ried. Was Alumni Secretary of Wabash for 3 years. Now Senior Council Advisor and college organ- ist. Chief interests: Sports, music, and German literature. Eighteen OBED SIMON JOHNSON, Phe Ly Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Chaplain A. B., Carleton College; B. D., Oberlin College; Ph. D., University of California. Member: Delta Sig- ma Rho, American Oriental Society, Royal Asiatic Society. At Wabash for 11 years. Mar- ried—two children. Spent 14 years in Canton, China as a missionary. Has taught at Union Theological Seminary, Mills College, Stanford University, University of California, and Lingnaan University in Can- ton. Author: A Study of Chinese Alchemy. Byron KIGHTLY TRIPPET, A.M. Dean, Assistant Professor of History A. B., Wabash; A. M., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). Mem- ber: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha. At Wabash for 8 years. Mar- ried. Interests: People, books, and political philosophy.

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GeorGcE WILLIAM HorTon, M. S. Peck-Williams Professor of Physics B. S., Illinois Wesleyan; M. S.,. University of Wisconsin. Member: Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, American Physical Society, Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers. At Wabash for 18 years. Mar- ried—two children. Served for 18 months in the Signal Corps, U. S. Army. Interests: Athletics and woodworking. JAMES JAMIESON PATERSON, Bes: Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Dean, Freshman Coach B. S., Northwestern University. Member: Sigma Chi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, Deru. At Wabash for 15 years. Mar- ried—one child. American Ambu- lance Field Service, 1917. A. E. F. 169th Infantry, 1918-19. Employed as assistant sales manager, J. J. Badenoch Co., 1923-27. Graduate work at Columbia and Chicago Uni- versities, JOHN DorEN TOMLINSON, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Political Science A. B., Northwestern University; A. M., Columbia University; Ph. D., University of Geneva. Member: Delta Upsilon, Sigma Delta Chi, American Political Science Associa- tion. At Wabash for 13 years. Mar- ried—one child. Director, Ameri- can Committee, Geneva, Switzer- land, 1930-38. Author: The In- ternational Control of Radio Com- munications. (Dr. Tomlinson was on leave of absence 1941-42 to the State Department in Washington, Dec) Myron Gustavus PHILLIPS, Az M. Associate Professor of Speech, Debate Coach A. B., Wabash; A. M., Univer- sity of Iowa. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Alpha, National Association of Teachers of Speech. At Wabash for 14 years. Mar- ried. Has done graduate work at Northwestern University. Co-au- thor: A Notebook for Speech. In- terests: Debate and dramatics.

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EpwIn St. CLaiR GANTZ, Phew: Assistant Professor of Chemistry A. Ba M.S. Ph. D., State Uni- versity of Iowa. Member: Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical So- ciety. At Wabash for 7 years. Former- ly employed as a chemist by the California Packing Corporation. In- terests: Analytical Chemistry, and choral singing. Joun Paut Scott, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Zoology, Cross Country Coach A. B., University of Wyoming; A. B., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); Ph. D., University of Chicago. Member: Sigma Xi, A. A. A. S., Genetics Society of America. At Wabash for 7 years. Married —two children. Interested in hered- ity and sociology. CHARLES ETIENNE KUONEN, A. M. Instructor in Physics A. B., DePauw University; A. M., University of Minnesota. Member: American Association of Physics Teachers, Indiana Academy of Sci- ence. At Wabash for 7 years. Mar- ried. Interest: The more recent de- velopments in physics, especially the counting of radio-active particles. He is also interested in photography. WaRREN WRIGHT SHEARER, eRe AM: Assistant Professor of Economics A. B., Wabash; A. M., Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Blue Key. At Wabash for 6 years. Mar- ried—one child. Interests: Debate, politics and sports. Treasurer of Board of Publications and aide to publicity director.