Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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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.

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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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| meee LYLE SERVIES SEAMAN, A. B. Instructor in Botony A. B., Wabash; is doing grad- uate work in bacteriology at the University of Illinois. Member: In- diana Academy of Science, Ameri- can Society of Bacteriologists, Al- pha Pi, ‘“W” Mens Club, Omega. At Wabash for 5 years. Married. Likes all sports, basketball espe- cially. JOHN FREDERICK CHARLES, Pie Assistant Professor of Classics A. B., Oberlin College; A. M., Ph. D., University of Chicago. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Classical Association of Midwest and South. At Wabash for 2 years. Mar- ried—one child. Studied in Greece and Italy during the summer of 1935. Taught at the Jamestown Extension of Alfred University be- fore coming to Wabash. Twenty C= Howarp H. VocEL, Jr., Ph. D, Assistant Professor of Zoology A. B., Bowdoin College; A. M., Harvard University; Ph. D., Har- vard University. Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Associate Member of the American Society of Zoologists. At Wabash for 2 years. Held an Austin Teaching Fellowship in Biology at Harvard. Was a mem- ber of the Bowdoin-MacMillan Arctic dramatics. Expedition, Interested in WALTER LONGLEY FERTIG, A. M. Instructor in English, Di- rector of Music Activities A. B., Wabash; A. M., Harvard University. Member: Phi Beta Kap- pa, Beta Theta Pi, Blue Key. At Wabash for 3 years. Unmar- ried. Former member of the In- dianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Has also played in and helped con- duct the Crawfordsville Symphony Orchestra.