Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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JOSEPH C. POLLEY, Ph.D. Thornton Professor of Mathematics A.B., A.M., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University. Taught at Yale, Cornell, and Colgate Universities be- fore coming to Wabash.. Member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Mathematical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Mathematics Teachers. U. S. Naval Reserve Training Unit at Yale University in 1918. Taught in Army University Center, Biarritz 1945-46. Re- turned to Wabash in 1946. Originally came to Wabash in 1929. Married, two children. VERNE G. ROBINSON, A.M. Instructor in Mathematics A.B., Wabash; A.M., University of Kentucky. Mem- ber of American Mathematical Society, Lambda Chi Alpha. At Wabash from 1943-45; returned to Wabash in 1946 after graduate work at California Institute of Tech- nology in 1945, Taught at Horace Mann High School in Gary, Indiana, for four years. DUANE E. ROLLER, Ph.D. Professor of Physics A.B., M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. Also studied at the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University. Professor at University of Oklahoma and Hunter College; research associate Columbia University; chief technical aide, Na- tional Defense Research Council, since 1941; editor, American Journal of Physics, since 1933. Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, American Physical Society. Win- ner of the Oersted Medal in Physics, 1946. At Wabash since 1944. Married, one child. F,. LouIs SCHLEMMER, H.M. Instructor in Art, Resident Artist “Fritz” Schlemmer passed away in March, 1947. He will be long remembered by his many friends among the students and the faculty of Wabash. H.M., from Chicago Art Institute; studied in Saugatuck Summer School of Art for three summers. Studied a year in France. Spent three years at Cape Cod under Charles W. Hawthorne. Attended Wabash for one year. Mem- ber of Kappa Sigma. First Lieutenant in Infantry, U.S. Army, 1918. At Wabash since 1942. Married, one child.

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FERGUSON R. ORMES, A.M. Professor of Economics; Comptroller A.B., Colorado College; A.B. Yale University; A.M., University of Chicago. Taught at George School of Technology, 1914-16. Employed by Pace and Pace, New York Accountants, 1919-21. Member of Alpha Sigma Phi. Author of “Elementary Construction and Interpretation of Financial Statements.” Served in U. S, Naval Reserve, 1917-18. At Wabash since 1921. Three children. JAMES I. OsBORNE, Ph.D. Y andes Professor of English Language and Literature A.B., A.M., Wabash; A.B., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); Ph.D., Columbia University. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Pi Delta Epsilon. Author of “Arthur Hugh Clough’; co-author “Wabash College, The First One Hundred Years.” First Lieutenant, U. S. Army Military Intelligence Service, 1918-19. Attached to American Peace Commission, Paris, 1919. At Wabash since 1919. Married, two children. JAMES J. PATERSON, B.S. Assistant Professor of Economics Director of Student Activities B.S., Northwestern University. Graduate work at the Universities of Columbia and Chicago. Member of Sigma Chi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi. Served in American Ambulance Field Service, 1917; Sergeant, A.E.F., 164th Infantry, 1918-19; Major, Army Air Forces, Air Transport Command 1942-45; Overseas duty in Brazil and China-Burma-India Theater. At Wabash since 1927. Married, one child. MyRON G. PHILLIPS, A.M. Associate Professor of Speech A.B., Wabash; A.M., University of Iowa; graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Alpha, National Association of Teachers of Speech. Purchasing agent and in charge of college dining hall. At Wabash since 1927. Married, one child.

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WARREN W. SHEARER, JR., A.M. Assistant Professor of Economics A.B., Wabash; A.M., University of Wisconsin. Mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Blue Key, Wabash Board of Publications. Served with the U. S. Navy as an Ensign, 1945-46. Resumed his duties at Wabash in 1946. Originally came to Wabash faculty in 1936. Married, three children. : : ROBERT STOLLBERG, A.M. Visiting Professor of Physics B.S., B.Ed., Toledo University; A.M., Columbia Uni- versity. Member of National Science Teachers Associa- tion, National Association for Research in Science Teachings, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Central Association of Science and Mathemati- cal Teachers, and Association of Physics Teacher. At Columbia on fellowship. Author, “Suggestions for Teaching Selected Materials from the Field of Elec- tricity.” Married, one child. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, 1941-45. At Wabash since 1946. BYRON KIGHTLY TRIPPET, A.M. Dean, Assistant Professor of History A.B., Wabash; A.M., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, 1942-46. Came to Wabash in 1934, returned in 1946. Married. JOHN V. VAN SICKLE, Ph.D. Professor of Economics A.B., Haverford; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, American Economics Asso- ciation, Southern Economics Association, Advisory Board, American Enterprise Association. First Lieutenant, A.E.F., 1917-18. Author of “Planning for the South,” ‘Direct Taxation in Austria.” Taught at University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University. Came to Wabash in 1946. Married, three children.