Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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ai .1 rlr A practice session for the moot court trials is held by Ed acts as clerk while Bob Atherton and Lynn Allison present Curry, instructor, who is acting as iudge. Bill Tomlinson the cases for the prosecution and defense. moot court team goes to national finals Washburn's Law School has reaped many lau- rels this past year. The Moot Court team fin- ished runner-up in regional competition earning them a place in the national finals. The two legal fraternities also did very well. Delta Theta Phi won the national traveling trophy for scholas- tic achievement while the Phi Alpha Delta frater- nity was judged second in the nation profession- ally. Under the direction of Dean John E. Howe and his staff of five full-time and eighteen part- time instructors, the legal education department has been expanded considerably. A course in Legal Research and Writing has been added to aid the student in expressing himself clearlyt This course encompasses the Law Journal which was published for the first time last year. This is used to stress the importance to the young lawyer of the necessity of mastering the English language. Washburn also held a traffic court conference in cooperation with the American and the Kansas Bar Associations this year which in- cluded Milton E. Moskau, of the American Bar Association's Traffic Program, as guest speaker. Again this year the school joined with the To- peka Bar Association to present the Fourth An- nual Law Institute, Friday, October 2l, 'l96O. A standing room only crowd witnessed the pro- ceedings of a Workman's Compensation Case. The Law School enrollment is about the same as last year with about one hundred sixty and a graduating class of forty. Law-Richard Allen, James Ahrens, John Howe, Melvin Poland, Walter Navin. f V 7. at ,,. L 'Cf ! i

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.... Nga. The Mulvane Art Museum, named one of the twenty-five three sky-lighted galleries for art exhibitions, lecture rooms, most distinctive college art buildings in America, provides and painting studios with professional art equipment. fine cirts students seek to express themselves In these days of restriction and conformity the painter, the dramatist, and the musician has charged --himself with the task of preserving the spirit and the vitality of the individual. The Washburn Art department is well known in the Midwest for its artists. One may often see prize winning paintings by Alexander Tillot- son, R. J. Hunt, and Rebecca Wright on exhi- bition. The Art Fair held in the Spring is the high point of the Year. The first production by the drama department was The Male Animal directed by Hugh Mc- Causland. Washburn productions are usually pre- sented in the Mulvane Little Theater. The Washburn Symphonette, the Civic Sym- phony, and the Community Concert Series give a variety of musical listening experience to students. The new speech instructor and debate coach is Mr. Charles Fulcher who has taught the pre- vious two years at the University of South Dakota. Art-R. J. Hunt, Alexander Tillotson, Jack Wright. Drama-Hugh McCausland. Speech -Charles Fulcher. Music-Gertrude Barker, Everett Fetter, Frank Gaines, James Van Slyke. yu ,,,w-.- t 'e Q Q f . ' L K . .,V, ,,., L ., .N . ,.,,w v,,, i ,,.,,y.,,,, 1, M ' if ' ' ,gf 5 . 2 - 'I We f , - - i V .15 Y 514 , 2. 'K 19 23535 - 1 gt- ff in t,,.., ,M . S . .. h. 'li ' t

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issrn cn ii . science oncl mcith meet . t . technological challenges T We know we must either stay ahead or catch up with our opponents in the struggle for world domination. Many say that the key to success lies in technological advancement. Washburn has just made a giant step in meet- ing the technological challenge of the future. The new science hall has provided new equip- ment, better laboratories, and more space. The chemistry department has outstanding physical- chemical, quantitative analysis and organic lab- oratories, and most prized----of all, perhaps, is their new instructor, the witty Sheldon Cohen. The Physics Department boasts of its modern engineering drawing room, x-ray laboratory, and radioscope laboratory. The biology department has six new laboratories, a constant temperature .,....--- room, and a chemical-biological-radiologicaI iso- lation chamber which can completely control an organism's environment. The mathematics department's most impor- tant innovation is the introduction of two mathe- matics courses being taught on television with the cooperation of WIBW-TV. Mr. Welling demonstrates the use of the slide rule to beginning mathematics students. Engineering-Richard Beck. Chemistry-Sheldon Cohen, Catherine Conard, John Davis, lra Rothberg. Biology- Donald Boyer, Edwin Marks, Paul Kopper. Physics-Stanley Alexander, D. H. Webb. Mathematics-Laura Greene, Paul Eberhart, T. J. Head, Margaret Martinson, Terry McAdam, Ronald Welling, Delores Virr. . i li Q X :L Swift? N . if 2 of ' 1 A f ' i Q 1 i 4 'Sr . --'- L --L ' r ' -V 4' . 2 4 A 4 I . ., l N . .t Q. , . : . ....., , ' 1 -.-- -W ' L 7 . 2. ' 1 ' . 1 H f.-- . -Mg. f Qgsszzgii I.F'i:.- ' r. . 7 'A EEE. .5 . lx '23 Z .. its -.-'I?::..iK if ,. if ti.. A Lv' . ' '29 ' 9 i::5:I- Si V ', ,f iiijii-:CE ' -Vi i-tri .V 'fi 5 ' ':- :-4 -f':Zl: :r ' .. 'lf f ig: 5 iii.. '.5'iz E. 81- A figisffm ff -3- A -' '- ' ' 28