Western Illinois University - Sequel Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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Art and Industry Hundreds of students have been made curious by the presence of the very artistic brackets found in Room 34 in the main building. Their location is quickly understood when it isnlearned that the art department occupied that section of the third floor from 1902 till 1918. S. L. Smith was the first art instructor, and was replaced by Jessie Buckner in 1907. Miss Buckner passed away suddenly in the fall of 1925 . Alberta E. Strome Was made act- ing head of the department until Theodora Pottle was made head of the department in 1928. Mrs. Strome continued to be assistant in the department. Manual arts were introduced at Western Illi- nois State Normal School a year after the organiza-H tion in 1903. Lewis H. Burch was in charge of the first classes in this department. The work shop was located in the basement of the main building and the equipment consisted of twelve benches and a few general shop tools. In 1907 a wood lathe was added to the equipment, and although the room was wired to afford the workers light and power, heat was not secured for that section of the build- ing for several years. Mr. Burch retired in 1911 and was followed by Charles E. White, E. A. Fran- quemont, Daniel Green, and Wayne Wetzel, who has been head of the department since 1918. Mr. ,Wetzel had been an assistant prior to his appoint- ment as head, in a position now held by Raymond Miller, who has charge of the school printing shop. With the completion of the arts building in 1918 these departments were moved into their new quar- tCI'S. THE ART CLASS AT WORK 1311 POTTLE STROME WETZEL MILLER PALETTE AND BRUSH Dorothy Holmes fPres.Q Anna Coats QV. Pres.J Angeline Stuckman fSec.j Wilma Roclefeld fTreas.J Pauline Anderson Irene Carlson Ruth Currens Ruth Conner Ruth Hatch Carl Hossler Ruth Kathmann Hazel Spicer Betty Walker Ruth Wetzel

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NEUREITER CURRENS HORRABIN BENNETT CHEMISTRY CLUB Jane Purdum Julia Vincent M. L. Purdum M. E. Stickney Bud Frame Granville Blythe Gerald Hammond Edward F. Mc Hugh Raymond Fries James B. Knapp Wendell Wilson Wendell Hunt Sylvan Love James F. Banks Charles M. Hainline John Means Helen Carrison Doris Frye Pauline Carwell Robert Wilson Randall Shields Doris Reynolds Harold Nixon Ed. Lemon Wesley Iftner Chemistry The Department of Chemistry Was an out- growth of the old physical science department, one of the original schools of the college. John P. Drake Was in charge of physical sciences from the .beginning of the school till 1914. A year later F. H. Currens came to Western to head a Depart- ment of Chemistry, a position which he still holds. iDr. Currens Was head of the physics department for a number of years after he came to Western. Dr. Currens was unassisted in the chemistry section at first, but in 1922 Wilber Greer Was an assistant Tin the department. In 1928 Paul Neureiter came 1 from Austria to teach at Western. The same year l Waldo Horrabin, a former Western student, also ,became associated with the chemistry department. The department continued to grow, and in 1932 1 C. W. Bennett also became a member of the chem- iistry faculty. ' l In 1928 the Chemistry Club was organized by a group of students, many of them chemistry ma- 1 jors, and others, in many cases not in the depart- ment at all, who were interested in the field. Dr. Currens was the club sponsor, and since that time T . . . the club has grown untll today lt IS one of the Hargest groups on the campus. Meetings are held itwice monthly, the time being devoted to experi- lments and addresses upon the most recent develop- iments in the study of chemistry. The club has Tpresented an assembly program annually, an ac- icount of which would comprise an interesting lstudy in itself. i THE CHEMISTRY CLUB 1 U91 1

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WAGGONER OATHOUT SALLEE BENNETT BIOLOGY MAJORS Joseph Beadles Marjorie Black Edward Callahan Vincent Clark Paul Coffman Delmar Coulter Glenn Dalton Brayton Danner Philip Davis Carol Elder Arthur Erdman Edward Furnace Raymond George Warren Haver Mary Elizabeth Holstine Dorothy Hunt James jackson Julius jones Mac Keithley Earle Kennedy Helen Lawless Virginia Leighty Freddie Miller George Prentice Doris Reynolds Charles Ridings Paul Roark Harold Shields Max ,Smith Irving Stroh Charles Taylor Vassar Vancil Ronald Walty Frank Ward Kay Weaver Robert Young Donald Walker Gaylyn Rampley Biology and Agriculture For over 19 years Biology and Agriculture were under one department. In 1906 the University of Illinois established an agricultural experiment sta- tion on the campus under the school's direction. Professor John T. johnson organized the first course of study for the Biological Science Depart- ment. In the earlier history of this department there were several men. Charles Finley taught in this department from 1912 till 1917. Clyde Hudelson was at Western from 1914 till 1919. In 1917 H. D. Waggoner came to Western as in- structor in the Biological Science Department. When this department was divided the next year he became head of the -Biology Department, and Mr. Cleveland was called to Western as head of the new ldepartment. Mr. Oathout is the present head of the Agriculture Department, and has assisted in making this department fully recognized and a very influential school of the college. The majors in this department have helped a great deal in land- scaping the campus. 3 Although in past years clubs have been organ- ized in each department, this year neither of them became active. The interests of the persons eligible for these organizations have been absorbed in the Geography,Club,. Rural Club and other student groups. ' Dr. Waggoner and Dr. Oathout were spon- sors of the organizations in their respective de- partments when they were active. A I CUT-LEAF BIRCHES 1 . ,, 1 1321