Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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1 k E Li: 47: 4A JOHN P. MAGNUSSON, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Oscar II Professor of Chemistry KARL G. LARSON, A.B., A.M. Associate Professor of Physics NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS The natmal sciences and mathematics have always com- 111156111 3. strong department at Augustana, but this year, with the Wallbe1g Hail of Science p1ovid1ng greater facili- ties, the work in this division has assumed added impo1- tance. New students are attracted by the completely equipped laboratories and the advantages which they offer. Chemistry as a basic science at Augustana has a twofold purpose. As a subject of general cultural value, it gives a knowledge of the materiaLworld in which we live. It also is a general requirement for those students preparing to enter the professions, such as engineering medicine, or the nu- merous technical fields of modern industrial life, such as metallurgy, textiles, foods, building materials, agriculture. petroleum industries, fuels, rubber, and others. There are chemistry courses ranging from those in the general basic principles to those in chemical theory, including a theoreti- cal and experimental study of the gaseous, liquid, and solid states of matter, chemical dynamics, chemical statics and JAMES EDWARDS Roadhouse, Illinois Chcmishy 633nm: Aluha 11:12 President -i. Football 1. : Intcrhulernily Council 3.1.Trihr1 ot Viki :11 :1. 1; Udden Guelolzy 01111.3 1: ilry Labummry 11151511111 2 :3- Intra- mural 51mm 1, 2, 8 1l REYNOLD HOLMEN Rock Island, Illinois Chemistr 1; Pi Upsilon Gamm: 1: PhnwLI 111M: for Ruekety- II Utlxk-n Geology Cluh vi: Chemielry lnstruclur -:1 Senior Play Com- 111111111111 mium 11ni1: Honor SnuiL-Ly: Messiah 1. 2; intramurals 1.

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FRITIOF M. FRYXELL, AMA, AM., Ph.D. Professor of Geology tOW. leave of absence, 1935-1513N CARL LELAND HORBERG, AiB. Assistant Professor of Geology HAL C. YINGLING, 3.5,, Ms. Professor of Biology the place rule, thermodynamics, eiectrochemistry, and acti- nochemistryi Each course is provided with a separate fully equipped laboratory. Study in the physics courses has been aided by the more spacious laboratories in which to conduct experiments and by a machine shop in the basement of the science hall. These have further helped the department in the realization of its aim, namely to familiarize the students with the laws which govern all events or actions in the physical universe, with some disputed exceptions. A more practical aim is to pre- pare the students for advanced study in scientific and en- gineering courses. The work consists of the theoretical development of rules and laws and the verification of these laws in the laboratory. In the advanced courses emphasis has been placed upon work with the X-ray. Professor Larsonis homemade X-ray tube, of the Coolidge type and made almost entirely of metal, has been used for work in crystal analysis. This year, for the first time in the labora- tory, a diffraction pattern was obtained from a salt crystal. New equipment costing over $2,000 has been secured during the past year. Among the new apparatuses are 3. Wilson cloud chamber, a Kelvin bridge for measuring low resist- ances, a traction magnetometer for measuring magnetic properties of iron and other materials, and several very expensive photoelectric cells.