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

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KEITH M. HUSSEY Rock Island, Illinois Gcaioyy m Unsilnu Gnmmn. lli-mu-iuu -I: mm 3,; .1: Uzhk-n chlugy Club 2. :L 11. PI'HsizlL-nt l l,imluhl Iaiulugy muh AI; Uculngy Lulmrmun Agsix'mnt aL WILLIE DEROCKER Rock Island, Illinois BFnIogy Track 1, 2, :4, A; Tribe ur Vikings 2. :1. 4 Foulell Iiunll 1, 2. :i; sun I. Mnmuu- 1. 2: 14mm Iliulum Club 4; Uhrn Gunlm-l Club II: Science Clull l. 2, 3. 4. J. ERIK HOLMER DuBois, Pa. Biaiagy Snlzl Fido 1, 3, AI; Missionary Box: 1. a L' uiolnzy Club 4: Messiah l: ' h ! urSezmdinaviun Foundation Mis g. Sutit-ly 1. 3, 4: Luther Lcugu'u 1, a II: Thicl Culloxe Z4 In biology the departmental extension is being directed in the field of botany with the hope that in the near future circumstances will justify the erection of full-time courses in both botany and zoology. Emphasis is being placed more and more on the fundamental training in biology for pre- professional students, rather than to sketch over the actual professional suhjeets. The acquisition of much new apparatus, including three elaborate cunstant-temperature pieces and greenhouse equipment, has made possible the extension of plant physiology to a full-year course. Bridg- ing the former gap between course work and general bio- logical practice is a new course in genetics. The newly formed Lindahl Biology Club is also doing much to flll this gap by designating specific biological projects for each of its members. This latter work, however, is done independ- ently from that of the college courses. Additional optical apparatus, demonstration specimens, and various models

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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.

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have done much to help the courses in the held of visuai education, Among the basic sciences, geology in particular has a broad cultural value and offers training in scientific meth- ods with a minimum of technical prerequisites. The intro- ductory courses aim to provide a knowledge of the origin and subsequent history of the earth, as well as an under- standing of present land forms and geological processes. The advanced courses, aside from their general educational interest, are desirable for students majoring in allied sci- ences and are fundamental for graduate work in geology. The new science hall has afforded sufficient room for sep- arate laboratories for the different courses. Much of the work this year consisted principally of cataloging, reiden- tifying, cleaning, and sorting all the mineral and fossil- specimens available. This was never possible under the old arrangement because of the lack of display space. The ad- ditional room has made possible the housing of the large collection of fossils and minerals that were more or less scattered before and inaccessible for study. The more serv- iceable displays afforded by the museum include two un- usually interesting ones, namely those showing the evolution WILLIAM E. CEDERBERG, Ph.B., A.M., PhD. Professor of Mathematics MARGARET OLMSTED, 21.3., A.M. Associate Professor of Latin and Mathematics