Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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A scientist who is respected, a teacher who is loved, and a wit of repute, Dr. Karl Woodcock. 118. is an unusual professor of physics. He is equally at ease discussing intricate problems of nuclear physics or outlining the best plan for wiring a house. He enjoys photography, radio. television. electronics. surveying - in fact anything involving mechanics. Karl Woodcock came to Bates in the fall of 1914 as a student. and upon graduation in 1918 remained as an instructor in the department of physics. He studied summers until he secured his masterls degree in 1922. Then in 1932. after a leave of absence. he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has been head of the physics department for the last several years. His interest in astronomy led to the development of a course in that field, and recently he was infiuential in the construction of a planetarium in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Woodcock has long been a member of the American Society of Physics Teachers. Locally. he has served for the last several years as radiological defense chief for Maine Civil Defense. In this connection, he has taught several courses in Maine on the Fundamentals of atomic and nuclear physics. l .QL X Born in England. educated in Canada. with a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. and since 1921 a Stanley Professor of Chemistry at Bates College. Walter A. Lawrance has successfully combined the duties of teacher and those of industrial and research chemist, A tremendous worker. Dr. Lawrance sets high standards for his students both in technical excellence and in integrity. His retirement in 1965 will coincide with the completion of Dana Hall. a new chemistry building which Dr. Lawrance has supervised since its conception. Dr. Lawrance is also well-known outside of Bates College. During World War I. he developed a unit operation system whereby non- professionals were each taught a single step in a chemical process. This plan worked to spread scientific skills and to relieve shortage of chemists. It is. however. in the problem of river pollution that he has won greatest fame. The Herculean task of cleaning up the Andro- scoggin River was assigned to him in 1947 when he was given the title of Bivermaster. Today Dr. Walter Lawrance is recognized internationally as an authority on river pollution by industrial wastes. Chemistry majors now in industry and schools the country over recognize their debt to him. All Bates men and women are proud of the contributions he has made to the field of chemistry. Yeh - we c'n get wonderful effects - red flames - moonlight to order - 1 I, 'n everything. Mirror 1922 Boys returning from downtown late o'nights have often wondered as to the identity of the faithful chemist who burns the bright electrics into the wee small hours of the night. Rumor has it that Doc Lawrance is discovering new compounds and one of these days . . . .Wirror 1924 7

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3' .pp G president Charles f. phillips