Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Dr. Norman H. Stewart Dr. John W. Rice Dr. Roy C. Tasker 22 . 1 ' iiiii!! ' ' ' mk HI ' i ■ma w ■ v- 4K Ql Bh JBBft r SLW a Pljj lr k -- PHI SIGMA, National Honorary Biological Fraternity ca a cccU Sccectce Biology students examine lab specimens.

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♦ % ♦ % ■didlOH — MORTAR BOARD, National Leadership Honi)rarv Suciety for Senior ' , men OMICROX DLLIA IxAl ' l ' A, Natiunal Lc..acislai Honorary Fraternin ' for Men e xUn Acfr 0%( amfatca t Members of MORTAR BOARD, the honorary for senior wo- men, are chosen each year from the junior class. These women ha e combined the highest quaHties of leadership, scholarship, and service during their years at Bucknell. It is the function of Mortar Board to sponsor projects that are not otherwise performed by the school. This year ' s Mortar Board Chapter served as counsellors to women transfer students; thev also sold calendars lor the benefit of the Student Aid Fund. OMICRON DELTA KAPPA is a national leadership frater- nity for men, established at Bucknell in 1945. O. D. K. recog nizes leadership in scholarsh arship, athletics, social and religious affairs, publications and speech, music and dramatic arts. Men who have excelled in these qualities are selected from the junior and senior classes to be tapped for O. D. K. membership. Each year students of Bucknell are honored by their election to WHO ' S WHO . From a group of senior students, selected by a facult ' committee, the senior class voted for the final twenty who will represent Bucknell in the 1950 edition of Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Uni ersities , Selection to Who ' s Who— is made on the basis of scholarship, cooperation and leadership in academic and extracurricular activities, citizenship and service to the school, and promise of future usefulness to business and society. UHOS V HO L AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSLIIES ' 21

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i % % % % % ' %m ■ - ' The Botany Building Taylor Hall, Taylor Annex, and the Botany building house the Biological Science Depart- ment. The Bio Sci major may be preparing for an ' of a number of specialties. These include pre-medical or pre-dental work, entomology, bot- an ' , medical and commercial laboratory tech- nique, research biology, and the teaching of biology. Lectures, field trips, and laboratory procedures comprise the schedule of the major of biology. The beginning courses include a study of com- parati e anatomy through laboratory analyses of the in ' ertebrate and vertebrate animals. Ad- anced lab experiments deal with nutrition and the care of mice, guinea pigs, and sheep. Most of the extensive experimentation has been with hamsters. Students of this depait- ment have successfully raised over one thousand hamsters and care daily for approximately one hundred in their own zoo . Somewhat resem- bling rats, but with stubby tails and large pouches in their cheeks, hamsters are ideal for experi- mentation because they are prolific, have no odor, and are susceptible to many diseases of humans. The botany division includes such courses as Plant Physiology, Plant Histology, Plant Ecology, and General Horticulture. Studies are made of microscopic structures, photosynthesis, and en- ironmental factors in plant development. Practical studies are made in the labs of the microbiological quality of milk from local samples. Studies are made on location of rural water sup- plies, stream pollution, sewage disposal, and wa- ter purification. Laboratory procedures are by the standard methods of the American Public Health Association. Extra-curricular activities in the field are car- ried out under the auspices of PHI SIGMA, the National Honorary Biological Fraternity. The honorary is specifically devoted to the stimulation of interest in biological research, and prospec- ti e members must show research purpose. To become a member, a student must complete a research paper which must be accepted by the members. SB f!l«?i!l ra J, y- ■ ' - ■ -■ , ' . — . . •r nrrtMM«Tiriw ... and this is a buttercup. ' Dr. Wayne E. Manning Dr. Hulda Magalhaes Mr. Louis Ives, Jr. 23 ♦ ♦ ♦ I