Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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1lQD334lflN'illHiQDN ' CHARLES C. ARBUTHNOT Profeuor of Economics If gratification of intellectual curiosity is an important pur- pose of a science, economics has abundant opportunity to serve this day and generation. Rapidly moving events in startling combinations jig-saw current expectations into puzzles that strain even the brain familiar with theory and practice. If one knows his economics, i. e., knows how men behave in the business of getting a living, his chances of adjusting him- self to the complexities of the world around him are greatly increased. He can avoid many of the pitfalls into which the ignorant stumble, and get a foot on the ladder that only the trained can climb. No knowledge is adequate for all emer- gencies, but there is a strong probability that disciplined intelligence will furnish required caution and guidance for necessary action. If one knows his economic world and is able to adjust him- self to it, there is a lively hope that he may be able to help make it a better world in which he and his fellows may live and work and play. The percenta e of well-intentioned social reformers' efforts that are wasted through ignorance of fun- damentals runs into figures of technocratie magnitude. HARRY W. MOUNTCASTLE Proferrar of Playtriar It is perhaps not generally known that Einstein's Theories of Relativity owe their existence to the celebrated experiment performed on the campus of Adelbert College in the year 1887. This experiment, known as The Ether-Drift Experiment, was performed by Professors A. A. Michelson and E. W. Morley in the basement room of the Main Building of Adelbert College now used as the University Book Store. The experi- ment proved that the ether, if it exists, was scarcely dragged along by the earth in its flight through space. Professor Michelson occupied the chair of Physics at Case School of Applied Science while Professor Morley held the correspond- ing position in Chemistry at Adelbert College. CLIN F. TOWER Profeiimr of Claemirnjy For the last six years we have had a very elhcient course of graduate study in chemistry leading to the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D. As it happens, most of the students working for these higher de rees are not graduates of Western Reserve, but come to us fiom other institutions. What we should like to see is more of our good undergraduates recognizing the opportunities here, and taking advantage of them. CI ARENCE P. BILL Praferror of C!tz.r.ric.r The Department of Classics aims to teach men not only to translate the literatures written in Greek and Latin but to read them with appreciation and enjoyment. These litera- tures are called the classics because they are enduring standards of what men can do in literary art, and because they have been the models for modern literature. English and other modern languages and literatures are therefore full of Greek and Latin influence, and a thorough understanding of them requires a knowledge of Greek and Latin. The same is true of Medieval history. The classics may therefore be pur- sued both for what they contribute to the understanding of later literature and history and for their own intrinsic merit. WESTERN IRIESHEIRWIE N II VIE JR S TI 'IF Y

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X X llf9?334l.N Deon, LYON Dean, HIHIKDN ' FRANK M. CASTO School of Dentistry On the invitation of the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry was organized in 1892. The Faculty consisted of fourteen members and there were twenty-one students. For four years it had its home in the building of the School of Medicine. The school is now located in the University group at 2165 Adelbert Road. Since the school became an integral part of the University it has made steady progress. In 1923 it was graded among the first class schools of the country by the Dental Educational Council of America. Today it belongs in the group of eleven leading schools that require two years of pre-dental work, and four years Of professional study. At the end of the second year, students whose grades are above the average may receive the degree of Bachelor of Science under certain conditions. On completion of the four-year course the degree conferred is Doctor of Dental Surgery. N. RICHARDSON A.r.ri.rronr Deem, Aelelbert College Assistant Dean Richardson, Adelbert College. Dear Sir: The article you so graciously contributed will find a home at the start of the Feature Section. It will be impos- sible to run it opposite your picture because it would take up too much room. So would you dash off an article of appro- priate len th to be used opposite your picture? Thank you. David E. Thomas, Editor, ihon. . Dear Dave: I cannot seem to find another arrow handy. But all interested persons now know where my original one fell, and they may turn to the Feature Section. Best regards. Lyon N. Richardson. ROLAND C. TRAVIS A.r.rl.rmnt Deem, Aelelberl College We all want success, but many of us fail-seemingly with everything in our favor. Some of us succeed even against great odds. Why the paradox? We cannot always control the circumstances around usg but we can control our attitudes toward them. In the words of Rebecca R. Williams: One ship drives east, another drives west, While the self-same breezes blowg 'Tis the set of the sail, and not the gale That bids them where to go. Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate, As we journey along through lifeg 'Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal, And not the calm or the strife. WALTER T. DUNMORE School of Lou' Each department is so nearly a separate entity in our Uni- versity that I welcome this opportunity cordially to greet all of the daughters and sons of Reserve. We can take a real satisfaction in the knowledge that high standards of scholar- ship have always been given emphasis at Reserve. In these years of rapid transition one may be sure that the oppor- tunities for development of the individual offered at Reserve are something to be embraced with the certainty that thorough training will better equip for anything which the future may have in store for us. g YXYIESTIEIIRN' IRIESIFJIRWIE L EIU if NIVERSITY

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X X 1935111 NHHQNZA' Louis JARED S. Moons Profefror of Plailaropby The Department of Philosophy and Psychology extends its hearty greetings to the 1934 Nihon, the class which is sponsor- ing it, and the other students and alumni of Western Reserve University. This department has had an unusually interesting history. Before 1888, instruction in history, economics, and political science, as well as psychology, was carried on in Adelbert College by the Professor of Philosophyg and our present separate departments in those fields have been estab- lished one by one since that time. Within our own depart- ment, the most important development has been in psy- chology, starting with the opening ofthe laboratory in 1927. Before that year, psychology was always taught by philos- ophers, instead of, as now, by those especially trained in that highly specialized subject. FINLEY M. FOSTER Profe.r.mr of Engliflv The Department of English is interested in better writing and better reading by the college student. lt believes that the student who is able to express his ideas clearly and accurately in writing is equipped with one of the tools essential to ac- complishing his purpose in life. It believes that the student who knows something of English and American literature in their contribution to the foundations of our culture, who reads intelligently the best books of his own generation, has learned to keep his mind open for the acquisition of new ideas and to associate by means of the printed page with the best minds of yesterday and today. To assist in accomplishing these purposes is the function of the Department of English. HOWARD S. Woonwfxnn Prafemror of Speech Tue DEl'ARTMEN'l' or Svnecu A Dcfnitimz The Speeches Department? Certainly. Edward Quinn yesterday in The Elements of Speech took live minutes to preach to his fellow students the gospel of Good Manners. To be sure, that is Speech. But it is not all. The Professor Einstein-Consul Messcrsmith-Editor Lippmann-''Ballyhoo Winchell+-Secretary Stimson pass- port incident supplied a task today in Argumentation, -a study of sources and inferences. Essentials these are, to good communication of ideas. And this too is Speech. Fashion interpreted for us some of the manners and customs of eighty years ago. Costume and make-up. voice and posture were in the kit of tools used by the University Players. That also is Speech. The trafhc laws of assemblies Cparliamentary procedure? are supposed to govern Borah on the Hoot of the Senate and George Srail in the Student Council. The psychology of atten- tion is an important handmaiden of Dean Trautman talking in Assembly and of jimmy Rice speaking for The Reserve Rostrum before The Libertarian Forum. More factors, these, in the vital task of Speech. O. Fos'rER Ffllfllfljl Aa'11i.rer The 1934 Nihon takes its place as the youngest in the long line of Western Reserve annuals. It was this inheritance from the past. this tradition, which brought it into being. With youthful ardor and industry the editor and the business manager with their staffs have carried on in the face of cir- cumstances at times very discouraging. They have done their best to transmit to posterity the chronicle of this year's events and it is their earnest desire that you approve the brokeng almost courage. WESTERN TRIESHEIRWIE U N JI VIE IR. S I 'TF Y results. Let us hope that the line of Nihons will remain un that when the classes of the future hnd dilhcultics insurmountable, the abilttv to overcome them may remain. May this class pass on the spnit of indomitable