City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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like Robert laylor but acts like tin proverbial absent-minded pro- fessor . . . An you-all must know Hailey Y. Diflie, who hails from down Texas way . . . A oluble Milton OITutt dresses like Joe College in the 1890 ' . . . you can make him happy by admitting that the Germans really won the battle of Jutland . . . And this man Rosen drives a Buick that would delight a plutocrat, but according to docu- mentary evidence he has never worn any tie but that ancient rag he now sports . . . Two years ago an admiring class presented him with a new silk cravat, which he wore at the final exam—and never again . . . Baltimore’s Louis L. Snyder is the gentleman with the small black moustache which gives him a deceptively sinister appear- ance like that of the old-time nickelodeon villain . . . Towering A.C.F. Westphal, of the basso-prof undo, i' never more happy than when immersed in an incomprehensible muddle of diplomatic documents and official statements . . . Big Joe W isan, easy and affable outside of class, is also a demon on the handball court . . . Phil and Jack Loner, identical twins, have been the cause of a Comedy of Krrors among their innumerable NY workers . . . lucky they aren’t both uptown . . . That braw Scotsman, Gorham Sanderson, is glad lie is a doctor because his girl tells him about her operation. lar an's mates t the south end of the quadrangle stands the Hygiene building, inhabited by its own set of inimitablcs . . . Professor Woll, the chief, keeps to his office on the second floor . . . Near commencement time seniors get to know him well . . . he is chief marshal . . . Judge Williamson, who keeps a stern visage to insure smooth running of the difficult athletic program, is the most gentle personality in the department . . . Professor Dailey supervises the Hygiene majors ... is another man with an officious manner and a soft heart . . . On tin- gym floor Hygiene One classes sit back in awe gazing on Mr. Mendelis' human pretzel tricks on the bars and skeptically hear his Nothing to it! Now you do it! . . . With Mr. Khrlicb’s fencing proteges lunging about, it is not safe even in the corridors ... Mr. Djorup, a great guy, is a quiet little fellow . . . but he will tell you all about that new craze, s|K edball ... Mr. Lrankle bats little feathered balls across a net and calls it all Badminton. . . . promises to be the white hope of the department . . . Ogg Kay, that outmoded text for required government sections is their holy bible . . . the sociology appendage shelters the dynamic little Prof. Joseph, who raise’s missionary work to a humanitarian plane . . . Mr. Tomars is the diamond in the rough . . . supplies real brain-food for the profound sociologists-to-be. much ado about nothing little cubbyhole and a some- what larger place where bedlam is the rule house the offices of tin- History Department . . . 'fable- pounding Professor Mead . . . an unapologetic liberal . . . Young man, don’t ask me to explain the decisions of the Supreme Court on a logical basis. It can’t be done! . . . Shut-eye Professor Thomp- son . . . ’’Gentlemen, as I hope you are, the most important thing in the world is—harrrumph manners.” . . . knows something about everything, and wears that lovely cherubic smile, especially when sjK-aking of the successes of history men after graduation . . . Pro- fessor Schapiro modestly admits his own colossal ability . . . Likes to converse in French with the members of that department . . . Suave, punctilious Professor Janowsky . . . Perpetually hustling Professor Morris wastes less time in speech than Floyd Gibbons . . . brisk, brush, and cheerfully cynical . . . Professor Kraus, who looks Hygiene 12 Government

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German llii good earth Small Imt compact . . . the Geology de- partment consists of om office . . . two recitation rooms . . . ami a couple of museum cases of assorted rocks . . . Probably the most exhausting course in the school . . . Mention (Geology to a lie.illlix-looking science major . . . ami you have a quivering weakling on your hands . . . reason: field trips . . . Professor Butler, the perennial lecturer, is on leave . . . so Dan O'Connell . . . Gary Coojier type . . . amazes the hoys with the geological Who’s Who of New York (lily . . . Brooklyn is dismissed with a casual, Just a terminal moraine, that’s all” . . . dams, the hard guy of the department . . . Ilis field trips! . . . always a hill ahead of the class, Ik is a living refutation of the decadence of man . . . Manhattan Island has some power- fully large parks . . . with some powerfully primitive spots . . . Kindle, Kosalsky . . . both easy going and as violently athletic as the rest. .. so-o-o-o much walking. sturni iiinl draug The German department . . . where culture reigns despite the propaganda of the Fatherland . . . where art, sculpture, history, sociology, music, philosophy, etc. are themes of classroom discussion and one doesn't worry loo much about final grades . . . as a matter of fact, one doesn't worry . . . The kind and learned Professor Roedder with his salt and pepper goalee, his high snow while collars, and his ever cheerful guten morgen characterizes the department . . . Dr. Selltur, a cynical sociologist turned German instructor, quite happy about it because it entails less work . . . The brotherhood of man is truly embodied in Doctor Peterson, soldnl dr Legion tFHonneur, no failures, no assign- ments, and generous marks are his outward manifestations of |K ace on earth and good will to men . . . Herr Susskind, a past Yeshiva student with a pachydermic memory expounds the true Nordic tongue with a Talmudic intonation .. . Herr Frazier clad in continental styles . . . The philologi-t of the department . . . Professor Dili will lecture in his typical soothing manner . . . Iiecomes lost in silent reverie for five minutes and tlu-n lock- up where he left oil . . . esiivius erupt-, wild hull- bellow, windows shake, students quake! Profes-or Kinkcldey lecture-. Imlli our houses The Government department . . . off- shoot of the G.O.P. . . . shelters the last of tlie rugged individuals ... a Phi Beta Kappa key hanging outside a rather large man belongs to Professor Guthrie, the booming czar of the Townsend Harris auditorium ... a supreme court decision is sanctus sanctorum to him . . . Professor Haley is still trying to figure out why Landon lost in the last election . . . keeps a copy of the Constitution under his pillow . . . adept in suggesting a heated discussion be shifted to another depart- ment in the college . . . Mr. Arm, Professor Guthrie’s man Kvery-Day , works on a seven day basis and looks as though he might carry about forty pounds more than he does . . . Mr. Buekvar, liny Beau Brummel, is foremost Defender of the Faith . . . Mr. Barlier keep- his chain gang moving double-time . . . they move at a brisk pace with little of the wrangling seen in Government 1 sections, but his extra-classroom iconclasm is often interesting . . . Mr. Bishop, late of KhoDisland, boasts of the fact that it’s worth a dollar to leave his class . . . the price goes up as the term progresses ... Mr. Fisher ... a new man II

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ambition and distraction Curves make the women . . . am! the Math Department . . . bossed by Professor Reynolds, possessor of a mysterious vest with an even more mysterious white border . . . the budding genius i Professor Gill ... a rare individual who despite stern marking attracts flocks of students . . . the secret: his unrullled disposition and Spartan endurance explaining stuff to harass'd studes . . . Tough ami exact . . . Professor Hubert who has his roll Itook out before the echo of the bell has «lied away . . . Large, slow, and gray is Professor Turner, a majestic sight to see, plodding along in the halls . . . Popular Dr. Fagerstrom makes the boys wonder how they failed to solve that last problem . . . Linchan makes life a breeze f«»r p«Tspiring under- grads with “You boys are the best box- in New York” . . . Conserva- tive, tall, and white haired is Professor Pedersen, a City grad who won practically every prize in his remote «lay . . . Mien, sharp featured and clean-paled, teaches the history of Mathematics ami woe t«» the student crossing him! (Quaker liberal with the patience ami endurance of a Job . . . right ... is distinguished by his green eye-hade . . . perche«l precariously on the swivel chair in back of hi- desk, he discourses U|«on the very esoteric “Theory of .Num- bers . . . Fast talker and thinker . . . Wirth . . . who, despite a strong aversion t«» Tech men, is lik«’«l by the boys . . . gels red when solving problems, in a very colorful fashion. successor . . . we don't know if he bellows yet . . . the band, under the direction of Captain Horton inspire our team- to victory . . . Non-Coms . . . Sergeant Siemion of the -toreroom ... a fixture at the College . . . Sergeant Still . . . the Kriti-h Navy’s gift to the I . S. Army . . . backbreaking Sergeant Holton of rifle range fame . . . lighten llm-c -lings” . . . Sergeant Hide-law . Horodeczki . . . what’s the “W” for, Sarge? -wing is here to stay The Music department i- the only one in school that cannot ««tmplain about lack of space for elementary courses . . . bored lilth- aesthetes rattle around in the front of tlx- ( real Hall while the organ booms Haeh . . . standing under Hlashfield'.s mural, white haired Professor Hein- roth directs the department.. . s|»eak- gently with many charrumphs, but makes up for it with hi- organ playing . . . Professor Wilson, co-second in command with Professor Neidlinger, teaches harmony ami counterpoint, interspersed with innuendous tales and Cheshire eat smile . . . famous in hi- repertoire is the story of the wedding he attemled where he was asked t« play Last Sleep «»f the irgin” by Massenet . . . he is the College bid for llollywoml whenever Kric Blore resigns . . . l.eath«-r-lunge«l Neidlinger of the snow white hair has no truck with fancy musical verbage . . . pronounces “comvrto” to rhyme with potoilo . . . the pale gentleman at the side of the stage who changes the records ami takes attendance i- Mr. Arie—ohn. Military Science de gustibus . . . Colonel 0. P. Robinson, Professor «»f Mili- tary Science and Tactics, presiding . . . when belter cadets are made, the colonel will make them . . . Major Moore—once taught his class the salute and other soldierly etiquette . . . honest . . . Major Schwinn . . . quiet and dignified . . . married recently, then look sick and was absent f«»r a term . . . Major Macafferty . . . stern and straight ... a disciplinarian . . . Jovial Major Smith . .. when he bellow- Attention, the Japanese probably stop their war ami wait for the next command . . . the corps lost it- be-t relator of overseas stories when lie was remove«l to a command upstate . . . Scholarly Major Holton ... a cadet’s be-i friend . . . sometimes called professor . . . Major Gib-on . . . Major Smith’s Music 13