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

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whuololr my heart away? The (lily College student i' a pro- found sceptic, but one U| crsti- lion that survives even Cohen and Nagel i- the firmly entrenched l-elief that no Romance Language instructor has a heart . . . when lie gives final grades . . . Standing at the head of the department in gray spatl-ed splendor is “Pupa Weill . . . When he is not directing the summer session, Professor Charles I pson Clark amuses his class with litanies of Romany in well chosen Knglish . . . There is a certain hoot shaped country in the Mediterranean whose ever living literature is expounded by Professor rbib-Costa . . . Not content with shedding his light in City College, Professor Knicker- liocker also enlightens high school students w ith his text in Elementary Trench . . Suave and contained, Professor Rergeron runs his « lass with machine-like precision, hut to speak to him outside is an intel- lectual exercise . . . Teaching his elementary « lass in li«|ui«l French, and his advanced classes with humane intelligence is Professor aillant . . . Together with Professor Bergeron, Messieurs l.e Ridois, l.uciani, ami Travers, constitute the Four Horsemen’’ of blessed lame . . . Although slightly emotional in his class teaching methods. Professor Waltman is one of the few R« mance Language instructors who has some consideration for his students mothers . . . I)r. Cille devastates the uninitiated with brilliant barbs . . . Other members nf the department are ullra-N ictorian Professor Muller, cosmo- l»olitan Professor Panaroni, ami Professors Rhodes, Holmes, and • Iross . . . au re voir. how to win friends and . . . High muck-a-mucks »f rhetoric and oratory, men who dream vowels, eat consonants and grumble vocules . . . the men of the Public Speaking department . , . Chief Clansman is Professor Schulz ... an older (though not much) edition of Kdmund Lowe . .. •■ompletely poised and always tlx gentleman . . . Master of the debate Dr. Thonssen . . . the man with the prominent laryngeal cartilage and «lark conservativi- clothing of a New Kngland minister . . . metaphysician, concerned with the elevation of the longue and lh«- salvation of th«- low s” rather than the Soul, i very affable Mr. Kleinfeld, patron saint « f the S|K cch Clinic . . . Saturninely be- moustaehed Mr. Meyer stands out as the undefeated “riiall«-«l” ehampion of the department . . . and as one of tin most iuter« stiiig men in the group . . . Tmkel . . . side-kick of th - Mcphistophelian Meyer ... a man, moustached, erudite, an«l tough on tin- hoys in his scientifically exact debating courses . . . Guardian of the AH Class and owner of a very broad shoulder for weeping Seniors is J. Hailey Harvey . . . tall, handsome, and jwissessor of a very deep barber shop (sic!) barytone voice . . . Somewhat different from the usual run « f Public Speaking educators i- that debonair cosmopolite Riclianl Ccougli ... is a little difli«ult ! » g«-t along with at first but students warm up about him by the end of the term . . . Francis J. Idiom pson . . . Sim 88 anil a connoisseur of tilings Irish, the Black and 'fan tangle among other things . . . Rase of departmental operati«»ns is the second floor south wing, a half pint room on the ground floor and two victrolas hid away in a garret on the top floor of T. II. 11. Romance Languages IN MEMORIAM Maurice P. Dciclicx Arnold J. Malkan 1881 — 1988 1905— 1988 15

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I« l then In li ;lit Harry Mien Overstreet . . . genial de- fender of social philosophy and favorite of ilie lecture platform (where lie act a much as he talk ) . .. big hole where Morris K. Coltcn useil to In . . . the lobislic superordinate who «lellated a many student egos with his acid wit as with hi encyclopedic knowledge anil telling analyses of condicting theories . . . what In-fuddled object will forget the innocent smile and jesting remark You don't agree with your own conclusion, do you? . . . A hit absent-minded hut always kind to the theories of budding phil- osophers . . . krikorian . . . lazy guys had In-Iter keep away from required courses though they can rest easily in his electives . . . age I . . . more positiv istic than Cohen and Nagel ... is always two steps ahead of his critics . . . Aaronson . . . lost In-hind a massive moustache and the pages of hi Journal of Social Philosophy . . . thinks he ha logically refuted logic but it may only In- his French training . . . Bronstcin . . small and modest hut somehow manages to keep his head through the mazes of symbolic logic . . . students always surprised to find he’s quondam coach of the tennis team . . . Kdel ... an Aristotelian become enamoured of dialectic . . . finds the point in what you say even when you aren't aware there is one . . . threatens someday to be famous as reformer of the methods of the social sciences . . . Marsh . . . patriarch of the psychological half of the department . . . many a student has found out, too late, that lie's not quite as guileless as he looks . . . John Peatman . . . 1 1 all around man in the department, having learned much from hi philosophic colleague ... a smiling indication that psychology may yet In-come a science . . . “G. Milton enlivens the majestic name of Smith . . . think up the most ambiguous examinations hut par- tially atones with dry humor and a liberal attitude . . . Ih-rtzrnan . . . a analytic as they come, how lie manages to keep in touch with so many of the latest developments is a dark mystery to envious students. an atom begat cain hen bettor students are made, it’ll break them . . . Heading the department is a truly Barnuniesque gentleman, tall, while haired Professor Corcoran, patron saint of the freshmen . . . lectures amusingly in Science Survey, but the boys in the advanced courses «luck when he looks at them . . . Zemansky, in a gentle way leaches the toughest advanced course. Thermodynamics . . . lily College grad and though a big shot in his field, is not t«»o tough on the boys . . . Professor Marcus, boss of the labs, short and paternal, puts on the naive a« t . . . Pro- fessor Sennit, teacher in modem Physics keeps the boys stepping with his serious class attitude . . . Gently smiling, cherubic Professor Sonkin lectures t«i the unhappy students in elementary Physics . . . Doe hi best to translate the t« t into Knglish, but usually has to wake the boys up with the tremendous ele«-trostatic machine that stands forlorn in the corner . . . Nobody thinks it’s very funny . . . I llimate heavenly authority of the College is Professor Wolff, - trollouty professor who hang out in the tower of the main building, and aims at the stars with his trusty telescope . . . Positively the only class work at City (Adlego that is liiglirr education . . . Scan- dinavian, blonde, and easy g«»ing is Professor .Null who teache advanced physics to the prc-meds . . . Sounding like a young Lochinvor out of the West is lanky Mr. Williams, who «-an discus anything concerning physics, as long a you can ask questions . . . Mr. Gray of the easy going voice. Dr. Shea, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Rose, and others «!« their hit . . . The departmental hangout is the physics library and the lab on the first two floor , where introverted maniac play hide and seek with electrons, and tin- Gr«-ck alphabet. Pliysies 14

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