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

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MORTON GOTTSCHALL Dean of the Faculty JOHN R. TURNER Dean of Men

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NELSON P. MEAD Acting President • %v % ,v W

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art T lirer men anil tlicir reader» . . . Ari I . . . llie most |i«| ul.ir lecture course in the school . . . llie darkncs very conducive to sleep .. . biggest show of the year .. . tlic presentation of Goya » Nude Duel»--» ... all report» now being submitted liavc been traced to the first . . . that of a l hi Bcte Mudcut '09 . . . Professor I' cn . . . white shirt. white lie. white hair, and while mustache pointing: toward that great nebula Andromeda . . . -that'’ way about old ruin . . . Professor lla»kcll ... of the distinguished-looking chin and lip growth . . . hclh-nislie Hercules in lingers Peet tweed . . . ami Professor D'Andrca . . . formerly of Towusend llarri High School . . . disciple of lla-kcll . . . hut hi i a an Dyke . . . give» the only rour»r in Photography ... the first aesthete to lie bitten by the hug . . . the department i» centered around the only room in the college which is always well lit . . . if not through the sky-lights then through the gigantic chandelier with the strange and mys- terious inscription. biology Biology department, did you say? . . . why. Prof. Saylcs can cite chibs positions, hatting average, and home town of all players in the Major la-ague during the past twenty years! (The Germ of Knowledge?) . . . the department is also ingenious . . . I)r. Dawson ha found through longs year of ex- perience that by speaking in a low tone when relating important information, lie can keep his students on the edge of their seats Iso that' how it's done!) ... stock expression of Prof. Gohlfnrh is It's Chemistry hair-raising! ... of Dr. Elkin: It amazing (variety i the spice of life, it i claimed.) ... of all thing ! Dr. Argo eat Korpicfort cheese as an appetizer on botany field trips ... it seem that these men of Biology are capable of anything . . . Dr. Copeland actually achieved the stunt of filling 61 second into a minute, so help me . . . drop in on one of hi lecture anil ce for yourself . . . Prof. Browne i reputed to he a brilliant conversationalist, hut not lent- phatically not!) over the telephone . . . either the blank mouth- piece hypnotizes him or he is a horn “yes man for the only word he speaks over the instrument— Yop . . . yop . . . yop . . . yop. I Monotonous, isn't it?)- however his classes seem to enjoy him. chemistry House of indelicate odor , explosions, and unpro- nounceable name . . . the College gives thanks that they isolated the GIlClll. Building . . . Professor Prager . . . pre- cipitated into the front office by the new democratic reaction . . . inject a joke into his lectures every third week (shocked? we were almost ionized!) . . . Professor ”l 'ncle Joe ' Buhor . . . keeps the doors of Ddremus open when he lecture . . . claim he had to replace them too often . . . Professor Kstahrooke ... of Bahor to Kstahrookc to Uehrtnaii combination . . . always ready to talk . . . always talking . . . Professor Stevenson . . . doesn't mind people sleeping in lectures, hut doesn't want llu-m to look a though they hail fainted . . . Professor la hrman . . . the third of the above com- bination . . . easily distinguished by that green eye-shield and pipe . . . Professor Curlmaii . . . doesn't believe the longue i a good indicator of the element . . . especially arsenic . . . Professor Curtis . . . gently remonstrating, after calling the roll, Now. gentlemen, I have forty name marked present, and there are only fifteen stu- dent in this room.