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

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Geology cnglish Swell elective . sleepy sessions bzz . . . bzzzx . . . I runi|tli . . . Imint| li . . . Knsy-going, newly elected head . . . Compto......informed llic “Mike” editor he never nee the member of hi department who hihernate in Harris llh floor . . . never learned a thing from Otis Init some dandy hot-stuff stories . . . was hypnotized hv Home's Goatee-wag as he referred to Cleopatra a “quite a hot piece” . . . and Tynan with his saxo- phone hriar a pullin' and a Mowin' through the Hall of Patriots . . . and the elder Dickson spouting Dan Chaucer and quite a whiz at Anglo-Saxon . . . fascinating how he slicked that pencil or stuck it in his ear . . . and then there was Thespian Goodman, chopper- upper of huddiug writers . . . “Init I tell you the story is HKAL— it happened to me! ' . . . Fred Shipley of the Yankee twang . . . that same blue suit . . . that same blue wool cravat and the same “damned spot out-out-out . . . Sedate Stair, Knglish teacher. Kng- lish clothes and Knglish thoughts of the aristocracy of intellectuals . . . “Ah. yes hoys (with a crook of the linger and a lean of the head ' . . . ah. there's real intellectual! . . . the bible for the other Knglish profs. geology Intrusions upon sedimentary memories . . . ('-amhrian, Miocene. Permian, and Koeene. . . Pegmatite, Olivine. Itiolite. and Travertine . . . Preparation for those final praclicum h learning some such silly rimes . . . G.unhiding among the sync-lines and anticlines of Inwood, the Palisades, and Bronx Park . . . Professor Butler, the department chef doeuvre. specializes in beautifully colored blackboard diagrams . . . paints landscape as a hobby . . . wants perfect attention in his lectures and get it . . . sometimes . . . Dr. Dan O'Connell . . . minerologist . . . famous or infamous for his long and very quickly moving logs . . . was just a poppa ... is married to the sister of . . . Dr. Kindle - - - trilohitc expert and amateur photographer . . . the only bachelor in the department . . . gets a kick if you call him “Doc . . . Mr. Adams . . . run the hoys ragged on field trips . . . must have been horn under Capricorn . . . skip down alone and leaves the hoys stranded at the top of a mountain . . . Mr. Hosalsky . . . babyfaec • • • giggles girlishly . . . loves statistics and can rattle olT the highest spot in any state without hatting an eye. german The department which shows the world that an im- mortal language is mightier than the acts of mortal mail . . . Professor Kocdder. the only department head to wear a bow-tie . . . also wears hi pants above his ankles . . . specializes in shady jokes told in German which no one understands . . . everyone laughs (why?) . . . Professor von Brudisch . . . wastes a week showing off his collection of World War pictures . . . threaten everyone with a blacklist which ha never hecn produced . . . Dr. Frazur . . . holds mock trials on the can; of Wilhelm Tell . . . quiet, sedate Professor Dili ... is said to have a sense of humor . . . Professor Kinklcdcy . . . whose loud voice ha made many a Fresh- man shudder . . . spend the semester teaching six rule of grammar . . . Professor Waldman . . . always has a few flunk in hi class . . . teaches German slang . . . Professor Peterson .. . brotherly love and such . . . Professor l.iedke . . . spend whole morning teaching songs - should play the tuba) . . . Dr. Susskind . . . uses a ponv to trans- late the Bible . . . prolific, poetic Professor Liptzin, cynical Dr. Selluir complete the department. German

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Economics Education classical languages 'l l»- deadest of .ill language yet how (Iwii it manure to gel into one’ hair so! . . . the Department has the oldest average age of any in the college I around fifty-eight) . . . Professor Burke, venerable head of the Dept., has managed to teach practically every present staff member who studied l.ntin at City (pity them!) . . . Professor Ball remains one of the old school—clears hi throat at every other word and require hi student to stand . . . Professor Hallidav, humorist of the Dept., delights in driving his students frantic by advancing four wrong and only one right answer to his own questions . . . Professor Quaekenbos always smile when handing out low grade . . . i still wearing the same gray suit he wore twenty year ago lor perhaps he has two of them!) . . . Prof. Bridge has the distinction of being the only teacher of classical languages in the country who is also President of the college chapter of the Teacher's Union . . . .Mister VThcclock, though thirty-five years old, is the baby of the Department. education They taught iis how to teach—but never how to get a job . . . Professor Heckman . . . mainstay of the Ed. clinic . . . much more famous outside the college than in it . . . with a repertoire of amusing stories about children he's met . . . Professor Turner . . . takes first money in all Senior Polls . . . for the . . . biggest grind . . . always reading something . . . Professor Bell . .. can spot what section of Flatbush you come from after hear- ing you »peak for five minutes ... Professor Tuttle . .. after years of drudgery with iconoclastic student has banished idealism . . . Professor M.mkicwicz . . . intrigues intended instructors of foreign languages with those walrus mustachio . . . Professor Mosher . . . his first name is Esek . . . liberal in ideals and in . . . marks . . . Professor Mallon . . . facetious style of teaching has kept many a student rolling in his report . . . Professor Kivlin . . . makes edu- cation courses an inspiration . . . and the always pleusant and polite Dr. Weaver. economics l.ike the Martins and the Coys, the Economics anil History Departments are always a-feudin' . . . Pro- fessor Edwards head of the Eco. clan . . . must lie a big shot . . . gets his books reviewed in the N. Y. Times . . . Professor Snider .. . expert in foreign trade .. . Professor Sigsbce . . . his Eco. 4 class, the labor class where no one labors . . . Mr. Spero . . . swears by Thorstein Vcblen . . . Dr. Fowler . . . ha done more to ltoost the circulation of The Campus than all promotion scheme . . . student rather read about Student Council than listen to him lecture . . . Mr. Gcinmill . . . scourge of the hapless frosh . . . you take notes when he lecture , see? ... or else . . . Mr. TafTct (Editor’s Note: “Swell Guy!”) . . . punster extraordinaire . . . can quote Marx or Dick Tracy . . . prefer the latter . . . Jerry Cohen . . . advancing rapidly in the Social Science world . . . but still look like a fresh- man . . . Mr. Firestone ... one of the main reason why the statistics branch is increasing . . . Professor Hasting ... a walking com- pendium of rainfalls and altitude ... “I gif you now the figorre ” . . . on anything from the value of the produce of Punjab to the birthrate in Santa) Ho-lsz . . . Here is the “mop of Persia. 11

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Government History Hygiene government For a long lime would-be-lawyers, embryo so- ciologist ami clan politician» have majored in a colorful and unique department—Government. It i unique in that it head Professor William B. Guthrie i a whole department himself. He i supported by genial. Professor Owen A. Haley, whose actions belie a keen understanding of the student anil hi problems . . . Mr. Arm . . . competent instructor, despite the Board of Higher Education . . . Mr. Barber ... of the flunkin' Barlter . . . the College'» contribution to the State Department . . . Both Fishers . . . young . . . eager . . . coming. . . Mr. Buckvar . . . Mr. Bishop . . . the Sociology division . . . soon to be ripped asunder . . . with Professor Joseph assuming the chairmanship . . . ably aided by Mr. Tontars. whose class bought him an alarm clock . . . with no results . . . he still comes late . . . Mr. Paige . . . boxing champion from Illinois . .. and tick-tack-toe expert . .. hili . history The march of time ... in which . . . the presence of Professor Mead, clear voiced, liberal. is missed ... he has climbed to higher quarters . . . Acting Chairman, Professor Thompson, inventor of “er” ... is he asleep or awake, hi students often wonder . . . Professor Schapiro, philosopher and liberal . . . hut don’t ask me anything about finance” . . . Dr. Kniltle. who can tell you who wore the pants when, in every British royal family . . . with him it’s the little thing in history that count . . . true or false . . . soft spoken, absent minded Professor Kraus . . . Professor Janowsky . . . the Jewish history expert ... a shrewd punctilious scholar . . . and a gentleman . . . Dr. Wisan’s . . . bin, hold that question a minute, we'll get to it later on . . . the Medieval Division: may the future shine as bright as Professor Brandts pate . . . the machine-gun fire speech of Professor Morris is missed . . . he is on leave . . . Phil Foner . . . will quote a dozen sources on any topic . . . pulling away at that pipe is Dr. Hosen, a man of diversified talents . . . believes that the position of women in Greece was horizontal . . . Dr. Snyder . . . suave and dclsonair . . . Dr. Diflic . . . claims South Americans are Americans loo . . . Dr. Megaro ... lie of the photographic mind. hygiene Three hour a week . . . rush . . . change . . . exercise . . . late for the next class . . . all for one credit. Base of activities in Hygiene Building . . . classes in more modern Tech gym . . . indoor baseball in Jasper Oval (the dust howl) . . . foot- ball in Ia-wisohu (the sun howl) . . . leading the mighty mites i- . . . Prof. Woll . . . Columbia say lie’s been giving the same exam for fifteen years . . . wish he did that here . . . Alton Richards . . . voice belie hi stature . . . and makes you take notice (and so do his marks) . . . Dave Nyqnist . . . the reason for the popularity of the hygiene gym . . . he’ in Tech . . . our own Jimmy Peace . . . City College's Big Brother . . . father of Intra-Murals anil former Director of the House Plan . . . Teach 'em if you kill ’em Mrndcli . . . affectionately called killer . . . Gerald Khrlich . . . I.otli.irio of the Department . . . personality plus ... a pair of foil» . . . Abe Sperling ... of the photographic memory . . . bouncy . . . bouncy . . . Harold Djorup . . . delightfully democratic Dane, genial anil polite (even to student ) . . . Bonccrushcr Joe Sapora . . . coach of the “eateh-as-catcli-can-ers . . . and Badminton Bill Frankcl. 13