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

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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

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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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Philosophy hut . . . you've gotta laugh at his joke» . . . always seen» to he digging out from under the snow . . . devote» hi spare time to the glee cluh and orchestra ... in constant conflict for future chair- manship of department with . . . Professor Wilson . . . veddy Knglish . . . and veddy jolly . . . entertains rather than teaches classes . . . ha been studying the intricacies of counterpoint for twenty-two year . . . say lie's hardly scratched the surface . . . good gentleman's gentleman type . . . calls student hy their first name in advanced courses . . . pel peeve is lack of teaching forces to handle wide range of courses. philosophy Laboring without legendary Morris Raphael Cohen . . . Harry Allen Overstreet . . . mainstay of the Town Hall Meeting of the Air . . . write best sellers on the Dale Carnegie style . . . still the hoy wonder . . . Edel . . . heir to the mantle of Cod Cohen . . . gently brilliant . . . read thoughts into the void of students' jumbled word . . . threatens to become the white-haired hoy of the student movement . . . Campus adviser . . . Aronson . . . hisymmetrical moustachios . . . doesn't be- lieve in logic, scientific method. Marx . . . considered hy Dean Turner to be making the biggest reputation of any College man . • • i‘ Managing Editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy . . . Krikorian . . . required course are hell; elective heaven . . . Hroustein . . . plays logical tennis . . . Psychology division . . . rumored to contain more College alumni than any other department . . . headed hy the venerable Marsb . . . you can do anything or nothing . . . until it's too late, and the marks are in . . . quack . . . Peatman . . . most competent . . . Smith . . . droughty sense of humor . . . makes life worth while in dull Philo 5 lectures . . . Cliein . . . the Freudian. Music ITIUSIC Ihrec professors, two piano , a viclrola. ami an organ comprise the Music Department . . . now swinging the baton is ... Professor Heiuroth . . . one of the world's best organists . . . small, grey haired, gentle, and. most important, a good marker . . . noted for his few faint damns ami devotion to Bach . . . hi third cousin is . . . Professor Neidliugcr . . . the man who repeats parrot-fashion what lie's been taught” . . . white haired, jovial. Mathematics mathematics From Euclid to Einstein and half way hack. the Mathematics Department send most of it students sliding down a hy pcrhnla . . . highest exponent of this un- manly art . . . Professor Reynolds . . . he of that much publicized while fringed vest and head . . . Professor l.inchau . . . talk to a student as though he thought him worth a fellowship ami then gives him a .. . “D .. . Professor Cill . . . ever popular, ever patient . . . gently dispel the fog of calculus from about the head of each perspiring undergraduate . . . Professor Pedersen . . . oldest Col- lege alumnus on the Faculty . . . ran off with all the prize in his day . . . Professor irtli . . . give exam on Monday morning to catch those who spend the week-end dissipating . . . weakness is gaily colored silk shirt . . . Dr. Ilockcr . . . explain the intricacies of calculus to Tech freshmen . .. they soon change to social sciences . . . Professor I timer who always look on the verge of greeting the sandman . . . hut thoroughly wide awake . . . and that patron saint of the freshmen . . . Dr. FagcrMrom . . . this, the only pure science, ha the largest mortality rale in the college. II