College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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I t t i t .. Top Left: Dr. Sharp times psychology major Glenn Bryan in the blind alley test While Mr. Hemp super- vises. -The blind alley test demonstrates the trial and error method of learning. Mazes similar to the one pictured are used to test the learning ability of animals such as rats. Bottom Left: Dr. Ellsworth, Dr. Aileen Dunham and Dr. Hail are pictured in front of the fast-changing map of Europe. Bottom Right: Mr. Ingram perches on the edge of the desk while conferring with Mr. Iohnston. Mr. lohnston is especially interested in the ethical aspects of social institutions and emphasizes this in his course on social organizations. A Courses in the social sciences are now centered on problems of War and post-war reconstruc- tion. The professors are them- selves aiding in research or pinch-hitting as ncrvy instructors. Dr. Sharp is investigating War effects on social psychology. Mr. Pternp supervised the screen- ing test for the C.P.T. selection. ln the history section, each pro- fessor correlates the past and the presenty Dr. Ellsworth spot- lights Latin-American eventsp , fi

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cielfww The department as a Whole can be ana- lyzed into tive separate elements. The bio- logical sciences are headed by Dr. Bang- ham, a helminthologist, specializing in fish parasites. Dr. Spencer divides his time between navy math and the propagation ot truit flies for his mutation experiments. Dr. Elizabeth Coyle specializes in botany and requires each student to make a her- barium ot over a hundred leaves. The math section has been augmented and decreased simultaneously. Dr. Williamson, depart- ment head, is now inculcating navigation to navy men and Mr. Meyer is teaching at Chicago University. Dr. Yanney, retired department head, and Mrs. Hetlin are helping Mr. Fobes with the undergraduate Dr Chittum measures the quantity of potassium per- manqanate with the chemistry departments new photorrieter. Dr. Grady pours out some more while Mr Winternheimer watches him. classes. Dr. Ver Steeg has resumed full command ot the geology division While Mr. Moke devotes his schedule to the navy. Dr. Ver Steeg is an authority on the buried topography ot Ohio. Department head, Dr. Grady, and Dr. Chittum have a weekly chemistry schedule of twenty-tour class hours and seventy-two lab periods to supervise. Mr. Winternheimer, assisting until March, came to Wooster this year from Silliman University in the Philippines. Dean Westhater heads the physics instruc- tion supplemented by Dr. Ford and Mr. Wallace in the labs. Mr. Thomas, formerly a lab assistant, now teaches the theory ot tlight. Dr. Ford, Mr. Thomas and Dean Westhater examine a voltage measuring apparatus before the laboratory demonstration. Dean Westhafer did research work on ionic velocities during the last war.

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oem! agiiencw Dr. Hail emphasizes the Far Eastern situation, Dr. Aileen Dunham cov- ers the two World War happenings. Population trends and the instruc- tion ot all sociology classes occu- pies Mr. lohnston. His associate, Mr. Ingram, now teaches communi- cations to the navy. Professors Tostleloe, Hilliard, and Eberhart up- hold the prefix to THE Corporation by surveying the vitals in statistics. Political science, Dr. Mary Z. lohn- son's specialty, forms a back- ground tor intranational and inter- national relations. Dr. Bushnell now educates the educators in teaching techniques, while Mr. Stonehurner practices them on the navy. Mr Stoneburner and Dr. Bushnell conduct a seminar class in education. This department uses these small groups extensively to stimulate tree discussion. Mr. Eberhart adds on the calculator as Dr. Tcstlehe and Mr. Hilliard watch. Dr, Mary Z. lohnscn's class in political science was Dr. Tostlebe worked in the tax section of the Washington Bureau of Agri- interrupted to catch this typical classroom scene for cultural Economics. Mr. Hilliard is guest lecturer from Akron University. the INDEX. I ,ASQ