DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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epartmen One of the most important departments in the College of Liberal Arts is the Department of Biology. Its moment lies in the fact that it offers elective courses which lead to degrees in medicine, as well as basic courses for Botany, Zoology, and Physiology. The department is well equipped for labor in research lines. The laboratories occupy Middle College and pos- sess fifty compound and thirty dissecting microscopes. For work in anatomy, the laboratory is supplied with dis- secting instruments, injecting apparatus, models and skele- tons. The Physiological workshop is as well supplied with instruments, and so is the Botanical laboratory, which has ve1'y complete collections of Indiana plants, including the cryto-gamic forms. The Alfred Dickey Biological Library, founded by an alumnus of DePauw, contains complete files of the leading current periodicals of Europe and America, and supplies the reference needs t of Biology profitable courses appear under these subjects, including Special Physiology of the Fungus and Embryology. All courses consist of lectures, recitalions and assigned read- ing. The department contains many major students, and these have organized a Biological Club to further their study. i The head of the Department of Biology is Howard J. Banker, Ph.D. He received his minor degree from Syr- acuse, and his doctorls degree from Columbia University. He has had many years' experience as a teacher, and also several years of service in the pulpit. He is a member ol' Torrey, Botanical Club, New York Academy of Science, charter member of the Botanical Society of America, and a Fellow in the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. He has written numerous scientific papers on Fungi. F. E. YVatson, the inst1'uctor in Zoology, has his Bach- of the student. Fifteen courses are offered in this depart- ment, courses 1, 2, 3 being the basic course. It is termed General Biology and leads to ad- vanced courses in Botany and Zoology. Many Page 8 elor and Master degrees from Brown Univers- ity. He is a member of a number of leading scientific associations and has a strong reputa- tion as a teacher. '

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Department of' Do you remember the days when first you entered the portals of our classic institution-how that, among other strange and new experiences, you studied one of those t'Chinese puzzles that across the top read, 'tThe schedule of lectures a11d recitations for DePauw University for the fall term of ,,7 all the time wondering what it might mean? VVhat DePauw student does not? Then, as the terms grew in multiple and your wonder i11to familiarity, did it ever occur to you what department is placed at the head of that schedule? Ah, yes! forthwith you answer, Biblical Science? ' Far be it from this article to even dare to maintain that departments are listed in the order of their relative impor- tance. That would he absurdity in the extreme. Some- thing had to be first, of course, and it so happened that this particular department was there placed. But we simply called your attention to this fact to drive home a11otl1e1', namely, that it is more than connnendableg more than praiseworthyg yea, it is an honor to old DePauw that, along with the languages and arts and sciences, she offers to her students in- struction in the Book that stands recognized as the supremest of all. The aims of this department are varied enough to meet the needs of the classes which come here. On the one hand it purposes to give to each one a knowledge of how to study the Bible, methods which can be followed out in daily devotions or in lifelong research. On the Biblical Sciencei other it seeks to help the certain classes of young men and women. Many come hither from our churches Who, after their college days are over, will devote their lives to the ministry, and still others will cross the seas to work in foreign lands. For the training of all these in a general way, the department stands. The work is done with a system which is marked. Even for one who is more or less familiar with such a book as the Bible-and we all are-it is designed to give the broader view. The mechanical side of outlining chapters, books, etc., is supplemented by papers touching biblical subjects, studies of manuscripts, and geography of biblical lands. The second year directs attention especially to Old Testament history, characters, poetry, prophecy, etc. The third year tends to a harmonic study of the Gospels, and the history of the early church, along with readings, papers, chapter studies, and interpretations. Hebrew is given and Seminarium classes work for a more critical research. Thus the entire department offers a very comprehensive and valuable course. We must say, however, that the eiiiciency of this department is due for the most part to the per- sonality of our genial vice president, Dr. Gobin, the professor of Biblical Science. He always holds the principle of true Christian living. Ever kind in spirit and sympathetic in nature, he makes you feel he is a true friend. These things mark his work and make him popular. 9 Page 7

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Department of emistry Tl1e early history of chemistry is shrouded in the mys- terious and supernatural. Its students were alchemists. They spent their lives in a vain search for the philos- opher's stone, and in an attempt to convert the so-called base metals, in particular lead, into gold or silver. In such pursuits as these many i'eal truths of chemistry were discovered. ' Gradually, as the influence of the Renaissance swept over the world, the element of the supernatural disap- peared and chemistry developed into the science which it now is. The Held of knowledge is constantly being explored and the limits of the conquested territory extended, until now chemistry plays an extremely important part not only in the world of science but in the commercial world as well. Every la1'ge manufacturing establishment has its corps of expert chemists and its well-equipped laboratory. The utilization of all kinds of by-products, thus cheapening the cost of production of various materials, is to be attributed to chemistry. The manufac- turer of the numberless Vil1'lGt-lCS of steel and its alloys for as many distinct purposes is due to chemistry. Occupying, as it does, an impor- tant place commercially, chemistry is one of the most important sciences taught at the School of Liberal Arts. The time is past when o11e can deny the cul- tu1'al or libe1'al value of science, while chem- istry, offering such a broad field of employment and a field so suited for varied tastes, is at the same time au eminently practical subject. The two lower floors of the left wing of Minshall Lab- oratory are entirely devoted to the Department of Chem- istry. This is well equipped with recitation rooms, lab- oratories and all necessary apparatus. The Professor P. S. Baker Memorial Library comprises an excellent col- lection of reference books for the use of the chemistrv students. ' The first year's work at DePauw is adapted to give a comprehensive view of general inorganic chemist1'y. In the second year Organic Chemistry is offered during the first two terms, while Qualitative Analysis is studied dur- ing the third term. The more advanced work consists of Qualitative Analysis and the investigation of special sub- jects. The development of the science and its influence on the world is set forth in a course in the History of Chemistry. Dr. XV. M. Blanchard was born near Hartford, North Carolina. He attended the Academy at Hart- ford and received his master's degree from Ran- dolph-lvlacon College in 1894. He received an honorary Scholarship and Fellowship in Chem- istry, while at Johns Hopkins, and his doctorls degree was awarded in 1900. He taught at Rose Polytechnic for one year, and in 1904 was made Professor of Chemistry at DePauw Uni- versity. Ile is a member of the American Chem- istry Society and of Die Deutsche Chemische Gessellschaft. Page 9