DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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QY. The walls of East College might well resound with many tongues as here the language depart- ments focalize and vocalize. On the top row, reading from the left, is PROP. P. G. EVANS, Head of the Department of Romance Languages. He happened to be organ-pumper and clock- winder in a small New England church at the time that President Wildnaan was student pastor there. J. Y. CAUSEY, a netman and swimmer, is in a small school for the first time and ap- proves heartily of our coeducational and social system. J. W. CHILDERS spends his spare time in folklore research, whereas PROP. LAUREL I-I. TURK fills his empty minutes with amateur movies and editing his own textbooks. H. J. SKORNIA, co-founder of Cinemart, was one of the original Norsemen quartet of radio fame. At Michigan State he was first in his class scho- lasrically and very active on campus. The feminine romance linguists include MISS MARGUER- ITE ANDRADE, lover of short wave and recordsg MRS. ANNA RAPHAEL, famed for her cookies and interested in her husband's church work, and MISS MILDRED DIMMICK, chair- man of the Foreign Language Division, whose favorite pastimes are making afgans and taking care of her pet dog, Snookums. On the second row PROP. GERHARD BAERG, Head of the Department of German, who is as apt to start spieling Russian or Chinese as German in class, E. H. MUELLER, intensely in- terested in all aspects of the 16th century and in photography, and HANS GRUENINGER, jo- vial national secretary for exchange students, comprise the German department. DR. HIRAM JOME, fondly acclaimed 'QGold Standard Jomef guides Economics. He is aided by quiet PROP. PRED RITCHIEQ politically minded CARL MCGUIRE, who collects and makes photos of state capitol buildings, and PROP. GERALD WARREN, our faculty cheerleader, who likes golf and dancing. 23

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A V .V .. . . s . iff ,. if ' , ...f fi 52' fwfr' :WJ elf.-Q-ffffiamcifisii' Q5?9 fffaaltf5?rQf',iWf'.w.? 5ss'17if.w55ff5fi1,f?ffsf lllulnll K. One department with which all DePauw students come in contact is the English department. Lo- cated on the third floor of Asbury Hall, the thirteen members of the Department of English make their students feel at home amid surroundings of books, magazines, and easy chairs. VVell-known for his numerous textbooks, PROF. R. W. PENCE is a tireless worker, whose various whistles inform his colleagues of his moods. An extensive reader, he likes mystery novels, cats, bright flannel shirts, and boxing. The hobbies of DR. HIXSON, a national authority on linguistic development and one of the campus' most popular speakers, include architecture, air- planes, automobiles, and ranch life. FRED BERGMANN, new journalism instructor, rates him- self as an unconfirmed bachelor and studies all angles of the modern newspaper. PROP. PRATT, popular for his sparkling sense of humor, is a specialist in Shakespeare, while W. H. STRAIN, an alumnus of DePauw, likes to farm and raise flowers. W'IZZ KINNE, Poetry Club adviser, combines modern literature and old furniture for his interests. PROF. HUGGARD, famed for his dead-pan recitation of Ferdinand,U is an Emerson admirer. JARVIS DAVIS, back from a leave of absence, likes fly-fishing and Texas. Sports-fan, athlete, and drama-lover, DRr. PAUL CARTER spurns hobbies, while MERTON RAPP spends his spare moments in remodeling his barn-loft home and framing pictures. jovial MISS MILLS is interested chiefly in contemporary literature and her students as individuals. MRS. TAYLOR, The B0u1rlr'r's adviser, is a home-body and Constance Holme enthusiast. MARY FRALEY, an- other D.P.U. graduatels, hidden light is dramatics. 22

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