DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Seienee, Culture, and Health Bulgarian-born DR. OSTRANDER devotes his spare moments to stamp collecting and outdoor life, whereas 'QROCKH SMITH, also a philatelist and president of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, adds bee culture and gardening to his interests. Chemist J. M. PULMER, once an instructor in Roberts College, Istanbul, Turkey, enjoys work- ing with Boy Scouts and traveling. PROP. RIEBSOMER, head of the chem de- partment and discoverer of several new industrial compounds, likes checkers and photo- graphy. Labeled by his Southern accent, JAMES CASON was a professional chemist before coming to DePauw. G. W. GIDDINGS, Dean of Freshman Men and adviser for Phi Eta Sigma, is a farmer at heart and delves into dahlia raising. A former small- town politician and physicist for the Rockefeller Foundation in the Orient, PROP. O. H. SMITH likes to hike and hear good music. J. S. LEE is an amateur radio en- thusiast, operating under the call-letters WSCQP. PROP. HICKMAN, head of the Zoology department, is an amateur horticulturist and historian. DR. GRAVE, a nature lover, likes to roam about the woods and has spent many summers in research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts. Versatility is the most descriptive word for PROPS. REYNOLDS and MARTIN. The former has been a hod-carrier, filling-station attendant, and cement- worker, while the latter has tried butchering, taxi-driving, farming, and working on a railroad. MISS CADE, of the Department of Home Economics, collects antique fur- niture and travels while she is not supervising Home Management House. VERA MINTLE, also an extensive traveler, collects spoons and linens. Among the large Music School faculty are MISS CURNUTT, supervisor of public school music education and collector of antiques, and MISS SIEWERT, popular so- prano soloist with the Gobin Church choir. HERMAN BERG, DePauw's violin vir- tuoso and conductor of both the University Symphony Orchestra and the String Symphony, was voted the outstanding young musician of Indiana last year. PROP. LIEGL, director of the DePauw Band, once played clarinet with the Minneapolis Sym- phony Orchestra. HOWARD WALTZ, a DePauw graduate, is interested in art, liter- ature, tennis, and swimming. MARY ELIZABETH HERR, another DePauwite, boasts not having missed a single Tilden course. EDWARD SHADBOLT, who earned his way through DePauw playing the piano in Greencastle theaters, studied in Hungary before returning to his alma mater. Popular PROP. WINSEY was once a professional artist, having worked as a mural- painter and artist for advertising agencies and engraving and printing companies. MISS HAZINSKI, a baseball fan, likes modernity in art, dancing, and music. HENRY B. KOLLING, instructor in piano, is a tennis, fishing, and hiking enthusiast. Completing the Music School faculty are MISS BOWLES, well-known for her concert work and satirical skits, and C. E. JARVIS, who is kept busy with two positions with Indiana- polis churches. T. G. YUNCKER, in the medical corps during World War I, has headed several Yale University expeditions into the South Seas and has been appointed Curator of the Honolulu Botanical Museum. His co-botanist, HOWARD YOUSE, collects Indian relics and stamps, while MISS WELCH is interested in photography and collecting useful articles of wood. An agreeable combination of brain and brawn is achieved by the MISSES NILLES, LAURENCE, and RIGGS of the Department of Physical Education. They like golf, the modern dance, and swimming, respectively. DePauw's first-semester physician, DR. GERALD REIN, was formerly with the Mayo Clinic and gardens as a hobby. MISS KATHRYN DAVENPORT, a native of England, worked at the Women's Prison in Indianapolis before coming to DePauw. Keeping the campus males in good condition is the job of COACHES MESSERSMITH, UMBREIT, MOPPETT, BUCHHEIT, and NEAL of our Department of Physical Edu- cation. Their respective fields are baseball, swimming, basketball, track, and football. 26

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Potpourri: Politics, Plato, Pythagoras PROF. CARSON, the DePauw faculty's Southern gentleman, specializes in the history of the American frontier and steamboat navigation and likes to paint his own house. A. W. CRANDALL, a major in the National Guard, passes his leisure time in raising dahlias, delving into Republican Party history, and gathering details on the Battle of Gettysburg. Third-floor Asbury's famed punster, C. G. PIERSON, is an authority on Canadian history, while PROP. G. B. MANHART, known for his encyclopedic mind, specializes on World War I. DR. VOEGELIN, nationally recognized for his work in mid-Western folklore, teaches anthropology one semester and studies Oklahoman Indians the other. PROP. VERNON VAN DYKE, well versed in international law and re- lations, DR. HAROLD ZINK, inveterate traveler and mountain climber, and H. NV. VOLTMER, prominent politician, are DePauw's political scientists. The head of the sociology department, PROF. JONES, studied penal institutions in Russia and specializes in problems of the family. R. M. DINKEL, who has conducted labor surveys for New York life insurance companies, likes handball, tennis, and sym- phonic music. DR. FRANCIS VREELAND was an athlete and debater in college, but at present is chiefly interested in archeology, amateur movies, and the Social Museum. The former head of both the departments of psychology and education, PROF. F. D. BROOKS, enjoys landscaping and serves on the Greencastle Park Board. W. C. MIDDLETON hates bridge, but likes radio, and spends his sparc time in psychology- of-voice research. Studious DR. BOWMAN has taught in five colleges and enjoys analyzing personalities, while L. B. SANDS became an educator after planning naval and journalistic careers. Versatile psychologist PAUL J. FAY, a newspaperman in college, has published numerous tracts on the personality of voice. The psych depart- ment's newcomer, L. N. XVILEY's, favorite field is the psychology of art. DePauw's senior philosopher, DR. L. R. ECKARDT, has been a member of the faculty longer than any other instructor. His chief pastimes are fishing and garden- ing. His co-worker, genial C. D. W. HILDEBRAND, is interested in classical art and youth group work. DR. BUNDY, a member of the American Peace Mission to Vienna in 1919, likes to hunt and fish. The classic languages are ruled by PROP. ZEUS STEPHENSON, who is interested in all phases of Greek culture and life, and MISS DADE SHEARER, whose collection of glassware is one of the finest in the state. PROP. E. R. BARTLETT, once a Methodist minister, makes a hobby of searching out foreign-style restaurants in his travels. Mathematician W. E. EDINGTON, a for- mer Purdue instructor, is a leader in Indiana Boy Scout activities, while PROF. GREEN- LEAF, an ardent philatelist and fisherman, is active in national Masonic affairs. W. C. ARNOLD, specialist in geometry, is secretary-treasurer of the Publications Board and one of the planners of the Publications Building. Heading the speech department, TONY ROSS is DePauw's debate coach and an authority on Albert Beveridge. G. F. TOTTEN, a camera fan, is also an expert mountain climber. PROP. WILLIAMS, nicknamer of students, was in the Italian ambulance service during the first World W'ar. MISS LUCILLE CALVERT has delivered her famed dramatic lectures throughout the United States and Europe and serves as DePauw,s official good-will ambassador on her frequent tours. 25

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