Elms College - Elmata Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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CHARLES R. GADAIRE Biology Not a single budding young scientist does Doctor Gadaire intend should leave the Elms without first being thoroughly indoctrinated with the wonders of science and the challenge it offers. From freshman natural science, through physiology, bacteriology, embryology, and seminar, he makes us aware of the place in the world for the inquisitive mind. Could it be the relaxed informality and lively dis- cussions which spirit us on to interest in the latest virus or best way to make cottage cheese? And never los- ing his sense of dignity, he combines the wisdom of the truly learned with the jauntiness that only they can afford. ROBERT I. O ' HERRON Chemistry A calm quietness is the keynote of Mr. O ' Herron ' s chemistry classes. It radiates from two sources: an efficiency born of thorough knowledge of his profes- sion and a second, deeper cause; that of a firmly rooted, living faith. Mr. O ' Herron teaches us not only principles of chemistry, but, by his example, the principle of living Christianity. He looks at science with great childlike simplicity of heart and sees the wonder there. He con- veys this sense of wonder to us by a word, a gesture, by the expression of interested delight on his face, causing you too to wonder, to respect, and to love the Cause of these phenomena. To see Mr. O ' Herron with his family is to see him at his best. His very masculine gentleness and heart rooted kindness are personified when he chuckles softly with a little laughing towhead who had shrieked, Daddy, and hurled herself into his arms. 20