Elms College - Elmata Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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EXPERIMENTING WITH a centrifuge, used to separate the ports of o mixture, keeps Mary Wynn, Jeon Zdon, and Ann Lovelte busy under Mr. O ' Herron ' s supervision. From the detailed system of the periodic taljle to the eminently practical process tor making soap, tlie study of chemistry fur- nishes the student with an entirely dilferent pcjint of iew cm everyday things. One comes lace to hue with the new older of continuous discosery. Despite the imposing array of inlormation about the expected laboratory happenings, there is an abundance of sur- prises. Otherwise there would be no chemists.

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A jiietccjiiisite lor any science student is a basic lamiliaiity with the German lan- guage, native tongue ol a majority ot the notalrle contributors to scientific athance- ment. J his year, budding scientists were ])ri iiege to leant the language and customs liom Miss Dorothea Kuehlen, a recent immi- grant from Germany. They gained a meas- ure of oral fluency through weekly con er- sations and also translated the poetry ol Goethe and Schiller. SECOND-YEAR German students Elizabeth Brisson and Kathleen Worthley find their new instructor. Miss Dorothea Kuehlen, willing to help, even offer doss, and eager to prove that Deutsch kann geniessbar sein. Latin in two lorms is inciuded in the cur- riculum at CX)LK: leadings of the Odes ol Horace and the Cionlession of St. .Augustine in tlieir original form the course ol stud taught by Sr. Rose William, while a classical appreciation course, a surrey ol the prose and poetry ol the Gieeks and Romans, is offered by Sr. Ignatius Loyola in English for those lacking the proficiency in Latin. MANY HANDS make light work of Sr. Rose William ' s Lotin assignment. Pooling their talents are Barbara Casey, Mory Donovan, Mary King, Mory Ann Burns, ond Frances Balcerzewski. LATIN GEItMAN

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li in LOGY the mircu le of life POINTING OUT the scheme of the circulotion of the blood to BioloQy Majors is Dr. Charles Godaire of the Science Department. TIic characteristic pungent odor of toimaldehvde in- lorms jtassers-by that they are in the icinitv of the biology department. Freshmen are engaged in dissecting specimens of the aricjus ph la, tvliile .Sophs proceed to a detailed stuch of more complex organisms. Secluded in the thiicl floor labs, Junior and Senior science enthusi- asts probe the nnsteries ot micro-organisms. Special interest is manifested this ear in the phcsiology labora- tory erhere extensice tvork is being done on recording muscular ccmstructions. BIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR Clarence Tourville fascinates students with his entomologicol knowledge and collection of insects.