Emmanuel Missionary College - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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DfPflRimEllI lovsl.nsGS of a columbine bbssom. They con- E;antly rspoat to Ihemselves This was en- dowed with hie. I am revi3wing the handi- work of God. Tis not in the high stars above, Nor in the cups of budding flowers, Nor in the redbreast ' s mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers. But in the mud and scum of things There is alway, alway, something sings. In our biology department every assign- ment m.ade, every piece of equipment pur- chased, and every lecture given is with the hope that the life with which we and all plants and animals are blessed may be un- derstood more perfectly. B. H. Phipps Ingrid lohnson, B.A,

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Pago H. Phipps, M.A. Edwin A. Brooks, M.A. eioLOGy Robots and Radiolarians differ in more ways than one. Robots impress us by their size and by the fact that they can perform unusual activities, while radiolarians are so small that microscopes are necessary to see them, and they live quietly in the mud bot- tom of pools. But the most significant differ- ence is the robot is man-made, while the radiolarian has that unexplainable some- thing we call life. So as we study it and many other insignificant forms we are convinced that The great world ' s altar stairs . . . slope thro ' darkness up to God. Life, then, in all its form.s and activities is what interests biologists as they meet in the laboratory probing into the complexities of the mammalian brain or marveling at the • •Ai -A MBff -itj ii ILik

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Page Csci! L. Woods, Ph.D. S John Chr ' .slensen, M.A. The Department of Physics and Mathematics this year has missed the services of Dr. Julian L. Thompson, Chair- man of the department, who after several years of faith- ful service was granted a Sabbatical leave. Dr. Cecil L. Woods has been acting chairman during the year, and college classes in Physics have been taught by him and by Dr. Lyle H. Jensen, over Physical Chemistry. A grow- ing interest in mathematics has been fostered by Dr. Woods and Dr. W. 1. Smith, Dean of the College. Physics and Mathematics in the Academy this year have been handled by Mr. John Christensen, a new member of our faculty. Mathematics has been called the Queen of the Sci- ences and certainly quantitative thinking pervades all science, and dominates the physical sciences. Special re- lationships are studied in Geometry, and the beauty of symmetrical forms is apparent in God ' s created works. Physics is that branch of natural science which leads us most deeply into an understanding of the tre.nendous amount of energy m the universe, of the ways in which energy may be harnessed and employed to relieve man of much of the drudgery of making a living, and give him freedom for the pleasant task of making a life. Many of the technological developments in modern times which have enriched our lives have had their roots in physical research. C. L. Woods