Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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ELMER B. WOLFROM Journalism Western Reserve University . . . former newspaperman quiet . . unassuming . . . helpful - . . collects stamps . . . pushes his advert, s.ng students to prizes in national contests leaches by having his students do the work . an- alyzes their abilities - polishes their technique - - opens the door of big time advertising to the cub writers . . . MRS. LESLIE H PURCELL English AB.MA . . in profile, she bears marked resem- blance to a certain ancient Greek he- greatest creation is her family human . . . unconquerable habit of working , , , wh.msical humor , . won a i medal in college . prefers biographies, American poetry . . . continually striving, seeking, finding . . . eyes on a distani goal . . . ELIZABETH BINNS English AB . . . teocher with a domestic complex . . . grandmaster of housekeeping . . former newspaper reporter stamp collector . . . reader . . - pianist . . . Southern graduate holds highest scholastic average, straight A student . . . traveler Eng ' and, France, Switzerland . . . mentally quick . . . always smiling . . . speaks to everybody . . . locks like JeanetteMacDon- ald . . . subtle sense of humor . . . expres- sive hands . - laborer in the Freshman v ne ' .ard . . . ENQL1SH JEANNE HART Speech AB . . . petite . . . dramat : Southern . . . teaches in Theater . , . adores plays leading roles . - . giggles raphy, swimming, riding . . . detests the spider speaker, reader, and singer Buttercup . . . graduate of the Children ' s especially likes photcg- travel by plane witty , public the perfect FRANCES UPSHAW Speech AB . . . Teller of tall tales dramatizer . director of Bartow Little Theater for four years . . . works well with child, en loves red , hates details . . . exaggerates . . . something is always happening to he building up to a climax, which she loves , , capable . improvement on Zasu Pitts in dramatic use of her hands . KATHRYN McAFEE English AB,MA . . ; nte!le:tua! business-like manne ' . . a tabulating machine with a sense of humor masks the soul of a custard-p e thrower under a dignified, poised exterior . . . planner . . dependable . , . likes crowds . . . does things well ... a faculty freshman . , ,

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K GIBSON WEIHE,Chm. English BS,MA,PhD. . . . Ph D. from Yale . . . edited John Rus- kin ' s letters . . enters Who ' s Who this year ... his scholarly lectures evidence thoughtful training and preparation . . . artistic and dramatic abilities . . . aristo- cratic . . has written many short stories end poems . . . rose garden . . . dog . . droopy white socks . . . future plans of going to Italy, climbing an Alp, painting portraits . . . photographer with a Graflex . . . one painting was shown at a sale in Pittsburgh . . . raised eyebrows, quizzical smile makes his classes depart from reality into the world of theater and the imagi- nation . . . HENRY G. BARNETT English A.B.,M.A. . . . native Floridian . . . former mentor at Soochow University, China . . . later, teach- er in Japan, Syria, India . . . in Who ' s Who . . . poet . . . The Roof of the World, his best known collection ... in him, East meets West . . . blends in selfless leve for his fellow men . . . idealist . . . striver for perfection . . . quietly works in forces of human life . . . HARRIS G SIMS Journalism A.B., LLB. . . . trustee . . . teacher of journalism for twelve years . . . grew up with Southern . . now editor Lakeland Ledger and Star Telegram . . . restless, tall . . . cigar lover . . . alert mind . . . newspaperman ' s re- porter . . . Russian literature his favorite . . . writes for New York Times . . . loves Saturday night political rallies . . . distin- guished for his ambling gait, north by northwest . . . ENGLISH THOMAS C. BLAISDELL English AB,M.A,PhD.,LLD. . . . vagabonds with wife around the world . . . prefers travel by tramp steamers . . . former president, National Council Teach- ers of English and of Alma College . . . lecturer with Chautauqua ... in Who ' s Who . . . author and editor of some 13 books, several of which are about Shake- speare . . . persistent for accuracy . . . appreciates efforts of others ... a young man unchecked by age . . . ave of absence MARGUERITE WILLS Speech AB.MA . . . disguised as Little Brother Heinie, she has peopled stages at Southern with Puck, MccBeth, the Little Women, Aoron Slick of Pun ' kin Crick for lo, these thirteen years . . . past president of Florida State Speech Association . . . formerly president of state P. E. 0. . . . teaches Sunday School class . . . writes speech articles . . . award- ed Rockefeller grant for Corrective Work with Children . . . has a purple voice . . . witty . . . busy . . . she keeps people on tip-toe . . . anticipating Act III ... to her associates she is Lady Marguerite . . ALMA JOHNSON Speech BS,MA. . . . This is WLAK, Lakeland . . a half hour program, sponsored by the Static Club . . presenting Little Women . . dram- atized by Alma Johnson . .. . poet play- wright . . prefers stage to screen . . . ex-Tomboy . . . likes horseback riding . . . radio is her special interest ... her play, Jo ' s Boys , was published this year . . . a cultivated, expressive voice . . she adds distinctive flavor to all fields that she enters . . . •♦ ' • •

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BERNHARD P REINSCH, Chm. Mathematics A.B., B.S., M.S., Ph.D. . . . physicist . . . architect . . . mathema- tician . . . writer . . . he ' s interested in anything he ' s doing ... is persuasive . . . strictly impersonal in class . . . eats candy continually . . . president, Florida Academy of Science, 1938-39 . . . member, Society tor Promotion of Engineering Education . . . American Mathematics Society . . . aviator . . . has ideas about how people should study . . . sets high standards, scho- lastic and vocational ... a man qualified to write an Ode to Duty . . . ROBERT S. BLY Chemistry BS,MA,PhD. . . . sixteen years at Southern . . . member of American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists . . . businesslike . . quizzer of interviewers . . . likes golf . . . fishing . . sarcastic . . . attempts to raise gold fish . . . obliging . . . conversational . . . ridiculous sense of humor . . . rare personality . . . PHYSICAL SCIENCE CONRAD L. SHUDEMAN Physics BS,MS,PhD . . . Texan . . . studied for two years under Einstein at Princeton . . . stamp collector . . once much interested in philosophy, but now regards life and living as all im- portant ... a rural ite . . . rides bicycle five miles to school . . . gardening . . . likes handball because it develops the man sym- metrically . . . observes world politics . . . is anxious to help students . . . has a sin- cere smile . . . quiet manner . . . always much interested in astronomy but never able to go into it professionally . . . VERNON S GENTRY Biology AB, MA, PhD, . . tiny steps . . . dead ringer for Dopey, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . . , teacher at Southwest College, Univer- sity of Kansas . . . listener to music . . . spectator at baseball games . . . two goals: to gain perfection in teaching and to be- come a research scientist . . . ex-jazz band player in school days . . . conscientious . . . dependable . . . expressive as his favorite ejaculation . . good time a-day ' DANA COMAN Nutrition L. A.B., MA, M.D. . . . ice . . . from the Grenfell Mission in Labrador to the Antarctic regions with the Byrd expeditions, this doctor has served mankind . . . psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Hospital . . . member American Geograph- ical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science . . . Bachelor of Distinction . . . quiet smile . . . profes- sional manner . . . humorist ... for a man who looks as if he liked the comforts of life, he has traveled often beyond the boundaries of civilization . . . snow . . .