Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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iii? is 'N. GLEN R. MILLER, Ph.D. lfar leftl, Chair- man of the Division of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry. H. HAROLD HARTZLER, Ph,D. ileftl , Pro- fessor of Mathematics. LESTER I. ZIMMERMAN, MA., Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Physics Included in Studies old Hartzler, young Galileos observed vari- ous heavenly bodies and measured the wave length of light. Future farmers received instruction from a specialist this year in Lester Zim- merman's conservation classes, while T- square artists labored over mechanical drawings under his tutelage. New equipment bought during 1951-52 for the physical science departments in- cluded a potentiometer and a small demon- stration model gyroscope. PHYSICS students Christian Braun, Walter Drudge experiment ileftl to discover the dispersion of a glass prism. Now with data in hand the pair proceed to the final step, calculation and checking with Handbook. TVESTERN RUBBER CO. . . GOSHEN

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W, if In addition to his regular teaching duties. Dr. Glen R. Miller. head of the Natural Sciences Division, was very active in plan- ning the Alcohol Education Day observed in March. Guest speaker for the day was Dr. Lawrence E. Vredevoe, who spoke on the topics, Impaired Vision and Control Through Formal Education. Miller's biochemistry class students studied body functions in relation to chem- istry. One phase of study was the break- down of starch into sugar, and sugar into carbon dioxide and heat. Lab experiments ranged from making cystine by distilling human hair to the special class project of making tests With aluminum cooking Ware. Students taking organic preparation under lVIiller studied the making of carbon compounds. In the lab students experi- Muth, Chem, mented with such things as the extraction of caffein from tea and coffee. BENDER IS REGISTRAR Besides his teaching responsibilities in the Science Division, Dr. Paul Bender served as registrar of the college. His elec- tricity and magnetism course was offered again this year. For the first time in several years astronomy and optics were again included in the curriculum. In charge of Dr. H. Har- E RUBBER lab aprons protect general chemistry students b struggling to balance an equation while writing up the report of an experiment. AIINJFI. Rlllilllflt CORPOR.'lTlO.Y . . lllllllllf!If'llIl't'l'A' of nirlrlzrlnirwl rzlbbm' goods . . GOSHEN

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Witmer Honoreclg Schrock on Leave For 31 years Dr. Samuel W. Witmer has unobtrusively taken daily weather read- ings and reported the information to the Weather Bureau at Indianapolis. This year Witmer received recognition from the U.S. Weather Bureau for his volunteer observa- tions. He is included in a book published by the Weather Bureau containing brief biograph- ical sketches of volunteer observers in the United States. WORKS FOR IRO Working under the climatological service of the Weather Bureau, Witmer has made observations simultaneously with other re- porters all over the World for the periods of a Week. He has also reported rainfall during fairs or football games to companies holding rain insurance. Dr. Alta Schr0ck's departure for Europe and two years' work With the IRO left a vacancy in the Biology Department. This year students missed her favorite insect and microbe stories. Some courses taught by her were not oifered this year, and Witmer, Lester Zimmerman and Dr. Paul Bender assumed responsibility for the rest in addition to their regular curricular loads. STUDENTS BAND BIRDS In advanced botany, students carried out several interesting projects. While conduct- ing a study of shrubs, Curt Byer discovered a speciman never before reported in In- diana. Shunzo Kodera, a Japanese student. did research with certain nut-bearing plants raised in his homeland. Another project of Witmer's which stu- dents have occasionally helped is banding birds. After luring birds into cages, alumi- num bands with the address of the Fish and Wild Life Association in Washington, and a serial number printed on Were placed around their legs. In 21 years of this Work, Witmer and his assistants have banded 5,098 birds. His total returns of 339 give him a percentage of 624. HERB WENGER, a comparative anatomy student labovel , sketches a caT's skull. Bi- ological scientists Lois Hurst, Darrel l-los- Tetler study paramecia with microscopes. SAMUEL W. WITMER, PHD., Professor of Biology. O UUXIYILIX Tlilflf l'fXl'l'fIfT Xlflil'lCflf . . lflnrllrl Flllllll xuzus and illull flower loolx . . plz. 754 AIIDDLEBURY