Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Gaining a general knowledge of laboratory methods and the physiology and anatomy of pionts and animals is the aim of the mogority of courses offered by the biology depart- ment. By frequent hours in the laboratory studying and dissecting specimens, the stu- dent gains first-hcmd knowledge of the structure of living things. Cyril Abbott, who heads the department, is claimed 05 an alumnus by a handful of universities including Ohio State from which he obtained his Ph. D. and Johns Hopkins where he did postgraduate work At present he is testing the nutritional voiue for flies of vari0us sugars 05 compared with their taste appeal. He has written for several scien- tific publications, and is at present compiling a dictionary of biological terms. I once knew a chap is. o characteristic introduction to one of Dr. Abbottfs frequent lecture illustrations. Music, drama, art, and literature claim his interest as a connoisseur and also as a participant. S. A. Bell, associate professor of biology, teaches two practical courseshGenetics which covers the fundamental principles of inheritance and Personal Hygiene which is human physiology with emphasis on personal care of health. Prof. Bell also belongs to the Bible Faculty regularly teaching Old Testament history. He has been with the school in every hardship and need for over forty years. He is a home- iover and is frequently seen working about his yard and garden.

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Defense industries are calling for trained chemists and physicists. Therefore, the chief objective of the Physical Science Department this year has been to qualify its students for these vital positions. Three majors are now working with DuPomLeL. D. Frashier, L. E. Pryor and Tulon McRighr 0nd one, Wayne Hemingway, in the Ford laboratories. Others are rapidly prepar- ing for similar work Three chemistry majors have been engaged in private investigations. Louis Green and Wayne Hemingway have studied rates of diffusion in silica gels and among other results have obtained some remarkable crystals and rhythmic bonding Kern Sears has also worked On Liesegang rings, studying especially the rhythmic condensation of water vapor when cer- tain mixtures of hydrogen and air are burned Mechanics, heat, light, sound, and electricity were studied in Physics. Dr. Charles Chapman Snow, genial head of the department, is calm, unhurried, and efficient. The soul of gentleness, he can show a pupil c: mistake without deflating his ego too much His appearance is invariably neat and he is faithful in the smoilest details of any work he undertakes. Believe it or not, Dr. Snow will be found in his spare time in the kitchen making tempting pastries or outdoors beautifying his lawn. Puerto Rico was the scene of a few years of Dr. Snow's teaching career. Curiously, it was there that he met Mrs. Snow, a fellow American teaching in the same school. Vire ginia is his native home and its venerable William and Mary College, his Alma Mater. Serving as laboratory assistants and part-time instructors under Dr. Snow this year were Louis Greeht Kern Sears, and Ernest Salners.

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Please tell people that home economics means much more than sewing and cook- ing, emphatically stated Mrs S, A. Befl, Home EconOmics Department head. All home economics courses teach a girl culture 05 well as skill and fit her for gracious social living in any situation. They teach her in the classroom and laboratory the equivalent of ten years' experience in homemoking. More equipment is available in Harding's home ec department then is usual in small colleges or even in larger ones, Practical experience in applying what the giris have learned is on outstanding feature. Faculty teas, dinners, and receptions, are given under super- vision, every girl participating in one such entertainment each termt Success in 0 new hobby every year is the ambition of Mrs. S. A. Belt who heads the de- partment. Her list of accomplishments is impressive and includes painting, a collection of unusual buttons, 0 flower garden, and a knowledge of photography including developing and enlarging Someday she hopes to collect antique furniture for a dining room suite At Bell's Orphan Home in Quinlan, Texas, Mrs. Bel'I was mother to thirty-nine small girfs for three years She planned a nursery for twoiyeoerlds and under or that time which has since been constructed, Teaching the practical courses in clothing is Miss Elsie Moe Hopper whose Afmo Mater is Harding. Miss Hopper applies her knowledge of home ec outside the classroom in such Service clubs 05 the Eastern Star. Motoring is her favorite pastime and she is proud of her pretty green Fordt