Hastings College - Bronco Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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Division of Mathematics and Science ROBERT M. MCDILL, Professor of Mathe- mzzzfics-Teaclies more than the science of math to his students, and is noted for shavnig his chalk. Philosophizes in his classes in a manner that students long remember. Drives a car of rather ancient vintage. GERALDINE FLEBBE, School lNTILTSG'VlV3- city and ability to care for sore throats and headaches made her a most popular nurse on the campus first semester. V E R N O N B. FLEHARTY, Professor of CbC77'ZiSfJ'3l-TCHCh6S students to mix chemicals so that peculiar odors are usually apparent in the vicinity of McCormick hall. Is a graduate of Hastings college who worked his way through all four years. HARRY R. JAMES, Professor of Physics- Heads annual science open house where he astounds visitors with the mysteries of electri- city and sound apparatus. Explains complicated theories to would-be physicists. Directs the college civil aeronautics program. Mr McDill Miss Flebbe Mr. Kent Mr. Moulton WALTER J. KENT, Professor of Biology and Geology-Collects for the college Museum specimens of animal life that lived thousands of years ago. Teaches meteorology students the what and whysn of the world's rotation and how to determine what the weather will be tomorrow. JOHN M. MOULTON, Associate Professor of Biology-Shows prospective doctors and nurses in the intricacies of animal make-up. Soares students into study with five-minute quizzes. Coaches the tennis team. JEAN THORPE, School Nurse-Has a quiet sense of humor than endeared her to everyone on the campus first semester. Returned to the Mary Lanning to complete her training course second semester. ANGELINE WOOD, Professor of Home Eco- nomics-Instructs prospective domestic science teachers and housewives in the principles of good cookery and sewing. Shows future chefs the ways and means of making a cake. Dr. Fleharty Dr. James Miss Thorpe Miss XVood 24

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LANGUAGE IN ACTION Top row, left: Students in Mr. Grant's 8:0 speech class listen attentively as one of their members gives a speechon the Little Theatre stage. Top row, right: Mr. David M. Grant, second semester de- bate coach and instructor of speech, officiates at an informal debate meeting in his office. Bottom row: Konrad Kingshill, as Judge Waltlier, reads a dc- cree to Doris Ruth Jacobson, as Eva in Der Zerbrochene Krug, a three-act drama presented by German students. Others in the cast are, left to right: James Gill as Judge Richter Adamg ,Tack Coe as Schreiber Lichtg Kingshill, James Hansen as Ruprechtg Doris Ruth Jacob- song Burneil Greenwood, Rup- recht's fatherg and Betty Fahrn- bruch, as Frau Marte. To rite and Read An Language Struggling students wrestling with dangling participles, split infinitives, or with Spanish, French, or German pronunciation, cub reporters striving to put on a bold frontg would-be actors emoting from the stage in the Little Theatre, aspiring Kaltenborns scribbling continu- ity in the radio room, or debaters gesturing and gabbing in the speech office-all of these come under the jurisdiction of the language division. English with its Browning, Shakespeare, and composition courses imparted knowledge to the minds of frightened freshmen and methods to upperclassmen. NVinner of the coveted jun- ior essay award will be announced in honors chapel. Journalism classes struggled over the Collegian and Bronco, with Eloise Edson, Betty Fahrnbruch, Robert H. Jones, and Dorothy Weyer as editors-in-chief. Before actors and actresses acquired a broad British 'tau for Lady Vs7indermere's Fanf, under the direction of Miss Wynett Barnett, they had to lose the Russian accent they assumed for the play t'Tovarich. Debaters, dramatists, and radio enthusiasts pooled their efforts to sponsor the college invitational high school tournamentg college debaters walked off with highest honors at the regional Pi Kappa Delta tourney. French, German, and Spanish clubs combined for special occasions into the larger union of the Travel club. For the Christmas program, they presented French art, Spanish music, and German drama. 23

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MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE IN ACTION Top row, left: Miss Angeline Wood supervises the prepara- tion of food in the cooking laboratory, while Joy Heal learns by doing. Others shown in the lab are Leona Pearson and Patty Stratton. Top row, right: Wfith the microscope light on, left, Bob Marvel spends his evenings in the biology lab, exploring what's to be seen under the microscope. Bottom row, left: Valen- tine's day in bed is livened as Dorothy Auble, right, shows Nurse Ivol Ward, left, her big- gest valentine. Bottom row, right: Gerald Menzie carefully measures as he cooks up an experiment in the chemistry lab. Formulas, Formaldehyde, Fritters Afternoon sessions in labs, smells from chemistry concoctions, formaldehyded frogs, or epi- curian experiments, and last-minute attempts to catch up on notebooks marked the progress of the mathematics and science division. With Jean Thorpe and Geraldine Flebbe in charge of the infirmary the first semester, and Ivol Ward the second, nurses bandaged up battered bones and advised sleep for head-achey scholars. Except for colds and minor bruises, students remained in good health all year. When Professor McDill broke his hip and was confined to the hospital for several months, Coach McCrady and math student assistants assumed his classes. In the government program for training aviators, Dr. Fleharty and Dr. James had charge of ground-school Work on the campus ,and taught the principles of navigation and aeronautics. Student nurses at the Mary Lanning hospital training school joined pre-med and pre- nursing students in the biology labs for classes, and advanced biology students studied the ana- tomy of all the stray cats for miles around the campus. Serving a formal and an informal dinner, foods students put into practice all they learned during the year, clothing students displayed their work at a home economics tea. 25