Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ALSO OFFER CAREERS. If lj af I lv , 1 l I 3 PX The division of biology has made a record fully as outstanding as that of the other sections of the science department. Thirty per cent of the grads in the science division continue their study after gradu- ation, aspiring to high goals in the science Held. Chairman of the section is solemn Oscar E. Thompson. His S.B. is from Mount Union College, his A.M. from Cornell University, and he has spent four summers in study at Cornell. He teaches courses in anatomy, embryology, and the like, to future scien- tists, teachers, and doctors. His students know him and like him for his dry sort of humor. Out of school Thompson is an avid gardener, and very scientific about it, studying soils in detail. He and his associate, Dr. Vergeer, advise the recently organ- ized Scalpel Club. Teunis Vergeer, A.B. Calvin College, M.S. and I8 Ph.D. University of Michigan, is professor of biology and curator of the museum, is well-liked by all the student body. He is an outstanding scientist, being a member of the American Society of Parasitologists, of the American Microscopical Society, and of the Michigan Academy of Science, and author of many articles in scientific journals. On campus he serves with Dr. Thompson as co-adviser to the Scalpel Club and sponsors the First Aid class of the American Red Cross. Fifteen majors in the department this year are going on to other institutions or to take up science positions. The department has sent on the road to success a fine corps of physicians and surgeons, many nurses and dentists, biology profs, research biologists, and public health workers.

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HOPE HAS A NOTED SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. The science departments of Hope College have long been outstanding, and ex-Hopeites are in re- sponsible positions in the field of research, surgery, in industrial chemistry work, or as teachers of science in the outstanding schools of the country, such as Chicago, Dartmouth, Carnegie Institute, Rush Medi- cal, Illinois, Michigan and Washington. Others serve in large industrial plants,-Goodyear, Sherwin- Williams, or Carnegie Steel. The department files list an endless number of such men. Gerrit Van Zyl, A.B. Hope, M.S. and Ph.D. Uni- versity of Michigan, heads the chemistry section of the college. He is also very active in scientific work outside of school, being a member of the American Chemical Society and other fraternal and honorary organizations. He participates in the local Profes- sional Club. He and his associate, Harvey Klein- heksel, A.B. Hope, M.S. and Ph.D. University of Illinois, are masters at turning out successful chem- ists. Dr. Kleinheksel is a faculty member of Blue Key, adviser to the interfraternity council. Together the two sponsor the Chemistry Club. Twenty-one of this year's grads and twenty-two of next year's are chem majors. Heading the physics division is Clarence Kleis, A.B. Hope, A.M. University of Michigan. He is chairman of the faculty committee on N. Y. A. Off campus he is a Bible Class teacher. Albert E. Lampen, A.B. Hope, A.M. University of Michigan, candidate for Ph.D. at Michigan, is chair- man of Hope's well-regarded math section. He is qualified as instructor of math and astronomy. He is active on and off campus. He is president of the Holland Exchange Club, director of the Community Chest, and a member of the Mathematics Association of America. I7

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THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS EVER GROWING. Hope's department of music offers courses in his- tory and theory of music, counterpoint, piano, voice, and organ, all under well-qualified instructors. Heading the department is Mrs. W. Curtis Snow. A.B. Hope College, graduate of Morningside Con- servatory of Music, who, besides being organist and instructor in piano and organ, directs the girls' glee club, coaches the girls' sextette, and holds down I1 position as church organist and music director. Instructor of classes in theory and head of the voice department is Robert W. Cavanaugh. His A.B. is from the University of Wisconsin, his B.M. and Mus.M. from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He wields the baton for the chapel choir, the men's glee club, and the civic chorus in its annual presentation of the Messiah in December, and directs a local church choir. He has always been active in musical lines, taking leads in University of Wisconsin musicals and making concert appearances. James T. Mearns, B.M. Oberlin Conservatory of Music, is conductor of band and orchestra, instructor in piano, theory, and public school music. He pro- duces the organ tones in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids. One of the finest pianists in the city, and an in- structor in the department is Mrs. Harold Karsten, American Conservatory of Music, teacher of piano. Hope's music department is still in the process of building, but we find it progressing at quite a rate toward its goal. Although there are few music majors, there are many students minoring in this phase of work and others who take music courses purely for enjoyment. 'Q' ,451 tv. ,. 19