Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Science Q department has shown greater progress and growth since the Normal School was first established than has the Department of Science. Much of this growth has been under its administration by Dr. Louis J. Rettger, the present dean. In the early years of State Normal the Science department was housed in some of the ground floor rooms of what is now the Administration Building. Gradually it grew in size and im- portance, until at the present time the depart- ment includes the splendidly equipped Science Lows Jomv RETTGER Hall, the greenhouse, a small farm near Terre Dm gipwtzfimfmmw Haute, and the Normal dispensary. Keeping abreast of the times probably is more difficult in the held of science than in any other, but science teachers trained in the local school End themselves able to enter competition with graduates from institutions which are able to offer more extensive work than can be offered here. Scientific theories and discoveries are not old before they are brought to the attention of students in the Science department. The department was joint host with Rose Polytechnic, early in the year, to the Indiana Academy of Science at its forty-first annual convention. Dean Rettger was chairman of the program committee. Papers were read by some members of the department. The past year marked the return of Paul D. Wilkinson, associate pro- fessor of chemistry and physiology, who was away last year securing his Masters degree from Washington University. During the year, how- ever, Prof. William P. Allen was on leave of absence at Purdue Univer- sity, his alma mater, completing work on his Masterts degree. Edgar J Hunt, instructor in physiology, continued his studies in the Medical School of Indiana University. ix :h' t ;727 : ?iiL t a- 2;- ?K kt No new courses were introduced in the department during the past year. but a more advanced course in Astronomy was added following the ine troduction of the beginning course two years ago. Weather observation apparatus has been putt to good use, and science students Observed the eclipses from the weather station on the roof of the building. Prof. Fred Donaghy, who as a side line operates the greenhouse and does landscape gardening about the campus, kept the institution supplied with flowers throughout the year. Dr. Spurgeon, head of the dispensary, maintained his record as the best known member connected with the Science department. Tu'enty-Twa

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MARY ELINOR MORAN Associate Professor of Englixh SARA KING HARVEY Axsz'stant Profesxor 0f Enmish ROSE MARIAN Cox Amociatc Professor of English VICTOR C. MILLER Asxixtant Profemor 0f Englixh ETHIZL DAUM Amisttmt Professor of English ELIZABETH MARY CRAWFORD Axxistauf Profcxxor 0f Englixh EVA ANDERSON Inxtructor in Englixh TwentyOne

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JAMES F. MACKELL FRED DONAGIIY W. LEROY PERKINS Professor of Physicx Professor 0f Biology Axsom'ate Profexsor of Geography EDWIN MORRIS BRUCE CHARLES HADDON SYURGEON, BENJAMIN H. SMITH Profemor of Chemistry M. D. Normal Phyxicitm Amociatv Profcsxor of Biology OTHO J. PRICE BERNARD H. SCHOCKEL PAUL DELASSUS WILKINSON Professor of Agriculture Professor of Geography and Associate Profcmor of Geology Chemistry Twenty-Three