La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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iii: W .v v I 'Wu i 'U gf.f2Ff.,..a Y .aaa LLOYD E. DOWNS, M.A. E. A. WIDMER, B.A. DONALD M. BROWN. Ph.D. Professor of Biology Instructor in Biology Professor of Biology FROM THE TROPICAL FISH in the lighted aquarium which is immediately apparent as one enters the building to the caged mice shown the visitor taking a guided tour of the new science building, the Biology Department impresses one with the fact that it is a live and growing department. The expanding museum and a promised fluorescent mineral collection serve to keep pace with the present supplies avail- able to the biology student. The 316 students enrolled in biology courses including the 2447 taking a laboratory course witness the steadily growing interest in Christian science. DOWNS: Conscientious in the classroom and in private life, he spends his spare time finishing experiments for his doctorate at the University of Southern California. Campus biologists find him cordial and helpful. His years of mission work give him a wide background in Christian service. WIDMER: Whether peering through his microscope at his pet fruit flies or glancing over a cat one of his prenursing students is laboring on. he still maintains his cool, even' composure. For relaxation at home he plays the piano, and occasionally he wends his way to the open country with members of the Biology Club. BROWN: 'gMr. Biology at La Sierra College, he is constantly working to improve the facilities of his department. Never giving anything less than his best, he refuses to allow his students to regard mediocre performances as their best. Stimulating classes and interesting laboratories summarize student reactions to his teaching. Randall facobs, Deralfl facobson, ancl Don Broun painstakingly draw those evasive protozoa in oo lab. x v. X .4 , YY us- ref, i Sn-,I 1 I S A

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Q71 . JKLIAN L. THOMPSON. Ph.D. Professor of Physics K yr, LESTER H. CUSHMAN, M.S. Professor of Mathematics SAN FERNANDO HALL-ON the outside, ivy covered in the best academic tradition, on the inside, recently restyled to meet ade- quately the needs of physics and mathematics courses. Twelve classrooms and laboratories are supplemented by ap- paratus rooms, staff offices, a photographic darkroom, a machine shop, and a departmental library-all combining to provide facili- ties for classes, laboratory sections, individual experimental prob- lems, and research. The new Natural Science course, expressly designed to meet the needs of the General Education program, shares these facilities. Special student experimental projects are correlated when possible with current research efforts of the teaching staff: Mr. Cushman in medical electronic equipment, Mr. Riggs in high energy parti- cles: and Dr. Thompson in a spectral-time, study of alternating current arcs. Young's Morlulusw is no mystery to physics students Rene Petigny and Guy Mann as they study into the laws governing the stress and strain on metals. fur l . git. vw TS at 4 L., is ,xl . JAMES RIGGS, M.S. Assistant Professor of Physics THOMPSON: Years of college teaching have served to deepen this pr0fessor's determination to produce quality students. Scholarly but not stuffy, learned but likable, he is widely respected for his Christian qualities in and out of the classroom. On the rare occasions when he agrees to emcee a program, students note with pleasure that scientific study has only sharpened his wit. CUSHMAN: A jack-of-all-trades and master of all, he follows many unique and interesting lines of work. Music, photography, and physics, to name a few, have all felt his touch of thoroughness. An Eisenhower jacket and an in- stantaneous smile keynote a friendly, busy campus per- sonality. RIGGS: With lightning speed this human calculator fills the blackboard with mathematical symbols while fasci- nated freshmen watch with wonderment. He is happier, however, in physics class explaining the relationship be- tween ergs, Joules, and horsepower. His ready smile, quick wit, and willingness to explain scientific mysteries add even the freshmen to his large host of admirers.

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WITH A RANGE OF courses almost as wide as the gap between the 176 students in History of Western Civilization and the three students in World Politics, the Social Science Department offers courses in history, political science, sociology, geography, econom- ics. and psychology. The department aims to provide adequate back- ground for intellectual competence in the departmental areas and for maximum occupational opportunities for its graduates. 4 A growing departmental attraction is the new social science major. Organized with the dual objective of providing a good foundation for social work and also of preparing the student to do graduate work with competence, the curriculum includes some training in each of the several fields in the department with enough emphasis in one field to insure depth as well as breadth. sf'? 1' F WILFRED J. AIREY, Ph.D. Professor of History -'-- 1 1 x 1 , I 1 fix l n 3 W I Dr. Airey clears up some confusion concerning one of the events of the Revolu- 28 tionary War for the American History class.