Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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id RONALD BOAL WILLIAMS Doctor Ronald B. Williams is Professor of Romance Languages. He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree, the Master of Arts degree, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Iowa. He has also studied at Northwestern University, and at the Centro de Estudios in Madrid. Doctor Williams came to Lake Forest in l923. Interested chiefly in French and Spanish, he has done graduate work in the former in such fields as Moliere and the classical drama, the early and the modern novel, Romanticism, Realism, neo-Romantic and contemporary drama, and lyric verse. His graduate study in Spanish has comprised Old Spanish, philology and historical drama, phonetics, the drama of all periods, the picaresgue novel, Cervantes, the regional novel, and contem- porary literature. Doctor Williams has worked incidentally in the minor Romance lar:- guages and in methods of language teaching. He does research work in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian drama of the sixteenth century, in the ideology oi Voltaire, in recent Franco-Spanish literary relations, and in grammatical subjects. He is a contributor to Romantic Review, French Review, Modern Language Notes, Modern Language Iournai, Spanish Review, and Philologicai Ouarterly. He has traveled extensively in Europe in the interests of his teaching and research. BRUCE LINEBURG Doctor Bruce Lineburg, head of the Department of Biology since nineteen-hundred and twenty-tour, is a graduate of the Milton Com' mercial College, Pennsylvania. He has the Bachelor of Pedagogics degree from Southwestern State Normal, Pennsylvania, the Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University, the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Iohns Hopkins University. His graduate work has been in Education, Zoology, Plant Physiology, and Medical Ento- mology. His professional experience includes being private secretary to the president, Rockefeller Hotel Company, New York City: Principal of the Webster, Pennsylvania, Public Schoolsg Principal of West Lafayette, Ohio, High Schoolg Superintendent of the Monroe County, Ohio, Public Schools: and Assistant in Beekeeping, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, District of Columbia. Doctor Lineburg has contributed a number of papers and has lec- tured on the honeybee to the state and national associations. He is at present engaged in making original illustrations for a course in General Biology. More than three hundred of these have been completed, and a number of them have been published. Others have been reproduced as lantern slides. He is ioint author of a Laboratory Manual for General Biology. He is found in American Men of Science, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the American Society of Zoologists, the American Society of Para- sitologists, and Sigma Xi, ERNEST AMOS IOHNSON Ernest A. Iohnson is head of the Department of Economics and Business Administration. He did his undergraduate work at Colorado College, and the work for the Master's degree at Denver University. He continued his graduate work at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, receiving the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the latter institution in nineteen-hundred and thirty-three. He came to Lake Forest College as instructor in nineteen-hundred and twenty-four, and since then has been Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, head of the Department, and Professor in nineteen-hundred and thirty-three. During the academic year, nineteen-hundred thirty and thirty-one, he was on leave of absence, teaching at Northwestern University and doing research work for an investment house in Chicago. Before coming to Lake Forest College, Doctor Iohnson was employed in the superintendents ottice, Western Union Telegraph Company, Denver, Colorado, where he assisted in the supervision oi seventy-five branch offices. He also assisted in the formation and direction of a successful investment company in Denver. He has published a series of articles analyzing the record of long term real estate securities issued in the years nineteenehundred nineteen through thirty-five. He is continuing this research. He is a member oi Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Pi Epsilon, the American Economic Association, and the Chicago chapter of the American Statistical Association. , N 17 ,ku X- ymgmwi L i ' ' . s -h 11u..., ',-ff. . .f 'f'f ,- . 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. inf WILLIAM MCPHEETERS Doctor William E. McPheeters is Dean of the College and head of the Department of English. l-le holds the Bachelor of Arts degree frcm DePauw University, the Master of Arts degree from Harvard University, the Bachelor of Systematic Theology and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University. Dean McPheeters, whose name appears in Whos Who in Amerira, was a Chaplain, with the ranl: of First Lieutenant, overseas during the Vviorld VVar. After the War he was sent by the American Expeditionary Force in France to Cambridge University, England, for advanced study. On his return to the United States he became Professor of English at Lawrence College, where he remained until coming to Lalze Forest College in nineteen-hundred and twenty-nine. Professor McPheeters is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English. the American Association of University Professors. and Phi Beta Kappa, l-le is the author of Outline Guide for a Study of English Literature, Literary Terms and contributed a biography of Ftufus King to the Dictionary of American Biography. AGNES HOSE KOUPAL Miss Agnes Fl. Koupal is Dean cf 'Women and Assistant Professor of English. Miss Koupal received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of illinois, and the Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in a course for advisors of women. Miss Hcupal was Dean of Vlfomen at Monmouth College kefore ccrning to Lake Forest College in nineteen-hundred and twenty-seven. FLETCHER BARKER COFFIN Doctor Fletcher E. Cofiin is head cf the Department cf Chemistry, He holds the following degrees from Harvard University: Ea:hel:-r cf Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, and Doctor of Philosophy. I-le came to Lake Forest College in nineteen-hundred and nine from T-laverford College, Previous to this he had been associated with a Boston law firm, and with the utility management and construction firm of Stone arid Webster. Doctor Coffin did his research work in the field cf atomic weights, making determinations of the atomic Weights of Colcalt and Arsenic. For 1 , i . lf, 1 'F' ve, ' . :lun Y :Q ' K' 5, - 4 one year he was aiso associated with Professor T. VJ. Friiharjs a Fliijel Prize Winner in an investigation on the atomic weight oi Silver lf . ,-J ,-f . , rm H Af. 1, ivff- 'Z f- he A .re .-K 'rf ' ' ' 'U' , . Y X-- -A--X - ..-L ,. . , N- . ' F F X ' I A ' P D- - .f ,V Q V, .:. 'i'ifFfEz-xi? ii, ', V 'fffy:,7..:1 'a' - s----- ,, ., , ' -'V . -fat-'r ' Y? xv sf-,-s:-f.'f'e f ' - -if--i',-1'. I 'i',3,., 75531, 7 -fi., - - ' ' 5 W Pd' . .,-iff'-'-:W-71 'f P ' , ':'l?'1?3:Ex Til?-uI5'SQ, :n t, rips' mn! 1 'Tn H C 'rf' :r4,.,,.'5:g-1 r ' -Vsizifgrlg ,5l?l1w.gu1'f-211.1-. ,. in . 'T' .- f!'f3 '-?.7- ' Il A , . - 'Tu --JK 1-J.3'.ff.-A' I--1 or . .,----- .wt , .rf . . V .. .-1,.--, 4 .-.fe-:X-r,v..fwr -.-.-.-dw..- fe-v,,- iii? W ' 1.Q?EfS2h??L133Lf,,Lgj?:'gb,gEg:1C3agilf--af.-We 1-Iilfssflvije-Gpityfm-.gr -ff, g.ff5.-5',s-.-:'f1'5i?1-.fi'T'-w'r,s':f-rf'.-1: V t'i1-.....:.?'.3 ...fav .' ML. .557 'W ' L.1223.:-.-fs.ug'Zfs.'s3:b?-:3':Si '9' . L. ,1:'-s..-L'f:.l-1-'s'.:Fsef,W':.vitt'.'411 -x1 'l' if: .P ' 1 L' ,I :N K-2-

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ROSCOE EVERETT HARRIS Doctor Roscoe Everett Harris is head of the Department of Physics. He took the Bachelor of Science degree from Missouri State Teachers College. He received the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Chicago. Before coming to Lake Forest College in nineteen-hundred and twenty- five, Doctor Harris had taught at Williams and Mary College, and been Associate Professor in Physics at the University of Vermont. He had also been a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery of the Army during the World War. Coming here as Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics. Doctor Harris now teaches Physics only and an occasional advanced course in Mathematical Physics, He spent his first years in completely revising and modernizing the curriculum of Physics courses. Doctor Harris has done research in various phases of Physics, including television, photo-electric cells, thermionics, X-rays, and nuclear disintegration. He gave a report on thermionics before the Physics Society in nineteen-hunded and thirty-three, having developed a manual in this field which is still in use. Doctor Harris is Working on a Physics text-book which is still in mimeograph form. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Associa- tion of Physics Teachers. HAROLD BARTLETT CURTIS Doctor Harold Bartlett Curtis is head of the Department of Mathe- matics. Professor Curtis received the Bachelor of Arts degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cornell University, Before coming to Lake Forest College in nineteen-hundred and twenty-six, Professor Curtis was an instructor in Mathematics in Barnard College, Columbia University, and in Northwestern University. He was an Associate Professor in Mathematics in Marquette University during nineteen-hundred twenty-five and twenty-six. During nineteen-hundred seventeen and eighteen, he was a second lieutenant in the United States Aviation Corps. Doctor Curtis is a member oi Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, the American Mathematical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the American Association of University Professors. He is listed in American Men of Science. Professor Curtis has had various articles published in Popular Astronomy, including two articles on the Sun Dial and Its Design, Seeing Stars in the Daytime, Venus Visible at Inferior Comunction, Venus Visible Near Superior Corijunctiori, and Stellar Parallaxes in the Annals oi the Dearborn Observatory. GEORGE NEWTON SLEIGHT Doctor George Newton Sleight is head of the Department of Educa- tion. Professor Sleight received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, the Bachelor oi Pedagogics degree from New Yorl: State Teachers Ccllege, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Greek and Latin from the University of Chicago. His Doctors Dissertation was The Life, Style, Vocabulary and Philosophy of Themistius. Professor Sleight came to Lake Forest College in nineteen-hundred and twenty-seven. Before that time he was active in educational ad- ministrative work. For thirteen years he headed the Elgin Academy at the request of Doctor William Harper, the first President of Chicago University. After this he became Superintendent of Schools at Saint Petersburg, Florida. From this post he went to North Dakota State Teachers' College to become Professor of Education and Director oi the Training School. At present Doctor Sleight is carrying on investigations in Modern Educational ldeals and Trends in the Secondary-school and College Levels, and on Efficient Study Techniques and Motivations. Among his l more recent publications are Magic for Amateurs, and articles on College If - - 1 Work at Home and On Going to College. Doctor Sleight is a member of Theta Delta Chi, and Pi Gamma s Mu, national honorary society of social sciences. ,-J ,-f I U31 f-X A , 2?-:Q 51 x-F1 -Zif f ' 5 '4.gr l - Hug - -' ' -- --rm'-'Cf' PEPPEY' . ,.e--ef --... .sw 153:-fi!, , , vf'11.7 N-Y,.e. if F - - F-f-'rw-3 ?f,-y,-ref' --'ne-1 g' V x ws. :gixegi-1 r'4. 'i'. jj-'f.5.!si Z' ,film-fl! 'h:if'fj.f, -fm Sg,,h.H, - Q ,-'- fl- ' 'EMniklgyts-,ec-.r-5:.f.,rf-Jvffe, .ne-if , S - t -- ' . - f C - -,Y .1-Z-IN 1 ' . - ,- g-:if -Q5 iff .Z 3.11:- 17, W- .. . i . H .., . H -X 'f-:'--'.- ff 1. - 1 . . i . .--.Lea -'-W. -v- .sgf-- .s- - , ,, -. - - , i - -. 3371. 5--. V, ,.- , , . , , , .1 ,:- -', - - r . -. :-A :. xv.,w ..fv- -4.- .c Av, ' ' W iiweivue witsfifv-rfb-'-2.6:f-ff. sa-'ferxf-2-nfs--is .:.'.-:av-e'-1-xi-N - ilfmittsvwtm, fxftilfrin.. -ff-rift it tl. Mfr: rata- w2sf 1.:-mir?-:hsms!-accesE-33.-.rf.Tt'2ffa?I.5?r.u:.:-isies?-E '?cf1--.-55714 S. f-'A --.2 4- 1'