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

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as well as being Assistant Purchasing Agent. Mr. Blakeslee assumed these duties at Lake Forest after having been in the Navy for four years and after holding various positions in other places. His hobbies are hunting and other outdoor sports. The first division under consideration is the Division of Language, Literature, and Fine Arts of which Dr. R. B. Williams is chairman. Dr. Williams is also Director of the Summer Session. He attended schools in both Mexico and Spain and taught at one time at the Uni- versity of Iowa. Among his many writings and contributions to various language reviews is The Staging of Plays in Spain Before l550 . Assistant professor in modern languages is Dr. Ashton, who came to this campus a year ago after having taught at the University of Illinois, Missouri Valley College, and Uni- versity of Kansas City. During the war she worked a year for the Ofiice of Censorship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her hobby is traveling and Dr. Ashton has conducted parties through Europe five summers and has spent one sum- mer traveling through Mexico. The third instructor in foreign languages is Miss Ursula Thomas. Miss Thomas comes from Clear Lake, Iowa, and attended the University of Iowa. She taught high school and college foreign languages in previous years. Dr. Charles Yount, associate professor of English, is also secretary to the faculty, ad- visor for veterans, and advisor for the Forester and Turilala. He attended DePauw, Harvard Uni- versity, and the University of Chicago, and taught be- fore at Illinois Wesleyan, N Northwestern and State College of Washington. Dr. Yount has written for Harper'.s Magazine and also Wrote a biography of Bross for the Bross fiftieth anniversary competition. Dr. Voss is also associate professor of English and returned to Lake Forest this year after having been here in 1941 and 1942. Before teaching here, he also taught at the University of Kansas and Yale where he attended school. Dr. Voss has contributed articles to the Scholastic Magazine on the field of English. x f 51' ,li 2 , i Af. wif ff Mr. Theodore Cavins is instructor in the English Department and taught before at Lake Forest High School and Milwaukee University School. He attended Charleston Teachers College and the University of Illinois. He lives now in Lake Forest and has two children, David and Ellen. Mrs. Allison is instructor in English as well as head resident at Bradley. She attended Denison University where she was a Phi Beta Kappa and elected to Who's Who. Her hobbies include reading and music. Head of the Speech Department is Mr. R. C. Tomlinson, who is in charge of Garrick and the Lecture Course series as well. Mr. Tomlinson is from Cicero, Indiana, and did public school work in Indiana. His duties at Lake Forest were interrupted for two years during the war when he did USO work. At this time he was director of the Iowa City USO and of Madison USO. The assistant speech director is Mr. Robert C. Martin, who came to Lake Forest in 1945 after attending the Northwestern School of Speech and graduate school. He has also taught at Gary Public School, Northwestern, and the University of Chattanooga. Mr. Martin's other duties are technical director for Garrick players, director of debate and director of radio workshop. Director of art is Mr. Nash, who came to Lake Forest last year. He studied at North- western and has traveled to many art centers in Europe. His hometown is Dayton, Ohio, and gives photography and fishing as his main interests outside of art. In charge of the music department at Lake Forest is Mr. Arnold Thomas, who is new here this year and has done a great deal to promote musical activities. He studied at Northwestern University and taught before in Illinois public schools. Mr. Thomas spent four years in the Army and did some work then in music. His hobbies are tennis, baseball, and iceskating. The associate music director, Mrs. Ruth Dahlbo, is also new on the faculty this year. She was instructor in music in public high schools in Wisconsin and Iowa after going to school at the University of Kansas and North- western. Her home is in Evanston, and Mrs. 29

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great deal to our president for the work he has done in the past to make Lake Forest a better college. Dean of the college and head of the depart- ment ofI-Inglish is Dean McPheeters. The Dean also serves on the administration and cur- riculum committees. He taught before at Wesleyan University and Lawrence. For the Dictionary of American Biography he wrote Rufur King. Dean McPheeters is a Phi Beta Kappa and attended DePauw University, University of Indiana, Boston University, Harvard, University of Chicago, and Cam- bridge University. Dean of Women and associate professor of education at Lake Forest since 1944 is Miss Kathryn Klink. Miss Klink comes from Bucyrus, Ohio, and went to school at Heidel- berg College, Tiffin, Ohio, and Syracuse Uni- versity, Syracuse, New York. At Kent State University and Arizona State College, she had practical experience in the duties of a dean of women. 1943 to 1944 she worked as director of USO Club and director of women's activities. The man who is responsible for most of us being here at Lake Forest and who is so well known to all of us is Mr. Robert Amaden, Director of Admissions. Mr. Amaden came here from Stevens College where he was ad- missions counselor. He is married and has three children, Sally, Buddy, and Billy. His hobbies include all sports and at one time he was Inter-Collegiate Doubles Champion in table tennis. Miss Marie Meloy, Registrar, is another very familiar figure and she is constantly swamped with questions and problems about various courses. She has been here at Lake Forest for many years and formerly held the position of Director of Admissions and was also secretary to the faculty for several years. Miss Meloy attended Monmouth and did social work in Adrian, Michigan, before coming here. Business Manager of Lake Forest is Ellis C. Halverson, who takes over an infinite number ofjobs on the campus. Mr. Halverson received his education at the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University. Be- fore coming to Lake Forest he worked at the Milwaukee Vocational School and did public 28 accounting work. Besides his job as Business Manager, Mr. Halverson also finds time to take on the duties of assistant secretary of the Board of Trustees. A former graduate of Lake Forest is Miss Martha Biggs, who also attended the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Miss Biggs is head librarian for the college and has given much time and effort to make our library a better one each year. Formerly from Manden, North Dakota, she also worked at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Her hobbies include traveling, dress designing and handwork. Director of the Johns-Manville Program is Miss Oma Bishop from Washington. Miss Bishop attended the University of Iowa, and worked at Albany College. She has also had considerable experience in business and at one time was a cost accountant with Johns- Manville. Her hobby is traveling as shown by the fact that she has visited Cuba, Mexico, Columbia, Canada and Panama, and has traveled all over the United States. A member of the administrative staff for twenty-one years is Mrs. Anna Smith, our Director of Dining Rooms. Mrs. Smith was originally from Geneva, New York, and formerly worked at Cornell University in- firmary. Her hobbies include sewing, knitting, dogs, and music. Mrs. Elizabeth Luer is director of all dormitories and the head resident at Patterson Lodge. Mrs. Luer's home is in Alton, Illinois, and she has three children. She attended DePauw University and took graduate work at Northwestern. Before coming to Lake Forest, she was director of the Illinois Junior School for Boys, and girls' supervisor at Wayne College Training School, Detroit,-Michigan. The person to whom we take our many ailments for treatment is Mrs. Hartzo, Resi- dent Nurse. She attended Jefferson Hospital School of Nursing, worked in Washington Lee University infirmary, and has done con- siderable private duty in nursing. Her husband, Dr. Hartzo, also serves on the faculty. They have two daughters, Ann and Margaret. New on the campus this year is Mr. Blakes- lee, who holds the all-important position of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds

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Dahlbo's interests are reading, record collect- ing, cooking and all forms of music. Under the Division of Social Science we have Mr. Louis Keller as chairman. He is professor in that department of economics and business administration courses. Originally from Wauke- sha, Wisconsin, he attended Carroll College, Northwestern, and the University of Wiscon- sin. His hobbies include athletics, fishing, and hunting. Added to his responsibilities as chair- man of the Division of Social Sciences, he is also on the Curriculum Committee, Athletic Committee, Cut Committee, and until Febru- ary was Director of the Evening Session. Professor of history in the Division of Social Sciences is Dr. Robert Hantke, who attended the University of Wisconsin and taught there before coming to Lake Forest. Dr. Hantke lives on the campus and his two children, Susan and john, are frequently seen with him in his leisure time. He names all kinds of sports as his chief hobby. A graduate of the Gymnasium in Germany is Mr. Peso, who has been at Lake Forest one year as a European history professor. Mr. Peso received his masters at the New School for Social Research in New York and his home- town is now in Glencoe, Illinois. In the department of accounting we have associate professor Mr. Nicholaus, who has had wide experience in teaching accounting at other schools before coming to Lake Forest. He has done work at Lawrence and the Uni- versity of Wisconsin and received his certificate of public accounting at Illinois and Wisconsin. Not only does Mr. Nicholaus teach accounting, but also includes income tax work among his hobbies. Dr. Hartzo is associate professor and head of the department of political science. His home- town is in Atlanta, Texas, and he attended Washington and Lee University and Columbia. In 1930 he began instruction at Lake Forest, and in 1932 he was a member group of fifty selected by the Carnegie Endowment to at- tend a special summer school at Michigan which dealt on Problems of International Law . Miss Reynolds is another new faculty mem- ber this year and is associate professor of 30 secretarial training. She taught three years at the University of North Dakota and part-time at Roosevelt College in Chicago. The last four years she has worked as an accountant in Chicago. Miss Reynold's hometown is Artesia, New Mexico, and she has attended Mississippi State Teachers, University of Denver, Uni- versity of North Dakota, University of Illinois, and Northwestern University. A new professor in economics is Mr. Smith, who attended Middlebury and Harvard Busi- ness School and taught in the Navy for two years. Mr. Smith comes from Pittsford, Virginia. Added to his teaching load, he has also been advisor for the Ski Club and Kappa Sigma fraternity. Still another new instruc- 1 1,6 tor in this department is Mr. Robert Sharvy, pro- , fessor of social science. He 2 I came here to Lake Forest -' 4 5 after going to the Uni- versity of Chicago, Uni- versity of Illinois, and University of Washing- ton. His hometown is Chicago although he lives now in Farwell Field with his wife and one son, Richard. Miss Irene Osborne is chairman of the de- partment of sociology, as well as counselor for the freshman class. Her hometown is in Alliance Ohio, and she attended Kent State University and Ohio State. She has taught before at Stevens College. Her hobbies include bridge, reading, baseball and psychology. In the next Division we have the professors of Philosophy, Religion, and Education. As professor of psychology and philosophy and head of that division is Dr. S. P. Williams. Dr. VVilliams has been here at Lake Forest for many years although he also taught at the University of Texas and Huron College, South Dakota, before coming here. He has written a publication called Place of Reason in Ethics . Dr. Karl Roth is the head of the department of religion and has been here twenty years. During this time he has expanded the field fromjust a study of the Bible to include history and philosophy. His other duties on campus this year were Director of Religious Activities, head of Chapel Committee, and religious