Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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THOMAS P. NAUMAN, M.A. Instructor 19 JOHN F. BAMRICK, Ph.D. Associate Professor DONALD L. BURTON, M.A. Instructor

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BIOLOGY Full time teaching is what the members of the Biology department are involved in this year, more than in the past, according to Dr. Kapler, chairman of the department. Several years ago, the number of courses offered by the Biology department was lower. With in¬ creased enrollment, and the importance placed upon the sciences in education, the members of the department are finding less time for independant research. Tlie staff does, however, work on projects in conjunction with the students. At the moment, the staff is working in an attempt to describe parasites in the Dubuque area that will control the beetle that infects the Dutch Elm bark. Tliis study will continue for several years, but the staff has already been successful in describing three such REV. WARREN E. NYE, I b.D. Professor JOSEPH E. KAPLER, Pb.D. Associate Professor Chainuan parasites, and it hopeful that more will hv showing up in the future. Dr. Kapler also hopes to initiate a pilot project on water pollution in the Dubuque area this summer. He feels that this would be a great opportunity for training students interested in this field. Dr. Kapler has great hopes placed in the tri-college consortium bc ' tween Loras, Clarke, and the University of DubiK|ue. The goal in his viewpoint is “close coopera¬ tion, with (he best utili .ation of facilities and materials available between the three schools participating. It will also involve engaging visiting speakers by the three schools to give lectures of a wider variet - of subject matter. With the consortium to go into full operation next year. Dr. Kapler said that ther(‘ will be no immediate change in the Biology d( partm( nt s (‘urriculum, as sud¬ den changes are not felt to be advantageous in the Biology department. EventualK there will bc ' change ' s in the curriculum as thc ' situation pc ' rmits. ]8

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CHEMISTRY KENNETH W. KRAUS, Ph.D. Associate Professor Chairman Student and faculty involvement is the word from Dr. Kraus, chaiiinan of the Chemistry department. The projects that are worked upon in the department arc done mainly by the students with members of the chem¬ istry staff guiding them. Rev. Robert Dolter and his students are currently working on the study ol properties of styrene compounds, and have issued several publica¬ tions on the subject. Mr. Rculand is working on a project concerning the study of metal tungsten bronzes. In the process he uses x-rays to determine structure, lie also employs the computer at Clarke College to translate his project into a workable reality. Robert P ke, the newest member of the department has already imolved himself in a bio-chemical study concerning the invc‘stigation of mechanisms of aortic calcilication. Dr. Kraus is involved in organic chemistry, and is working in an area of main concern with mechanisms and use of organocadmium reaction. Support from the National Science Foundation has enabled the chemistr ' department to obtain s( eral nc‘w pieces of equipment, such as a new electronic calculator, a new flexowriter, and an automatic writing machine for the computer at Clarke. Data is put into or takcai from the computer tape and written out by the writing machine. A similar process can be accomj:)hslu d on the ' computer in Ic ' vel A Binz Hall. The de ' partme ' nt also plans to purchase an ultra iolc‘t s[;)e ctrophotome ' te r, and a refrigerated centrifuge . RT. REV. GEORGE N. SGHUITE, Ph.D. Professor HF.V. IU)I5FHT j. DOITKH. I’li l). Pwfrssor