Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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'RI GH T LTCCLU a .cwg- x4195. .3., .;;...1 Iv R. BERNARD FUHR irector Student Counseling MR. PAUL CHRISTMAN Redskin Reservation DR. JOHN SCHONWALD Associate Director Health Service MRS. GRACE DOME S ocial Director DR. ARTHUR WICKENDEN Director Religious Activities R DEAN SUTHERLAND School of Fine Arts DEAN S M I TH Graduate School MR. WILLIAM SMYSER Registrar MR. DAVID ALDEN Bursar MISS MARTHA JAQUES Auditor of Student Organizations LACH '9 aC LI. HIRAM STEPHENSON or Student Housing and Employment MR. JOHN DOLIBOIS Executive Secretary Alumni Association

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MR. GILSON Director News I DR. CLARENCE KREGER Vice-President DEAN ALDERMAN DEAN MACOM B College of Arts and Science School of Educatio DEAN GLOS School of Business Administration DR. ROBERT MINER Director of M enfs Affairs MR. HARRY GJ Director Admissi MR Dire DR. MELVA LIND Dean of Women

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PROFESSOR WALTER E. HAVIGHURST has, in addition to his English classes at the university, many active interests in modern literature. As one of Mi- amiis two research professors, he has made a literary study of American life-its settlement and develop- ment. Three volumes of Doctor Havighursfs studies have been published: Upper Mississippi, an account of the settlement of that region; The Long Ships Passing and The Land of Promise, narrative histories of Great Lakes transportation and the Old N orthwest Territory. He has also written several novels, including: The Quiet Shore, The Winds of Spring and Signature of Time, all stories of regional American family life. P'ro- fessor Havighurst is a graduate of the University of Denver and Columbia University. After serving in the United States Merchant Marines from 1924 to 1926, he studied at Kings College, University of London until 1928. He has received honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University and Lawrence College. In addition to his novels and non-fiction, Professor Havighurst is a contributor of short stories to many magazines, including Colliers, The Saturday Evening Post and Tomor- row. He also does book reviews for the Chicago Tribune and is well known as a critic of the modern short story and novel. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa. With his wife Marion, who is also a novelist, Professor Havighurst lives on Shadowy Hills Drive in Oxford. FAMOUS DOCTOR F. ALTON WADE, professor of geology at Mi- ami, has filled his post college life with adventure, activity and accomplishment. In 1926 he was graduated from Ken- yon with a masteris degree in chemistry. After five years of teaching at colleges and prep schools, he went to J ohns- Hopkins to work for his doctorate. However, in the fall of 1932, the young scientist was interested in the proposed trip of Admiral Richard Byrd to the Antartic. More than a year of correspondence and work gained him the position of combination clog drive'r-geologist. This expedition lasted from 1933 to late 1935. On the next South Pole exploration, four years later, Doctor Wade was the senior scientist. Be- tween the two trips he came to Miami, after completing his dissertation with material gathered at the South Pole. Dur- ing World War II he went into the Air Force as a major and headed the Base Ice Cap Detachment in Greenland, which explored the possibilities of founding inland weather stations and air bases on that island. In 1950, he became a civilian advisor for the far east and 5th Air F orce in Ja- pan and Korea. He has been awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his work with the Air Force. Doctor Wade is a member of Delta Tau Delta, Gamiha Alpha and Sigma Gamma Epsilon. Today he is again in Oxford, until that time when he may be called to devote his knowledge elsewhere, aiding those students with a vital interest in the field of geology to increase their knowledge for professional pursuits. He lives with his wife, Sarah and their young son on Maple Street.