Mills College - Mills Crest Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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I Alfred Neumeyer, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Director of the Art Gallery .... Has an explicit knowledge of his field and a manipulation of the English language that makes every sentence a work of art. Anna Newman, B.A., Instructor in Health, Phys- ical Education, and Recreation. New Head Resident in Orchard-Meadow, blows the saxophone occasionally in informal moments. Marie Nogues, M.A., Assistant Pro- fessor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Pert, petite head of the P.E. department, she can cook delectables as well as play a smooth tennis game. Roi Partridge, Professor of Art .... Full of particular artistic exhuberance which makes him at once helpful to and interested in his students, he is himself a great master of technique and form. Helen Pettit, M.A., Instructor in Mathematics. Daughter of the man who knows much about sun spots, she carries on in similar vein as astronomy assistant and math teacher. Elizabeth Pope, Ph.D., Instructor in English. Particularly well versed on the subiect of poetry, she can quote fluently and interpret beautifully the works of old and new masters. Margaret Prall, M.A., Associate Professor of Music. Always striving for perfection, she enables students to have more enioyment from music by a better understanding of it. Raymond Puccinelli, Instructor in Sculp- ture. His own drawings and sculpture are indicative of his personal strong vitality, simplicity and power. .

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16 Helene Mayer, M.A., Instructor in Ger- man. Always seen popping in and out of her cream-colored coupe with her constant companions-a red-plaid shirt and her dogs. Helen McElwain, M.A., Assistant Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Every ounce cheerfulness-her smile would melt the traditional iceberg. Howard McMinn, M.A., Professor of Botany on the Smith Foundation. Naming any plant from spirogyra to giant redwoods, he di- vides his time between Oak Knoll hay fever patients, ration boards, and re- search. Georgiana Melvin, Ph.D., Pro- fessor of Philosophy. Students love to come to her home for afternoon tea and discussion. Darius Milhaud, Pro- fessor of Music. Kindly and sympa- thetic, he spurs students on to greater achievement. Pearl Mitchell, Ph.D., As- sistant Professor of English and Latin. Greatly interested in Spenser and Latin. She is known for always wear- ing blue, and for her cigarette parties. George Mowry, Ph.D., May Treat Mor- rison Professor of American History. Easy to talk to, with a friendly wit and a way of making you like American history. Lucie Murphy, B.S., Director of Occupational Therapy. Always has that well groomed look and big brown eyes, besides the undergraduates, she heads the big group of Army O.T.'s.

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Anna Rainier, B.S., Assistant to Director of Institution Administration, Assistant in Home Economics. Always looks neat as a pin, and has a definite flair for flower arranging. Cecile Reau, Ph.D., Professor of French. Mary Morse is lucky to have her as head resident, as she preserves about her a real atmos- phere of France. Dominic Rotunda, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish and Italian. He functions as master chef at Kiva doings. Isabel Schevill, M.A., Assistant Professor of Spanish. With a great sense of humor and understanding of human need, she is an expert bandage roller and a veteran Nurse's Aide. Grayson Schmidt, B.S., Associate Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Physics. He is an avid mystery fan. Ethel Sabin Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Philosophy. Charming hostess of a lovely home. Often wears rare, beauti- ful camellias. Willard Smith, Ph.D., Pro- fessor of English on the Edward Cole- man Foundation. Modern forms of ex- pression interest him. Marion Stebbins, M.A., Professor of Speech and Drama. She is the proud granclparent of young Malcolm.