NYU Washington Square College - Album Yearbook (New York, NY)

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PROFESSOR EMANU EL STEIN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT t Projects for the Economics Department this year included the de- velopment of a new elementary text book and the introduction of bi- weekly seminars. Professor Stein, who also devotes time to the Re- gional Wage Stabilization Board, was elected departmental chairman. PROFESSOR ALEXANDER BALTZLY HISTORY DEPARTMENT l A new course, Men and Ideasf' may he taken as an alternative to History I-2, Professor Baltzly, chairman of the department, an- nounced. Professor Salomone spent the year in Italy studying the political and economic effects on that country of the post-Renaissance period. PROFESSOR RAY F. HARVEY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT Professor Harvey, chairman, cited the expanded and coordinated pre-law program, the newly prepared social science studies program, the Russian government courses, and, in general, the enthusiastic tenor of the staff as evidence of increasing activity in the department. r N la

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,fr RQ PROFESSOR GEORGE M. MURPHY PROFESSOR BROOKS F. ELLIS CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT Professor Murphy, chairman of the Chemistry Department, wrote a series of articles entitled National Nuclear Energy Series for the Atomic Energy Commission, while Professors Vance and King each received government contracts from the AEC for work on processes of crystallization and processes of corrosion respectively. GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT Professor Brooks F. Ellis, head of the Geology Department, worked at the American Museum, studying the life habits of various plant and animal forms, to be applied in the detection of submerged oil fields. Again this season, Dr. Walthier took a group of students to Labrador to work for a mining organization.

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PROFESSOR ERNST Rosa GERMAN DEPARTMENT This year's agenda was highlighted by the unveiling of Professor Rabeis new painting, Christ In Gethsemane. Chairman Rose announced the winner ofthe Rose-Schuchard scholarship, determined by perform- ance in a competitive essay contest on Schiller-Poet of Freedom. PROFESSOR FREDERIC ERNST FRENCH DEPARTMENT ENGLISH Adding a new course in romantic poetry, the French Department, under the leadership of Professor Ernst, exceeded its own expectations in student enrollment. Professor Pauline Taylor, author and lecturer, was the recipient of a Fullbright Scholarship. PROFESSOR OSCAR CARGILL DEPARTMENT Professor Cordon Ray of Illinois was invited to WSC as the first recipient of the Berg Professorship. Among the many books published by department members this year were a poetry anthology edited by Professors Jameson and Rosenthal and a Blake primer by Professor White.