New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ln the elementary, in the survey courses they are only figures who stand at one end of a long room and lectwggel When you mgvexup to the advanc,e,d 'E5liJassesEwhen A 'ue-37l?,9l,!llen an rg,PPff,tMriityVfKto qlzestion its A or answer 'backf,,Ajou Qgdjrout the now more than A4,f on egifuxbiecgifhey have p sonalities, theyfure 'gqy w illin xffililistgehrand help' . After the bellfyou behind the textbook, to clealgvuyp, t Songetimes they tell you about their days, and you realize that coll 'late ipifolblems are universal, sometimes about the newspaper, the nation, V1.. listen and A fl s are filled witll iokes, an you laugh -blkccwise re , Facts, observa- tions, eiyqluq dlfegllearned, if only the night before amid some of them re- main with Qthrough the efforts of your Yaisgflnd, usually you are not iustwa tolbgf graded or a front sitting qfxgpl toljltdm. They remember you: youjrem faculty-on campus after e is hier, at reunions after grad tion.u , L aregtold and you tell others the urses reallylmfitter, that you went to you know how im- portant tl ructors are to what you have learned. After the studying and exams and years, you remember.

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The post of Secretary of the Faculty does not bring its holder, Winthrop Rodgers Ranney, into contact with the student body, but as a Professor of English he is well known to most Heightsmen. Professor Ranney spent his undergraduate days at Dartmouth and went on to take an M.A. at Harvard. ln addition to his faculty duties, he is a member of the Committee on Admissions, the Scholarship Committee, and is also treasurer of the Heights chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Among the courses he teaches are European Novel, English Novel, and Advanced Composition. winthrop rodgers ranney In 1946 Assistant Professor Alan Coutts, then a Speech instructor, was asked by Dean Baer to assume the position of Director of Student Activities, and since that date he has been actively engaged in student affairs. He originally came to the campus in 1938 and his stay here was interrupted by a three-year term in the Navy, from 1942 to 1945. Since his graduation from Oregon State, he has studied at Northwestern, where he received his Master's, and taught at the Uni- versity of South Dakota and Brooklyn College. He is a winner of the National Playwriting Contest. alan coutts theodore francis jones Books are considered the basis of the formal portion of a student's education to such an extent that the entire curriculum at the University of Chicago is knowledge of the contents of one hundred great books. At the Heights, the keeper-of-the-books is Professor Theodore Francis Jones, Director of the Gould Memorial Library. Dr. Jones was graduated from Harvard in 1906 and received his doctorate there four years later. Coming to the campus, he became a history instructor and has risen to his current standing as a full professor. He was named Director in 1922.

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i But don't you see that is iust another oversimplifi- cation? -Professor Flanz See how simple that is? Makes you wonder if college was necessary. -Professor Salma Take notes as fully as you must, but do not quote me directly on examinations. -Professor Runney Would you please ask that question over again- in French? Professor Heaton