Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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JlM)je uu AaU. DR. NICOLLASSEN GEORGE F. NICOLLASSEN, Ph.D., Dean The School of Liberal Arts pursues the education of the student with the accent on the well-rounded program, which is made to include the classics. Heavy stress is laid on language, and Dean Nicollassen, a Greek scholar, assisted by Triple E John Meacham, teaches that language and Latin. Judge Pierre Porohovshikov, a former member of the Russian Imperial Supreme Court, teaches advanced French and German, and Senor N. J. Castellanos handles Spanish. JUDGE POROHOVSHIKOV PROF. COSTELLANOS

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FRANK ESKRIDGE, M.D., Dean September, 1941, will be recalled as a great epoch in the history of Oglethorpe, for in that month dream of Thornwell Jacobs was realized, the founding of a school of medicine. The impetus of the need for more doctors to meet the defense programs increased requirements, and the necessity for more facilities in the South urged Doctor Jacobs to embark on the program without further delay. Preparations were made throughout the summer to receive the first class, and by September arrangements had been made to care for the class of 70 who became Oglethorpe ' s first class in graduate medicine. The securing of a faculty was one of the major problems facing the administration. Dr. John Jacobs, son of the president, and a professor at Tufts College, in Massachusetts, was mode Vice-President. Then Dr. Frank Eskridge, Chief of Staff in Obstetrics of Henry Grady Hospital, Atlanta, and one of the great names in southern medicine was made dean of the school. For the completion of the staff for the first year ' s work, John W. Barnard, Ph.D. from Michigan, and a professor at George- town University, was engaged to handle anatomy; Alfred Leimdorfer, M.D., for physiology, and Dr. Herman Jones, of Auburn Polytech, for Bio-Chemistry. HERMAN JONES Ph.D ALFRED LEIMDORFER, M.D. JOHN W. BARNARD, Ph.D.

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and AM uixulin J. D. MOSTELLER J. D. MOSTELLER, M.A., Dean English majors in this department of the University spend their time studying the classics of English and American literature. In addition, students in this field are offered a program in other branches that will give them a well-founded education designed to prepare them for a life in contact with English, yet possessed of practical knowledge in other fields. In addition to the English major, a course in journalism is offered under the city editor of the At onto Constitution, Lee Rogers. Actual experience is gained by work in the offices of the paper, and by editing the Stormy Petrel at times during the year. Under Paul Carpenter, Jr., a course in Radio Dramatics and another in Play Production is offered to persons interested in studying drama. Actual radio broadcasts are given to the student body from time to time, and several plays are produced. LEE ROGERS PAUL CARPENTER