Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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(left to right) — Amy. Smyser, Spencer. Founded by Professor William E. Smyser in 1900, the English department has the largest enrollment in the college. As an instructor in English literature, Professor Smyser, as head of the department, is inimitable. After spend- ing his undergraduate days in this university, he served the college as registrar and dean and will always represent the finest of Wes- leyan graduates, administrators, and teach- ers. A graduate of Wesleyan college, Profes- sor Ernest A. Amy has done much to raise the department to the place it now occupies. Miss Ruth Davies ' chief interest is in English 101, while Miss Marie Drennan has gained a wide-spread reputation as a teacher of com- position. Assistant Professor Ben T. Spencer ' s chief field of activity is Shakespeare. In addi- tion to composition, Assistant Professor Rich- ard M. Kain teaches comparative literature, while Miss Ruth E. Fickel is interested in ro- mantic prose and poetry. Assistant Professor Walter L. Simmons came to Ohio Wesleyan in 1931, and Harry E. Wood, Jr., joined the faculty this year to offer journalism. ENGLISH (left to right) — Simmons. Fickel. Wood, Davies. Kain. Drennan. ---.. WEI = [27]:-

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TOP ROW: (left to right) — Yohe, O ' Neal. Zang. Bobrovnikoff, Cobb. BOTTOM ROW: Sinnett, Morton, Manuel. Westgate. SCIENCE The science department covers a wide range of subjects, dealing with everything from stars to roaring motorcycles. In three depart- ments, astronomy, geology, and botany, Pro- fessors Nicolas T. Bobrovnikoff, Lewis G. Westgate, and Claude E. O ' Neal are the lone moguls. Professor Edward L. Rice, one of the oldest members of the faculty, is assisted in the zoology department by Dr. William F. Hahnert, who came to Ohio Wesleyan this year from the University of North Carolina. Professor Allen C. Conger, the registrar, also serves as assistant professor under Dr. Rice. The chemistry department is headed by Pro- fessor William A. Manuel assisted by Profes- sors Ralph V. Sinnett and Gail R. Yohe. In the physics department Professor Charles W. Jarvis is assisted by Professor Dwight A. Woodbury, while the faculty of the mathema- tics branch of the science department in- cludes Professors Sidney A. Rowland and Rufus Crane. Charles T. Hiller and Harrison Pells serve as fellows in mathematics and Marvin Cobb fills the same capacity in as- tronomy. T - TOP ROW: (left to right) — Rice, Pells, Rowland. Conger. BOTTOM ROW: Woodbury, Jarvis, Hahnert, Hiller, Crane. -:[26]:- m

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(left to right) — Wagner, Boring, Hahn, Kehlenbeck. FOREIGN LANGUAGES Professor Chester Murray, head of the French department, has been a member of the faculty since 1921, while Paul Huser, a native of Switzerland, taught in many colleges in dif- ferent parts of Europe before coming to this campus. After graduating from Wesleyan, Misses Florence Avery and Helen M. Parsons, furthered their study in other schools before returning to their Alma Mater as members of the faculty. Dr. Dwight N. Robinson, the sole sponsor of the dead languages , graduated from Har- vard, where he also received his MA. and Ph.D. degrees, while Professor Omen K. Bor- ing studied at the University of Madrid and then came to Ohio Wesleyan as an instructor in French and Spanish. In 1931 he was made head of the Spanish department. Miss Laura Wagner, assistant professor, attended seven American schools and Centro de Historicos in Madrid. Professor Paul T. Hahn, who has studied both in Germany and America, and Alfred T. Keh- lenbeck, who came to Ohio Wesleyan this year, compose the faculty of the German de- partment. (left to right) — Huser, Parsons, Robinson, Avery, Murray. -=[28]:-