Old Dominion University - Troubador Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Many of you took a leap into Philosophy this year — and found it more adventurous than steep. Responsible for the search for logic into your nowly oxposed consciences was Colleen Grimm, a petite young lady with a powerful urge to wake up the slumbering minds of college students. Miss Grimm joined tho faculty September 46 on the basis of her recent Bryn Maw M.A. in Philosophy. Outsido of class. Miss Grimm piece-mealed her time between long ccko siogos in Bud’s, accompanied by juke-box esthetics, or down in her pine-panelled stall with, its potted rod geranium. Picasso print, and laden book case. Students woro told to stand and neigh politely outside her stall whon wanting to ontor to confer with her about an over due term paper or an over-wrought soul. Miss Grimm’s philosophical patience was without bounds. Among the 23 additional faculty members who boosted the Division faculty staff in 1947 was R. Ross Lamoreaux, instructor of psychology. Mr. Lamoreaux had received his study at the Univorsity of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Southern California, and at Harvard, whore ho gained an A.B. and an M.A. He arrived at the Division after instruction work at Whoolock College in Boston, Massachusetts. Out of curiosity, interest, or perhaps some adolescent necessity, a great many of you wended your ways to his cluttered office to see what made you tick as you ticked — via psychoanalysis. Sometimes Mr. Lamoreaux arrived at the Division hand in hand with a chubby, blond little lady; Diane, his daughter. Diano also poppod up as a topic for classroom conversation — usually when this master of child psychology wanted to demonstrate to you just what a child should be. Whether you wanted to track down a biographical item, cram for a quiz or flip through a new magazino. tho Library served your purpose. The haven of Ssss-hhhhh and Solitude was capably presided over by Mrs. Dorothy Pierce Newby and her assistant, Polly Van de Venter. Mrs. Newby arrived at the Division in 1937 as guardian of books, library fines, scotch tape, filing cabinets, and the recordings behind the counter. Polly Van do Vontor was the pert person who knitted sweaters and ssssshed while reading new books and hopping to your service during library hours. Together. Polly and Mrs. Nowby made the library an indispensable service to studonts and faculty. I

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In 1937 Robert C. McClellan joinod iho Division faculty to instruct History. In the course of your two years, however, you may have had him for French. English, Philosophy, or Greek with perhaps a little of Italian or modern government on the side. For over ten years he was engaged in industrial work, and later studied and taught at the university in a West Virginia mining town. Ho received his M.A. at the University of Virginia. He had further study at McGill University and in 1947 was working on his Doctor's dogroe. The wide variety of subject matter with which Mr. McClelland served to broaden your insight into his courses lent wide interest to class topics or private discussion. In the 1947 history classes Mr. McClelland continued his significant tradition of tracing the trend of curront as well as past events. For my part. I had rather boar with you than bear you.” Ernest W. Hollows, your jovial addition to the English Department, was again quoting Billy Shakespeare. Mr. Hollows admitted he enjoyed Shakespeare and English lit, and sports. And especially he enjoyed enjoyment. Often Mr. Hollows trod the Administration Building steps to annoy Reuben Cooper, whose B.S.S. from tho College of the City of New York, was added to the experience in the Air Transport Command and as S.T.C. Instructor in Puerto Rico. Remember when he substituted occasionally, and you hoard somo roally knock-out lectures. Earl Mitchell, a third English instructor, was also absorbed in Masquers' activities and play production class. Mr. Mitchell earned his B.S. in Education at the East Central State College in Ado. Oklahoma. did graduate work at Yale University, and later instructed at Granby High School in Noi ■ folk. Penn State and Oberlin College gave Stanley Pliska his B.A. and M.A., respectively. Then followed a spree of teaching in Florida. Once at the Division, he launched into history and sociology. Another newcomer to the teaching staff was Miss Natalie Dis-brow, instructor of ancient and European history. A B.A. in Social Science at the University of Virginia propared her for informative and enjoyable class lectures. Massachusetts-bred and also new, Ralph Ladd administered a history or government course which kept you moro often in the library than in the classroom. His lively sense of humor and an analytical mind resulted from W. and M. and Harvard training, and □ stretch of Lino duty in the United States Naval Reserve.

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t That English is spoken almost everywhere is not an appealing thought to Dr. Gerald Akers. His love of foreign tongues was established at Asbury Collego in Kentucky whoro he was first lured by language study. Continuing through the University of Kentucky as a teaching follow, he decldod to master German by a trek abroad to the University of Hoidloberg. Enjoying tho time of his life — soldom speaking or hearing English, ho traveled all over Europe, undertaking graduate study and acquiring an international vocabulary at the Universities of Berlin, Vienna and Madrid. North Africa next attracted the roving linguist and Dr. Akers wound up his years abroad with an exploration of territory south of the Mediterranean. Back in tho states in 1931 ho instructed at Williamsburg before coming to the Division. Seized again with wanderlust, Dr. Akers took his new family to Panama and taught for a year in the canal zone. Finally they all turned homeward once more where Dr. Akers led an incredibly stationary existence for the next twelve yoars, as head of the Modern Language Department at the Division. Richard Randall Cole returned to the campus last September to instruct classos in Francois, having originally commenced his education here. ”1 seom to move in circles, Mr. Cole would tell you in perfect English. Mr. Cole continued his education at the University of Virginia, finishing with a B.S. degree; and undertook graduate v ork at Johns Hopkins University. Ho punctuated class time with visits from Frenchmon and Continental luncheons in the stimulating atmosphere of Larchmont Lunch Room. Miss Ethel V . Hill, widely traveled and broadly educatod instructor of Spanish, joined tho Language Department last September. Miss Hill attended Hastings College, received her M.A. in language study from Columbia University; and undertook graduate work at Colorado University and Centros de Estados Historicos in Madrid, Spain, prior to a tour around South America. Miss Hill gave you inviting impressions of her interesting experiences with your language study. In 1947 our two-year-old Art Department was equipped on as comploto a scale as that possessed by any junior college in the country. The brain child of Miss Paula Mallery. the Department steadily evolved from its cne-rcom status in 1945 to grand-scale proportions in its own private shack. Previous to her appointment as head of the Art Department Miss Mallery gained training on a scholarship basis through the Columbia School of Fine Arts, New York Arts Students' Loague and Ohio Stato University. Following her junior-curatorship at the Detroit Art Institute. Miss Mallery migrated southward. Leading instruction in ceramics, oil painting theory and composition as well as commercial drawing and design Miss Mallery gavo you the time of your life in hor daily classes.