Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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level; in tew institutions are they held to as high a standard ot performance. The attraction which the teaching oikrcd by the department holds for undergraduates and the ready acceptance of its high standards are demonstrated by the fact that the number and the quality of the undergraduates electing the department have remained consistently high. The results of this policy of exacting the best from both instructor and student may be seen in the excellent record made by history gradu- ates, not only in graduate schools of history, but in other fields of advanced professional study. Departmental Faculty Members Raymond James Sontag, Ph.D., ChairmiDi, Heivy Clidj-lcs Lea Professor oj History; John Chnton Adams, Ph.D., Instructor; Robert; Greenhalgh Albion, Ph.D., Professor; Ehner Adolph Beller, D.Phil., Associate Projessor; Gary Cowan Boycef, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Cyril Edwin Black, A.M., Instructor; Allan Chriscelow, A.M., Instructor; Roderic HoUett Davi- son, A.M., Instructor; Herbert William Keith Fitz- roy, LL.B., M.A., Instructor; Caleb F. Gates, Jr.,| M.A., Assistant; Clifton Rumcry Hall, Ph.D., Pro- fessor; Walter Phelps Hall, Ph.D., Dodge Professor of History; Elmore Harris Harbison, Ph.D., Assistant Sontag, Cliairjnan Fitzroy Professor; William Koren Jr., B.Litt., A.M., In- structor; Dana Gardner Munro, Ph.D., LL.D., Direc- tor of the School of Public and hiternational Affairs, William Steivart Tod Professor of Public Affairs; Robert Roswell Palmer, Ph.D., Instructor; Robert Wallace Shugg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Charles Perry Stacey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Joseph Reese Strayer, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Thomas Jefferson Wertenbakcr, Ph.D., L.H.D., Edwards Professor of History. fOn leave, First Term. tOn leave, Second Term. Dcpt. of Mathematics MATHEMATICS is a science of funda- mental laws and qualities that are essen- tial in numerous other fields and professions. The study of Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, and Mechanics all have as a basis of operation or construction some form of mathematics, and so they are to a large extent dependent upon the Department of Mathematics. The Department ot Mathematics includes the study ot every field ot this science and holds courses in the history and development of mathematical concepts, and the practical prob- lem of mechanics as well as the more theo- retical branches. For the student who majors in Mathematics, the department suggests some knowledge of Physics as well as the ability to read in either French or German. Aside from the normal order of courses foUov ed in departmental study a student may toUow a plan in mathematical physics or a program in statistics. There are, as in other ciepartments, several plans of study open to the more excellent students. Departmental Faculty Members Luther Pfahler Eisenhart, Ph.D., D.Sc, LL.D., Chairman, Dod Professor of Mathematics; Isaac Lucius Battin, A.M., Instructor; Edward Griffith Begle, Ph.D., Instructor; Salomon Bochner, Ph D., Associate Professor; Henri Frederic Bohncnhlust, Ph.D., Asso- ciate Professor; Claude Chevalley, D.Sc, Assistant Professor; Dan Edwin Christie, A.M., Instructor; Alonzo Church, Ph.D., Associate Projesor; Douglas Richard Crosby, B.Sc., Instructor; Charles Laurie Dolph, A.B., Instructor; Charles McNaught Ewing, Ph.D., Instructor; Solomon Lefschetz, Ph.D., Henry Burchard Fine Instructor of Mathematics; Brockway McMillan, Ph.D., Henry Burchard Fine Instructor of Mathematics; Frederick Charles Mosteller, M.S., In- C. K. Mall Wertenh.iUe

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Freeze, M.S. in Arcs, Assistant; Richard Adam Gey- er, M.S., Assistant; Harry Hammond Hess, Ph.D , Assistant Professor; Curator of Mineralogy; Benjamin Franklin Howell, Ph.D., Curator of Invertebrate Pale- ontology and Stratigraphy, Associate Professor of Qeology and Paleontology; Glenn Lowell Jcpsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontol- ogy; James Brookes Knight, Ph.D., , Curator of Pale- ozoic Paleontology, Lecturer; Paul MacClintock, Ph.D., Knox Taylor Professor of Qeography; John Crawford Maxwell, A.M., Assistant; Edward Samp- son, D.Sc, Professor, Curator of Economic Qeology; Huhcrt Kirk Stephenson, B.S., Assistant; Walter Taylor Thorn, Jr.,| Ph.D., D.Sc, Blair Professor of Qeology; Ralph Erksine Van Alstinc, A.B., M.S., Assistant; Karl Mensch Waage, A.B., Assistant; Kenneth DePencier Watson, Ph.D., Instructor; Kem ble Widmcr, B.A., Assistant. lAbsenc on leave. Second Term, ly o 1941 . Department of Health and Physical Education UNLIKE other departments, the Health de- partment is concerned only with promot- mg the health and physical efficiency oi the undergraduates, hi consequence it maintains an elahorate program of athletics and physical training, and assumes the responsibility for the supervision of students ' health in order that ill ness may receive immediate and expert care, intectious diseases he held to the lowest level and the general working efficiency of the stu- dents be kept at a peak. Directed by the Trustee Committee on Health and Athletics, a staff of physicians is maintamed to supervise the care of health of the undergraduates. The Isabella McCosh Inhrmary, is supervised by this medical staff. The athletic division is provided with very complete hicilities otlered by the gymnasium, numerous playing fields and a hockey rink. In order that Freshman may be intnuluced to these facilities and to a general program ot health maintenance, they are required to take a course in Physical Education. It is the desire ot the department that the student will continue some consistent program of athletics throughout his four years of college in order that his health be properly safeguarded. Departmental Faculty Members Wilber Haskect York, M.D., Chairman, Professor; Reid B. Brader, M.D., Resident Physician; Charles Montanye Franklin, M.D , Assistant Physician; Harry Roemcr McPhec, M.D., Assistant Physician; J. Leonard Moore, M.D., Assistant P i) ' 5icidi:; Luman Harris Tenney, M.D., Assistant Physician; Messrs. Joseph Brown, B.S., Instructor and Coach of Boxing; J. J. Conroy, William F. Loagan, A.B , Supervisor of Physical Activities and Coach of Lacrosse; Hubert H. J. F. Pirotte, Instructor and Coach of Fencing; James J. Reed, Instructor and Coach of Wrestling and Soccer; Howard Wellington Stepp, Instructor and Coach of Siviiyiming; Richard Swinncrton, Instructor and Coach of Qymnastics. York. Chuirmtin Foster Logan Swinncrton Department of History HISTORY has constituted a separate depart- ment ot instruction since 1924. Possibly because it is so young, the department is impos- sible to type. Last fall the Princetnnian sug- gested that the history department had estab- lished a party line on a vital question of educa- tional policy. Anyone who has worked under Professor ertenbaker, the two Halls, Albion, or Sontag, to name only the professors, would realize that no tv ' o o( these men could agree on a party line. The department is agreed only on the neces- sity for a high standard o( undergraduate teach- ing. In few institutions can students of history secure such able instruction at the undergraduate 25

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Eiscnhart, Clicumuin Wctlderburn Letschccz Wigner structor; John Meigs Hubhcll CMmstcad, A.M., In- structor: Howard Percy Robertson, Ph.D., Projcssor; Charles Brown Tompkins, II. Ph.D., Instructor; Al- bert U ' illiam Tucker , Ph.D., Associate Projcssor; John Wilder Tukey, Ph.D., Henry Burchard Fine Instructor of Mathematics; Robert John Walker, Ph.D., Lecturer; Alexander Doniphan Wallace, Ph.D., Instructor; Joseph Henry MacLagen Wedderburn, D.Sc, F.R.S., Professor; Eugene Paul Wigner Dr.lng., Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematics; Samuel Stanley Wilks, Ph.D., Associate Professor; John Davis Williams, B.S., Instructor. ' Absent on leave, 1940-1941. Department of Modern Languages IN the early days at Princeton the study ot N4odern Languages was not regarded as an integral part of the curriculum but rather as the acquisition of an accomplishment. In this sense French instruction was ollered in the eighteenth century and German was introduced tairly early in the nineteenth. From the middle of the nine- teenth century such studies showed a steady growth until at present the Department is one of the largest in the University. The ohjecti ' es of departmental study are pri- marily cultural. While providing linguistic training; lor the student who may wish to use the language as a tool lor research in other fields, it places chief emphasis on cultural values, and seeks to introduce the student to the civilizations of western Europe through the medium of the literatures of the different countries, in which the experiences of a people, spiritual, social, and political are reflected. Through the study of masterpieces the significant thought of other countries is presented and standards of aesthetic appreciation are established. In addition to these services in undergraduate instruction and the training of scholars in the graduate college, the members of the Depart- ment through research and interpretation seek to Hewccc Thayer, Clitiirman Hastings Centeno Wade extend the boundaries of knowledge in literature and in linguistics. The Princeton staff has made and is constantly making distinguished contribu- tions to scholarship in these fields. Departmental Faculty Members Harvey Waterman Hewett-Thayer, Ph.D., Chair- man, Woodhull Professor of Modern Languages; Frederick Browning Agard, Ph.D., Assistant Profes- sor; Linton Lomas Barrett, Ph.D., Instructor; Julian Bonfante , Dott. in Lett. Lecturer; Elbert Benton Op ' t Eynde BorgerhotT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Sam- uel Brennan Bossard, M.A., Instructor; William Fil- bert Bottiglia, A.M., Instructor; Robert Marcellus Browning, A.B., Instructor; Douglas Labaree Buffum, Ph.D., Professor; hnbrie BufFum, A.M., Instructor; Americo Castro, Ph.D., Professor; Augusto Centeno, Lie. en Fil v Let., Associate Professor; Gilbert Chinard, 27