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

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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

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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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M.A., LL.D., Meredith Hoivland Pyne, Professor of French Literature; Maurice Edgar Coindrcau, Ag. dc rUniv., Associate Professor; William Julius Coolcv, Jr., B.S., Instructor; Alfred Fouler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Christian Gauss, A B , Litt.D., L.H.D., LL.D., Class of igoo Professor of Modern Languages, Dean of the College; Stephen Oilman, A.B., Instructor; Henry Alexander Grubhs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Walter Scott Hastings, Ph.D., Professor; Hans Jaeger, Dr. Phil., Assistant Professor; William Temple Ernest Kennett, A.M., Instructor; Sidney Lawrence Leven- good, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Lawrence Francis Hawkins Lowe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Carlos Lynes, Jr., Ph.D., Instructor; Archibald Thomas Mac- AUister, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Myron Alvin Peyton, A.M., Instructor; George Madison Priest, Ph.D., Professor; Donald Clive Stuart, Ph.D., Profes sor; Bernhard Ulmer, Ph.D., Instructor; Albert van Eerden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Ira Owen Wade, Ph.D., Professor; Jared E. Wenger, Ph.D., Instructor; Raymond Smith Willis, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Profes- sor; Ralph Wood, Ph.D., Inst7-uctor. Visicing lecturer, 1940-1941. Dept. of Military Science THE Reserve Officers ' Training Corps of Princeton, a Field Artillery unit, has long been popular with undergraduates. The course offers men training in horsemanship, artillery fire, motor travel and mechanics, and the use of small fire arms. Additional training is provided the camp during the period following the Junior year. Because of the excellence of the mstruc- tors and general high calibre of the unit, the Princeton R. O. T. C. has become one of the country ' s best training schools for reserve offi- cers. With the general awakening of this country to the need tor national defense and the resulting demand tor trained officers in the Army, the position ot the Department of Military Science has become one of major importance today, and the course enrollment has swelled to capacity. The course is run according to physical stand- ards of the Army and is divided into two parts, the basic courses for Freshman and Sophomore years and the advanced Junior and Senior train- ing. The latter are chosen as elect ives by upperclassmen. The men finishing the four l-ON CLlrl; Gun Dril year course are commissioned as Second Lieu- tenants of Field Artillery in the Officers ' Re- serve Corps. Because of the current National Guard Bill, however, most of these men will see active service. Departmental Faculty Members Second Lieut. John Eraser Bliss, Jr., FA. Res., A.B., Assistant Projessor; Lieut. Col. Solomon Foote Clark, F.A., B.S., Professor; Maj. George Eddy Cook, F.A., Assistant Professor; Maj. Homer W. Kiefer, F.A,, B.S., Assistant Professor; Second Lieut. William Fran- cis Russell, F.A. Res., A.B., ,4ss!Sfaii£ Professor; First Lieut. Louis duRest van de Velde, F.A. Res., A.B., Assistant Professor. Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures COMPRISING a group of courses that may be chosen as electives by Juniors and Seniors and a few that may be taken by Sophomores, the Oriental Languages department is neverthe- less too small a field at Princeton to allow stu- dents to select it as a major department ot study. Those who elect its courses, however, are instructed in the elements of linguistic science as well as in Semitic culture, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Biblical Hebrew. Departmental Faculty Mcmhe :rs Harold Herman Bender, Ph D , Litt.D., Phil.L.D., M. Taylor Pyne Professor oj Indo-Qermanic Philos- o i n ' , Samuel DeCoster Atkins, Ph.D., Instructor; Nabih H. Faris, Ph.D., I ' iesearch Associate, Curator of Arabic and Islamic Manuscrilits; Henry Snyder Gehman, Ph.D., S.T.D., Lecturer; Philip Khu-i Hitti, Ph.D., Professor of Semitic Literature on the William and y nnie S. Pat- ton Pinindation; George Car- penter Miles, Ph.D., In- structor. Beniicr, Cli.unnun