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

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Ernest Gordon Dean of the Chapel James W. Wickendon Director of Admissions; and Don M. Betterton Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Louis A. Pyle, Jr. Director of University Health Services Robert J. Myslik Athletic Director Donald W. Koepp Librarian

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Joan S Girgus Dean of the College Robert L. Geddes Dean of the School of Architecture Donald E. Stokes Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School w . v V . « ••■ ' , , . ' . ■ » . • - . ' • »♦ i - s - H J Anderson Brown. Jr Dean of Student Affairs

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Chemistry 303 Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry is a course with a definite reputation. It is known as a • ' killer course, perhaps one of the most difficult on campus, and it is supposedly teeming with grade-hun- gry pre-meds, whose presence adds an atmosphere of pressure and com- petition to the lecture hall. While this image may contain a good deal of truth, it is but a small part of the entire picture which is Chemistry 303 304. Organic Chemistry is more than an impossible course; it is an interesting and challenging subject taught by a knowledgeable and en- thusiastic man, Professor Kurt Mislow. Mislow is a teacher placed in a difficult position; he is trying to trans- fer his enthusiasm for and knowledge of Organic Chemistry to a large body of students, many of whom do not take the course out of any interest in chemistry, but only because it is a medical school requirement. Placed in this situation, Mislow per- forms admirably in lectures. This soft- spoken man, with his combination of absent-minded scientific wit, vast knowledge, and genuine concern, manages to pack 60 minutes of infor- mation into a 50-minute lecture and still have most students enjoying and (at least partially) understanding the material presented. Admittedly, it is difficult to under- stand an entire lecture as it proceeds, since one barely even has enough time to copy down all the material presented. But Mislow ' s running com- mentary on his lectures (i.e. I like that comparison . . . this is a bad drawing ... let me use the eraser here, I ' m tired of using my hand ), and his half mumbled excursions into the more truthful details of a subject that he has just painfully over- simplified for the class, help slow down the hectic pace of the lectures and make them more enjoyable. This very same personality quirk that cannot allow Mislow to be con- 24