Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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We are greatly indebted to these professors and wish to express our appreciation and gratitude for their skilled guidance, deep interest in our work, and unfailing patience at all times with us in our often futile efforts to develop originality and clarity in expression. However, let it never be said — not even whispered — ' that all of us fall into the above classification of frustrated authors because it is a well established fact that many manuscripts have been published from the English Department and countless Rollins students have been inspired to go on in the field of literature. DR. GRAN BERRY ' S CLASS ENGLISH Remember the year when each Freshman Reports His World ? Themes, essays — some of us even aspired to poetry — but most of all the fundamentals of grammar and sentence structure were thrust upon us. The next year, as exalted upperclassmen, we struggled through more composition and grammatical constructions, getting tangled up in dangling participles and splitting infinitives galore. We tackled — some of us with gusto only, others with wisdom, too — the masterpieces of Chaucer and Spenser down through Byron and Shelley and on to contemporary works. Then came a fling at the dramas and comedies of the immortal Shake- speare. We were advancing — they told us. But, oh, how we burned the midnight oil, night after night, pouring over memory passages ami trying to produce meritous pieces for publication — or otherwise. We tried, anyway. From the old, hallowed classrooms of Pinehurst, focal point of the English Department, comes inspiration in Jour- nalism, creative writing, and English literature under the talented direction of our distinguished professors, who have set the standards high for us. The great works and good usage of our language were taught us by the chairman of the department, Dr. Nathan Starr ; and the staff consisting of Mr. Charles Mendell, Dr. Willard Wattles, Mr. Edwin Granberry, Dr. William Constable, Mrs. Nina Oliver Deane, and Miss Mildred Nelson.

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The Rollins Scientific Society con- tinues to function as an undergradu- ate organization providing Rollins students with noted scientific lectures on the various branches of science. Fellowship in the society is open to science majors and professors. Mem- bership is offered to all interested students. Dr. Vestal sponsors the group with Edith Bennett serving as president. The five graduating science majors are: Judy Hudgings and Edith Ben- nett, biology; Pat Leatherman and Jack Duffy, physics; Ben Briggs, chemistry. These seniors have served as student assistants in their respec- tive departments. CHEMISTRY LAB. ZETA ALPHA EPSILON The guy who ' s a whiz in the chemistry lab, the girl who can make a slide rule do tricks, the fellow who knows all about flora and fauna — these are the members of Zeta Alpha Epsilon, the honorary- scientific fraternity at Rollins. Zeta Alpha Epsilon serves a two-fold purpose: to promote interest in mathematics, the physical and bio- logical sciences, and to recognize student achievement in these fields. At the final Honors Day Convocation, the outstanding member of the society is awarded a prize. Students elected in 1944-45 were M. Lee Adams, Edith Bennett, Benjamin Briggs, Emily Cobb, Juliet Hudgings, Patricia Leatherman, Edwyna Von Gal. George Saute, professor of Chemistry, is the faculty adviser. 25

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42nd AND BROADWAY Added incentive and enthusiasm have been stimulated by speakers introduced to the classes by the respective professors. They may have been eminent authors, lecturers, critics, novelists, or poets, but they have never failed to aid and encourage us on our steep climb upward in the Held of English Literature. We are indeed saddened by the loss of Mr. Edward T. Dewey, who was temporarily affiliated with this department during the fall term. He was extremely popular with both students and faculty, and we all miss him very much. PI KAPPA DELTA Pi Kappa Delta, National Speech Fraternity, like a num- ber of other and even bigger things, has suffered with the restrictions of war. Rollins no longer has a debate team making its way to those meets of eloquence and reasonings. Since the chartered standards for new members require experience impossible to obtain now, the Speech Fraternity has sifted down to a lonely threesome ; Tom Fruin, Peggy Tomlinson and Marie Rogers. But public speaking and debating still flower at Rollins. The Speech Society, under the leadership of Tom Fruin, is busy preparing students for an enlarged Pi Kappa Delta, for the time when Pi Kappa Delta will ride and rant again. PI KAPPA DELTA 27