San Bernardino Valley College - Tom Tom Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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ally-minded star-gazers peer from the observatory, and mathematics enthusiasts pon- der over analytic geometry and integral calculus. All this goes on under the expert tutelage of Mr. Lindsay, di- vision chief; Mr. George F. Beattie, mathematician, and Mr. Edward B. Heath, en- gineer. Within the depths of the SOCIAL SCIENCE office. Dr. Grace Baumgartner, di- vision head, holds confer- ences over tough econ. prob- lems and English history as- signments. Mr. Ellis L. Spackman, usually to be found dashing over to the li- brary, keeps his desk stacked with outlines of European and American history and the inevitable poly sci. And Mr. Charles H. Tilden ' s pol- icy of arousing intellectual curiosity in his philosophy, psychology, and sociology classes occasions at times a row of bewildered students around his desk. The building where theo- ries are propounded, proved, disproved; nauseous odors concocted; and frogs and flowers dissected for a Cause, houses the laboratories and lecture rooms of the SCIENCE Division. Dr. N. Willard Cummings, head of the division, reigns over the mechanical apparatus of the physics classes, and sponsors, on the side, the Alpha Gam- ma Sigma. Dr. Elton R. Edge, zoology and anatomy instructor, supervises the in- vestigation of cats and sharks. Mr. Charles E. Griffin, from the depths of his mysterious chem. lab, encourages the extensive production of H2S. ) ; ision of Social Science: Ellis L. Spackman, Dr. Grace Baumgartner, Charles H. Tilden. $iAW Division of Science: Mr. Walter J. Yeaton, Dr. Elton R. Edge, Dr. James V. Harvey, Dr. N. Willard Cummings, Mr. Charles E. Griffin, Mr. Kendall W. Nance. Division of Health anil Physical Education: Mrs. Kathryn Cross Beattie, Mrs. Erma Class, Mr. Arthur F. Schaefer, Mr, Douglass W. Smythe. 23

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Division of fine Arts: Miss Amanda Jacobson. Division oj Musk: Kare! IS. Shultis, Miss Gwladys Pugh, Miss Alexandra Grow. Division oj Engineering anil Mathemalic B. Lindsev, Mr. Edward B. Heath. Mr. George F. Beartie, Mr. Frank baters and orators to a high point of rhetoric and has acted as Quad adviser for the first time this year. The FOREIGN LAN- GUAGES office is so full of exotic foreign posters that we even worked one into the picture. Miss Mattie M. Ramelli, the head of the di- vision and instructor in ad- vanced French and Spanish, left after Spring vacation to secure her doctor ' s degree, and Mr. Matthew U. Weight- man has taken over her classes. Mrs. Marion L. Goodcell sympathetically drills irreg- ular French verbs into thick freshman skulls. And Miss Dorathea Frahm smilingly handles the mysteries of Latin and German and acts as ad- viser for the Y ' se Women and the Bookstore. The Division of ART is represented by Miss Amanda Jacobson, who keeps the halls lined with examples of her students ' work in posters, still-life, and surrealism. A special crafts class has been offered this past semester un- der Miss Laura Andreson of U.C.L.A. From the half-construct- ed rooms of the new MUSIC and Drafting Building, issue high soprano tones and the notes of a saxophone which can be heard way over by the library. Presiding over the heavenly din are Karel B. Shultis, division head and clarinet artist; Miss Alex- andra Grow, noted pianist; and Miss Gwladys Pugh, voice instructor. In the ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS Di- vision, prospective engineers survey the Quad, scientific- 22

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Nurses ' Training School: Mrs. Gabrielie T. Mulvane, Miss Florence J. Peterson. Librarians: Miss Edna Storr, Miss Helen Elwood. Office Staff: Miss Ida M. Collins, Miss Hazel I. Wikev, Miss Helen M. Smith, Mrs. Vera Summers Bristow. Dr. James V. Harvey, bot- anist and bacteriologist, is noted for his research in fungi. And Mr. Walter J. Yeaton carries rocks around and holds forth on geology. Way down yonder in the gym, the HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Division, aided by scales, bars, rings and other nefa- rious contraptions, watches over the physical well-being of every student. On the Men ' s Side are Mr. Arthur F. Schaefer, head of the di- vision and coach of track and tumbling, and Mr. Douglass W. Smythe, foot- ball and basketball mentor. On the Women ' s Side, Mrs. Erma Glass, division head, teaches tap, interpretive dancing, and tumbling, and Mrs. Kathryn Cross Beattie instructs in tennis and sea- sonal sports. The NURSES ' TRAIN- ING SCHOOL, conducted out at the County Hospital, is under the capable super- vision of Mrs. Gabrielle T. Mulvane, director, and Miss Florence L Peterson. The Junior College LIBRARY is staffed by Miss Edna Storr, who is equally efficient in ordering the latest best-sellers or in shushing boisterous stu- dents, and Miss Helen M. El- wood, who can always find the book one wants. The OF- FICE STAFF, which keens greased the wheels of the ad- ministration, is composed of Mrs. Vera Summers Bristow, secretary to the president; Miss Ida M. Collins, person- nel officer; Miss Helen M. Smith, financial secretary; and Miss Hazel E. Wilsey, general secretary. 24