Santa Monica College - Spin Drift Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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Ph sical S Most photogenic of physics experiments is that of the spectroscope. den ts collect Geology stu rocks, then study them. ciences ZOOLOGY CLASSES take scalpel and scissors in hand, don rubber gloves and dissect everything from earthworms to spiny dogfishes, or sharks, as they are generally known. Most students seem to enjoy these intimate glimpses at the inside story of things. Anatomy classes are unaccountable groups of hu- man specimens. They cut up cats. Botany students are, as a rule, a less blood-thirsty bunch. Future horticulturists-they have loads of fun on their field trips,-are always alert for new speci- mens or promising Ferdinands. Bacteriology fascinates those jaycee-ites who love to put drops of water on pieces of glass and look at them under a microscope. Serious students of the stuff, most of them. The geologists of the school delight in asking odd questions about odd things which happened in odd periods. The quaternary ice age, for instance. Geography students are iust as bad, except that they are all wound up with tides, wind currents, and l of people who can under- Physics c a stand what it is all about. Chemistry is one of those subjects one is alway hearing about. On detours it is concerned with alge- bra, elements, and tangents. On the whole, scientists and science students are pretty nice people, when they get their minds off their work. solstices. ' I sses are ful s C. F. Phipps, W. . . S. Lockwood, C. D. Daggs. R B Osterholt, W

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Floyd I. Wilson, Russell L. Lewis, I. S Brode, H. L. Bauer. Life Sciences LARGEST OF ALL departments and rid f h , p e o t e school, the science faculty encourages field trips and o t 'd ' ' ' u si e activities, as well as regular class work. . . . Harry L. Bauer, B.S., AM., Ph.D., heads the science departm t ' en , teaches Bacteriology and Botany, makes hard things seem simple .... I. Stanley Brode, B.S., M.S,. shows the Zoology students just when and where to cut as they dissect from earthworm to shark. . . . White-coated Charles Daggs, A.B., A.M,, once Pomona's athlete supreme, now instructs in Chemis- try and heads the fancy-monickered Paracelsians. . . . Rus IL.L ' ' se ewls. B.S., M.S., abbreviated redhead, teaches Zoology, knows all about specimens . . . William S. Lockwood, A.B., A.M., doubles in Chem ' t is ry and Mathematics. leads the Travel Club .... SMjC's big-wind-and-earthquake man, W. R. B. Oster- holt, B.S., A.M., M.S., tells Geology and Geography classes about time and tide and what is boiling under the earth's crust .... Charles F. Phipps, B.S., M.S., Master mind of Physics, paces quietly about the cam- pus, instructs the would-be master minds ,... Floyd I. Wilson, B.S., A.M., the quiet, reserved gentleman in the white coat, lectures Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy. Wi work-rooms, the Science classes follow the same gen- eral program as do the universities of this state. Be- sides those that prepare for the university, several courses are offered to students who wish a general knowledge of the fields of Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany. th exceedingly well-equipped laboratories and With colored chalk and Zoology students gather specimens, then classify them. pointer, Dr, Bauer lectures graphically to Botany classes. v W? .lvl 2l

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F ller Pearl I. C. G. Bradford, W. D. u . ' Horn, Clive Warner, B. Hamlin. L. S. A. Bernard MOST QUIET and scholarly of all the departments, social science stresses the thought-provoking topics of both ancient and modern times. Teachers bring a wealth of material and knowledge to their class ses- sions, . . . Benjamin A. Bernard, A.B., A.M., ln- structor in Economics and Political Science, varies stimulating class discussions with lecturing, teaches embryo economists to think for themselves .... Clarence G. Bradford, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., teaches Phi- losophy and Social institutions, wears an eyeshade to protect his eyes, looks like a typical professor . . . William D. Fuller, Ph.B., A.M., Ph.D., professor of Psychology and Master of the Hound, lives up to his reputation as a mind dissector .... Track coach Lawrence S. Horn, A.B., A.M., proves his versatility by lecturing History and Social Institutions classes, is an avid student of the past . . . Stanford graduate Clive Warner, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., teaches History classes, brings ancient times to life again, discourses brilliantly on a number of subjects. The Social Institutions course of two semesters i required of all students at the college, its purpose be- ing to give a general view of social conditions and de- velopments since the beginning of history. Continua- tion of the study of history through this department emphasizes European and American annals. To fulfill another requirement, the student is given the choice between Philosophy and Psychology. Both of these courses endeavor to give the pupil a more complete ' of himself and his contemporaries. LI s nderstanding 'Social Science S tuclents make Economics s clipping theses for term pro iects. Maps and social science stu dents are practically synony mous.