Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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VIRGIL ANDERSON— Associate professor of speech and drama, who possesses, among many attributes, an ability to narrate Peter and the Wolf to the satisfaction of all. PAUL K I RKPATRICK— Professor of physics, acting head of the Department of Physics, and outstanding authority on X-r ay tubes. CHARLES E. CLIFTON— Professor of bacteti ology, now actively engaged in research on the finer points of penicillin. HAROLD MAILE BACON— Associate professor of mathematics, who admirably simplifies a difficult subject. 24

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PHILIP W. BUCK— Professor of political sci- ence and enthusiastic lecturer as well as a prominent actor. ARTHUR LEONARD BLOOMFIELD— Professor of medicine and prominent medical editor, educator, and researcher. HUBERT SCOTT LOR INC— Associate professor of biochemistry, who has done much re- search on polio. HARRY WILLIAMS — Tall associate professor of civil engineering, teacher of future archi- tects of society. 23

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STANFORD AT WORK • In a university the size of Stanford, students may attend for their customary period of study and not realize the immense amount of research, time, and energy put into projects destined for the ultimate benefit of humanity. The following four cross- sectional studies of Stanford at work are expressly for the pur- pose of bringing that point home to both the Stanford student and those outside our great University. PROFESSOR JOSEPH SNYDER CARROLL making a spectacular test of an insulator ' s breakdown voltage in the Harris J. Ryan High-Voltage Laboratory. 25 HIGH VOLTAGE