Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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TME Halcyo: mi- OFH9ES) department of Moloa,? (f .s Spencer Trotter, M.D. (Pennsylvania). Professor of Biology. Samuel C. Palmer, Ph.D. (Harvard). As- sistant Professor of Biology. PROFESSOR sr-ENCER TROTTER The Department of Biology at Swarthmore meets some of the vital prob- lems in present day conservation. (i) The climb upward is of great value in conserving air for purely respiratory, purposes. (2) The odor of the laboratory, which has become a permanent, and probably the most conspicuous part of its equipment, may possibly prove of great use in the acquirement of a resistance to poisonous gas. (3) The low water pressure and the difficulty experienced by soap in finding its way to so high a level, is of decided advantage in conserving the natural oil of the skin, and in keeping the hands more or less protected by a layer of plain dirt. This may prove of great advantage in future work at front, where both water and soap are likely to be scarce. (4) Work in this department has long been known as a first class Camouflage in the prosecution of coeducational matters. It is needless to elaborate on this point. In the absence of Professor David Miller, of Darkest Africa, who is con- ducting a series of experiments at Pig Point on the explosions produced by large words, the work of the department is under the immediate direction of Dr. Trotter and Dr. Palmer. Twenty

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o TIKI IS JHJALCY©- ©F 19119 C emistr? an6 (Ttyemtcal Cngitteerirt Gellert Alleman, B.S., Ph.D. (Johns Hop- kins), Professor of Chemistry. H. Jermain M. Creigiiton, B.A., M.A., M.Sc, D.Sc. (Zurich), Assistant Professor of Chemistry. T. Russell Hull. A.B., Instructor. I ' KOFESSnH IJELLEKT ALLEMAN The Department of Chemistry has for some years held a very enviable po- sition at Swarthmore. It has always its full quota of students and the demand for its graduates is always greater than the supply. Dr. Alleman has developed the department to such an extent that a grad- uate is practically certain of success. Large industrial corporations in the vicinity often write to the department asking for a man for a certain position and leaving the choice to the discretion of Dr. Alleman. Upperclassmen are often offered enticing positions to leave college before graduation. One course, general inorganic chemistry, is very popular and at the begin- ning of every year there are several students who apply too late. The majors in this department are fortunate in that they are continually in contact with men who know their subject and are able to explain to stu- dents questions which arise in laboratory work. Twenty-tzvo