Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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William Prentice, Psychology . . . highest honors in psych in 1938 . . . carries burden of work for pre-med require- ment comnnittee . . . proud father of three, two girls and COURTNEY. Benbow Ritchie, Psychology . . . stalking psychiatrist of the hamburg show . . . runs rats . . . stares out the window when he gets angry . . . doesn ' t anyone understand it? Alice Shafer, Mathematics . . . understanding . . . mania for bright buttons . . . new at swarthmore this year . . . patient but precise . . . beautiful widow ' s peak. Peter Van de Kamp, Astronomy . . . stargazer and direc- tor of the observatory . . . chairman of cooper committee . . . taskmaster of the orchestra . . . and broken batons at concerts. Hans Wallach, Psychology . . . drives a jalopy . . . paces in seminars . . . calls people darling . . . excitable . . . broad minded . . . sporadically limits himself to a half a pack of camels per seminar. Wolfgang Wasow, Mathematics . . . interest and feeling for order in mathematics . . . charming and vivacious wife . . . mary lyons inhabitant . . . always hunting for baby sitters. Neal Weber, Zoology . . . africa and ants . . . sponsor of african collection programs . . . swarthmore ' s man of adventure . . . africa, the arctic, central america . . . nonchalant about his hair raising experiences. Winthrop Wright, Physics . . . elder scholar . . . easy-going outlook . . . authority on optics . . . sink or swim all-day labs for juniors . . . well-known for his advice and ad- monitions. Alice Shafer Peter van de Kamp Han Wolfgang Wasow ' W n V rop 23

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V Wa ' Luzern Livingston Ross Marriott Milan Sarett, Physics . . . known well by all the treshman for physics lb... good friend . . . excellent teacher . . . unexpected quizes . . . someone must have tampered with the apparatus. Walter Keigh+on, Chemistry . . . divides his time between lab and studying female faces ... as member of women ' s admissions committee . . . sense of humor as big as his family. Wolfgang Kohler, Pyschology . . . white haired, in the european tradition . . . intellectually exhausting seminars . . . nobody ever sees him . . . the answer of gestalt psych to behaviorism. Jae Littrell, Zoology . . . major interests are histology and embryology . . . demands the impossible but accepts a little less . . . made the furniture for her attractive apartment. Luzern Livingston, Botany . . . one man botany department . . . also anatomy and genetics . . . teller of corny jokes . . . per se ' . . . often found puttering around the greenhouse. Ross Marriott, Mathematics . . . gymnastics in class . . . energetic attacks on the blackboard . . . this is just a matter of high school algebra . . . mathematics and astronomy. Norman Meinkoth, Zoology . . . by the same token . that you step down into . summer. John Pitman, Astronomy . . deceptively easy-going . proud possessor of a car . trips to Wyoming in the say . . . one time burgess of swarthmore ... dr. watson type . . . roll top desk . . . meticulous, searches the world for eclipses . . . diagrams in seven colors. Norman Meinkoth John Pitman 22

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George Q Beebe Engineeriwug George T. Hammershaimb, mechanical engineering . . . graduate of federal institute of technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and university of geneva . . . distinguished . . . cigar smoker. Howard M. Jenkins, eiecfrical engineering ... a multi- plicity of diagrams in color . . . head of engineering department . . . no smoking in lab ' . . . likes boats . . . worked on a bomb . . . ex-army man. Albert A. Koch, civil engineering . . . that sleepy look . . . brilliant . . . expert in aeronautics . . . taciturn . . . left swarthmore for Venezuela in april. Roy F. Linsennneyer, civil engineering . . . graduate of university of plttsburgh . . . never without a bow tie . . . a new wife competes for his time with the engineering department. George C. Beebe, civil engineering . . . youthful swarth- more graduate . . . ex-football star . . . jokes with the boys . . . Comprehensive lectures . . . stubborn . . . gorgeous george. Samuel T. Carpenter, civil engineering loaded with honorary society keys . . true educator . . . smokes many cigarettes . comfortable in a vest. C. Justice Garrahan, electrical engineering . . . perennial cigarette . . . hap-hazard ... if there is an easier way to do something he will find it . . . smokey joe. . . . watch chain free bodies . . . most C. Justice Garrahan George T. Hammershaimb Howard M. Jenkins 1 1 M k jK fwr Albert A. Koch Roy F. Linsenmeyer I 24