Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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MORE OF OUR PROFS Music IS life claims Mr. Andre Polah of the College of Fine Arts who specializes in teaching violin and ensemble and conduct- ing the Syracuse Symphony. Born in Holland, Mr. Polah came to the U. S. in 1917, accompanied John McCormick, Irish tenor, served as violin department head at East- man, became violin soloist with the N. Y. Philharmonic, and con- ducted the American Opera Com- pany with Stokowski and Rein- hert from 1939-41. Do you agree? accompanies most speeches by Dr. Helene Hart- ley of the School of Education. Dr. Hartley, former supervisor of English in the New York State Public Schools, is President of the National Council of Teachers of English and is the editor of In- terest Trails in Literature, Col- lege English, and the journal for Pi Lambda Theta, education hon- orary. In the College of Business Ad- ministration we find Dr. Leslie Bryan, well-known authority on transportation and former pro- fessor at Southwestern University, Kansas. Dr. Bryan also serves as director of the N. Y. State Bureau of Aviation and never fails to end his classes with, We will pick up here next time. Among the books to his credit are Industrial Trallic Management, Aerial Transportation and Principals of Water Transportation. Nationally known anatomist, Miss Katherine Sibley organized the Women ' s Physical Education Department in 1903 and has been its head and staunch supporter ever since. Students never change much as she ' s still advising her girls to get to bed earlier. Miss Sibley ' s experience was acquired at Wellesley, Berkeley, and the L niversity of California, and she ' s the author of the textbook Hu- man Anatomy. The college students are the cream of the population, in the opinion of Mr. Harry Hepner, professor in the Psychology De- partment. Mr. Hepner is listed in American Men of Science and Who ' s Who in American Educa- tion. His ability as an author has brought him fame in colleges all over the country. Industrial Re- lations and Psychology of Ad- vertising are two of his books. 24

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Dr. William Martin came to Syracuse from M. I. T. to become chairman of the consolidated de- partment of Mathematics, which is rapidly becoming distinguished in the east. One of the outstanding younger mathematicians in the U. S., Dr. Martin attended the Math Congress in Norway, and is a frequent contributor to math publications. He always reminds students, The shortest distance between tr vo points is a straight line. Even though she studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scot- land, Dr. Jane Robb of the College of Medicine has never lost her most typical expression, I ' m from Missouri. Though modest by nature. Dr. Robb is well-known in her field, and is listed in Amer- ican Men of Science and in Who ' s Who in America for her superior work. That ' s all for today, marks the end of a history class under the direction of Dr. Warren Walsh. An expert on Russia, Dr. Walsh instructed many Air Corps and A. S. T. P. classes during the war on Russian history and institu- tions. Founder of the Rumor Clinic, he has written many his- torical books and articles includ- ing Development of Western Society. E)r. Orren Chapman of the Col- lege of Medicine has been head of the Department of Bacteriology and Parisitology since its found- ing in 1921, and director of the Bureau of Laboratories in the Syracuse Health Department for 21 years. Witty Dr. Chapman al- ways ends his lectures with All general statements are false, in- cluding this one. The Journals of the American Chemical Society and Industrial and Chemical Engineering con- tain many articles written by Dr. Carl McCrosky, head of the Chemistry Department, who claims Selenium is the most in- teresting of all chemical ele- ments. His teaching career began at Ohio State University in 1913 and continued at Oregon State and City College of New York. The students of Mr. Montague Charman of the College of Fine Arts know him well by his con- stant cry, Put more life into that design. He received his training in design and vater color in London, England, and in 1923 attended the University of Utah. Three years ago he had the honor of being featured in American Artist magazine. 23

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College of AIM ' LIED SCIENCE Founded in 1901, the College of Ap- plied Science provides professional training for students interest- ed in the man - phas- es of engineering - mechanical, adminis- Louis Mitchell, D. « ttative, Clvil, eleCtri- cal, and chemical. Under the leadership ol Dean Louis Mitchell, the college has he- come one of the nation ' s foremost schools. This colleee was one of the first on the Syracuse campus to install the honor sys- tem with reiiard to academic work. Both the students and the faculty agree that the system has proved to be very success- ful. College of Affiled Science Running a test in the Air Conditioning Lab. Mechanical Lab experiment on a Steam Engine. 25