Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Mary S. Green, M.N. Instructor of Mathematics Gordon M Krueger, A.M. Associate Professor of Chemistry James K. Lee, Ph.D. Visiting Professor of Chemistry Dr. Eltner Nussbaum, Chairman of the Division of Natural Sciences, checks the reading on the Vibrating Reed Electrometer in the radio- isotope lab. Elisabeth Poe, A.M. Associate Professor of Biology Donald H. Porter, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Physics Vida G. Wood, MS. Associate Professor of Biology NATURAL SCIENCE Nat-ural Science . . . Miss Wood ' s biology lab will be open to students at 3:30 Tuesday and Wednesday . . . Research with fruit flies . . . Mrs. Green and Dr. Porter look for everything that is un- known . . . Miss Poe takes her class to campus woods in search of birds . . . Three hours of lecture plus two hours of lab equals four hours of credit . . . Science Lecture Series with guest lec- turers on campus for three days . . . Re- search for the Atomic Energy Commis- sion in the radioisotope lab . . . Using radon and tritium as radioactive tracers . . . New Chemistry building especially for Professor Krueger . . . Can you tell Miss Poe and her twin sister apart? ... A Saturday morning Chemistry class taught by Dr. Lee . . . Everybody takes eight hours of laboratory science . . . Test tubes, lab partners, and differential equations.

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Language and Literature . . . How can a five-hour American Lit course satisfy a six-hour literature requirement? . . . Twelve sections of Freshman Comp, four with a Southern accent ... A shorter English Deficiency List would please Professor Lee, and the stu- dents on the list . . . Journalism class from a newspaper advisor . . . Modern Drama and Contemporary Poetry from a lilac point of view . . . It ' s very simple; English majors take Ren- aissance Lit this year and Romantic Lit next year . . . Speech department that goes beneath the surface of things by way of the Scene Shop and Attica . . . It was never this cold in Kentucky, says Mrs. G. from the depths of her hood and red boots . . . First Classical Latin, and then a dis- sertation emerging from the Scene Shop . . . Russian, French, Spanish, German, Greek . . . Two years for a B. A. . . . Dr. Rupprecht thinks 7:30 is much too early for a Greek class . . . Students with two years of French in high school must register for French II, instead of French 1 . . . Professor Oliver keeps track of the couples on campus . . . Four-year old visitor in the French class . . . German with an authentic accent . . . Division four: poetic feet, lab scenes, verb conjuga- tions. Professor Lee presents the immortal bard in a setting of ping pong tables and shmoos in one of the emergency classrooms. In the combination scene shop, rehearsal hall, and class room, Professor Young reviews some criticisms of a Glass Menagerie rehearsal. Julius J. Valberg, Dr.J U Associate Professor of His- tory and German Evelyn Van Til, MS Assistant Professor of English and Journalism James Young, MA Associate Professor of Speech and Dramatics 25

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Social Sciences . . . It ' s tremendous, Dr. Yoder . . . Is that Miss Olson or Queen Victoria? . . . Professor got caught jay- walking in Washington . . . Invest a thou- sand dollars, but you ' ll never see the profit . . . Whose reserve shelf are Durant ' s books on this year? . . . The 7:30 World History class won ' t be the same next year without Professor Haines . . . Dr. Yoder writes about colonial hospi- tality in the Mississippi Hisforical Review ... A diamond ring will give you an A in Marriage and Home Building . . . Soci- ology professor teaching zoology? ... A field trip in Far Eastern History would be nice . . . Do Social Studies majors have to have a minor? . . . From the discovery of America to World War 1 1 in five hours . . . Causes of wars, ethnic groups. Wall Street Journal. Meredith C. Haines, M A Assistant Professor of Social Science and Re- ligion William M. Loewen. A B Instructor of Sociology and Religion Dr. Paton Yoder, Head of the Division of Social Sciences, pauses in the middle of his reading to pose for the yearbook photogra- pher. Grace D. Olson, M A Professor of History Frank H. Rove, Th D. Associate Professor of Sociology Dalfon A. VanValkenburg, MBA. Assistant Professor of Business and Eco- nomics 27