Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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DEPARTMENT HEADS OF DIVISION III Front Row, left to right: LEONARD B- CLARK, Biologyg DAVID S. MORSE, Mathematics. EDWARD S. SMITH, Ceologyg HAROLD E, WAY, Physics. second Row: CHARLES B. HURD, Chemislryg FRANKLIN C. CHILLRUD, Psychology. 4 -Once again we have Dr. Eliphalet Nott to thank for mingling, in 1845, the course of Civil Engineering. It WHS not long after that other farsighted eflorts in this field brought Electrical Engineering to Union. Now, in Ove more YCHF, the first class of Mechanical Engineers wlu be graduated from her class rooms. The attitude of constantly trying to add more diversi- ed Courses to the engineering curriculum has resulted ln the creation of a strong department in the past and will Ontinue to broaden it and strengthen it in the future. bus the Division of Engineering under the guidance of rofessor Harlow and his associates continues to credit llle traditions of Union College. Ours is the age of science, when scientists and teachers are greatly in demand in governmental as well as in- dustrial research and developmental projects. Union's program has taken this situation in hand. The depart- ments of Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology are undoubtedly the most special- ized and have all been grouped into Division III. A degree in such scientific studies as these was first offered at Union College under the leadership of Pres- ident Eliphalet Nott. Today, over a century later, with the advent of the Atomic Age a growing demand for technical trained people shows that Union's efforts in this field were and will continue to be a very important part of her educational objective. DEPARTMENT HEADS OF DIVISION IV Mechanical Engineering, HAROLD W BIBBER, Electrical Enginceringg H ing. Left to right: MORTIMER F. SAYRE. GILBERT HARLOW, Civil Engineer- ll5l

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Front Row, left to right: NORMAN B. JOHNSON, Religiong WILLIAM W BENNETT, Economicsg MARVIN B. SUSSMAN, Sociology. Second Row: JOSEPH D. DOTY, History, DOUG- ' ' LAS W. CAMPBELL, Government, Absent: HAROLD A. LARRABEE, Philosophy ion leave 1953-545. U41 DEPARTMENT HEADS g' H gig. 5.2 Wh. .' 'J'.j1 ' .te i --1-I. .: ' .. .S , A ML. To achieve its objective of producing reasoning, re- sourceful, and responsible citizens, Union in 1845 pioneered in the adoption of a program of balanced education. It was the first American college to put instruction in engi- neering on a liberal arts campus. Today this objective is successfully carried out by the division of courses of courses of study into four main classicfications. In 1934 the Division of Humanities was first estab- lished. By presenting courses in Ancient Classics, Ap- preciation of Acknowledged Beauty, English Construction and Literature, and foreign languages, Union College approaches creation of that undefinable end known as liberal, cultured education. OF DIVISION Il DEPARTMENT HEADS OF DIVISION I Left to right: HARRISON C. COFFIN, Ancient Classics, HAROLD W. BLOD- GETT, Englishg GORDON R. SIL- BER, Modern Languages. In today's turmoil of everyday happenings in the bus- iness, political and social life of the world, the student of Division II attempts to associate proven practices and in- terpretations of statistics and past history to the solution of such problems. Grouped within this division are the department of Economics, Philosophy, Government, History, Sociology, and Religion. Majors departmental or divisional are of- fered in these courses. Many students from other di- visions choose many electives in these courses of study. The Division of Social Studies, in combining the age old studies of history with the modern scientific approach of economics and sociology, parallels the efforts of Union College to obtain order from the chaos which prevails in the world today. -

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5161 ll, 'Ja OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS EDWARD J. SOULLIERE, Colonel, U.S.A.F., Depart- ment of Air Science and Tacticsg J. HAROLD WITTNER Department of Athletics. WILFORD H. KETZ, Coordinator of Student Aczivizies. Tl