Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Mr. Gilbert teaches both physics and math, but still finds time to sponsor the campus amateur radio club. Iladio Isotope lah Visits Physics Ilapartmant The American Institute of Physics and the National Science Foundation sponsored Dr. Alexander V. Nichols as a visiting scientist to arouse interest in science subjects'and inform the pub- lic in the field of physics. Dr. Nichols, a research professor from the Univer- sity of California at Berkeley, spoke to a group of science majors March 2 about his work as a biophysicist. He also spoke at the Friday convocation the following morning. Kenneth D. Spaulding, chairman of the Physics Department, is a member of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Mr. Spaulding demonstrates the de- partments new ruby laser to Norman Truitt. mama it iv-1, Big Brotberf' Leonard Westermeqcr, node fo 'Z vacuum tube- watclzes as Mr. Gilbert connects an elec- which sponsors visiting professors to the high schools. Spaulding has given most of his physics lectures and dem- onstrations in Catholic high schools. Once a week Sp-aulding presents a 15-minute Physics in the Newsv program for radio station KVUC,s regular 5 olclock, The Evening Re- port. During the year the general physics lab manual was rewritten. Research was started to develop experiments with the laser to use in optics class next year. Teaching is my ho bb yf' smiled Spaulding, probably because I donlt have any time for anything elsef, However, he continued, I grow ev- erything in my garden-raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, beans, green peas, apples, radishesf, Even though the data processing department' uses three of the new ad- dition rooms, the Physics Department has room for a suite of offices, accom- modating all departmental teachers. James Gilbert, who had done grad- uate work at the National Bureau of Standards in Colorado, taught college physics and electricity magnetism be- sides teaching for the math depart- ment. Dr. Richard Leffler, professor of physics, is on a two-year leave while doing post-doctorate research at Michigan State. The Mobile Radioisotope Training Laboratory visited the Physics Depart- ment this year from the Atomic En- ergy Commission. The Mobile Lab is 37 feet long 8 feet wide, 11 feet, six inches high, and weighs 18 tons. Its curriculum is worth S2,500, and its in- ventory is worth 865,000 Two visiting professors accompanied the mobile lab, one a chemistry professor, the other a physics professor. They served as lab instructors for the technological courses given. Some of the courses the physics staff and a selected group of physics stu- dents took were introduction to ra- diation, characteristics of Beta radia- tion, a n d Scintillation detection of gamma radiation. Some of the lab ex- periments they worked on were an iso- tope dilution, carbon-14 counting tech- niques, and plasma iron disappear- ances.

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5 A master of the Greek letters, Peter Luna informs his intermediate class that their study focuses primarily on the word of John. Practical Bnursas Ilfimd Futura SDA inistars A new upp er division course, taught by Elder Roy Harris, Biblical Theology, proved quite popular among u p p e r division students this year. Nearly 30 students registered for the two-semester, four-hour course. Although all freshmen registering at Union are required to finish 12 hours of religion, including 4 hours upper division to receive either a B.S. or a B.A., quite a large percentage of the men are working, toward a religion major. This year over 125 men land 3 womenj registered with a religion major as their curriculum. Elder C. Mervyn Maxwell, chair- man of the department, who just last spring received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, along with the rest of the religion faculty, believes in a strong practice programf' Minis- terial students find outlets in three 62 - a,n- W.. ...:,.. .- Union College Evangelist, Floyd Bre- see walks between the classroom and the College View Church where he preached the fall Evangelistic series. specific areas of practical religion. For the junior taking Horniletics, there's more to the course than just practicing preaching. Members of the class serve as elders, deacons, Sabbath school teachers, and home missionary committeemen at the Capitol View church near downtown Lincoln. Twen- ty-three seniors this year found great- er responsibility yet serving as pas- tors and assistant pastors of twelve churches within a radius of 150 miles from Lincoln. Last summer 12 prospective seniors assisted Elder Elden Walter and Elder Richard Lange in a month-long se- ries of meetings held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where over 25 were baptized. This spring, the evangelism class, under the guidance of Elder Floyd Bresee assisted in a series of meetings held in Nebraska City. Den- ver will be the site of this summer's series of meetings. Aside from teaching, serving as de- partment chairman, and sponsoring the MV society, Elder Maxwell wrote a monthly column for Liberty Mag- azine titled 'launching Padn and had A quiet Roy Harris studies the Union News sheet after a weary afternoon of teaching. several articles published in the Signs of the Timesv and These Timesf, Elder Erwin Cane, on leave this year, will continue his studies at An- drews University. Elder Peter C. jar- nes, who along with Elder Maxwell, attended a college and university Bible teachers' workshop at Andrews Uni- versity last summer, finished a sylla- bus for the book of Daniel this year. This summer Elder Harris, along with Elder Peter Luna, the most recent ad- dition to the religion faculty, will at- tend Andrews University, where they will work on their B.D., and Elder Bresee will continue working on his Ph.D. in homiletics at Garrett Semi- nary, Northwestern Universityf An enthusiastic ministerial clu b sponsored a variety of activities for members. First semester over 125 min- isterial students, wives, and dates camped out on the Platte River Csee Page 1705. A banquet, with over 125 attending in January included a ded- ication of senior ministerial students. Second semester saw the institution of a bi-weekly series of seminars held every other Friday evening.