University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lj D THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FRANK R. LILLIE Dean of Biologital Sciences As in the past, the biological scientists at the University continued their excep- tional worlc both in the classroom and in the laboratory. Much research was done in the past year as was seen by the work of Chamberlain in Botany, Carlson in Physiology, Wells in Path- ology, Carr in Psychology, and Bailey in Surgery. The various investigations made by the departments under the Bi- ological Division were of significance to both the layman -and scientist. The Biological Sciences, headed by Dean Lillie, adapted its work to suit The New Plan. The Division required the student to take a majority of Work in one department with the related work to be approved by the department of spe- cialization. The general course offered in the Col- lege was conducted by the most compe- tent men of the Division. The course was concerned with the variety and re- lationship among living -organisms, study- ing plant and animal Icingdomsy the dy- namics of living organisms, emphasizing the physiology and psychology of man in health and diseaseg organic evolution, heredity, and eugenicsg and ecology, studying the relation of living organisms to their environment and to each other, as Well as a consideration of the problem of social organization in lower organisms. W A N . .M -T . ,,.. ,... , . '. . 3' 7 ' icuii. iret ' ' . H Jw. I I ,, , In 'U',,,, i I I 1 I 1, X ,Pg 1 I. ig' 2'i,Ljf.4g1ff I I I ' . A . fn , I 'jpf'i14 ,Ol . ' N .. rag? W I V. f .' ., ff- . - 1LH5i, yn'zQ' f , . ,..,. .E ff' +-.ifriff-G 'I .. l 5y,,fl1' PII 1 A W' ,Q F3851 1 AQ! 1 - - - IN ' V , -E I 'W' I ' 45.1. f- , . . , 92.5, 1,7 - . Q ' M, ja. , Q- is if ' ,.' ,,, lg. 1 151-.1 'Jag .WV -. P Asflaig.. f.f 4+f -' J. ' ' 'wid . 'I f- ,555 .. fee-if 5 li ' 3jIfFi.F!',:2'- - - I .hi . ?Vffgg' Q.,3I .,-ff ri - Q V L, rg' . . f -ity, V ,ram ' , ,f, fa ai? fra, gf .. nw, . . .41 .uh .,- . i, . .Ski t-Ja, - 1. . . i,- -y I I 1.1. 11 ff. . .- If JL . jf ' Q 'Q g.'f1gQ'i,gf-,ff f -s --8 fl -ew - - if 7 .'. ff l,Qffi:L M H'2i'1+ 2145 F - .4 .. 'I '.1f,ll'7 ' i ' , . gl-,EF . v.- -- ': . ..-.Q 'J '-2 V' ' New Iirimxx' Bun.u1 xo Page I2

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U D JULIUS ROSENWALD ' 1862-1932 THE PASSING OF A GREAT FRIEND The death of Julius Rosenwald in January caused world-wide mourning, but it was on the quadrangles of the University of Chicago that this loss was felt most keenly. For thirty years an interested and generous friend of the University, he was one of the far-seeing builders of the institution. He gave not only with splendid generosity, but with intelligent consideration of the needs of the University. As a member of the Board of Trustees he was a stimulating, capable and beloved fellow-worker. Jul- ius Rosenwald never wished his philan- thropies to be monuments to himself. The buildings, scholarships, and funds which he established will not be the chief things to be remembered about him. Rather he will be known for his interest in and sym- pathy for humanity, an interest so wide that it embraced all races and creeds, and a sympathy so deep that it under- stood the needs of all. It was entirely fitting that one of the two public memorial services for the great merchant and philanthropist was held at the University Chapel. President Hutchins ofliciated, reading two of Ros- enwalds' favorites-a psalm and Rudy- ard Kipling's Ulf. Dean Gilkey ex- pressed the Universityls appreciation of a great friend whose Uhigh estimate rested not only upon his wealth, his busi- ness genius or his generosity. lt rested even more upon his civic sense and pub- lic spirit. Page 11

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I 1 I Y CHARLES J. QHAMEERLAIN ,Professor Emzfrztus of Boiany ALFRED E. EMERSON flssoriate Praferxor of Zoology THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ...CYCADS . . . TERMITES . . . EDEMA . .. George K. Link, of the Department of Botany, spent the past year investigating the pathological features of virus diseases and the relationship of those diseases as illustrated through experiments with plants. Professor Chamberlain continued his collection of the existing cycads. These plants, one of the last relics of a past geological age, have been calcu- lated to be about five thousand years of age. Dr. Chamberlainls collection. housed in the New Botany Building, is the largest of its kind in the world. Dr. F. R. Lillie, chairman of the De- partment of Zoology, studied the biology of sex in fowls which were carried on in close collaboration with the Department of Physiological Chemistry. Dr. H. H. Newman extended his studies on twin- ning to man. One of his most interest- ing projects concerned an attempt to find the degree of similarity between identi- cal human twins which were separated in infancy and reared apart. Dr. A. E. Emerson focused his studies upon the biology of the highly social termites with the view of analyzing their ecological adjustments. Dr. Robertson studied the cause of pneumonia and succeeded in producing lobar pneumonia, experimentally. Dr. Hastings' research dealt with the cause of edema and the factors concerned in bi- ological oxidation. Experiments showing the influence of ultra-violet rays on the tubercle bacillus were made by Dr. Bloch. in Iii OswAi,o H. ROBERTSON Proffuor and Acting Qhqzrrnan Df'par11nmt of Ilflcdzrzrze Page 13'