University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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DR. WILBUR OWEN SYPHERD University Professor B. Zion, Md., June 28, 1877; AB, Del. Coll, Newark, 1896; BS, U, of Pa, 190d1; M.S., Harvard, 1901, Ph.D., 19046 ; unmarried, Prin. schs, Port Penn, Del.,, 189698 instr English, U. of Wis., 1901-03; prof. English, U. of Del, since 1906; Acting Pres. University of Delaware, May 1944 .II.II'IC' 1946, ?,;-'.l-.l':' as sec, local bd, Wew Castle C sunty, World War Mem. Modern I,.,n,;, MAssn. America Coll. Conf. on l:l'lj:'.:i.x l in Central Atlantic States, Soc for Promotion l':::.grl. ..:.: Edn., Nat Council of Teachers of English, Shakespeare Assn, America, American Association Univ. Profs, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa FPhi. Club: University Philadelphia. Author: Studies in Chaucer's House of Fame, 1907: Handbook of English for Engineers, 1913; Manual of English for I::nJ;i- neers, 1933 The Literature of the English Bible, 1938; The Book of Books, 1944, Editor: The English BibleSelections, 1921; John Christopherson's Jephthah with F, H., Forbes, 1928 Home: MNewark, Del

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PRESIDENT WILLIAM SAMUEL CARLSON, Ph.D. During the past five years hundreds of thousands of men and women who nurmallj.' would have been students left college or never reached college. Those now en- rolled as well as those M:L'Lcing admission have given us an unparalleled opportunity to provide a whole genera- tion more and better higher education. This is a tre mendous challenge. To meet the challenge, we are making whatever modifications or adjustments are nec- essary in our established regulations and programs. The colossal task with which we are confronted has been made easier lj;' the quality of students enrolled, The large number of veterans has had a sobering effect on all of us. The veteran has returned to us realistic, matter- of-fact, but also strengthened in his natural idealism. He is not easily pe!.'-u.ulr;-d hy limg.m:, or educational double talk, The veteran has git:n the campus an en- tirely new and husiness-like atmosphere, Having given up some of the most valuable years of his manhood, he is now impatient for results, But above all, he has come back to us h.'u'ing learned how much he still had to learn and with an overriding passion to make this a better world. We at the Univer- sity of Delaware cannot be exempt from our responsibility WILLIAM SAMUEL CARLSON h. Ironwood, Mich.,, Mov., 18, 1905; A.B., U. of Mich.,, 1930, M.S, 1932, Ph.D., 1938; student U, of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1931, Columbia, 1935; m. Mary Jane Rowe, Dec 17, 1932; 1 daw., Kristin Mary., Asst. in geology U. of Mich.,, 1927; special observer LS. Weather Bureau, 1928; held leader, U of Mich., Greenland Expdna., 1928-29: tech, adviser on Greenland to Chicago Tribune, 1929; asst. in dept. geology U. of Mich, 1929. 30, leader fourth t'xplll'l. to Greenland, 1930-31; Henry Goddard Leach Fellow, Am.- Scandinavian Foundation, 1931-32; instr., geol- ogy U. of Mich,, 1932-33, grad. fellow, 1933, asst, prof. U. of Minn.,, 1937.39, asso. prof., 1939-41, dir. admissions and records, 1941- 43, dean and prof., 1946. Special consultant 1 arctic hr-:l'!-h;ll'h tir l,'n:-ll'l-:ig gen., USAAF., 1941; commd. maj., Air Corps, 1942, and ad vanced through grades to col, 1945; asst chief, spl. projects branch, plans div., Hdgrs AAEFE, l'b -'i!-i,i, exer. Western Ht!mihj!iitri' branch, plans div., 194344, dir. Arctic, Des- ert and Tropic branch, A.AF. Tactical Center, 194445 fll'., l.':'R.f,'., since 1945 Awarded Legion of Merit, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Cam- paign, Am. Theatre and European-African- Middle East medals. Clubs: Explorers MNew Yilfk,. M U.:. -,:F f'rfid!.:i Author: Grtv:'n- land Lies MNorth, 1940; Report of the MNorth- ern Dhivision of the Fourth University of Mich- igan Greenland Expedition, 1941, Comnthr, articles to tech. jours toward him, MNor can we ignore the normal group of high school graduates who have come to us for an edu- cation. We cannot afford to separate the veteran from the non-veteran, for such segregation would have unde- sitable consequences for both groups. Well founded plans for the postwar period were laid during the term in office of my predecessor, Dr. W, Owen Sypherd, our esteemed University Professor and eminent author and authority on English literature. Cur- rently we are projecting our plans for an even pgreater We rmust respon- sive to the demands of the times. We must direct our work to promote the democratic way of life in all its richness and fullness. Will we measure up? 1 have confidence that we shall measure up, provided our chief purpose shall be to know the truth and through the discipline of the search there for, to build character, ability and understanding in the lives of our students. That the University of Delaware shall continue to do its share in serving its day and generation is a cooperative responsibility shared by stu- dents and faculty alike, University of Delaware. remain

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FRANCIS HAGAR SQUIRE Dean of the University Student, Yale University, 1921-1925; AB 1925; graduate work, Yale University, 1925-1927; 1 Instructor in History, University of Delaware, 1927-1929; Assistant Professor of History, University of Delaware, 1929-1930; graduate work, Yale University, 1930-1931; lastructor in history, Yale University, University of Delaware, 1932-1943: Ph.D., Yale History, University of Delaware, 1942-1943; U. 5 Navy, February, 1943-November, 1945, duty with 1. 8 Nawval Awviation l:'jil'l'.:u .' Tt .Iirllnj', E:ul'l'l:t:ll'll', released to inactive du:y with r:mk lrf licutenant-commander, November, 1945; Dean of the University, Dean of the School of Arts and Science, and Professor af History, University of Delaware, 1945, Currier fellow in history, 1925-1927 19531-1932; Associate Professor of hj.st-..'rf. University, 1935: Chairman, Dl'pilrtmt'lll ol Member: American Historical Association, Historical Society of Delaware, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Tau, Lincoln Club of qul.lw.ue', Tlquh f:1ll!1. 1':hz.:lhf.':h.ll'l t:luh. New H:..il.'q:n, E.I.Jl'll'li:a.'rjf'.:l:.