University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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poets, tin science department labs were also occupied by workers whose research seemed aimed at driving all forms of life from the University. Professors stopped in mid-lecture to mutter imprecations. The. queue in the cafeteria was noticeably shorter. On investigation, the odor proved to emanate from an experimenter's toasting tnnieates and baking barnacles'” to develop paint resistance— military secret stuff. Despite the greater emphasis, many still entered labs as they would a lethal chamber. Students who felt that way displayed their savoir-faire by refusing to find out what the experiment was about before performing it. Chemistry Honors society sponsored lectures like “The Effect of the Sulfa Drugs on the Healing of Wounds,1' held a drive to organize a decontamination squadron at the I niversity, and in May presented a show of chemistry magic which some said rivalled the annual Follies. Officers of the explosive organization were Alan Siegel, president; Martin Greenberg, vice president: Rashi Schorr, secretary; Prince Rrigham, treasurer; and William Pa-cetti, sergeant-at-arms. Members were George Colom, Tillman Pearson, Eugene Ketchen, Ed Polliamus, and Jack Barrett. Students who got mixed up in diving expeditions ami lectures on topics like “My Victory Garden ami Termite Colony” as a result of joining Mu Beta Sigma were Martin Greenberg, president; Margaret Hickman, vice-president: Rashi Schorr, secretary-treasurer; Don Peacock, historian; Collins Swords, Ruth Hirscli, Ann Cassel, Stanley Tinter. Jack Barrett, Toni Long, Sheldon Deutsch. Victor Emanuel, Dorothy Mae Sterling, May Moral. Margaret Hickman, Joanne Fandrey, Prince Brigham. David Crane, George Colom, Faye Cowen, Barbara Koven, Herbert Horton. Margery Kelm. Ruby Herman, Ada Westrik, Mary Nash. Jaek Roberts, Seymour Auerbach, Ronald Mayer. Esther Rosenstein, and Barbara Robinson.—rashi schorr SOCIAL SCIENCES Sociology and History came very near amalgamating into a unit this year and the psychology department retired to a laboratory whenever possible, but the current events class taught by Dr. Louis k. Manley broke an all-time record when two hundred students enrolled. Classes were held in the University theatre. Interest also ran high in government classes taught by Dean Ernest McCracken and Dr. Manley. Versatile faculty members moved rapidly from one subject to another whenever war needs required. Frederick H. Koch. Jr., head Top: Physical science faculty lines up foi inspection: Dr. Hjort. Dr. Williams. Dr. Holmes. Mr. Goldman. Mr. Smith. Mr. Lindstrom. Dr. Millor. Bottom: Chemical Honorary members woro Siegal. Pacotti. Brigham. Groonberg. Dr. H}ort. Shorr. Lindstrom. Rappoport and Colom.

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@Meye LIBERAL HITS IMIYSI CAL. SC I RACES Although laboratories were ns odoriferous as usual, the science department underwent a change this year. The idea of getting a lucrative position in industry lurked in many minds, and there was n continuous infiltration of a new sort of people into the science labs. Wistful-looking matrons, who would feel more at home at a bridge-party, appeared shyly at the first lab sessions, and soon started working with vigor. If they didn't run quite to type you could always distinguish them by the way they behaved. You'd notice a woman stirring a mixture with the same motion with which one mixes a eake batter, or you'd see one pick up a scalpel as she would a carving-knife. Men. too, became more science-conscious, for they felt a basic knowledge of the sciences would bring advancement in the armed services. Music and philosophy students worked side by side in the physics lab. With the philosophy student trying to use Kant's logic in setting up an experiment, results were fantastic. And the graphs drawn by the second violinist looked suspiciously like chromatic scales. Besides housing erstwhile housewives and First row: Gouldman. Hickman. Seitlin, Groonbeig, Swords. Kelm, Harmon • Socond row: Dr. Miller. Hash. Cossel. Hirsch. Long. Fandrey. Gerber, Schorr. Feld • Third row: Doochln. Roberts. Peacock. Soigel. Colom. Dabkowski. Barrett. Dr. Williams. Dr. Smith. 20

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Mtu Barrett. Dr. Brigqa. Dr. McNicoll. Dr. Eckel, and Dr. Williams make up tho Social Science faculty. History honorary members: Patmeloo. Paetro. Malmud. Gross-man. Wattors, Hawk.and in the back row. Hallman. Clark. Feldman. Cannova. and Borlinor. of the drama department, taught sociology and airplane spotting until a local war-job swept him right off the campus. I)r. Charlton Tebeau, whom Mr. Koch replaced in rural sociology, had decided to put the theories of the course into practice ami go home to take over the operation of his farm in Georgia. After Mr. Koch left. G. Raymond Stone, assistant professor of psychology, took over the fast-moving course. Stone himself had been deferred from the draft at the eleventh hour. Students had given him a travelling-case farewell present ami Miss Georgia May Barrett, professor of psychology and department-head, had been scheduled to teach eighteen hours of classes during the second semester. Placed in the classification of social studies for convenience in Ibis make-up, psychology perversely showed a trend towards more and more treatment as a biological science, laboratory hours for the experimental course (four credits this year for the first time) were increased and a separate course in the experimental psychology of learning instituted during the second semester. Laboratory equipment was also used extra-currieularly in a program to aid grade school children reported by their teachers as doing inadequate work. Visual and hearing defects were discovered by eye-movement photography and ear-testing devices ami corrected to some extent by practice sessions. Analyses were made and re-made of the children's abilities. History, too. saw present-day applications, as Dr. Harold E. Briggs, head of the departments of history and sociology, explained: “We must not forget, in times like these, that what may appear at first to he the most impracticable subjects may ultimately prove to he of very real value in the diversified activities of modern life.' Putting this principle into pratice. members of History Honors Society read papers by faculty members and students at meetings, held lively discussions on current historical viewpoints. They also awarded a prize to the sophomore history major who showed the most promise at the end of the year in Honors Assembly. All juniors or seniors, history majors or able to present 18 hours of history with at least a B average in the important subject and a C average in others, members of the group are: William Feldman, president; Louise Wheeler, vice-president; Naomi Crtissman, secretary; Mary Lou Yahner, treasurer; Manfred Berliner. Ed Feigin. Bill Hallman, Robert Hess, Hardin V. Stuart, Frank Cannova, and James Clark. Dr. Paul E. Eckel, associate pro-fessor of history, with Dr. Briggs and Dr. Williams, is faculty sponsor. —MARY GENE LAMBERT 22