University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Noted for his energetic lectures, steeltrap wit, genuine personality and deep sincerity, Professor of English Bennett Weaver teaches literature to prepare his students for life instead of blue-books. Taking the hide off a student may be part of the process, but his only aim is to get that student to think for himself and become alive. Though a stickler on class attendance, he ' s a pushover for an old arrowhead or George Goebel. Cutting records for use in the language laboratory is Professor Otto Graf, chairman of the German Department, who has promoted the oral method of foreign language study on campus. . 20

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Dr. Hazel Losh, assistant professor of astronomy, takes an avid interest in personal as well as celestial relationships. Former students will testify that her memory for names is nothing short of phenomenal. Supplied with students who are demanded by various curriculums to absorb the complexities of economic theory, Professor Shorey Peterson effectively stresses the social implications of economics. Student interest in Russian History may be attributed to Professor Lobanov-Rostovsky in addition to the inter- national situation. To the class he brings wit, charm and narrative delivery of the course which he animates with rare spontaneity and polysyllabic names. ' fit IBO MT.

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When the sun proves too strong a rival for the rigidity of the classroom, a professor may be persuaded to hold forth on the green. He may even suggest it himself. Author of TOPOGRAPHY OF MANIFOLDS, Raymond Louis Wilder is Research Professor of Mathematics and Research Mathematician in the Engineering Research Institute. Professor Max Loehr, expert in Far Eastern Art, is known to his students for his charm, continental demeanor and amazing knowledge of languages. 21