University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Til if ' lbw 'fi few frat .au Qt Lf bat Z! ,1 tate! EYXSON LLOYDClELmist1'3' NW - - 5 . XL1'9Xl3w I,b5e1a'S MEMS Expt VXS wi. DA . s EDXwARY?1'i171cI1f gfniion JOHN D. AKERMAN V YVTZYL 1lv1'ol1i1I1linll Ellgillfffillg THE PROFESSORS INVENT GADGETS AND GREAT MACIHIINES ALIKE are produced by professors who need equipment for their work. Resource- ful faculty men meet the mechanical obstacles that delay their study and research, and at the same time provide invaluable tools that mean progress to industry. Fifteen different plane designs have given John D. Alterman, head of the aeronautical engineering depart- ment, a leading place among the country's airplane de- signers. He developed the hrst low wing, twin motor cabin plane in the United States. The mechanism for processing North Dakota lignite to obtain a large yield of high hydrogen gas is being perfected by Dr. Lloyd H. Reyerson, professor of chem- istry. At the Mines Experiment Station, Professor NW. Davis is at work on the problem of providing equipment and techniques for using the vast tonnages of low grade ore in the northern Minnesota iron mines. John T. Tate, who is still a physicist although his oflicial title is Dean of the Arts College, is determining the amount of energy required to break up molecules through the use of the mass spectrograph. Artificial earthquakes are made and measured by the geophysical truck developed by Wilfred W. Wetzel, as- sistant professor of geophysics, who uses the device to locate subsurface gravel, limestone and granite. A vacuum spectrograph with a tube twenty feet long l JOHN T. TATE is the latest bit of laboratory equipment put into use by Joseph Valasek, associate professor of physics. He is studying molecules through the spectrum they emit. JOSEPH VALASEK Sc'ir'l16z', Liivrzrfurv and fbi' rlrfs Pb5fllf'f

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..-wx .I B wi, ., il- fist? ai! 1.1 fit. T E .gf 'mama -J.. 1. VVILLIAM E. PETERSEN JEAN F. PICCARD MILES A. TINKER Dairy Plmlmfidp-Ji Aeromnrlinzl E1Igi!ll'C'l'fI7g Pgyfholpgy THE PROFESSORS EXPERIMENT EVERY LABORATORY isn't Bunsen-burner-equipped and tograph, he is attempting to discover the structure of lined with long tables. All over the campus-in crowded molecules. offices and unsuspected real-life laboratories as well as in the science buildings-there are professors experi- menting with theories, serums and mechanical gadgets. Jean F. Piccard, professor of aeronautical engineering, whose balloon ascensions into the stratosphere are world famous, is testing the use of sounding balloons in radio transmission. Experimental study of milk secretion in dairy cattle is the basis of a recently published text on Dairy Science by Dr. XVilliam E. Petersen, professor of dairy husbandry. With a large camera, built for photographing eye movements, Miles A. Tinker, associate professor of psy- chology, is studying the effects of lighting and illumi- nation in relation to eye strain. The separation of isotopes is the experimental work which George Glackler, professor of physical chemistry, has assigned himself this year. Through use of the spec- GEORGE GLOCKLER Physical Chemistry W P! , - Jjrzofogimy D, ARM Under the direction of Dr. NVallace D. Armstrong, who is on leave on a Commonwealth fellowship, grad- uates in dentistry are doing fundamental research on the composition of teeth and bones, the prevention of tooth decay and the mechanism of bone production. The director of the Engineering Experiment Station, Dr. Frank B. Rowley, is working on problems of housing insulation to reduce summer heat and winter cold. Dr. Milan V. Norvak is perfecting a technique for making blood transfusions safer through the use of sul- fanilimide which protects blood stored in blood banksn from the growth of bacteria. Whether they use the complicated machinery of the physics department, or merely their own alert eyes and ears, the professors let no opportunity for intelligent experimentation pass unnoticed. Closely allied with every phase of academic work, it is the basis of the ideas and the proofs, the scientific writing and the study, that makes a university more than a drill-field. ALLACE Cbefrlisflj, 1155123 ONG ezzfjxfljl flfgpflvlg B- R0 Wlfllcfll L- lVLFv

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I tr, ..i 83: k . i .UL lgd' iuig ASHER N. CHRISTENSIIN Pnlilinll Slxiflifl' o CHEYNEY IET AND VE E- 'Fore-sf1'3' ffomp EFOTTAI GOLD AND GLADLY TEACH LIKE GOOD MR. CHIPS whose school was never the same without him are the scores of professors who win a special place in the hearts and memories of their stu- dents. No one stands high above the restg every member of the faculty has his own circle of student-friends. Stories for boys, for foresters as well as the youngsters who read the Scott Burton stories he writes, are the specialty of enthusiastic E. G. Cheyney, professor of forestry. To the majors in home economics, the next high to God must be the Goldstein sisters, for the girls bring all of their problems from house plans to studying to either Miss Harriet or Miss Vetta. Witty, good-natured Asher N. Christensen, assistant professor of political science, gestures wildly, loves to talk to any and all of his students. From their first days in freshman clinic, the medics learn to respect the gentleness without sentimentality, the knowledge and humanity of Dr. Wfilliam A. O'Brien. Understanding and kindliness have won Professor NVilliam H. Emmons, head of the geology department, a popular position as high as his official rank. The problems and difiiculties of thousands of students are the everyday work of John G. Darley, director of the Testing Bureau, who makes new friends with every problem he solves. Paul A. Minault is not only handsome and French and fun to be with. He is a very good teacher who presents his language gayly and laughs with the class. fzgmjq STEIN VVTLLTANI A. O'BRIEN Nlerflcine WILLIAM H. EMMONS JOHN G. DARLEY PAUL A. MINAULT GUUIUSJ' TF5fil1g Blfrezm ROIIIHIIFL' Lllliglltlgfi'