University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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General College Scene is the same . . . Wesbrook Hall . . . some of the faces are new . . . Dr. George Pierson, on leave from the University of Utah, now vocational guidance counselor . . . Leon Reisman, English department . . . Evelyn Determan, lecturer for the new retailing course . . . Dr. George Mc- Cune, returned after two years as historian with the Army engineers. As to new courses . . . the retailing and selling course . . . a new type of course, in the experimental stage . . . new for this College and the University . . . students get actual practice in stores. Refresher courses are offered for returning veterans . . .advanced standing to those who have had other training in the service . . . special counsel- ing. This is a busy place . . . enrollment has increased fifty per cent over last year . . . almost back to pre-war level . . . more expected . . . many have been out of school for a long time . . . Dr. Horace Morse and his staff are ready to ad- vise them . . . to help them. General College curriculum fits into the broadened concept of education . . . something to Wesbmok Han fill the requirements of all persons seeking college training. Page 32 The halls of Wesbrook filled rapidly dur- Using the di-ctaphone is Dr. Horace T. ing the winter enrollment spurt. Morse, Director of General College.

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The War found Minnesota En- gineering professors traveling far and Wide .... Professors Ackerman and Piccard visited Germany . . . returned to report on their inves- tigation of German War equip- ment. . . Dr. Gladstone Heisig was overseas . . . taught in American universities in France . . . Dr. Henry Hartig returned to the Uni- versity after studying the proper- ties of sound waves . . . did his work in California and Wasliington. Men deep in research here . . . Thomas L. Ioseph worked on rais- ing the pressure in blast furnaces ii to speed the reduction of the iron. Jim Schelske and Wayne Sueker test ore sam- ples over in Mines. Engineers get exclusive and enter their special engineering Eng- lish class . . . headed by Professor L. O. Guthrie . . . took the retiring Professor Richardson's place .... Engineers even publish their own monthly magazine, the Technolog . . . their Tech Commission started in the fall after a period of inactivity during the war .... Allen Benzick ruled the group .... The Tech Party again assumed its povver- ful leadership . . . got l0O per cent placement in the fall elections. Page 3l Instructor Harlan McClure helps Thelma The- dorf with a drawing problem. The School of Mines and Metallurgy . . . covered the fields of geological engineering- students discover ore deposits . . . petroleum engineering- hard working students have charge of the actual ore produc- tion . . . and petroleum engineers Work on finding and develop- ing petroleum. John Ericson cuts out electric motor and transformer parts.

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Law School Veterans and more veterans . . . the Law School had more than any other college . . . and although there were just enough students to keep classes going during war time, classes quickly resumed the prewar enrollment. Returning servicemen found that because military train- ing was not comparable to law, much of their training was not applicable for credits into the School. Classes were larger . . . but the principles of procedure were the same. Future lawyers and judges took on stern, solemn looks as the practice court convened fall quarter . . . and eager seniors, wishing to practice what had been preached, pleaded several cases before a jury of first-year Law students . . . evidence was carefully weighed . . . and the defense-making seniors waited for graduation and the world outsidef, This year was a banner year . . . marked the twenty-fifth anniversary for Dean Everett Fraser as Dean of the Law School . . . Dean Fraser and his staff continued to maintain the School's high standards of excellence . . . and they planned for an increasing number of students in the future. his office library. brary. Everett Fraser, Dean of the Law School, samples a case book from Warren Weck and Richard L Post mull over a case in ihe Law 11