University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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DISCOVERING... With the atomic discoveries of the war period came a new era in physical sci- ence. Kearney college, as a modern school concerned with changing times, did not underestimate the critical signifi- cance of the great scientific achievement. Information gained in the physical sci- ence department during the first postwar year was not limited to the laboratories but was transmitted to the entire faculty and student body. Lectures and dis- cussions impressed upon the minds of NSTCers the possibilities of atomic en- ergy for constructive purposes. A revo- lutionary instrument of war, it was stressed as an equally powerful force in a world at peace. The college's physical science depart- ment is equipped to explore all the mysterious and dynamic discoveries that occur in the ever-broadening field of science. Recent progress makes it more essential than ever that young Americans enter society informed on timely subjects. Formula finder . . . head of the physical science department, DONALD E. FOX, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa; Graduate Student, University of Nebraska. Brain busters . . . mathematics instructor, EMMA E. HANTHORN, A.B., University of Nebraska; Graduate Student, Columbia University; A.M., University of Southern California . . . chemistry instructor, MARY L. MORSE, B.S., M.S., Univer- sity of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State College. Physics find . . . new member of. the faculty. HARRY AUCHTER, A.A., Harris Teachers College, St. Louis; A.B., South- eastern Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Page 27

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Word wizard . . . head of the language depart- ment. CALVIN T. RYAN. A.B., Washington Col- lege; Ed.M.; Harvard University; Graduate Stu- dent, University of Wyoming. Popular profs . . . English instructors, PAUL L. EVETT, A.B., A.M., Colorado State College of Education . . . B. F. STUTHE1T, B.S., A.M., Uni- versity of Nebraska. Linguistic lady foreign Language instructor, HELEN ISTAS. A.B., A M.. University of Nebraska; Graduate Student. University of Indiana not pictured, Latin instructor, ALICE M. ROBINSON. A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kear- ney; A.M., University of California; Graduate Student, Columbia University, University of Ne- braska, Syracuse University; Student Abroad, American Classical League, B.U.T. COMMUNICATING... Foreign language students who served overseas know that their knowledge of different tongues was an invaluable aid in their contact with the natives of other countries. The ability to speak and understand several languages is a com- ing thing in the world, A nation can no longer remain aloof but essentially plays an integral part in the world as a whole. Working together means that, although the war is over, men and women of America will continue to find their knowl- edge of foreign languages an asset in any walk of life. The basis for foreign tongues is the initial mastery of one’s own language. The college's English department empha- sizes the importance of knowing the English language well and of being able to use it proficiently in expressing oneself in both speaking and writing. Page 26

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History-wise . . . head of the social science department, LYLE E. MAN- TOR, A.B., Iowa State Teachers Col- lege; A.M., Ph.D., University of Iowa; Roberts Fellow in History, Columbia University. INFORMING... Social science took on new aspects dur- ing the war. Students on the home front watched history being made by the men who, a short time before, had sat beside them in college classrooms and concen- trated on Napoleon and the American revolution. Current events took the lime- light in social studies as students fol- lowed their former classmates on the map through battle after battle. Current happenings put a new light on the past. Earlier wars and conditions from ancient times on gained emphasis in their relationship to modern develop- ments. A knowledge of the past was necessary for a clear understanding of the present and preparation for the fu- ture. History was received with more enthusiasm than ever before because it was of vital and immediate concern to the personal, social and political well- being of every person in a nation at war. Geopolitics became a popular subject for lecture and discussion, and information regarding the different types of govern- ment in the world not only added new meaning to democracy but provided a better basis for interpreting intelligently the actions of other countries. Returning Kearney men did not find a college uninformed on the affairs of the world. They found a college ready for peace and prepared to help in its pres- ervation. Map-minded . . . geography instructor, jEAN MICHAELS, A.B., B.S., Northwest Missouri State Teachers College; A.M., University of Nebraska . . . social science instructor, JENNIE M. CON- RAD, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney; A.M., Columbia University; Graduate Student, Leland Stanford University. Page 28