University of North Dakota - Dacotah Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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ACULTY Photography is Dr. Olivers hobby and his geography stu- dents are glad of it. The slides he prepares make classes a technicolor show. Educator Overn is all agog over new ideas in teaching. His spare time is spent recording his own voice-not ego, just science. Dr. Abbott is never tired ot talking chemistry, and relaxes while putting it into simplest terms for radio fans. We come now to the in' evitable collector of match cov- ers-resttul, colorful hobby of Accountant Koppenhaver. Prof. Gill ot industrial arts takes a few minutes after stu- dents leave to turn a bit of work on the lathe himself. Many students think they take courses from old fossils, but geologists know so. Prof. Laird displays a few of the hun- dreds he collects. Biology's Wheeler sorts his seeds in anticipation ot a soul- satisfying garden come the spring. Labs are fun, says Doc Coon of chemistry, who loves to think up new gadgets with the en- thusiasm ot a kid.

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Formerly a department of the college of science, literature and arts, the school of commerce was created in l924 as a sep- arate unit. lts graduates hold ranking pof sitions in business firms throughout the nation. lohn Hancock, who each year re- turns to his Alma Mater for homecoming and in l932 was awarded an honorary degree, is a prime example. Graduating from UND in l9U3, he taught school for a while, then entered business life after a period of service with the Navy. Now he is a Lehman Brothers partner, director in over l5 major business firms. The school has its share of professional groups-Beta Alpha Psi for accounting men, Phi Chi Theta for women in com- merce, Beta Gamma Sigma, the commerce school Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Pi for men in commerce. Then to top it off, theres the Association for Marketing Be- search. 20 I schoolof IIMMERCE Fundamentalist, precisionist, ever-busy is Dean E. T. Towne, who heads the University commerce school, Writer of books, traveler, Dean Towne lays a groundwork of business laws and axioms for beginning economists, lets other teachers put up the educational frame, and then draws on his experience and studies here and abroad to put on the finishing touches in advanced courses. Ever on the alert for opportunities to aid his students, Towne finds time in the summer to indulge in camping and fishing. ll ii!

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FACULTY There are collections and col' lections-Biologist Webers is of ants, and one of the worlds biggest. No, he keeps them in boxes-not pants. Diesel expert is 'lBaron Dia- koff of mechanical engineering and the Tsars navy. His pupils like to watch him work in that white shirt. Math Prof. Staley forgets all about differential eguations and such when he starts planning his garden for coming spring. Now what kind of hobby would an ex-crusading preach- er in Oklahoma territory have? Sociologist Gillette relaxes by working. Any man whos half a man can appreciate the feelings of Commerce Prof. Davenport, who gets away from it all scratching his Scottie's ears. lncreasingly popular these days is the hobby of Civil En- gineer Lium. Kids galore make model planes, but he gets to play with the real thing. Prof. Thorliefson of the ac- counting department goes in- tellectual to relax, planning new strategy on the chess board. Bluff Doc Selke isn't always concerned W i t h educational problems, as this portion of his stamp cover shows. l 22