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

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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

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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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school of DUCATIII Author, traveler, teacher, proof reader, re- searcher, Dean I. V. Breitwieser of the UND school of education has been all of these and many more during his eventful life. Graduate of Columbia and lndiana univer- sities, Dean Breitwieser glories in being a non- conformist, l-le thinks his own thoughts, de- velops his own teaching methods, and sends forth teaching graduates who have learned to use their own minds along with their textbooks. iff- 1:5- Reputation of the school of education is such that every year the placement bu- reau operated in connection with it is swamped by scores more requests for teachers than it can ever hope to fill. This year especially, with the war causing a shortage in faculty ranks everywhere, the requests went on and on and the gradu- ates were all too few. Mozaic floor in the entryway to Wood- worth hall is the basis for Cow Collitch students calling UND the Upstate Nor- mal g the school of education was orig- inally provided for in the University's charter of l883 as a normal college. Phi Delta Kappa, of which Dean Breit- wieser was a first initiate, and Pi Lambda Theta serve the school's need for mens and women's education societies. The Dean, who incidentally collects tur- tle models as paperweights, has charge of putting out the School of Education Record, a news and editorial magazine devoted to the problems of education. 23 i