University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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1 Vincent W. Lanfecxr. S. P. Franklin, William T. Root Iudson A. Crane Bishop Brown H. Edmund Friesell C. Leonard O'Connell music, expresses a part of that feeling when he said, l am definitely looking upward, from the crypt of Heinz Chapel to something higher in the Cathedral. . . . Dr. Manuel Elmer be- lieves that sociology's aim is social adjustment in the community, nation, and world .... Dr. lames Taylor hopes for fuller realization of mathematics as a creative, imaginative, and inspiring art and science .... Dr. George lones, psychology, expects new research fol- lowing war stimulus .... Dr. W. H. Shelton, modern languages, has said, Under the startlingly successful in- tensive method, students will speak and understand as never before. . . . Professor Frederick Mayer, English-- We will keep alive the idea of the en- joyment of literature as a part of a satisfying life. . . . Dr. Elmer D. Graper, political science--- We will continue to offer opportunities for training in successful leadership. . . . Dr. 0. E. lennings, biology, looks forward to having all laboratories on the tenth floor. Dr. lames Stinchcomb, classics, ex- pects elementary Latin taught in col- lege and increased interest in Greek literature .... Miss Zoe Thralls believes geography courses will be remodeled by changing phases of aviation . . . Dr.

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Harriet Glasser und Betty Teal Ruth Becker and Lucy Millard pus, the extensive reach of the Nursing School and the Cadet Nurse program is recognized every time we stop to admire the gray and red of their pass- ing uniforms. Dean Ruth Kuehn is ac- tively looking upward by serving as a member of the Post War Planning Committee for Nursing Education .... The School on the Boulevard is a part of Pitt too. Pharmacy School with Dr. C. Leonard C'Connell as its Dean, is proud of its four hundred and fifty members serving the armed forces. Many will return to a School prepared to offer them vocational readjustment in the form of review and advanced courses .... Since fifteen members of the teaching staff of the School of Dentistry are in the Service, the faculty, as Well as the students, has been ex- tremely busy. But with all their over- load, Dean l-l. Edmund Eriesell and his faculty have not forgotten to plan for the time when some nine hundred alu- mni of the School will return to civilian life and the practice of dentistry for Adrienne Hill, Iune McDowell cmd Alison Stewart civilians. A complete program of grad- uate study ranging from short refresh- er courses to courses leading to grad- uate degrees is ready to function when V-Day comes .... Med School, and all of Pitt, is very proud of the Universitys General l-lospital Number 24 in New Cfuinea. lt is staffed with forty-five of the Medical School's faculty and one hundred nurses from local teaching hospital staffs. Dean Bill McEllroy as anxious as the hopeful M.D.'s to return to normal semester schedules and he is planning extensive graduate courses and increased hospital resi- dencies as Medical School's contribu- tion to a bigger and better Pitt. Our social life, our educational pro- grams, and surely our class Work all contribute to a spirit of Pitt, a Pitt which could easily mean nothing more than splendid architecture. But Pitt does mean more than that and department heads closest to us scholastically have helped foster that spirit in us. Each has post War plans We can outline here .... Professor Theodore Finney, 15

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Marion McKay hopes to continue inf tenmenng econonncs Enough cunent events .... Dr. M. R. Gabbert believes that philosophy has been looking up- ward always, essentially .... Dr. l-lovey, fine arts, looks forward to the return of ceramic courses and Dr. Henry Leighton, geology, is looking forward to more intensive labs, in- creased research facilities .... Dr. Alexander Silverman, chemistry, be- lieves Our post-war aim is good sound teaching in fundamentals and in clear thinking .... Dr. lohn W. Qliver, history, promises After the war, we will offer History of Airpower and Technology of Modern Warfare. . . . Dr. F. W. Shockley, director of the Extension, expects a tremendous in- crease in future enrollment and further development of adult part-time educa- tion .... Dr. A. L. Robinson, Librarian, feels that the library will grow as Pitt's many departments expand and de- velop. That is the personality of Pitt's administration. With us, the students, they are turning to the future, confif dently, expectantly, together we are looking upward. 'M ,,x T3i'fW Stanton C. Crawford Wilber I. Newstetier William S. McEllroy Herbert E. Longenecker, Ruth Perkins Kuehn. Elmer A. Holbrook l17l