University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Proffcssor V I.r«i» ltn« k. Ili appointment in 1017 as head of the Dpeart merit of Mechanical Knginccring wn I ml another step in the distinguished career of Professor N. Ix-wi Book, (imduating from Kansas Stale College in litis he |K-nt several year in utility engineering la-fore lieginning a teaching career at Tulanc I'niversity. The former director of Knginccring at Washington ami Jefferson College. Porfessor Buck wrote maintenance manual for the Navy in World War II. Colonel John I. Ilineke Kven a colonel get to forg«-t hi responsibilities olio- in a while and relax in hi favorite hohliy. which for Col. John I. Ilineke, In-ad of the military department, i fishing. Professor of military science ami tactics at Pitt since 194(1. Col. Ilineke is a graduate of West Point and a veteran of oversea service in the Philippine . Hawaii. Bermuda. Saipan. Okinawa Korea ami Jnpan. Il a ls of Dr. Klmer l)r. Klmer hold to the idea that everything i done for a purpose. Ili 1000acre Wisconsin farm and fon-st hinds typify this idea. Being interested in lior c from early youth, he can usually l.e seen rilling around hi farm on one of hi fine horses. Dr. trend K. Boer Despite the apparent formality of hi photograph. Dr. Aroml K. Boer, head of the Commerce department, ha hi informal moment . especially when, wearing an old pair of overall and carrying a trowel, he give Nature an aide assist in his garden. He lake particular pride in his roses, as does the Black ridge Carden Cluli. whose awards for roses are practically monopolized hy Dr. Boer. The Commen-c department head is also an ardent mystery story fan, as well as an enthusiastic reader of historical novels.

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Dr. Alexander Sih.rman The nut ii h il I mu (hr Xnmcigia n Pokal i Dr. Alexander Silverman. renowned chemist ami woHtl authority mi »«. The case hehithl him holtls hut part ai Dr. Silverman's collection of r.irr glass, brought to Alumni llall from many countries. Son in his fourty-fifth year nt hit. Dr. Silverman has hern he.nl of the Chemistry dc tarlmml situs- IMS. I)r. Wliilfnnl Million Shelton, head of tin- l r|Mrtmrnt of MiMii-rn Ijtnguagr, cun lumst of one of the world' mo t tin-conventional stamp collection . After tearing the taui|M off their enx-etoprx, he drop them in a lx-er stein ini|M rtrd from liamhurg. When the stein gets too full, he dump the stamp into n cigar box. Dr. Slielton at one time had hi goal ct for law. hut. under the mistaken impression that he luid not passed the entrance exam for l.sw School. he went abroad just in time to mi hi letter id acceptance. IfOf lh‘|Kii’lmnilx Proffcssor Rohrrt I). x«r» If Professor Aynr dnrun't pet too severe with his tu. ilent for singling their time in extra-curricular activities if is proha hly because the haul of the Accounting department him token part in quite n few himself. At one time or u not her hr luis Iteeii advisor to the dies' dull, Druid . Alpha fx.ippi I hi. Beta (iiinmiM Sigma mid a tnetnhcr of the Men's Fraternity committee in mhlition to the time he spends on his hohhies of u'oothnrk awl magic. I)r. Peter (,ra When it cornea to irotitnhlr use of sjm re time. I r. Peter (iny, hew I of the dept rt incut of Biological Sciences, lui them all heat. He finds time from his duties a department head to do research in chemical cnd ryolog , in w hich he has pub lishetl many mt rnt. lie has also written n book on h)Ktu- technique and French grammar. When not engngcil in any of these activities, he is making or using his own trout Hies, which are the envy of his friends, or rutting, polishing, and shaping semi-precious stones into jewelry for lits wife. i7

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I r. Elmer Ora per Head of the Political Science department miner 1930. Dr. Kliurr Groper first mine to thr University to teach in 19 3. Although he claims that he ham no hohhy. Dr. Gniprr admits to enjoying the brief vacations he takes up in Vermont. Here the Gropers have a summer home, an old colonial house Guilt in l?7i by Benjamin Carpenter, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Vermont. Dr. James S. Taylor Whether mathematics nr magic is his favorite science is a question that Dr. Janies S. Taylor, head of the Math depart-ment. has never quite decided. Dr. Taylor, pictured herr with Blackstone the magician, is treasurer of the Pittsburgh Conclave of the Inter-national Brotherhood of Magicians. Interested in magic since high school days. Dr. Taylor once travel -ed a vaudeville circuit and is a distant relative of the famous IV Tnvlor Baniutil. Dr Piilmaii Jonr As chairman of the English department. Dr. Putrnan Jones lias luid levs lime to s| ritd on his numlier one hobby, short story writing. In addition to managing the department since 1917, Dr. Jones teaches the advanced course in Chaucer. But even with this heavy burden of school duties, the soft «|Miken English professor still finds a little time to indulge in his second hobby, relaxing with a good book. Dr. N alter Bead Hoses A garden in Masvo hussets. a vailing ship on Nantucket Sound-these are the vacation pleasures of the Fine Arts department's head man. Dr. Walter Bead llovry. During the school year, however, lie finds his lime pretfv much taken lip by bis duties as president of the Craftsman's Guild at the Arts and Crofts Center and inemltrr of the hoard of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, lie still manages to find lime for travel, and on these trips lias built up an enviable collection of Chinese ceramic .