University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Too often, perhaps, are these great city universities thought of as gigantic trade schools. Only tee who daily fill halls and classrooms can know the satisfaction offered by the stimulating personalities, the erudition of many of our teachers. Representative of the ancient learning is Philosophy Professor Richard F. Hope. Pitt has had many great teachers. But, inevitably, each year we must lose a few of them. The Owl,” like all the student publications at Pitt, owed a great debt to the late Robert X. Graham, professor of journalism, here photographed against the Gothic stonework of the school he served so willingly. In ancient times, of course, philosophy circumscribed all knowledge. Today, knowledge has grown complex, one reason for large universities may be found in the number of studies necessary to pursue the manifold pathways of knowledge. But still philosophy, however, are the complex measurements of Engineer Robert IF. Jackson.

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Perhaps only in this country is such an intimate relationship possible between the teacher and his pupils. Rut after all, the life of one is scarcely to be distinguished from that of the other. The11 Owl was fortunate in meeting Dr. Raymond F. Brittain, of the history department, at home with his family. IVe all share a home life whose pattern varies little, city-wide, nation-wide. Two families are pictured on this page: here we meet Professor DeNux L. LeBlanc, geography department. Perhaps we still think of ourselves as children of the family, but tomorrow we too shall be heads of households—fathers and mothers. No less than the students, the faculty meet the problems peculiarly Pitt's, those of the metropolitan university, the urban school, the commuters' college. Dr. Kenneth F. fVertman, professor of bacteriologymakes the best of the daily annoyance of traffic, to and from home.

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Some pursue knowledge with oscilloscopes, others with books, with anything the search demands. The communication of knowledge itself must be studied, and taught. Pitt's School of Education has a faculty engaged in creating faculties, as is Professor John IV. Harbaugh, engaged in research in the Sixth Floor Reference Library. Preparation for classes occupies more of a student's and a teacher's time than do the lecture hours themselves. A moment's relaxation, perhaps with a cigaret, and then back to the books. The picture is of Professor Harold M. Baker, mechanical engineering department, but it could be any student, any night. Counselling, advising, as well as teaching, are part of the faculty's duties. Dr. Dorothy Miller is adviser to many Education students, but here she is fulfilling another academic obligation—grading test papers, a measure of our progress.