University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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n m DTYLLC HI Vi7 I tills at the Iroiit. Tile faet that the moss absorbs from ten to twenty times its own weijriit without beeominjr so rtry lias jriveii tile pails a ra|iiil iiMTi-ase in favor. The War Savinj;s Stanij) caiiiiiaijjn was inanfi ' iirated on the eani|ins by .MiliM)r Kob- erts, (lean of Ihe colleiie of mines, who acted as university ehaii ' nmn, the last week in Febrnary. Mareh 120 a record of more than $1,400 woi-fli of stamps sold in one day was made. Ill addition to this service Dean Rob- erts has been a ilireetor of co-operative re- search for the V. S. Bureau of Mines. He directed the winter short session in mines. vlici ' e ciii|)liasis was laid on the metals vital to the war and tlie trainin ;: of lllcll ti) keep the mines open in the stead of those who had lieell called to the colors. I ' l-actically every member of the school of business ailmiiiistration fac- ulty has given time and ability freely in cost of living surveys and the in- vestigation of economic problems of large importance to the government. Kesides assisting with the survey made in connection with the local street ear strike. Abraham Bcrgluud. assistant professor of economies, studied the ef- fects of tlie war on trans-Pacifie shipping and American trade relations in general. Vanderveer Custis, associate professor in the same department, investigated for tlie National Wage Adjustment Commission the cost of liv- ing of shipbuilding workers with regard to fuel and housing. The proposed gas schedule for the City of Seattle and the elfect of a wage increase on the solvency of the Puget Sound Traction, Light Power Corapan.v were like- wise studied from a scie ntific economic as well as practical point of view. Growing out of service to the Federal Fuel Administrator for Washing- ton, Colin V. Dyment. head of the department of .journalism, was called to Washington, D. ( ' ., the first of April for two months work with the national heads. As member of the publicity committee of the State Council of Defense. -Mr. Dyment suj)()lied the pi-ess of the state with material in regard to the gov- ernment insurance for enlisted men and the campaign for ship workers. An able assistant in this Mork was Miss Grace Edgingtori. associate in the depart- ment, who sent an average of 3.000 Mords of war intelligence to the newspapers each week. Mr. Dy- ment was subject to call through the .vear as assistant in emer- gencies t o President Snzzallo. chairman of the State Council. The success of the Seattle (!ii-ls ' War Relief Bazaar, which mtied over .lilOO.OOO for war re- lief, owes a larg( measure of □ [ in

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HIoc ITYELC :o VN was . ' i ii.L ' oO. Till stiiilciit I ' ommittee raised the amount to slO.OOO and in tin- week foHowin aftually pledfrcd over sl.i.OOO. lar}, ' cly tlirou rli tin- cnthusiasni nf K. M. I ' adcH ' oi ' d. professor of Enjilisli. who lia l eliariri ' of iIm- inniitai ' rn. He- lore llie Cliristinas liolidays tlie Retl Cross drive took I lie lauipiis by stoi-m : a reeord of practically one iiundred jier rent nienibersliiji was achieved by the university under thi ' direction of Leslie .1. Ayer, jirofessor of law. -Mr-. Ayer is also eliairinaii of the campus Minute Men. lloiace !. livers, head nt llie elieinisliy de]iarl Mien I . lel ' l his |)(isiii(in as head ol I lie war eiiier cnev coniiniliee to ro into uiiitorni as a cajitain in the as and flame regiment. William M. Deiin. associate professor of chemistry, has co-operated in i-esearch directed toward the improvement of a special line of explosives, and has exiiei-inuMited wilii poisonous jrases for offensive ■warfai-e. A Doctor of Philosophy degree did not deter Conrad Tressman, instructor in German, from spending his summer as an emergency harvest hand in Ion- tana. E. O. Eckelmau, assistant professor from tin- same department, woi ' ked in a local shipyard as stage helper. Sphagnum moss, which grows so aliundanlly in western Wasliington. has been found to be one of the finest surgical dressings known, and tin ' in- vestigation, testing, and developing of the local siipply has been largtMy in the hands of J. W. Hotson, assistant professor of botany. As recognition of his entliusiasm and energy he was appointed director of sphagnum moss for the northwest division of the Red Cross. Bacteriological analyses of products sent in by the United States district attorneys of Seattle and Portland for poisons and diseases have been made by ( ' . W. Johnson, dean of the College of Pharmacy, and Edith Hindman. in- structor in pliarmac.N ' . Two Red Cross institutes for home service workers were conducted during the year by William F. Ogburn, professor of sociology. A six-weeks ' course for non-commissioned officers in the quartermaster ' s corps was iiardly completed under the direction of Lewis Lilly last winter when he received appointment as assistant to the comptroller of the American Red Cross in France, and forthwith sailed for Europe. Arthur R. Priest, dean of men. was completing a comprehensive card catalogue of university men in service when he was selected by tlu ' Parents ' Association as their representa- tive in Paris and went to establish lieadi(iiai ' ters there for all nn-n in service from the State of Washington. To sorting sphagiuim moss practicall.x ' ever, - ■• w , member of the faculty has devoted sonu ' time, uuin. - a great deal. Facult.y women have assisted the Fac- ulty Wives ' Red Cross Auxiliary in making the sui-gical liressings, and through theii- co-operative effort and the help of the freshman antl sophomoi ' e girls who were required to devote two hours each week during the third (piarter to the dressings, man.v tiiousanils of pads were finished and sent to hos]ii- iSlIH 3nIQ

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m a I ac ITYBgC jg] cM ' i-dil to Carl F. (Joiilcl. assislaiit protVssor of arclii- tcfturc. will) (IcsifTiu ' d and liad cliartrt ' of all the eoii- stnictioii v()i-k of that elaborate affair. In tiie art dcpiirt iiiciit lioxes wei ' c eovered, friezes painted, i-ai-(ls iiiid posters desi riied and exeeiited for the ha .aar nnder the ilireetion of Helen B. Culver, in- stnietor in desifrn ami Annette Kdens, instruetor in dr;i winfT. Layettes and ciiiidreirs dresses were made hy classis under the direetion of Miss Grace Denny and sent to Fi-anee throufrh the Faculty Wives ' Red Cross Auxiliary. Remarkable results in conservation of clothing were ob- tained throufrh the year by the classes under Mrs. Nannie B. Judy, assistant jirofessor of home economics. Cast-offs and perfectly useless scraps were cleverly turned into good looking, wai ' in apparel. Mrs. Judy lectured on this I)liase of conservation and prepared a clothing budget which was used by the street car arbitration board. A food budget for the same purpose was pre- pared by Miss Margaret Hessler, instructor in honu ' economics. The campus library has rendered every assistance in the gathering of books and magazines for Camp Lewis, and for two months W . E. Henry, librarian, was given leave for detached service in order that he might or- ganize a war library at Camp Fremont. California. Great numbers of pa- triotic addresses have been delivered and a large number of patriotic edi- torials prepared by Edmond S. ileany. professor of history. He is also render- ing valuable service in charge of the plans of the National Board of His- torical Service. Carl E. Magnusson, acting dean of the college of engineering, has been director of the radio board of the campus station. E. O. Eastwood has cou- ilucted a series of courses at the recjuest of the government to fit men for the I ' nited States merchant marine. A high class of technical service has been given by Henry Landes. dean of the college of science, in investigating the war minerals of the state. The problems connected with wood for air- l)lane and ship construction have been tlior- oughl.v studied by B. L. Grondal. assistant pro- fessor in the college of forestry. During the summer Mr. Grondal served as inspector of the construction of logging engines for the British War Office. Special study has been directed toward the preservation of wooden ship hulls and new processes for the kiln drying of air- ])lane propellers. He has also investigated the riving of spruce for airplane manufacturing. B. P. Kirkland, in the same college, has co- operated Avith the fuel administration in a study of wood waste on Puget Sound; From the PVencli department Charles L. llcliiilingc lias been released to devote his en- m m m