University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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m DTYLLC J T. ( ' .. ami tlu ' amliulaiicc coi ' iis fcccivtMl many Icrtiiros on anatomy. li i:icn - ami sanitation from E. Victor Smith, assistant protVssor of zoolojry. The tood value of jrrayfisli and spawned salmon was invcstifratcd by Mr. Smith with reference to the possibilities of the war-time menu. Physical drill, riHe drill, and bayonet fighting; has been taii ,dit the R. O. T. ( . companies by Clare V. Sexsmilh of the department of physical education. Stephen T. Miller came to the school of busiiu ' ss admhiistration last October as professor of transportation. He was freely called upon for gov- ernment work, inchidinfr investigations for the Macy commission, the federal fuel administration, the proposed gas schedule and a six weeks ' course in transportation in the (piartermaster stores course. His services proved so valuable that during the second (piarter he was delachid finm chiNS work to sjieiid his entire time on government investigations, linice D. .Mmlgett. as- sistant professor of insurance, made an analysis of tin- military and naval insurance law for the northwest division of the Red Ci-oss. He conducti ' d special investigations for the United States Bureau of Labor on the problem of co-ordinating the labor supply and labor need in the northwest shipping industry. Rexford G. Tugwell. assistant professor of marketing, contributed a study of food prices for the ilacy commission on shipyard troubles. He assisted the fuel administrator of the state in making a preliminary survey and was an investigator for the state food commission. Besides the services enumerated, various other members of the faculty have labored tirelessly in lines of endeavor less spectacular, but no less es- sential to the suceessful prosecution of the war. w ; HE na

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M (Dl iDi 1 iTlO — id! I IH I V I ' ' ' ' ' niilitai ' v Fri-iicli at Camp K H As nicml iTs of tin- AU B Hfcc ' - ilr|i:iiiinriii li;i c liun li ' iird t lii ' insclvt-s witli licaviiT M Sv a ' li ' jic ' liiii; - si ' IiimIiiIcs ill oi ' dci- to accoinraodatc tlic iMiii|iu.-. (Ic ' iiiaiiil tor l- ' i ' i-ncli instruction. In tlif mat lii ' iuat ic-s ili ' |iartiiii-nt . too. Ilic roiiilni ' t in;:- of classes at tin- caiii|i liv part of tlic faculty has neces- sitated additional wiirk for the rest. Heseaieh woik on nitrojrt ' H fixation lias Ijecii conducted by II. K. I ' .enson. ]irofessor of industrial clii ' iiiistry. Professor lienson has lectured on en- ;-ineerinj:- cliemistry e ery •l■ek at (aniji l.i ' wis and has serveil on various war couiniittees, notably as secrt ' tary of the university coniuiitti ' e of the Xa- tioiuil Research Council. A. W. Linton, assistant i)rofessor of pharmacy, has lieeii in charfic of coUectinp: dijiritalis. the valuable heart stimulant, for the State Council of Defense. His work with the {rrowinf!; of medical plants has been resjionsible primarily for the co-operation of the {joveriniient and the sendinc- of a specialist this year to endeavor to find tiiose uicdiciiial jilants which can be grown commercially in this jjart of the state. Tutorial classes for eidisted men at the Soldiers and Sailors ' Club have been conducted by A. F. Carpenter, assistant professor of mathematics. Fred W. Catlett, assistant professor of law. was one of the Four-Minute men who spoke on the Red Cross, Liberty Bonds, food conservation and the thrift (•ainpai n. L M. Skinner has been enthusiastic in the military trainiiifr on the campus, and on the departure of Dean Priest he was given the ilifficult task of acting dean of men. He has conducted successful evening classes for business men in Kuan Hua, the official Chinese language, preparing thena for the expansion of Oriental trade which will come with the end of the war. As dean of women, Ethel Hunley Coldwell has taken a keen interest in J J all of the campaigns waged on the campus, including those for the Frieiid- i ship war finid and the Red Ci ' O.ss. In addition she has been advisor to all the yi war work midertaken by the Women ' s League. She received state-wide rec- ognition when she was appointed a member of the advisory committee to the women ' s department of the State Council of Defense. She was a member of the committee which recommended and organized the University Ambulance Corps, together with classes in nurses ' aid. Chloe S. Clarke of the home economics department has reached housewives ' centers in the Seattle public schools, with enrollment of 1.200 women, through a special class for jiublic school home economics teachers. Men detailed from the naval training sta- tion have been instructed in large (luantit.v cooking in the Commons by Miss Clarke. L;irgely through the counsel of the home economics department, tin- station g;illey became the most et ' licient in the country. Even song has its war uses, and Dean Irving .M. f 4k Gleii of the college of tine arts, and .Mrs. Lida SdiirmiM ' , j (7 instructor in singing, have generously used their time if ' tV -V I t.,i..,,t ;,, ,,- i;..f i,...,..(; , i , ;f.,k .,t (■...... a . ' 9 - ' tab ' iit in war relief benetits and rci ' itals at ( ' amp v V : Iemb ' rs of (he base hospital cori)s. the R. O. iw i ::!5ki m m

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