University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Faculty An Informal Pictorial Presentation Edwin B. Fred, Dean of the Graduate School, is one of those amusing persons who has no idea when to stop working. He is interested in every- thing and keeps a charming personality m spite of his strenuous program. He is one of the few individuals who has not neglected the art of conversation. Students who see in the New Deal a chance for employment in the government service would do well to listen to John M. Gaus, Professor of Political Science. An alert student of the prob- lems of administration, he is probably the man best informed m the personnel problems of the government machine. Besides, he has been secre- tary of Governor Philip F. LaFollette ' s Executive Council and is the author of several good books. Since Animal Biology is the most popular freshman laboratory course. Prof. Michael Guyer meets most of them personally or through his massive book. Teacher and lecturer by necessity, he IS a brilliant technician and scientist by inher- ent love. His far-reaching research in heredity and eugenics has won him worldwide renown. Still a staunch supporter of language attain- ment examinations for college students. Professor F. Daniel Cheydleur compromised with others of the French department on either exams or suf- ficient credits for a language certificate. But he would still like to see the modern foreign lan- guages take their place in the sun of collegiate edu- cation on the basis of knowledge rather than credit hours. Page 14

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The University of Wisconsin was repre- sented on the National Labor Relations Board hy others who worked in various capacities. These included Professors Nathan Feinsinger, Charles Bunn, and William Gorham Rice, Jr. The latter served for some time as General Counsel for the Board and is at present serving as United State ' s Labor Commissioner in Geneva, Switzerland, in connection with the International labor organization ot the League ot Nations. Professor Martin G. Glaeser, ot the Economics department was another of those called. Because ot his valuable ex- perience in the tield ot public utility eco- nomics, Protessor Glaeser was made special Economic Advisor to the Tennessee Val- ley Authority. The work he performed consisted mainly in advising the members of the authority on the problems ot man- agement such as appraisals, valuation and other factors pertinent to the successtul working of the project. The work ot the Tennessee Valley Authority is especially unique because ot the nature and size ot the experiment being performed. It is to be the testing ground tor a new public utility conception within the United States. The School ot Agriculture contributed more men to this new government service than did any of the other departments of the University. Among them was Protes- sor Noble Clark. Professor Clark ' s work was in connection with the Land Policy Section ot the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. His position as Regional Director of the lake states area kept him busy traveling throughout the states ot Gl.a Cl.ark Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. The objective ot the program was to bring about better use ot the lands in those states. Protessor Clark ' s work consisted in the establishment and development of the machinery throughout the lake states area whereby there could be governmental regulation of the uses ot sub-marginal lands. This program hoped to better the position of the people living here and at the same time effect savings in govern- mental costs throughout the area. With the project well under way and working effectively. Professor Clark is again back at his desk and classroom in Ag Hall. At the request of Secretary Wallace of the Department ot Agriculture, Professor xA.sher Hobson is spending the present semester at work with the department in Washington. Protessor Hobson is instru- mental in a program, the purpose of which is to bring about greater efficiency in the gathering, analyzing and dissemination of the great amount ot the statistical work which is done by the department. Probably the longest time spent in Washington can be credited to Professor R. K. Froker. Mr. Froker, during his stay in Washington, worked on various phases of the regulation ot the dairy industry. The regulation ot the fluid milk supply to the metropolitan centers such as New York, was one ot the more outstanding efforts. Various other men from the School of Agriculture, including Professors Wehrwein, Bakken and Shaars, have spent some time in Washington working on several aspects of Agricultural and Rural Economics in connection with the Agri- cultural Adjustment Administration. The complete roll includes others who gave ot their time and energy in this national emergency. These men, by virtue of their special talents, were needed in the time of crisis. Their service was in the establishment and development of the institutions conceived in the New Deal. The university is living up to its ideal of service in thus lending its talent for such a need. Page 13

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The height of sartorial elegance, one genera- tion removed from a Spanish hacienda — a snub- nosed scotch terrier and a beautiful wife his most cherished possessions Ricardo Quintana, Eng- lish professor and profound student of Milton, has built up a legend around his way of dismiss- ing class for no reason at all. A medic student, by the time he has rolled the last pill and carved the last cadaver, is a taciturn sort of cuss at best. Still, if there ' s one man who can bring a .smile to that wearied face, It ' s Walter E. Sullivan, Professor of Anatomy. Combining genuine erudition with thoroughly human qualities, he is one of the men that Wis- consin M. D. ' s won ' t soon forget. Youthful and jovial dispenser of medieval his- tory. Prof. Robert Reynolds of the history de- partment, makes the dryest of courses sparkle with life. His knowledge of French, Latin, Greek and old English, combined with an inextinguish- able enthusiasm for research, forecasts a future that his colleagues predict cannot be anything short of brilliant. Ray Dvorak, the man with the big smile and the long baton, will take his place in Wi.sconsin history as The Man Who Taught the Band to Play Jazz. Shocking a few, but pleasing the great majority, Dvorak has put himself over as few men have in their first year at Wisconsin. His IS the unique position of leader in the rebirth of student patriotism. Page J 5