Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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WARREN W. SHEARER, JR., A.M. Assistant Professor of Economics A.B., Wabash; A.M., University of Wisconsin. Mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Blue Key, Wabash Board of Publications. Served with the U. S. Navy as an Ensign, 1945-46. Resumed his duties at Wabash in 1946. Originally came to Wabash faculty in 1936. Married, three children. : : ROBERT STOLLBERG, A.M. Visiting Professor of Physics B.S., B.Ed., Toledo University; A.M., Columbia Uni- versity. Member of National Science Teachers Associa- tion, National Association for Research in Science Teachings, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Central Association of Science and Mathemati- cal Teachers, and Association of Physics Teacher. At Columbia on fellowship. Author, “Suggestions for Teaching Selected Materials from the Field of Elec- tricity.” Married, one child. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, 1941-45. At Wabash since 1946. BYRON KIGHTLY TRIPPET, A.M. Dean, Assistant Professor of History A.B., Wabash; A.M., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Alpha. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, 1942-46. Came to Wabash in 1934, returned in 1946. Married. JOHN V. VAN SICKLE, Ph.D. Professor of Economics A.B., Haverford; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, American Economics Asso- ciation, Southern Economics Association, Advisory Board, American Enterprise Association. First Lieutenant, A.E.F., 1917-18. Author of “Planning for the South,” ‘Direct Taxation in Austria.” Taught at University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University. Came to Wabash in 1946. Married, three children.

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JOSEPH C. POLLEY, Ph.D. Thornton Professor of Mathematics A.B., A.M., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University. Taught at Yale, Cornell, and Colgate Universities be- fore coming to Wabash.. Member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Mathematical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Mathematics Teachers. U. S. Naval Reserve Training Unit at Yale University in 1918. Taught in Army University Center, Biarritz 1945-46. Re- turned to Wabash in 1946. Originally came to Wabash in 1929. Married, two children. VERNE G. ROBINSON, A.M. Instructor in Mathematics A.B., Wabash; A.M., University of Kentucky. Mem- ber of American Mathematical Society, Lambda Chi Alpha. At Wabash from 1943-45; returned to Wabash in 1946 after graduate work at California Institute of Tech- nology in 1945, Taught at Horace Mann High School in Gary, Indiana, for four years. DUANE E. ROLLER, Ph.D. Professor of Physics A.B., M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. Also studied at the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University. Professor at University of Oklahoma and Hunter College; research associate Columbia University; chief technical aide, Na- tional Defense Research Council, since 1941; editor, American Journal of Physics, since 1933. Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, American Physical Society. Win- ner of the Oersted Medal in Physics, 1946. At Wabash since 1944. Married, one child. F,. LouIs SCHLEMMER, H.M. Instructor in Art, Resident Artist “Fritz” Schlemmer passed away in March, 1947. He will be long remembered by his many friends among the students and the faculty of Wabash. H.M., from Chicago Art Institute; studied in Saugatuck Summer School of Art for three summers. Studied a year in France. Spent three years at Cape Cod under Charles W. Hawthorne. Attended Wabash for one year. Mem- ber of Kappa Sigma. First Lieutenant in Infantry, U.S. Army, 1918. At Wabash since 1942. Married, one child.

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ROBERT E. VAUGHAN, A.M. Director of Athletics A.M., Wabash. Attended Notre Dame and Princeton Universities. Has been director of athletic activities at Wabash since 1918. Served as a Captain in the A.ESFS U. S. Army, 1918. HOWARD H. VOGEL, JR., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Zoology A.B., Bowdoin College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard Uni- versity. Held Austin Teaching Fellowship in Biology at Harvard University. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Zoologists, American Ornithologists Union, Indiana Academy of Science. Married, two children. At Wabash since 1940, FRED WEsT, Ph.D. Edgar H. Evans Professor of Bible and Christian Religion A.B., Lynchburg; B.D., Yale Divinity School; Ph.D., Yale University. Member of Tau Kappa Alpha. Or- dained Minister, Christian Church. Author, “Alexander Campbell and Natural Religion.” Contributor to “The Church and Organized Movements.” Taught at Lynch- burg Coliege, Chairman of Department of Religion at Texas Christian University. Winner of Texas State Open (Tennis) 1946, runner-up in 1945. Winner, Vir- ginia State Singles and Doubles Championships for two years. Tennis Coach at Wabash. Married, two chil- dren. At Wabash since 1946. JOSEPH WILDERMUTH, A.B. Instructor in English and German A.B., Wabash, 1943. Member of Blue Key. At- tended Army Language and Foreign Area School. First Lieutenant, U. S. Army Infantry, 1943-46. At Wabash since 1946. Unmarried.