Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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6 6“ K ro - a 0 CHEMISTRY. This is the department where the students mix up some “stuff” and get something that they didn’t have to start with. Sometimes the “whole business goes up in smoke” with a little “blue blazes,” and all that is left is what you can’t see or taste or feel or hear, but still you’ll recognize its presence. This is usually done when company is expected. It leaves such a lasting impression with one who is not familiar with the work and the visitor never ceases to think of the self-sacrificing chemistry student as a martyr to the cause of science. Perhaps the most important, recent discovery made in this department is the reaction with glucose (c 6 h ii A 6 ) a dilute sol. of lactose (C„H „0„) and another organic compound, the chief constituent of which is theobromine ( C ? H 8 N 4 O z ) When this mixture is raised to a certain definitely known temperature it gives a heavy, amorphous, brown, solid precipitate, of a rich, sweet agreeable flavor and said to be of a highly nutritious nature, particularly as a brain food. This latter quality makes it very popular with the students of Stevens Hall in order to meet the drain upon their mental system, due to the heavy intellectual problems with which they have to deal. To enumerate the uses of the department is impossible with the limited space at our command. Suffice it to say that it stands for rapid progress and material advancement. Its usefulness in¬ creases as its numbers. (In pairs this year.) F. F. FLANDERS R. W. THATCHER PROF. ELTON FULMER W. R. BLOOR

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BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY The department of Botany and Zoology has four instructors, each of whom excels in his particular i line. One is famous for his agility in the use of the English language, being able to enunciate more words per second than any other person known to science. Another of the professors has a real cute little lithp and hith hobby ith thalmon. The third devotes his attention to bugs and babies, while the other is deeply interested in Domestic Science. With such a variety of talent among the faculty the de¬ partment is one of the most attractive to students. Another element contributing to its popularity, being absent in most other departments, is the fact that “there’s a girl for everybody” in that good old lab. Some of the courses consist partly of field work and such are especially alluring to those interested in campustry, as they are thus enabled to get in double time. The biological laboratories have in times past possessed an evil reputation among Preps on account of the exploits of the embryology classes while working with hens’ eggs. Taking all things into consideration this course is without rival in the Washington State College.