Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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DEPARTMENT HEADS E. L OVERHOLSER Heads the Department of Horticulture . . . favorite pastimes are fishing and reading. J. H. NUNEMAKER Chief of the Department of Foreign Languages . . . editor of several Spanish books. WORTH D. GRIFFIN Department of Fine Arts, head . . . Has painted portraits of important his- torical people of the Northwest . . . hunts, fishes and golfs. E. V. ELLINGTON Directs Department of Dairy Hus- bandry . . . vice dean of College of Agriculture, a civic leader of Pullman. ROYAL D. SLOAN Heads the Department of Electrical En- gineering . . . has served in the U. S. Navy. PAUL A. ANDERSON In charge of the Physics Depart- ment . . . Ph.D. from Harvard . . . Outstanding in research field. MAYNARD LEE DAGGY Speech is his field . . . people are his hobby . . . v ell traveled lecturer. HOWARD H. LANGDON Chief of Department of Mechanical Engineering . . . photography and fshing are his hobbies. RICHARD B. HEFFLEBOWER Department of Economics head likes his sports from the side-line. HOWARD HACKEDORN Head of Department of Animal Husbandry .... great alumni booster. 26

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BALMER Came to Washington State College in 1930 as Agricultural Extension Director ... is a graduate of Kansas State College ... for a hobby, collects cow bells, elephants, and reindeer . . . has authored numerous articles on agricultural subjects. BOHLER Sports enthusiast and ardent skiing fan. Dr. Bohler, head of the department of Physical Education, has always been interested in recreational projects . . . A graduate of Nebraska ... He came to Pullman in 1908. ADMINISTRATIVES A graduate of the University of Southern Cali- fornia . . . belongs to Sigma Delta Rho, Alpha Kap- pa Delta, and Phi Delta Kappa . . . conducts a ra- dio program once weekly entitled Ask the Profes- sor ... he is an ex-radio announcer and has fol- lowed the field quite extensively ... he travels a great deal in his work throughout the state . . . Glenn Jones, general College Extension Director. JONES ■ » ' ■ IM ' ' wB When William W. Foote took charge of the W.S.C. library is contained 32,000 bound volumes . . . To- day it possesses more than 430,000 bound acces- sioned volumes and an additional 2,000,000 un- bound pieces of various kinds . . . Mr. Foote be- lieves the library is the heart of the college ... he is an ardent supporter of the drive for a new library building . . . hobbies are stamp collecting and oil painting. FOOTE 25

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DEPARTMENT HEADS EDWIN H. STEFFEN In charge of Department of Forestry and Range Management . . . untiring in his work to kill insects that destroy plants. MORRIS S. KNEBELMAN Department of Mathematics head . . . Russian born, mathematical knowledge helps keep his and op- ponents ' golf scores. HAROLD E. CULVER Chief of Geology Department . . . head of the State geology department, map- maker, humorist. STANLEY A. SMITH Heads the Department of Architect- ural Engineering . . . enjoys fish- ing and collecting stamps. HERBERT T. NORRIS Chief of Music Department . . . proud of his two sons. Gets his eight hours of sleep. ROBERT L. WEBSTER Directs Department of Zoology . . . Northwest regional councilor for Theto Chi fraternity. CLAUDIUS O. JOHNSON History and Political Science head . . . author of books on Senators Borah, Norris and Turner. JOSEPH L. ASHLOCK Heads the Department of Journal- ism, gardening and collecting vases are his hobbies. Writes stories on Indian life. m. :n MURRY W. BUNDY Cnyiish is his field . . book on imagination. author of a M. K. SNYDER In charge ot Department of Civil | Engineering . . . Pullman ' s civil en- gineer for 12 years. 27