Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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COLLEGE OF MECHANICAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING DEAN ROYAL R. SLOAN Dean Sloan is head of the College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering . . . Graduated from the University of Montana . . . Assistant engineer officer on the U.S.S. New Mexico during World War I . . . Taught at Montana State and Yale before ' coming to Washington State College. Top row: Langdon, Snyder, Knebelman Bottom row: Anderson, Smith ' Howard H. Langdon . . . Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering . . . Coordinator of the former Civil Pilot Training, now CAA . . . Supervises research on two different war projects . . . Doesn't have much time at present for his hobbies, photography and fish- ing. Morris S. Knebelman . . . Head of Mathematics De- partment . . . Princeton graduate . . . Elected to an associate editorship of the magazine, Tronssection of American Mathematical Society . . . Likes bridge and golf in his spare time. Stanley A. Smith . . . Head of Architectural Engineer- ing Department . . . Rounding out his twentieth year gr' Twnnlg-four here . . . Has been architect or assistant architect for half of the campus buildings . . . Spends vacation time . fishing and photographing old Indian missions. Morris K. Snyder . . . Head of the Civil Engineering Department . . . In his fourth decade of service for the State College . . . Served fourteen years as city engineer and two years as mayor of Pullman . . . ln- tensely interested in world history. Paul Anderson . . . Head ofthe Department of .Physics . . . Graduate of the University of Illinois . . . Received Ph.D. from Harvard . . . Former head of Physics De- partment at Yenching University, Peking, China . . . At Washington State since l93I.

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COLLEGE or ARTS AND SCIENCES DEAN C. C. TODD Dean C. C. Todd was a chemistry maior at WSC and edited the Evergreen in 1906 . . . Received doctor's degree from the University of Chicago . . . ls a bird lover and enioys fishing in the mountain streams.. . . Keynote is accuracy. Dr. M. W. Bundy . . . Head of the English Department . . . Fifteen years' service at Washington State . . . Received his degrees from Cornell . . . Likes to teach Shakespeare . . . Research in field of literary criticism . . . Hobbies are fishing and bridge . . . Has headed Community Concert Committee for several years. Top row: Johnson, Bundy, Jacobs, Burke Bottom row: Hatch, Nunemaker, Yoder, Webster, Ashlock I Joe L. Ashlock . . . Head of the Journalism Department . . . He is a native of the Bunchgrass West . . . Hasf taught more than five thousand students since 1919 . . . ls an authority on Indian Folklore . . . Hobby is collecting bird figurines. A Dr. Fred Yoder . . . Head of the Department of Soci- ology . . . Interested mainly in a just and enduring peace at the end of the war . . . Made numerous addresses on post-war reconstruction . . . On leave of absence from State College to serve as lieutenant in U. S. Army. C. O. Johnson . . . Head of the Department of Political Science and History . . . The author of books on Senators Borah, Norris, and Turner . . . Smokes a pipe . , . Enioys house-painting. Victor Burke . . . Head of the Bacteriology Depart- ment . . . Foremost interests lie in his work and research . . . Has been a member of the State College faculty for twenty years . . . ls a hunting enthusiast. John H. Nunemaker . . . Head of the Foreign Language Department . . . Spent many summers before the war directing European tours . . . Has written several Spanish books . . . ls a fishing enthusiast. W. R. Hatch . . . Head of Botany Department . . . Attend- ed Dartmouth University . . . Mortar Board advisor . . . As head of War Curriculum Board he is one of the busiest men on the faculty . . . Undertakes all work with a great deal of enthusiasm . . . Spends leisure time with his two sons. Clifford D. Jacobs . . . General Course department head . . . Attended the University of Chicago . . . Been an instructor at Washington State since 1927 . . . Tennis and hiking are his chief recreations. R. L. Webster . . . Head of the Department of Zoology . . . Likes young people, driving, detective stories . . . Is a humorist as well as a scientist . . . An active alum of the Theta Chi fraternity. Page Twenty 0-h

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COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS Dean Velma Phillips . . . Head at Home Economics Department . . , Received her Masters Degree at the University of Chicago . . . Active in instructing com- mittees on tood requirements during war times . . . Likes a game of golf as well as meeting new people. COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE E. E. Wegner . . . Dean ot the College of Veterinary Medicine . . . Has been with the Veterinary College tor 33 years . . . Hobbies are fur farming, and duck hunt- ing . . . Has done much to assist the Veterinary maiors to secure their commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Medical Administrative Corps, so they may finish their training and receive their degrees. STATE COLLEGE LIBRARIAN W. VV. Foote . . . State College librarian . . . Once taught singing and voice . . . Took undergraduate work at Oberlin College . . . Librarian since I9I5 . . . Has built the library to its present ranking as the largest land grant college library in the West. ty-five