Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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PROGRAM John F. Ramsey . . . Assistant Army Coordinator . . . He handles the entertainment, teaching, and testing of the campus Air Corps personnel . . . a graduate of the University of California . . . Was granted leave by the University of Ala- bama in i942 to head the department of Maps and Charts at Santa Ana Air Base . , , Has been onthe campus since August l943. When a squadron first arrives on the campus, a classification process takes place, whereby each class is divided into eight sections, according to the men's ability and background. A schedule is formed and instructors are chosen for each section. The coordi- nators manage the army schedule in coniunction with the civilian and flying schedules, and make arrange- ments for concert artists, speakers, dance bands and 'other entertainments to be brought to the campus. SUPERV FIRST ROW: Lemons, AAF and ASTP Geography. Nalder, Supervised ASTP Medical ll intl, , ,i-,lflllll i gilt-'QQ Dean McCreery and John Ramsey are the only civilians working with the army officials, and they must find solutions to the many problems and com- plaints that are brought before them every month. They deserve much commendation for a difficult iob well done. ISORS as 5 suns 54 J Study. Northquist, Civil Air Regulation. Pierson, AAF and Aid. SECOND ROW: Rounds, Academic Records. Sloan, Engineerind. Wegner, Veterinary Medicinef Weller, ASTP Engineering. 23

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COORDINATORS Dean Oiis G. McCreery . . . Army coordinaTor . . . Second semester . . . ls responsible for The 2,000 men in The Air Corps, and A.S.T.U. programs on The campus . . . Has arranged for Training of befween five and six Thousand men in The military program here. The CoordinaTor's Office is The highesT adminisfra- Tive office on The campus, responsible only To The presidenT. IT has had charge of The messing, housing, academic and physical insTrucTion, and medical serv- ice for The Three main programs on The campus-Air Corps, VeTerinary Medicine, and Engineering. This office hires The insTrucTors, plans The academic schedule, and inTegroTes These various programs. The l academic program consisTs of courses in geography, history, English, physics, and mafhematics and The coordinating office must see ThaT The subiecTs are inTegraTed and presenfed To The sTudenTs ioinfly. Con- sisting of five-monTh Training periods, with one class graduaTing every month, The 3I9Th College Training DeTachmenT was The Third largest detachment in The United STaTes. IT is now The largesT in The country. SUPERVISORS y FIRST ROW: Bohler, AAF and ASTP Physical Ed. Butler, AAF Physics. Chambers, Scheduling. Coie, AAF and ASTP English. SECOND ROW: Deutsch, AAF and ASTP History. Dixon, ASTP Physics. Irwin, AAF Mathematics. Knebelman, ASTP Mathematics.

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Dean E. C. Johnson . . . College of Agriculture . . . Heads Agricul- tural staff in research and post war planning Through experimental stations . . . Enjoys golf and fishing as diversions. E. V. Ellington . . . Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture and head of the Department of Dairy Husbandry . . . ls Vice Director of the experiment station . . . Collects miniature cows for a hobby. Leslie J. Smith . . . Head of the Department of Agricultural Engi- neering . . . Secretary and part-time investigator for the State Com- mittee on Relationship of Electricity to Agriculture . . . Now interested in research on the possible uses of the army ieep after the war. AGRICULTURE E. G. Schafer . . . Head of the Department of Agronomy . . . Chairman of the division of agronomy of the Experi- ment Station . . . His main obiective in addition to his work with students is to plan and execute research valuable to the farmers. M. E. Ensminger . . . Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry . . . Does experimental work for animals to increase the amount of Vitamin B1 in pork . . . Writing a book on the Live Stock Situation in Europe. M. T. Buchanan . . . Head of the Department and Divi- sion of Farm Management and Agricultural Economics . . . Became interested in Agriculture while attending the Uni- versity of Missouri, and entered Cornell University to fur- ther his study. E. L. Overholser . . . Head of the Horticulture Depart- ment . . . Working with the cultural handling of growing the principal tree fruits of Washington . . . Enioys fishing immensely. E. J. Anderson . . . A native of Washington, he attended W.S.C. in i932 and '34 . . . His work here at the present time is the study of diseases in peas . . . He is responsible for direction of work done in plant diseases in the exten- sion service. J. S. Carver . . . Head of the Department of Poultry Hus- bandry . . . Interested in teaching and doing research work in nutrition, egg quality, turkey production, investigating in problems in these fields brought on by the war. E. H. Steffin . . . Head of the Department of Forestry and Range Management . . . He is a graduate of iowa State College . . . He instructs the work of raising 100,000 trees in the W.S.C. tree nursery for distribution to farmers. FIRST ROW: Ellington, Smith, Schafer, Ensminger, Buchanan. SECOND ROW: Overholser, Anderson, Carver, Steffin.