Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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sl Dr. Iohn William Wingate Dr. Charles Cory Dr. Roland G. Usher Dr. Leroy McMaster 8l00'Ll fIflfL8lfL ffl Dr. Iohn William Wingate, who is responsible for the organization of the university's new department of retailing, is the author or joint author of ten books on retailing. making him one of the country's outstanding authorities. Dr. Wingate was born in Turkey where his parents were American missionaries. Dr. Charles Cory, head of the Philosophy Department, became interested in this study through reading the works of Whitman and Emerson. Favorite sports are golf, and tramping through the Ozarks. where he feels particularly at home. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association. Dr. Roland G. Usher, head of the History Department and nationally known radio com- mentator, enjoys startling his History lOl class with unusual and different interpretations of historical events. Likes a good game of bridge and detective stories in his spare time. Is a member of Town and Gown, the Sandwich Club. and various historical societies. Dr. Leroy McMaster, who runs the Department of Chemistry. is a member of Alpha Chi Sigma, the American Society of Chemical Engineers. and Tau Beta Pi. Dr. McMaster is too busy and interested in his research work to have much time for outside interests. However, he manages to take time oil to match his ties, socks, and handkerchiefs. Professor Raymond R. Tucker, head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, is a member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary, and Sigma Xi. Is known as Smokey joe since he held the olfice of Smoke Commissioner for two years and is responsible for the elimination of the smoke nuisance in St. Louis. Professor Ernest 0. Sweetser, who heads the Department of Civil Engineering, leads all academic processions and was Marshal at Dr. Compton's inauguration. Dr. Sweetser is con- stantly joining clubs, his present list includes the Circle Club, and American Society of Civil Engineers, St. Louis Engineers Club and American Concrete Institute. Dr. W. Roy Mackenzie, Chief to the English Department, is an eminent authority on Shakespeare and Anglo-Saxon. Is extremely considerate of his Shakespeare classes by always asking the same question on all of his tests. . .identify, interpret, and discuss! Has an unusual and interesting record collection of English ballads. Dr. Lawrence E. Stout, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering has many hobbies, as playing the pipe organ, the double bass Fiddle, and photography. He has an elaborate inter- office communication system to keep in touch with the many scattered laboratories under his command. ls madly enthusiastic over the proposed Engineering Building. Professor Raymond R. Tucker Professor Ernest O. Sweetser Dr. W. Roy Mackenzie Dr. Lawrence E Stout

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fy up-5. Dr Iohn P Nafe Dr Viktor Hamburger Dr. Carl Tolman Dr. George E. Mylonas Dr. Iohn P. Nafe, the Psychology Departments head and a member of Town and Gown. is avidly interested in physiological psychology as a hobby. If you have formulated a good theory of color vision, Dr. Nafe could use you. Photography and fishing in Colorado take up his spare time. X Dr. Viktor Hamburger, who heads the Department of Zoology, misses his favorite hobbies. hiking and skiing in the Alps, in St. Louis. Here, he spends his free hours with students, these being another of his main interests. Occupied with teaching embryology at Woodshole Marine Biological Laboratories in the summer, Dr. Hamburger finds little time to write for the Iournal Morphology which he helps edit. Dr. Carl Tolman, who has been on leave since 19-il with the Foreign Economic Administra- tion in Washington as principal mineral specialist. returned this year to take up his duties as head of the university's new Department of Geology. Dr. Tolman has led several geological surveys in British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and Labrador. Dr. George E. Mylonas, head of the Department of Archaeology. makes his avocation his vocation or vice versa. Since he has not been able to work his excavating in Greece. he has taken to dig ing in a garden. Captured by the Turks in the first World War and by the freshmen in Art and Arch in this war, Dr. Mylonas worked tirelessly for Greek War Rclief. Professor Lawrence Hill, Chairman of the School of Architecture, is active in architectural projects of civic interest, holding offices in the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture. the joint Engineering and Architectural Regional Planning Commission. and Educational Commission of the American Institute. Dr. William H. Roever, head of the Department of Mathematics, claims he is a rover by name and nature and would like nothing better than to be one in practice. too. Member of international mathematics organizations. Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, he finds relaxation in travel and mountain climbing. Dr. Fred O. Nolte, who heads the German Department. is leisurely spending his sabbatical year writing. A widely read literary critic, Dr. Nolte is also interested in music and has a fine record collection of German, French and Italian operas. He does most of his critical thinking while fishing in Rhode Island. Dr. Stuart A. Queen, of the Sociology Department. acted as librarian during the war. In Student Lifes Sultana contest, he took the part of the retiring queen. portraying the role vividly. Dr, Queen likes to hike and climb mountains, hiking about 400 miles each summer and climbing from I5 to 20 peaks. 2 Q? fel' -dx Professor Lawrence Hill Dr William H. Roever Dr. Fred O. Nolte Dr. Stuart A. Queen

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3400! ofcine Arfa Students in the XV. K. Bixby School of Fine Arts have a comprehensive schedule of five to eight classes a day, leaving little time for activities on the Hill. l'nder the direction of Dean Kenneth li. lludson, who instituted the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in l'i-l2, the Art School ohfers courses in all phases of art, including sculpture, painting, advertising design, magazine and fashion illustra- tion and crafts. Contributing to St. Louis' reputa- tion as a style center, students in advanced dress design courses draft patterns and make their own treations. 24 Kenneth E. Hudson, Dean l-