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

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Ullllmm, 'Nh bhum 'UNM Douglas Vass Martin. Director of Public Relations, has a great deal to do with the University as an old time grad of the class of 1915. Mr. Martin is chairman of the Alumni Association which has raised almost 3300000 for Wash- ington U. during its existence. .tors Administrators rroved jfiqtittl :rs ill jg3pilS rctive Q5 IlOi 3 !6ll5 wsrk Miss Kathrin M. Baker has held the position of Registrar for the past two years. Most ot her time last summer was spent in the tremendous task of converting the registration cf Wash- ington's students to the l. B. M. system. The genial Miss Baker makes no secret of the lac! that she loves nothing izetter than a good mystery book. Dean William Glasgow Bowling, Dean cf Admissions, has held several other positions of prominence, including Dean of Men and of Liberal Arts, on the Washington U. Campus in past years. His favorite pastime is taking colored motion pictures, and he has taken a Dr. Thomas K. Blackwell. as Secretary- Treasurer of the University, is responsible for most of the school's fiinancial arrangements and contracts. He was formerly the national secretary-treasurer of the Association of Uni- versity and College Business Officers. Burton Blair Gullion, director ol Physical Education, graduated from Purdue in Q24 where he was bah All-American and All-Big Ten in basketball. Mr. Gullion is very happy about the success of our cmateur athletics and fhe rise in school spirit that has accompanied tt. Next summer Mr. Gullion plans to complete work on his doctor's degree at Columbia. series of movies of St. Louis. Missouri, and Vermont. Dean Bowling also is official pho- tographer ior the Athletic Department.

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Charles Belknap, 'tfice-Chfiriceller, spent last siirrirner fit his home in East Blue Hill, lllfjlfifg enioyina itlfi favorite pfistirrte, heating. lllr. Belknap has long been interested in ships find, di:-rplayfffl in his office, he has several ship models whiflt tiff fifrquirf,-d on his various 1 i f Iames I. Ritterskamp, Ir., Purchasing Agent for Washington University, gets all the financial headaches from Student Publica J f f- ,- f' ,ml 'i 1 il U., . . .. . . . . rrmsfb brfor h' HMM from ' V I Ulf C tions in addition to his other duties. Mr. Ritterskamp, who instructs Cornmcindclr in 1919. Edward Graham is the busy mfzn with the southern accent who is Acting Dean cf Facul- ties. Detin Grdlivni spent August in Liinriescta fishing and introducing his three small children to deer, squirrels, and muskies. a class in accounting in night school, formerly served as president of the Educational Buyers' Association. Admini trator Adele Chomeau Starbird, Dean of Vtfomen and head of McMillan Dormitory, attended a conference at the Danforth Foundation in lffichgan last fall where the topic Christianity ffl the Campus was discussed, ln addition '3 ner many campus responsibilities, Dean Staricird considers her dog, Tory, her chief Arno HCICICTK, Dean of Men, has well proved his interest in the welfare of Washington University students in his nineteen years in campus work. He worked first in the Campus Y and then shifted to the administrative branch of the university. Dean Haack does not wish to be the type of administrator who tells everyone else what to do, but prefers to work in cooperation with the students. V . lib!

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It Z' .l 9 17 it w. K d Charles E. Cory Roland G- Usher Frank w. Bubb loser' efme Y Norman I. DeWitt Bruce Morrissette Dr. Charles Cory. head of the Philosophy Department, is popular with students on campus for his genuine interest in their wel- fare, both scholastic and extracurricular. Dr. Cory enioys playing golf and prefers to spend his summers in the mountains. Professor Norman I. DeWitt, head of the Lxtin Departfent, spends most of his spare time editinf.: the monthly magazine Classical fouinalf' He entoys working with mechanical gadgets and has an office full of them. Dr. DeWitt does not consider his duties work, be- cause he really enioys teaching. Professor Bruce Morrissette, head of the Romance Language Department, is deeply in- terested in seventeenth century French litera- ture and has contributed the majority of the articles on French criticism to the Dictionary of World Literature. As a hobby he experi- ments with radar and electronics. Dr. Arthur Hughes, head of the Physics Department, has been at Washinbton Univer- sity since l923. He was educated in England and, before coming to Washington, taught in Ontario, Canada. Since the physics depart- ment has been enlarged, Dr. Hughes has had little time for his hobby, photography. Dr. Iohn P. Nafe, the Psychology Depart- inents head, also follows psychology as a hobby. When he is not busy getting text books and classrooms for the many psych students of 'Washington University, he experi- ments on human feelings. Dr. Nafe has at- tracted nationwide attention for his research on skin pressure and pain. Dr. Roland G. Usher, top man in the History Department since 1912, is also a Well-known radio commentator. Although his busy sched- ule often causes him to miss his game of golf, Dr. Usher fills his leisure time reading good detective stories and occasional bridge games. Dr. Frank W. Bubb, stogie-puffing Chief of the Department of Applied Mechanics, likes relaxing with a book on philosophy. His foot- ball-playing days gone, he finds recreation in swimming and fishing. Highly cherished by Dr. Bubb are the frequent visits paid him by former students. Department Heads Professor Ioseph W. Kennedy. head of the Chemistry Department, was engaged in atomic research work at Los Alamos, New Mexico, before he came to Washington University. Dr. Kennedy spent much of the past summer working on the new book Hlntroduction to Radiochemistryu of which he is co-author. Dr. Viktor Hamburger, head of the Depart- ment of Zoology, graduated from the University of Freiburg in Germany and has been teaching at Washington University for thirteen years. Dr. Hamburger has little time for his favorite hobbies, hiking and skiing, but finds time for reading and traveling. Dr. Frank L. Wright, head of the Department of Education, has a busy life at Washington U. handling the placements of students pre- paring to teach. He is a former national presi- dent of Kappa Delta Phi, educational honorary. Dr. Wright's busy schedule has forced him to forego his summer pastime, mountain climbing. Arthur Hughes Iohn P. Nate Viktor Hamburger 1'-' rank L. Wright l C C l c c F u it fi D OI pt to D. st la tic ar Di SF th pc fir he co inc ali im I 'vi