Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Although he has only been at Wesleyan for two years, DH. R055 AIKEN GORTNER is already well known lor his strict attendance at lasses, never missing one. He was graduated from the eight olclock c l I 1 i . ' u University of Minnesota in 19.53 and received his M. S. from the same institution the following year. He received his Ph. D. in 1937 from the University of Michigan and that Fall came to Wesleyan as Instructor in Bio-Chemistry. Last December he married Miss Priscilla Cahill, a department secretary, and now has the distinc. tion of being a principal in the first wedding ever to take place in Downey House. C J iiif CHARLES RUGLAS Hoovara, the man who once 3 yiy gave his students a double hour-written and fol- lowed it with ice-cream for all, is the E. B. Nye 1--- y Professor of Chemistry and has been teaching at ,A,, fy. I A Wesleyan 'since 1915. The genial doc's famous I. 9 liquid air demonstration is an annual feature of ' . ' I ,f the freshman Chem classes. A graduate of Penn . gy if f College, Haverford, and Harvard, Professor Hoover I 4 ' y y . ' is at present a member of the State Board of 1 . ya ' ' QQ ' Chemistry. ' . GEORGE ALBERT HILL, a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic ln- stitute in 1913, earned both his M. A. and Ph.D. at Harvard Uni- versity. He became an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan ln 1919, and in 1924 he was promoted to a full Professorship and awarded- his M. A. fad eundeml. He is known all over campus for his immaculate dress, and his ever-present walking cane and moustache are Wesleyan traditions. For many years Faculty Mar- Sball, it was he Who led the gown bedecked processions at Convo- cations, Matriculation, Commencement, and other solemn occasions. His special interest is in the field of Organic Chemistry. h MORTIMQR GILPJERT BURFORD, II, is one of our own alumni, Paylng received his degree in 1932. He continued his studies at Pilgcelon glglversltyt Where he obtained his M. A. -in 1933 .and lt1S 19g36'ag15 no 5- HQ was appointedian Instructor in Chemistry 115 Q 1 . W Specializes in qualitative and quantitative analysis HH plysical chemistry. ln recognition of his Work, he has been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor. beginning next semester. Interested in all phases of campus life. he is an a1'ClCUt Supporter of all branches of VVesleyan athletics. 1201

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CARL LEO STEARNS is at the present time Research Associate in Astronomy. He was graduated from Vlfesleyan in 1913, and in 1923 he received his Ph. D. from Yale. From 1918 until 1920 Mr. Stearns was an Instructor in Mathematics and Astronomy, but concentrated his time in 1925 purely upon research work in the stellar field. He was compensated for his hours of study in Van Vleck Observatory by discovering a comet which now bears his name. Mr. Stearns has made numerous valuable observations and calculations in connection with the department's work on stellar parallaxes. BIOLOGY EDWARD CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER is one of the best- loved and most respected members of the faculty. Besides being one of the foremost physiologists of our country, he lends his personality and aid most whole-heartedly to those who work with him. He is Daniel Ayres Professor of Biology, coming to Wesleyan from the University of Colorado in 1919. Since then he has received numerous degrees and distinctions. To mention the Biology depart- ment is to mention Dr. Schneider. One of the most easily recognizable campus celebrities 1S HU BERT BAKER GOODRICH, prominent member of the Biology depart- ment. Malicious rumour says his unique crushed felt hat has been with him since his Amherst student days. After graduation in 1914, Dr. Goodrich obtained his Ph. D. from Columbia and immediately came to Wesleyan. Since that time, his work here and at the famed Woods Hole Biological Station, and his embryonical research has gained him wide recognition. In him the Wesleyan Outing Club has found one of its staunchest supporters. Few if any of Meriden's rock cliffs have not been scaled by this man who finds such enjoy- ment in the out of doors. With a burst of speed and his HPhi-Betev key swinging defiantly, GEORGE WILLIAM HUNTER, 111 enters the laboratory every Friday at one-thirty sharp. After scanning his motley gang of future anato- mists, he promptly and mercilessly assigns Ulaba' work for the com- ing week. Following this, individual conferences are listed and Dr. Hunter leaves the room shouting his old war-cry HTie it up fellows, tie it up! Aside from teaching, Doon has been greatly in- terested in parasites. Since coming to Wesleyan in 1929, he has been conducting an exhaustive research into the Hreaction of the host to the penetration of various parasitic worms . U91

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I RICHARD GUTHRIE CLARKE, Instructor in Chemistry, grad- uated from Allegheny College in 1934 with a B. S. degree. As an undergraduate he was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma. During 1936- 37 he was an Instructor in Chemistry at his Alma Mater, but left in '37 to work on his doctor's thesis, which he presented at Cornell in '38 and was awarded his Ph.D. In connection with his work in the Chemistry department, Dr. Clarke is planning to do some research work on the organic chemistry of nitrogen, during the coming summer, between rounds of golf that he shoots in the lows 8O's. CLASSICS - R Head of the Classics department is JOHN WIL- LIAM SPAETH, JR., who had been teaching at Brown University until 1930, when he came to Wesleyan. He received his B. A. from Haverford, his M. A. from Harvard and his Ph. D. from Princeton. At , the present time he is secretary-treasurer of the Classical Association of New England and an asso- ciate editor of the Classical Journal. In the summer- time he spends his Weekends climbing New England mountains. ADOLPH FREDERICK PAULI, a graduate of the University of Illinois, has been Assistant Professor of Classics at Wesleyan since 1929. He and his wife have made a hobby of photographing early Connecticut churches from the architectural viewpoint, and intend to prepare a book on the subject for future publication. Active in Boy Scout work, Mr. Pauli also holds the position of Secretary on the Board of Trustees of the Russell Library. Besides being biblio- graphical advisor in the Olin Library, he is doing research work on Roman pottery stamps. To fill the place left in the Classics department by the death of Professor William Hewitt, JAMES A. NOTOPOULOS, a regular mem- ber of the Trinity faculty, has been commuting to Wesleyan three times a week for the past two semesters. He received the B. A. degree from Amherst in 1928, and then studied for two years at Oxford University, where he received the degree of 1VI. A. From 1932 to 1936 he was engaged in the motion picture industry, but since then has been an Instructor in Classics at Wesleyan's friendly rival college in Hartford. I21I