Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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One ofthe misfortunes, from the point of view of the freshman who likes to bluff his way through a course, is to be placed in an English 1 section under CARY HERBERT CONLEY. After graduating from the University of Michigan, where he was a Slgma Chi, Pro- fessor Conley received his M. A. at -the University of Chicago, then came to Wesleyan in 1913. Distinguished by being the only member of the Wesleyan faculty to drive a Packard, he 1S also one of the chosen few whose text books are used by Wesleyan undergraduates. HOMER EDWARDS WOODBRIDGE received his B. A. from Williams in 1902 and an M. A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. As a summer school instructor he bows to none, having taught in Colorado, North- western, Michigan, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and Harvard. This summer he goes to Oregon. For eighteen years he has served Wesleyan's English department. A staunch supporter of the Scrawl- ers Club, an over-worked reviewer of Paint and Powder Club pro- ductions, and owner of a study overflowing with books, papers, and tobacco smoke, he is best known among students for his Shakespeare course. WILBERT SNOW, a 1907 graduate of Bowdoin, has been teaching English here for seventeen years. He has three M. A. degrees, but it is his informal class method, his bull sessions at the Downey House, and his ability at story telling which make him one of the most popular professors. A New England poet of renown, he has pub- lished Marne Coast, The Inner H arbor, Down East, Selected Poems and Before the Wind. Besides teaching, writing, and dabbling in local politics, Professor Snow has five sons, a green touring sedan and a glawackus to look after. thi150LAND MITCHELL-SMITIfI has been teaching at Wesleyan for 1950ee1EYeQ1'S-.HG received h1s B. A. here in 1918 and his M. A. 111 an iminulllig IPS fN01'k at. Harvard University, he was awarded ASsiStgmt'PYfi at 1nst1tut1on 1n.1924- and his Ph.D. in 1932..MadC Aqsiqtant I rolpssor of English 1n 1925, after a two-year period as Agsgciate t.e department 1n 1919-1920, he was promoted to an acad . S IP 111 1935. member of Delta Upsilon, he has achieved e was on leave of absence. L24-1

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EDWARD ALBERT RADICE, a native of England, came to Wesleyan after service at the London School of Economics. Aside from his duties here as Assistant Professor of Economics, he takes a keen interest in politics. He graduated from Oxford in 1929 with a B. A. and was awarded his- M. A. in 1937. While there, Mr. Radice carried off innumerable honors and distinctions. His special inter- est at Wesleyan lies mainly in Statistics and Mathematics in connec- tion with Economics. He also participates in the guidance of the Economics majors who are candidates for the Degree with Distinction. CLARENCE DICKINSON LONG, JR., was graduated from Washing- ton and Jefferson College in 1932, and in 1938 received his Ph.D. from Princeton. In 1936 he became Instructor in Economics and Social Science at Wesleyan. Mr. Long has had wide practical ex- perience as a business man, and his ability to explain economic matters in terms of concrete ideas adds attraction and understanding to his lectures. He possesses a keen sense of humor, and his laugh is well known from one end of the campus to the other as is his atten- dance at house parties, which he and his wife frequently chaperon. E GLIH After graduating from Amherst in 1912, FRED B. MILLETT lectured in the English department at Queen's College. Since then he has taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and at the Uni- versity of Chicago where he received his Ph. D. in 1932. In 1938 Mr. 1VIillett came to Wesleyan as Visiting Professor, and now is head of the English department. Besides his hobby of writing books on drama, he spends frequent weekends in New York attending the current stage productions. FRANK EDGAR FARLEY, PH.D., Olin Professor of English Litera- ture, Emeritus, was graduated from Harvard University in 1893, receiving his M. A. there in 18911, and his Ph.D. in 1897. He became Instructor in English at Syracuse University in 1898, Associate Pro- fessor the following year and Professor in 1901. He was Associate Professor of English at Simmons College, 1903-1906, and Professor from 1906-18. In that year he became Professor of English Litera- ture at Wesleyan, which position he has held until the present time. I-Ie is the author of several books on English literature and grammar. 1231

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Before coming to the English Department of Wesleyan Univer- sity in 1924-, ALEXANDER COWIE obtained his B. A. and M. A. at the University of Minnesota, and received his Ph.D. in 1930 from Yale. His main interest lies in the development of the American Novel, and he has been active in the Modern Language Association of America. A popular lecturer at various clubs and churches in Mid- dletown, he has the reputation of being an excellent billiards player and maker of ingenious puns. On campus, he maintains an almost Sherlock Holmes appearance with the ever-present slouch hat, brief- case, and pipe. One professor whose word on Milton is taken by most students without argument is THEODORE HOWARD BANKS of the English De- partment. Another of his accomplishments which is very seldom disputed is his prowess on the tennis courts. In his earlier days Dr. Banks took part in many an outstanding net conflict, and the memory of that famed Tilden-Banks match of a few years back has never been allowed to dim. Professor Banks received both his B. A. and Ph. D. at Yale and during his last semester's leave of absence did research for his forthcoming tome on Milton. JOSEPH MORGAN STOKES graduated from the Presbyterian Col- lege of South Carolina in 1925. He carried on his studies at Yale where he received his M. A., and then, as a Rhodes Scholar, received the degree of B. A. fOxonj and of B. Litt. In 1935 he was given his Ph.D. by Yale, and was appointed an Instructor in Eng- lish at Wesleyan. Known to most of the older undergraduates as '4.Ioe,'7 he is personally acquainted with a large portion of the student body. His views on aAmerican English are fodder for endless de- -bates at the Downey House grill or at his Wednesday evening open house. RALPH DARLINGTON PENDLETON graduated from Wesleyan in 1931 where he was a member of Sigma Chi. In 1935 he came back as Instructor in English and Director of Dramatics. With his arrival, the Paint and Powder Club took on new life and since then has turned out numerous commendable performances. Although :Tran- sient Breath was his first attempt as a playwright, it was very well received on the Wesleyan campus and was later produced in New York by the HP. and P . Almost any freshman will testify to Balph's sense of humor, exemplified by his Witty, but pertinent, comments on themes. i251