Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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HITCIICOCK VON GROSCHWITZ SLOCUM SITTERLY STEARNS 2 ART DURING the past year the Wesleyan Art department, com- posed of Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Gustave von Grosch- witz, Curator of Prints, sponsored numerous exhibitions in the Library Art Room. Recently the Town and Gown art class, formerly known as The Daubers, was reorganized by Mr. von Ggoschwitz and is now sponsored by the Art de- partment in cooperation with Mr. Mann of the Romance Language department. Henry-Russell Hitchcock, with a B.A. and an M.A. from Harvard, is an authority on American architecture and a follower of Frank Lloyd Wright. Recently he has been appointed a member of the editorial board of the Art Builderf' Not long ago he published the revised editions of two of his books. Articles by him lately appeared in California Arts and Architecturef, In April Mr. Hitch- cock was promoted to the associate professorship in his department. YVith a B.A. from Columbia in 1927, Gustave von Groschwitz came to Wesleyan from New York, where he headed a division of the Federal Arts Project. He has served as a member of the jury of award for the annual exhibition of the Meriden Arts and Crafts Association. A specialist on prints, von Groschwitzis latest published articles include forewards to a number of print catalogues. ASTIRONOMY HOUSED in Van Vleck Observatory, one of the finest in the country, is Wesleyanis Astronomy department. In addi- tion to class-room teaching, the astronomy staff of Slocum, Sitterly, and Stearns, is engaged in stellar parallax research. Throughout the year the trio maintain an all-night schedule of observing and recording. Many thousands of photographs have been taken for computing parallaxes, and the Observa- tory frequently publishes the results of its findings. In this research work, the staff uses Wesleyan's 20-inch refractor. Frederick Slocum, who has been Director of Van Vleck Observatory since its founding in 1916, is one of the best known authorities on stellar parallaxes in the country. A Wesleyan faculty man for twenty-one years, he is a former Vice-President of the American Astronomical Society. Bancroft Walker Sitterly, holding a B.A., M.A., and a Ph.D., all from Princeton, has occupied himself chiefly with the antics of the asteroid Eros. His return from a year's absence means more hard examinations for beginners in astronomy. One of the few living men to have a comet bearing his name, Carl Leo Stearns, is a Research Associate in the department. A Wesleyan graduate, he teaches a course at Trinity in addition to his research work. Of

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DEAN IN his thirty years at Wesleyan, Leroy Albert Howland has served his Alma Matern in almost every faculty capacity. As Dean of the University he is thc Hnal arbiter of college regulations. While here as an under- graduate, he was a Phi Beteu and a Psi U. Graduat- ing in 1900, he went on to Harvard to receive an M.A., and to Munich for a Ph.D. He returned here i11 1905 as Instructor in Mathematics. Three years later he was promoted to an Associate-Professorship. When the local chapter of Sigma Xi was established, he became a member. Selected as Vice-President in 1921, he became Acting-President during the two years be- fore the arrival of Dr. lVIcConaughy. For the past year and a half the Dean has been occupied in editing a new issue of the Alumni Record, a periodical which appears every decade. DEAN OF FRESHMEN FOR six years Victor Lloyd Butterfield has been Director of Admissions and Dean of Freshmen. Next year he will assume a new role as Associate Dean of the College. A graduate of Cornell in 1927 he taught prep school for three years and then spent a year as an instructor at Lawrence at the time that Brown's Henry B. Wriston was President. After attending Harvard Graduate School, he came to Wfesleyan in 1935 to take over the roll of Director of Admissions. In 1938 he was made Dean of Freshmen, and this spring he was appointed to his new position. He is distinctive among the faculty as having designed and built his own house. Another unusual trait is his reputed ability to call a very large part of the student body by the first names. For the past two years he has been studying the educational systems of other col- leges on a grant by the Carnegie Corporation. The degrees which he now holds are an lNI.A. from Cornell, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. 41 9? LEROY .ALBERT HfJX'N'I.ANl7 VICT'0R LLOYD BUTTERFIELD

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BIOLOGY THE Biology department at Wesleyan has long been recog- nized as one of the outstanding in its field. Shanklin Labora- tory is equipped with the latest improvements for conduct- ing experiments in almost all biological lines, including physiology and bacteriology. The department is under the able management of Professors Schneider and Goodrich, Assistant Professor Hunter and Dr. Gortner. Dr. Edward Christian Schneider started his work in Colorado and did research there in physiology before com- ing to Wesleyan. Called to serve overseas during the World War, he continued here his work on the effects of high altitudes on the human body. Today he is rated as one of the foremost physiologists of the world. Dr. Hubert Baker Goodrich, department chairman, came to us from Amherst. He spends his summers at Woods Hole Biological Station, and has been vice-president of the Amer- ican Society of Zoologists. Professor George William Hunter, a Knox College grad- uate, came to Wesleyan in 1929 and is now engaged in research work on the reactions of the host to the parasite, and is preparing a general biological book for publication in 1942. Dr. Ross Aiken Gortner graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1933. Being an instructor in biochemistry, he ties up the chemistry and biology departments. CHEMISTRY THE Wesleyan Chemistry department has long been one of the most famous on campus due to its reputation early established by Professor Atwater and others. The American Chemical Society has named Wesleyan as an accredited university, it was among the first of its type to be so honored. Of the members of the department, Charles Ruglas Hoover, Nye Professor of Chemistry, a graduate of Penn College, Harvard, and Haverford, is one of the most famous. During his undergraduate days he was star baseball and basketball player. He is a research consultant on the Com- mittee for National Defense. In charge of the draft registration at Wesleyan last fall, George Albert Hill, Chemistry Professor, was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in ,I3. He spent last summer revising his textbook. Assistant Professor in the department, Mortimer Gilbert Burford is a Wesleyan man, class of '3Q. He has spent sum- mers climbing and taking pictures in the Grand Teuton Mountains. Richard Guthrie Clarke, Alpha Sigma at Allegheny Col- lege, came to Wesleyan in ,3Q. He taught this year from his own textbook. -1121? SCHNEIDER GOODRICH HUNTER GORTNER HILL IIOOVER BURFORD CLARKE