Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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MUSIC rf!-IE Music department is one which is steadily gaining in popularity. The equipment has recently been increased by a Steinway piano, the gift of Spencer Camp '78, and further augmented by the acquisition of several hundred dollars' worth of new records for the record library. Famed for his impeccable dress and clipped English ac- cent, Joseph S. Daltry came to Wesleyan in 1929. Born in England and educated in Australia and at the University of Munich, he served in the Australian Expeditionary Force during the War. He spent a considerable portion of his leave of absence during the first semester this year presenting Gilbert and Sullivan to Broadway audiences. Born in Vienna and educated at Cambridge and the University of Vienna, Instructor Frederick William Stern- feld completes his first year at Wesleyan this June. His course on the history of music is being presented here for the first time. On wintry afternoons he may be seen head- ing north with skis slung over his shoulder. Charles R. Nicholls first came to Wesleyan in 1936 for a three years' stay after having been educated at the East- ern School of Music in the University of Rochester. He returned this year to replace Mr. Daltry as director of the choir and glee club during the latteris semester leave of absence. PHILOSOPHY EVERYONE at some time in his life imagines himself a phil- osopher. It may be from this pipe dream that much of the Philosophy departmentis great popularity stems. Cornelius Kruse, a Yale graduate of 1915, came to Wesleyan in 1923 where he is now chairman of the Phil- osophy department. Discrimination is the hall mark of an educated man is a favorite saying of his, and the campus recognizes in him a man whose ability to discriminate is unsurpassed. Professor Kruse has been working on his favorite theme nPessimism,,' for several years. He is the Secretary of the Directory Board of the American Phil- osophy Association. President of the Christian Association while an under- graduate at Wesleyan, Paul Arthur Reynolds graduated from here in 1925 and received his Ph.D. at Cornell five years later. He then returned to his Alma Mater in the capacity of Instructor of Philosophy and remained so until 1932, when he became an Assistant Professor in the de- partment, a position which he now holds. A member of Beta Theta Pi, he took an active part in debating as an under- graduate and is now on frequent call as judge or chairman for intercollegiate forensics. 4427? DALTRY STERNFELD REYNOLDS NICHOLLS KRUSE

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BELL DUTCHER THOMSON BROCKUNIER CAMP FOSTER ARNOLD HISTORY HISTORY, as Professor Bell puts it, is not a dead subject, but rather a subject which pictures the present in the past. The History department may be depicted in the same man- ner. The training of such men as Professors Dutcher and Bell, Brockunier and Thomson, has enabled them to bring to Wesleyan's History department courses with a varied view of the past and present. Professor Herbert Clifford Francis Bell, who graduated from the University of Toronto in 1903 and served during the World War as a Captain in the Intelligence Division of the Canadian Forces, has become a leading figure in the Aid to the Allies Club and has interested many a Wesleyan student in British-American affairs. The man who has seen the most years of service on the Wesleyan faculty is Professor George Matthew Dutcher. At one time he served as Vice-President of the University, he has lectured in many parts of the world. Associate Professor Alexander Thomson, who graduated from Bowdoin in 1921, came here after winning a Rhodes scholarship and studying at Cornell. Assistant Professor Samuel Hugh Brockunier holds up the liberal end of the History department. Graduating from Harvard in '26, he soon became an outstanding authority on Rhode Island's famed Roger Williams. MATHEMATICS ALTHOUGH a small group, the mathematics department is nevertheless closely knit and organized. Not so much is heard from this section of the curriculum, but it remains efficient and turns out some top students at a steady rate. Guiding lights of mathematics are four professors who jus- tify the reputation of their department: Burton Howard Camp, Leroy Albert Howland, Malcolm Cecil Foster, and Herbert Eli Arnold. A graduate from Wesleyan, Professor Camp received his degree in 1901. He attended Yale where he received his Ph.D. in 1910. From IQ37'39 he served as Vice-President of the American Statistical Association. Graduated from Acadia College, Nova Scotia, in 1914, Professor Foster found himself immediately called for over- seas action. In 1927, he came to Wesleyan as an Associate Professor. In the way of a hobby, he has become quite pro- ficient in making violins since 1931. He is an expert guide, spending his summers in the Canadian woods. He spent his last summer, however, teaching at his alma mater. Professor Arnold is another graduate of Wesleyan. As an undergraduate he was a D.U. and worked his way through college. He served during the World War, and received a Ph.D. from Yale in 1929. -f26lr

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WOOD MARTIN MccURnY LASII BLOTT DANIELS EWART CADY VAN DYKE EATON PHYSICAL EDUCATION THE Physical Education department not only provides skilled coaching' for students competing in intercollegiate sports, but also rounds out the remainder of the collegc body's liberal education with its usectionsf' Harold Sanford Wood, a graduate of Oberlin, where he was All-Ohio fullback, heads the department. Before com- ing to Wesleyan he attended Lehigh, saw war service, and was on the Ohio University faculty. John Frederick Martin is another Oberlin graduate. He earned letters in football, basketball, and track in college. Hugh Graham McCurdy, Bowdoin, 522, was a star athlete who earned recognition in almost every sport, except the ones he teaches here. Dale William Lash, Springfield, 323, has been guiding Wesleyan basketball teams for fifteen years. Jack Leonard Blott, Michigan, '24, left Wesleyan this year to take a position with Ford. He is center on Grantland Riceis All-Time All American team. Norman Joseph Daniels is one of the four men who ever received nine varsity letters at Michigan. This year he turned out one of the strongest grappling teams in Wesleyan history. Charles Diven Ewart, Yale, 337, kick- ing expert, has now gone to Dartmouth as backfield coach. This year's additions were Wesley F esler and John Wood, who replace Blott and Ewart. After graduating from Ohio State and Pittsburgh, respectively, this pair first teamed up at Harvard. The phys ed staff is pictured in the above order. PHYSICS MUCH of Wesleyan's enviable scientific reputation is based on the work of its Physics department. From Scott Lab's unpreposessing shell have come basic advances, particularly in the broad field of piezo-electricity. Professor Walter Guyton Cady has been connected with the faculty since 1902, holding the Ph.D. degree of the University of Berlin and Sc.D. from Brown, his alma mater. He has specialized in research on piezo-electricity upon which he is now writing a book, but still finds time for his hobby of bird-banding. His development of crystal control for radio broadcasting laid the foundation for the precision of modern transmission. A Wesleyan man of 1916, Professor Karl Skillman Van Dyke has since received his M.S. from Wesleyan and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. While an undergraduate he was business manager of the Olla Podrida, and a member of Eclectic. .Assistant Professor Vernet Eller Eaton came to W'esleyan from Williams in 1927. A 1921 Graduate of Indiana, he received his Ph.D. from there in 1931. At present he is collaborating with four professors in a loose leaf laboratory manual. l28l'