Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Dr. Edward Christian Schneider of the Biology Depart- ment, has been assisting in the war effort, in that he has been holding conferences with Army and Navy Officers in regard to details of the famed Schneider Test, which he originated. SCHNEIDER This past summer Professor Burton H. Camp was en- gaged in very important war work, being employed by Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation to organize a quality control department for regulating statistically pro- duction in order to improve quality by periodic inspec- tions. University Professor of Astronomy Frederick Slocum, despite being past retirement age, still continues his work. There is definite war value attached to his teaching of iNavigation for sea and air? essential to our future sailors and aviators. BURFOKD 16 SLOCUM Dr. Mortimer Burford, of the Chemistry Department and a graduate of Wesleyan, is affiliated with Dr. C. Albert Hill in doing chemical research for the govern- ment, the details of which are carefully guarded.

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SELECTIVE SERVICE . Among the faculty members doing war work is Dr. G. Albert Hill, head of the Chemistry Department. He is making a two-fold contribu- tion to the war effort. The iirst, is his work in connection with Selective Ser- vice. He was previously handling not only draft problems, but also matters concerning all the reserve corps. Now his work is confined to the draft only. The second, about which little can he said, is the direc- tion of chemical research for the government. IN PHYSICS . Professor WalterG. Cady has been able to help the United States out in both of her two latest wars. Last time he was a member of the committee evolv- ing devices for submarine detection. Now he is working again in his special field, secretly developing methods of testing the quartz crystal so widely used in radiOeimpor- tant work, indeed, considering the enormous present mili- tary and naval use of radio. IN PSYCHOLOGY . Dr. George Richarf-l Wendt, head of the Psychology Department, has three ii;- gers in the war effort. He is a member of the Executive Subcommittee of the National Research Council Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots. He is also a member of the Subcommittee on Motion Sickness of the National Re- search Council Committee, and is director of a series of experimental projects on motion sickness. 15

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EMERGENCY TRAINING . EWtE military authorities were taking over many colleges for the physical and mental instruction of their personnel, Wesleyan prepared her men for whatever might lay ahead. By the initiation of a new physical education program of compul- sory military track, commando swimming, wrestling. and boxing, the Physical Education Department hopes to prepare the men for the arduous task ahead. and also to have the facilities in readiness if the Armv 0r Navy sees fit to use part or all at Wesleyan at a future date. 17