Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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FACU LTY ART... RUSSELL T. LIMBACH mime to Wesleyan in 1941 after teaching at the Cleveland School of Art. Mr. Limhuch, who studied lithography in Paris and Vienna. has written and illustrated several books. Assistant Professor Limbach. alias thutchiZ is said to have a passion for landscapes. cir- cuses, and carpentry. He is easily distinguished. come those cold Connectirut days. by his iiDuniel Boonew topper and raccoon cont. HENRY RUSSELL HITCHCOCK, now studying English Victorian Arrhitevture on :I Guggen- heim Fellowship. vunle to Wesleyan in 1929 after teaching at Vassar. An Associate Professor. he has also been lel'turing :Il Connerticut College sint'e 1931-. He contributes to manly :Irt periodi- cals and has written many books including :1 biography of Frank Lloyd Wright. One look all him is enough to tell you he is an artist. ASTRONOMY . . . CARL LEO STEARNS received the Wesleyan B. A. in 1917, und the Ph. D from Yale in 1923. After assisting in resezlt'rh at Yale from 1920-25. he returned to his Alma Matter and has been teaching on Observatory Hill ever sinre. Professor Stearns is one of the few living men to have a romet bearing his name. BIOLOGY . . . HUBERT BAKER COODRICH, Daniel Ayres Professort who did undergraduate vsork at Amherst. received his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from Columhin in 1914 und 1916. respectively. Before coming to Wesleyan :Is an instrurtnr in 1916. Professor Goodrich taught at Union College where he did extensive work with the Murine Biological Laboratory. The head of the depart- ment. he spends summers zit Woods Hole Biological Station. Dr. GoodriL-h has been Vice-prenident 0f the American Society of Zoologists. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi. EDWARD CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER. one of the foremost physiologists in the muntry. runu: to Wesleyan in 1919 after teaching at Tzllmr College, where he was graduated in 97. and Colorado. He holds degrees from Yale. Denver. Wesleyan. International Y. M. C. A. College. and Colorado. Professor Schneider served overseas during World Whir I. while he worked all Mitt'heli Field during the last war studying the eHerts of altitude 0n Hyers. The Srhneider test is a result of Dr. Schneideris study. He is a member of Belil Theta Pi. ROSS AIKEN CORTNER is following in the footsteps of his distinguished him'hemist hither. A graduate of Minnesota. L-lass of 1933. he has studied the effect of ttlom weed'7 on live stock. The assistant professor did graduate work at Michigan. CHARLES B. METZ was graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1939: he ret'eived his Ph. D. degree from the California Institute of Terhnnlogy in 1942. At present Dr. Metz is :It the University of Indiana working on the National Research Council under Dr. Sonnehnin. CHEMISTRY . . . GEORGE ALBERT HILL. one of the forenmst scientists in the rountry, rereived degrees from W. P. I. and Harvard. where he was hater am instructor. Professor Hill. head of lhe Chemistry Department, value to V7es1eyun in 1919. Among his many duties during the uur. Professor Hill helped solve problems at Wesleyan itdmfl-lvuitii. He is a member of Sigma Xi. Tau Beta Pi. and Alpha Chi Sigma. MORTIMER GILBERT BURFORD, Wesleyan. 932. got his M. A. zmd Ph. D. degrees from Princeton. An Associate ProfEssor. he has been known to spend summers climbing and talking pictures in the Grand Teuton Mountains. Dr. Burford, :1 Sigma Chi. is shied :quy from by puhli- t'zltionsi Business Managers when the Hrst 0f the month rolls around. RICHARD CUTHRIE CLARKE. who has done research on nitrogen compounds. came to Wesleyan in 1939. He is :1 graduate of Allegheny College. BL uhere he mus an Alpha Sigma. The H.111 hlb man is reputed to shoot golf in the 1cm eighties. JOSE GOMEZ-IBANEZ holds degrees from Liceln'iudu en Cient'izls, Madrid. Oberlin. 21nd Cor- nell, where he taught prior to t'qming to Wesleyan in 1943. He is a member of the American Chemical Society. Sigma Xi. and Sigma Delta Pi. iiQueeze. I giVe you queezeih unquole. CLASSICS . . . JOHN WILLIAM SPAETH did undergraduate studies at Haverford and graduate work at Hall'- vnrd and Princeton. ithere he received the Ph. D. degree in 1925. Before coming to Wesleyan in 1930, Dr. Spneth taught at Brown. Professor Spneth. who is a member of the Council of the American Classical Association. was Secretary-Trensurer of the New England Classical Society. Page eleven,

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RI'SSELL T. LIVIBACH CARL L. STEARNS A N As! mnmny HUBERT B. GUUDBJCH G. ALBERT HILL Biology Chemistry Page ten

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ADOLPH FREDERICK PAULI studied at the University of Illinois, where he got his Ph. D. degree in 1921. An Assistant Professor. he taught at Michigan. Dartmouth. and Lehigh before coming to Wesleyan in 1929. Dr. Pauli. Mm has delved into hislory as :1 hubby. has an extensive collection of pictures of Connecticut churches. NORMAN 0. BROWN. newly appointed Assistant Professor of Classics. was graduated from Clifton College. Bristol, England. Later Dr. Brown received degrees from Bulliul College, Oxford and from the University of Chivalgo and the University of XVisronsin. During the war Professor Brown xuls in lhe 0. S. 5. us an zlnuiyst of French Politics. ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES . . . KOSSUTH MAYER WILLIAMSON received his Bacheloris degree from Alabama in 1913. and his dm-tomte from Harvard in 1920. He taught at M. I. T. hefure coming to Wesleyan in 1920. The Chester D. Hubbard Professor amd head of the department. Professor Williamson is an expert on taxes. CLYDE OLIN FISHER studied at Duke, Columbia. and Cornell. where he taught before coming to W'esleyan in 1920. Professor Fisher is u publir utilities authority and is past chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration. SICMUND NEUMANN, a graduate of the University of Leipzig, was Professor at the famous Hochschuie Fur Politik in Berlin. He mme t0 Wesleyan in 1935; mm he is :1 full professor. Noted for his enormous amount of energy and iiComes ze revolution , Professor Neumann did secret work for 0. S. S. and O. W. I. psychological iuu'fare department. along with his teaching duties. during the war. VICTOR HEATH WHITNEY received his three degrees from the University of North Carolina. Mr. Whitney has contributed to iiSot-iety Under Analysisw and Patterns of Village Lifeii among others. He has travelled throughout the States su extensively that he seems to know even L'tm path hamlets iscoldaz His many invocations inrlude trurk driVing and norking in lumber camps. BURTON CROSBY HALLOWELL returned 10 Wesleyan last March after being on leave for war work. He aided the O.P.A. and isrote iilnternulionul Propagations of Business Fluctuations? He is at Wesleyan alumnus. LYLE L. FITCH came to Wesleyan from Columbia. Previously, Mr. Fitch taught at Kansas State College, Brooklyn College, and C. C. N. Y. Having received his M. A. degree from Nebraska, Mr. Fitch is finishing work for his doctoris degree. Mr. Fitch was principal of the Hastings Business School in Nebraska, us well as being in the Freight Traffic Department in Kansas City. ENGLISH . . . FRED BENJAMIN MILLETT, present chairman of the department, came to Wesleyan in 1938. He received his B. A. from Amherst and his Ph. D. from Chicago, where he later taught. Dr. Milletl is one of the originators of the Humanities course. for which he has just reason to be proud. Professor Millelt, who iu'ites prose when he gets the time. made :I study of liberal arts institutions during the War. iEThe Rehirlh of Liberal Education is the candid result of the study. CAREY HERBERT CONLEY has been at Wesleyan since 1913. having previously taught at Grand Island College. Purdue. and Michigan. his Alma Mater. Professor Conley received his Ph. D. at Yale in 1922. His iiPattems of Reading and Writing is used by English 2 students. During the war he taught ill am Amerivam G. I. University in Bavaria. He is a member of Sigma Chi. WILBERT SNOW, Lieuleuaut-Covernor 0f Connectirut, came to Wesleyan in 1921. after teach- ing at N. Y. U.. Bowdoin. where he was graduated in 1907. Williams. Utah. Indiana. mid Reed. His poetry. of which there ure close to ten volumes. is regarded as semml only to Robert Frost's in New England. Professor Snow is a member of Beta Theta Pi. HOMER EDWARDS WOODBRIDGE taught at Colorado, Harvard. where he rereived his Ph. D. in 1919,111inois, and Indiana. before coming to Wesleyan in l920. Dr. Woudbridge. who is, indeed. a true scholar. is an authority on Shakespeare. His two-wheeled van gels him to vluss just as the hell rings. THEODORE HOWARD BANKS. JR.. came to Wesleyan in 1928 after lem'hing ut Yule. his Alma Mater. An expert on Milton, Associate Professor Banks serVeti 0n the Yangtze River us 11 gunhmit captain at the time of the first World War. ALEXANDER COWIE did undergraduate work at Minnesota, where he was visiting Professor last summer. He taught at Illinois and his Alma Mater hefm'e coming to Wesleyan in 1924. Associate Professor Cowie. who married Dean Nicis daughter, is renowied for his Sherlock Holmes appearance, as well as for his sparkling witlicisms. Page twelve