Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Chairman ol the Art DCIMI'IIIICIH in Henry Russell Hitt'ht'ot'k. an authority on Antct'itian atit'hitcrture. who returned to campus this fall 141101 study in ling- land. He ret'civcd his degrees h'om Hanartl. Russell 1. Butt'h Limbach. who tame to Xx'cslcyan in 1941 having studied in Paris and Vienna and taught in Cleveland. George H. Cole. who TCt'CiVCd his degrees from Yale and Columbia. taught at Columbia and 11'attit-, and was appointed instructor in art in 1946. and Norman B. Boothhy, who graduated h'om Temple in 1942 and has taught in New Orleans and Middletown. and came here as instruttor in art this year. are thc other members of tht- Art Department. Joseph St Daltrt'. the mainstay oi the Musit Dcpartnwnt. is a musitiian with pcrliu't pitt'h. an excellent director of Glee Club and other singing groups. was born in Yorkshire. England. and has been an assot'iatc of the Royal College of Organism. He has been head of the department since 1929. Assisting him this year has been George McManus. visiting lirom Yale. who has given mam line recitals to the tommunity. Also with the Musit Dept. is Ellis B. Kohs. a graduate of the Institute of Musitial Art and the University of Chicago. He also studied at California, .lulliatd Graduate School. and Harvard. He has served frequently as a guest t'omhu'tor with leading orchestras. intihuling the San Fran- t'isco Symphony

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Administration Heading up the administration is President Victor Lloyd Butterfield. whn Iit'st came to 1Vesleyan as Director of Admissions in 193:3, became Dean of Fresh- men in 1938. and President 01 the University in 1943. He is a graduate 01 Cor- nell 01' the class 01 1927, where he was a member 01 Beta Theta Pi. He received his MA. at Cornell and Harvard. and his PhD. at Harvard. He has come to know most 01 the student body by name and has done sinte his inaugural much to improve and widen the curriculum. Dean Leroy Albert Huwland is a XVesleian graduate 01' the class of 1900. and was a member 011 Psi Upsilon. Since his graduation he has served his Alma Mater in almost every ttapacity. from instructor to the position he now holds. He began teaching in the Mathematics Dept. in 1905, and became Dean in 1935. His degrees were received at Harvard and the University of Munich. He is a member of Sigma Xi. After service with 0-2 of 055. Associate Dean Sterling A. Callisen came to 1Vesleyan to occupy his present post. He had previously taught at Harvard and Rochester, and now teaches with the Art Dept. He is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard. Donald Eldridge is Director of Admissions, a post he assumed last year. He is a Wesleyan graduate 01' the class of 1931. and a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He travels much in connection with the Manpower Committee and is handling an increasedly difficult job. Frank B. Cawlcy was appointed Associate Director of Admissions last year, since which time he has been touring the country in connection with the Man- power Drive. He is a XVesleyan graduate of the class of 1914. a Psi U. During the war he was in charge of XVesleyans Navy Mess.

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Beliginn Philusuphy John XV. Darr. pastor of the College Church, came to Wesleyan in 1942. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan. and he studied also at Columbia and Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Darr worked under Norman Thomas for three years; his hobbies are golf and photography. W'ith Dr. Darts in the Religion Dept. is XVilliam A. Spurrier, a graduate of Williams in 1939, and Of Union in 1942. He taught at Amherst from 1942 to 1944. served as a Chaplain from 1944 to 1946, and was appointed instructor of religion here this year. John R. Everett is Assistant Professor of Religion. He graduated from Park College in 1942, re- ceived his M.A. from Columbia. and in the following year his B.D. from Union Theological Seminary. Recently elected president 01 the American Pltilosnphical Association, Cor- nelius Kruse' had formerly held the position 01 secretary of the Directory Board of the Association. He came to Wesleyan to join the Philosophy Dept. in 1923, formerly having studied at Yale. Elmhurst. and the Sorbonne. Another widely known philosopher in the department is Emile Cailliet. who, possessing degrees from many 01 the leading European and American universities, is an internation- ally recognized authority on Pascal. He has written a large number of books. Robert C. Baldwin received his BA. from XVesleyan in '29, and his MA. in ,30. He received his PhD. from Yale in '32. Before coming to XVesleyan he had taught at the University of Connecticut as associate professor of philosophy. Paul A. Reynolds is a XVesleyan man of the class of 1925, a Beta. After graduate study at Cornell, he returned here to teach. He is president of the Middletown Consumer's Cooperative. 18