Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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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

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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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Astronomy Biology Carl L. Stearns, at Wesleyan graduate of 1917, subsequently a graduate of Yale, started teaching here in the Astronomy Dept. in 1925. Prof. Steams has a comet named after him. Working with Prof. Steams in the Astronomy Dept. is John W. Abrams. a graduate of the University of California, who took his grad- uate study at Harvard, the University of Tartu, Estonia, and the University of Leiden. He was assistant professor of physics at the University of Manitoba be- fore coming to XVesleyan last fall. In the Biology Department is Hubert B. Goodrich. an Amherst graduate who subsequently studied at Columbia. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi fra- ternity. Professor Goodrich came to Wesleyan in 1916 alter teaching at Union College. and is 21 Daniel Ayres professor. He summers at Woods Hole Biological Station, where he lives up to his reputation as an outdoor man. Ernest W. Caspari is an associate professor of Biology. He received his PhD. from the University of Gottingen in 1933 and since has been assistant in Zoology at Got- tingen, assistant in microbiology at the Unix'ersity of Istanbul School of Medi- cine, a John and Mary Markle Foundation fellow at Lafayette College. becom- ing assistant in Biology there. He was Assistant Professor of Zoology at the Uni- versity of Rochester. and just before he came to XVesleyan was a research asso- ciate on the Manhattan Project ROss A. Gortner graduated from Minnesota in 1933, and then studied biochemistry at the Michigan graduate school. He has studied the effect of loco weed on live stock. and is noted also as the first man to be married in Downey House. Randall XV. Reyer is the other member of the Biology Dept.. a Cornell graduate who came here last fall as a part-time instruc- tor while studying for his PhD. at Yale. 19