Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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I I ERBERT LEE CONNELLY . . . Suc- rutmj 0f the Alumni Council . . . Eclectic NORMAN during czlch the Vilfd . . . . . . Maine coast explorer . . . works around Pub Board regular . . . given 10 long walks around Middlcscx country side . . . strong believer in alumni . . . ALEXANDER COXVIE . . . Professor of Luglislz . . . Natty Bumppo exposed . . . u Baker Street irregular . . . The Rise of 1110 American Now! . . . philosophic pipu smoker . . . has more hair than Pmll'ssor McMunus . . . JOHN CRAWWURD . . . xhsrwiute Pwr fcssor of English A . . cnllccts U. S. mnr mcnmrnliw stumps . . . paints . . . antique hunter . . . lishing, swimming, bxmling . . . vico-prcsiclcnt 0f the New England Forum sic Association . . twccdy clothes and pipe . . . PAUL HOLROYD CURTS . . . Taft Profcssrn' of German . . . Psi U at Yale . . . leader in thc Connecticut Boy Scout mm'u mom . . . surf swimming . . . purcnniul Pub Board chairman . . . Pctc . . . chops wood with Pml'cssors Blankcnzlgcl 21nd Fus- tcr . . . JOSEPH DANIELS . . . Prov fcssur 0f PIIJ'SiCUl Education . . . ninCrlcttcr man ut Michigan . . . panics bcforc and football game . . . Wln don't we play Harvard? . . . liked by all . . . Danny . . . .IOI IN WI IITTIER DARE . . . Ilcdding Profcssm of Religion. Collegv Pastor . . . worked three wars under Norman Thomas . . . Formal classes . . . photograph; music and golf . . . firm believer in the applica- tion of Christian ethics . . . FRANK NICHOLAS DAUSTER. jR. ROSW'ELL DAVIS . . . . . . Instructrn' in Romance Languages . . . Hrer . . . vcts' zldvisnr . . contemporary Mexican literature . . . jazz. . . . photography . . . gypsy and Mexican music . . . goes off on . . . band boogter . frequent Spanish tangents . . . bums cigar ettes from students in class . . . a Social Security dither . . . 22 Assistant Treas- . figure skating ocean yacht racing . . pastipresidcnt 0f the Middletown Scientific Association . . . '

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VINCENT VVINN ER COCI IRANCE SAMUEL HUGH BROCKUNIER . . . zhmstrng Professor of History . . . noted liberal 0n faculty . . . Roger H7illimns: The Irrcpressillle Democrat . . . dynamic lcu turer , . . popular with students and fuo ulty . . . Brock . . . poker face jolxvmcmr tcur . . . NORMAN OLIVER BIKMVN . . .xhyr ciate Professor of Classics . . . walks and roads simultaneoush . . . rod wool hunting cap . . . unknown accent . . . briefcase slung over shnuldcr rcccnth moved away From campus: childrcn cndangcrcd students . . . Knobby . . . RALPH HENRY BRCMVN . . . lnstrm- for in Romance Languages . . . collects railroad timetables . . . cheerful . . . nurses his '35 Ford, agcctionutcltx called the Brown Bomber . . . rcscnrch on the coun tCFl'CVOlUtiOHUFY IllUYClUCIlt ill FI'LIHCC . . . M. GILBERT BURFORD. II . . . Beach Professor of Clwmixtm . . . perpetual Pub Board Financial secretan . spends sumr mers travelling . . . colnr pictures . . . Sig? ma Chi at XVcsqu-an . . . pipe Fancicr . . . avid reader of histories of the XVcst . . . FREDERICK RAYMOND BURN HARDT . . . Instructor in Ronmnce Lazz- gzmg'zs . . . amateur greasc-monkcy likcs Rodgers and Hammerstein and the Boston Pops . . . pianist . . . HUWCI' gnrdcw ing . . . vacations in Nova Scotiu . . . shut tcrbng . . . ERNEST XVOIICAXC CLXSPARI . . . Professor of Biology . . . studios parasites . . . dislikes athletes . . . quickly, physically and mentally . . . knows . subtlc SCHSC INUVCS around lecture material by heart . . of humor . . loves to work . . . GEORGE NEWTON CONKLIN . . Assistant Professor of Biologv . . . classi- cal music . . . studying metabolism of bac- teria . . . photographer . . . pleasure trips up mountains . . . did atomic research at Brookhuven during the war . . . Assistant Professor of Classics and English . Claims dtscent from the Irish Sun God uanity For the prochaissancc and prusophomorc man . . aversion to tele- vision and light bulbs . . cicnt, rare and forbidden manuscripts . . . . collector of an-

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ART! IUR SOUTHCOMB DAY Assistant Prnfcsmr 0f Mml'wnmtics Sigma Chi at Wesleyan . . . model ruil- muds . . . crossword puzzles . . . wellvprcL pared. concise lectures . . . Fast mun 1m a blackboard . . . faculty Marshall . . . WWLLIAM EUGENE DICKINSON . . . Instructor in English . . . likes music. Bach tn Bcrigan . . . working for Masters . . . saltwater Iishermzln . . . wrote l'cuturc stories for thc Hurtfuni CUIH'tlIII . . . su'imr ming . . . tennis ...l zImiIVm;1n . . . XIH'IIUH 'HMVNSEND Dltll Instructor in tumomics and Social Science Eclectic . . . binoculars and Fclt hut in thc chlclwrs A . . mcmbcr 0f the 3:50 basket ball club . . . research work mm the anti trust laws . . . charming wife . . . XVCS szIL'r through thick and thin . . . HENRY EDMISON DUCKVVORTII . . . Associate Professor of Physits . . . de- termining atomic mass numbers of the CIC- mcnts . . . Canadian by birth . . . faculty golf tournament . . . awaiting new home . striped shirts and dark tics . . . VERNET ELLER EATON . . . Foss Pm fvssnr of Physics . . . specializes in teaching proccdurcs . . . conducts Circus 374 . . . sadistic on exams . A . wellvorgzmizcd class . aerial ucmbut . . . prepared lubnrutnry manual . . . CLYDE OLIN FISHER . . . xhldreu's Professor of Economics . . . sports Phi Bctc key prominently . . . letters to the New York Times perennially refused . . . atten- tive. Charming wife . . . excellent lecturer . caused minor panic in the Bank of England . . . MALCOLM CECIL FOSTER . . . Pro- VINCENT WILLIAM fessor of A latlwmatics . . I:REIMARCK .makcs and plays . . . Instructor in English . . . violins . . . licensed guide . . . original math problems . . . collects left-handed mustache cups . . . Chops wood with Professors Blunkcnagcl and Curts . . . . amateur sailor and Yacht Club advisor . . wrote articles on T. S. Eliot for literary magazines . . . noted for sincerity, help- Fulncss and apologies . . . 23