Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Westminster College 17 Miss Margaret Earla Mitchell, A.B. Librarian Miss Mitchell may be found every day during school hours sitting at her desk in the library, ready to give information on any subject from The Rights of Women to The Me Within Thee-Blind. To her the freshman looks for knowledge for his first theme; from her the Senior seeks material for his valedictory. All classes meet on equal footing in the library. Miss Mitchell IS kind to all, but has a confirmed dis- like to the use of the library as a meeting place for the co-educationally inclined, — all such soon hear her warning bell. F. L. Tinkham, B.S. Athletic Coach and Physical Director Full particulars concerning Tink ' s history and ability as a coach may be found in the sport- ing pages any Sunday morning during football season. Suffice to say that he has a system of his own that has given Westminster the two best teams in the history of the school. Off the field Coach is a regular fellow, with a heart and countenance as open as his little domicile on New Castle Street. Tink prepared for Princeton Seminary at Coe College, Iowa; — doubtless his co-education has been a wonderful help to him at Westminster.

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Westminster College 19 Charles Freeman, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of Chemistr}) No greater misfortune could come to a student than to go through college without having sat under the instruction of Dean Freeman. Many a time the Doctor, wrapping his delicate hands about one of the pillars in his lecture room and pointing a slim fore-finger at a student, has filled a would be bluffer with consternation. Yet no one has ever intimated that Dr. Freeman is un- fair or partial. A class under him is a privilege rather than a task, and is a privilege not often granted to ordinary mortals. Benjamin William Bridgman, A.M. Professor of P ipsics Professor Bridgman is one of our most pop- ular faculty members. He came to Westminster seven years ago from the University of Wiscon- sin. At that institution he had the advantage of working with some of the leading scientists of the day. His record at Westminster is one of steady progress, as is attested by the increasing number of students that elect his courses. While the greater part of his success is due to his ability in his chosen work, yet much of it is due also to the fact that he is always ready and willing to help a person in need. Owen W. Mills, A.M. Professor of Biology and Geology Professor Mills is a man of strong likes and dislikes, and more than once has come into the limelight with a seething denunciation of foot- ball, or with a glowing defense of the purple grackle. His hobbies are photography and bird trips, and he pursues both with quiet enthusiasm. It is in the lecture room and laboratory, however, that Professor Mills excels, — there his deep knowledge and wide reading make him an in- teresting and efficient instructor, whose one aim IS to bring the facts of his subject to the students.