Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Head of the English Department is Miss Mary M. Purdy, AB., A.M., Ph.D. Assisting her are Miss Virginia Everett, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Mrs. Mary C. McConagha, A.B., A.M., Mr. James Baker, A.B., A.M., and Mr. Michael Radock, A.B. In the spacious English office Mrs. Mac sits talking with two freshmen; laughing at one of her jokes, they promise to improve their spelling. Mr. Baker comes in with a lecture folder under his arm, The travel poster in my room is loose again. Will one of you assistants paste it up again, please? Dr. Everett sits writing com- ments on papers in red ink, suggesting your kind of book , and giving advice on investigative themes. Dr. Purdy, busy with theses and practice teach- ers, finds time to make fudge for lucky English majors now m the service. ecyLetan ial Science epoAimeHi Long hours spent m an all-afternoon typing lab pounding keys to finish a budget, swift fingers whizzing over office machines, peppy, persuasive sales speeches . . . these are the ear marks of the secretarial science department, one of the most popular and most modern departments on the campus. Mr. Russell N. Cansler, B.S., LL.B., M.A., is head of the department and teaches effective courses in methods of teaching commercial sub- jects, business management, shorthand, and office practice. Assisting him are two new additions to the faculty. Mr. Robert F. Galbreath, Jr., B.B.A., teaches business English, bookkeeping, salesmanship, and typing. Miss Sarah B. Hamil- ton, B.B.A., instructs the students in shorthand, typing, office practice, and salesmanship. Science ' e animent Can ' t . . . have to go to lab . . . the inevit- able answer of a science major when asked to do anything. On cold wmter days, on spring eve- nings, these students can be seen trudging up to Science Hall to finish that absorption test, imbed a chick embryo, or write up a physics experiment. On the first floor. Dr. Bert E. Quick, A.B., Ph.D., Botanical Gardens, Java, punctuates his evolution lectures with sarcastic, anti-Nazi re- marks. In the spring, his botany classes follow him on lengthy field trips and scribble down characteristics of local plants. Under the super- vision of Dr. Donald C. Matthews, B.S., Ph.D., biology majors study comparative anatoiny as the odor of dogfish permeates the lab. Second to his enthusiasm over cat anatomy is Dr. Matthew ' s delight in bewildering timid freshmen. Chemistry students listen intently as Dr. Harlow Osgood, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., paces out his lectures. Dr. Edward A. Metcalf, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., fascinates his organic chemistry class by doodling on the desk with his fingers, after which he erases the doodling. Likewise, Mr. B. W. Powell, B.S., M.S., M.A., teaches students equa- tions and directs their lab work. Dr. Charles Freeman, Professor Emeritus, A.B., Ph.D., LL.D., frequently observes the progress the seniors are making with their theses. Since the accelerated program began. Dr. James A. Swindler, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., hurries around in the physics department day and night. He in- structs both Naval Cadets and college students in the physical sciences. Dr. Swindler is ably as- sisted by Dr. John G. Moorehead, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. After spending three hours on one ex- periment, the future physicists often hear, We have a good theory here, but I don ' t know what we ' re proving.

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Above — UR. BLACK. Aciiny Dean. Left to right — DKAN KELSO. DR. GAL- BREATH, DEAN TURNER. -y , and ail the ea id- He IS so many things: deliverer of beautiful sermons . . . champion apple picker . . . after dinner spellbinder . . . multiple committee head . . . airplane observer . . . above all, our President, Dr. Robert Ferguson Galbreath. With endless energy, he is devoting himself to homefront activi- ties. Not only does he write countless letters to Westminster ' s service men, but he keeps a scrap- book of their pictures. Besides doing farm work himself, he has aroused students ' interest in cul- tivating a college victory garden. Truly if we can learn by example, we can Imd no hotter model than Dr. Galbreath. He is in our hearts and in the hearts of all Westminsterites who have known him. When Maxwell R. Kelso, dean of the college, now serving in the U. S. Navy as a Lieutenant Senior grade, rose in morning chapel, students listened carefully; he w. s the authority on the Army ' s latest decision, the Navy ' s new ruling. In our unsettled state he inspired confidence, served well to quiet those wild rumors, and calmed us in general. Tiiis year the Dean had a great responsibility. liis job at any tune is hard, and with Naval Cadets on campus luider his authority, he had more to do than ever before. Dean Kelso patiently explained all changes in the plans of the armed forces, planned accelerated courses for men who were soon to leave tor service, and all in all, tuned the college to a faster, wartime pitch. When Dean Kelso was called by the Navy m March, his many duties were turned over to two members of the faculty. Dr. Harold L. Black was appointed Acting Dean and Mr. Russell N. Cans- ler was named Director of the Navy War training program on the campus. She ' ll understand, . . . this is the hope of the girls who each day walk into Dean Mary E. Turner ' s friendly office. They find it is easy to talk with her, and their troubles smooth out. No accident, this, for Dean Turner ' s long experience with college women stands her in good stead. We will always remember her as a representative of the most pleasant part of our college life. That long talk over our troubles . . . the before-dinner prayer, these and many other things we associate pleasaiuK ' with our Dean of Women. 12

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No department is more vital in the college to- day than the mathematics department. War neces- sitates immediate, thorough training in the exact sciences; therefore math courses are in demand. The Naval Air Cadets stationed on Westmin- ster ' s campus were instructed for six weeks periods in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and vector com- putor. Head of the department is Dr. Harold L. Black, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., a member of Sigma Xi and the American Mathematics Society, who keeps stu- dents awake with his witty quips. Assistants are Miss Lola Sewall, B.S., M.L., and G. W. H. Powell, B.S., M.S., M.A. Me ' efiaAiment The Bible and Philosophy department suffered a second-semester loss of two-thirds of the stu- dents, as the armed services claimed more and more men. To fit war needs the department will offer its courses to summer-school students. The department head is Dr. John Orr, A.B., M.A., B.D., Ph.D. He is assisted by Dr. Ralph Neale, A.B., B.D., D.D., of the local United Presbyterian church. Dr. Nealc took a leave of absence in February to assist the chaplain at a North Caro- lina army camp. A tiew add ' t ' on to the depart- ment is Mr. Wayne Christy, B.D., A.M., replacing Mr. Jamison. fieeck and cimaticd. ibefiaAtmeni Head of the Speech and Dramatics Department is Dr. Albert T. Cordrav. A.B., A.M., Ph.D., known to his students as Teacher . Dr. Cordray has been rather hard hit tins past year, for two of his able assistant professors have Top Icfl: Science I!)ep.ir!nienl. Top (o bottom: Mnthoiiiatics, liiblc. Spcfch .incj Dr.iin.ili, . I. gunge.