Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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...qmml L.-- ' Dr. Matthews. Mr. Hall emistry Afternoons devoted to liberating oxygen or analyzing those dread unknowns, hours filled using chemical balances in quant lab, and rigging up equipm-ent in organic lab is time ll ' we spent in a chemistry major's schedule. Completing his term at Westminster this year is the familiar Dr. Edward A. Metcalf, professor of chemistry and chairman of the depart- h ment, w o is leaving his undergraduate students to teach gradu- ate work in chemistry at Johns Hcipkins University. Dr. Met- c..1f holds an A B M A and Phi D N . ., . ., 3 . ew in the department for this year is Dr. Charles D. Starr, who taught several chem classes as associate rofes f hi Ph. D. Outsta p sor o c emistry with an' A. B., and nding in all science majors minds this year w ere plans for the new Freeman Memorial Science Hall which were 7 furthered with trips to nearb coll L ' ' ' ment and buildings. y eges to examine latest equip- 20 Tlafufzal gciences Biology Frog dissection and formaldehyde fum-es still comprise the greater part of a biology major's life at Westminster, With long afternoon labs keeping them indoors studying nature from ia scientific angle. Occasional field trips break up the 1'0l-ltlnes especially those along the railroad tracks to that inevitable rendezvous, the cut. However, persistent would-be doctors, nurses, and lab technicians keep at it under the guidance of associate professor of biology Donald C. Matthews. Dr. Mat- thews, B. S., Ph. D., is acting chairman of the department in the absence of Dr. Bert E. Quick, on leave from the college for further study. Assisting in the department as assistant pro- fessor of biology is Benedict A. Hall, A. B., A. M., most Q familiar to students taking botany courses. .,. Dr. Starr, Dr. Metcalf

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umanifies Piistory Cornell University and University of Pittsburgh graduate school products continue to dominate-the history d-epartmenfs personnel for the fourth successive year. The combination was made possible by the addition of Assistant Professor A. James Coe, former War Memorial and Rodgers Scholar at Cornell, who left the undergraduate faculty of Alfred University and the graduate school faculty of New York University to become the department's acting chairman. Miss Alice K. Schuster, A. B., A. M., carries the load of teaching American and Latin Ameri- can history, while Mr. Coe interprets European history and the background of current world problems. The Far East and Pa- cific will come into their orbit by September. Dr. Leon S. Mar- shall, professor of history, is on l-eave'of absence from the department. T...-:M 'rv 1 Q Mr. Wiley, Miss Stewart. Mr. Biberich, Dr. Taylor M... Z ii Miss Schuster, Mr. Coe Languages Itis not long before the new language student becomes acquainted with Miss Mary Elizabeth Stewart's accounts of the Parisshe knew, or the uniqueness of Professor Walter Biberich's German songs and magic antics. Soon he is able to follow the rapid firing of Spanish words by Mr. T. R. Wiley. The student interested in Latin and Gr-eek works with Dr. Gilbert H. Taylor, chairman of the department of ancient languages. Heading the department of modern languages is Miss Stewart, A. B. , A. M., whose study at the Sorbonne in Paris increased her knowledge of the language dear to her majors. Making up The Three Musketeersn of the department are Assistant Professor of German, Mr. Biberich, A. B., A. M., who is also an ordained Baptist minister, Assistant Professor in Spanish, Mr. Wiley, A. B., A. M., who began teaching at Westminster after studying in Spain, France and Mexico, and Dr. Taylor, A. M., Ph. D., who teaches both the language and history of Greece and Rome. . 19

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2 1 l ,natuhat gciences Mathematics m...., Shifted around this year with increasing confusion for its stud t h ' ' en s was t e math department, starting out in September with Assistant Professor Lola S. Christy, B. S., M. L., acting as head of the department and Dr Gilbert Taylor assistin . At ' g semesters Dr. Harold L. Black returned to Westminster as chairman of the department and of the division of natural sciences. Coming back also was Byron King, instructor, who taught math classes for the ASTP in 1943-44. Dr. Black, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., and Mr. King, A. B., took overall classes in math for the second semester. The load in this department was especially heavy this year with over a hundred ex-servicemen clamoring for courses in everything from beginning algebra to calculus and analytical geometry. c,,,.v.v.xfx Dr. Swindler, Mr. Shear 5 Dr. Black, Mr. King Physics and Astronomy In the higher realm of light, electricity and the stars Westminster students find Dr. James A. Swindler, professor of physics and chairman of the department. During the first semester, Dr. Swindler, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., taught all classes and labs in his department, carrying an overloaded sch-edule. Second semester, returned vets clamored for so much work in the department that James A. Shear, B. S., M. S., himself a vet-eran, became assistant to Dr. Swindler, instructing elementary physics classes and labs. Familiar sights around campus, espe- cially with the vets, are those little gray lab manuals and PHYSICS, by Stuart. The cellar laboratory in the science hall, hangout of squinteen physics and math majors, was filled with doubl-ed-up labs and confusing technical equipment in addition to the students every afternoon and Saturdays. ,21