Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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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

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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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ocial gciences conomics and Business ministration ji? Mr. Ellis, Mr. McKee, D.. cfeighion, M.. Brettholle Cappie, who stands at the wheel of the economics and business administration department, is the symbol of all that is familiar to bus ad majors at Westminster. Captain William lMcKee, chairman of the department and of the social science division, is professor of eco- nomics and business administration with an A. B., and A. M. Accounting students know best Professor Herbert C. Graebner, B. S., M. B. A., who is associate professor of economics and business administration. I-Ie also has charge of engaging guest speakers for the college lecture course. Newest addition to the department is Dr. John Wallis Creighton, B. A., Ph. D., LL. D., who gives spice to his classes with his first hand knowledge on China and the Far East. Dr. Creighton, professor of economics and business administration, also confused students with his B. A. from Westminster College, in Missouri. Assistant professor of economics, Mr. Frank Brett- holle, B. B.A., M. B. A., is also familiar to students as college Business Manager. overnment and Law Carrying a one-man job as sole member of the department of political science, government and law this year was Harry S. Manley, A.B., W-estminster, 1942, L. L. B., University of Pittsburgh Law school, 1945. Mr. Manley, as instructor in gov- ernment and law, had the duty of teaching the rudiments of law to many of his former classmates who returned from the service with aspirations to become lawyers. Returning during the second semester from a military leave of absence. Thomas V. Mansell, A.B., LL,B,, lecturer in government, taught social science classes to ease ch e weighty burden in this division. Mr. Mansell, who holds law offices in New Castle, spends the early part of the morning at West- mmster before going to his duties as practicing lawyer, 22 . ,... Mr. Manley