Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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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

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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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gocial gciences Psychology and Education The psychology and education department, comfortably situated on third floor Old Main, provides housing for its staff of three. Heading the department and acting as coun- sellor and advisor to future teachers, Carrol H. Leeds, B. S., M. S., also teaches classes in General Psychology and Educa- tional Psychology. Mr. Le-eds is assisted by Miss Eva Goodenough, B. Sf, M. S., who teaches both Psychology and Education courses, being especially familiar to aspiring pedagogues of the junior class. The latest addition to the department, Miss Zelma Witten- berg, B. A., M. A., a form-er member of the Woman's Army Corps, instructs students in Mental Hygiene, Child Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology courses. Latest additions to the duties of the department are courses preparatory for a masters degree in education. Miss Wittenberg, Mr. Leeds, Miss Goodenough ecretarial Science Amid classrooms filled with sounds of those clicking type- writers and the mumbling of shorthand students trying to keep up with the 120-word' rate of dictation, we find Mr. Robert F. Galbreath, Jr., B. B. A., A. M., heading th-e department and teaching classes of business English, office management, typing, bookkeeping, salesmanship, and accounting. ' Miss Elsie L. Leffingwell, B. S., M. A., spends most of her time with shorthand students, helping them attain that high speed with the proper style of writing. . Miss Jane C. Little, B. A., M. Ed., new addition to the de- partment this year, has taken over shorthand, typing and Business Arithmetic classes. In the afternoons she may also be found in the office practice lab. Miss Marjorie Kellar, only with us for a short time, has guided many students in classes of Typing and Business English. 23