Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Hawtey Taytor, Px.D. Department Chairman Physics Today physics is receiving more promi- nence than ever before. In America we have about seven hundred able physicists, yet we should have four thousand. In mechanized war physicists must be trained; London was saved from annihilation by a group of them. As Wheaton College realizes this challenge, the Physics Department is larger than ever betorese hem class sine General Physics? has doubled. More student courses have been added, in addition to four night courses or- ganized under the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training. King eyes the amps. Pau E. Staniey, Pu.D. FANNIE Boyce, Pu.D. Research is being carried on by Dr. Taylor, who is working in the field of acoustics. He feels that his work is going to bear fruit in the near future. Assistant Professor Dr. Paul E. Stanley, is best known for his ability in the field of radio. This is his specialty though he does teach other subjects in the Department. Dr. Boyce and Miss Brandt are our mathe- maticians. Such courses are requisites for study in physics and are receiving much more intensified interest in this world of war. New- comers to the Department are Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Winsor, and Miss Ogburn. Reppie tinkers with his toy. ANGELINE BrAnpt, A.M.

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Paut M. Waraieut, Px.D. Department Chairman Chemistry To the uninitiated, the chemistry student is a very queer individual. The chief character- istics are a pile of books, a slide rule, a sheet of problems, a preoccupied expression, and a slight aroma. The motto of these students may well be, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” “Wait for what?” one might well ask. That Is e€asy—wait for an organic experiment to reflux; wait for the analytical balance to stop swinging; and above all, wait for the stock room to open. Nothing need be said con- cerning the a nticipation of those clever exams Learning by doing. ALBERT O’Brien, Pu.D. Rocer Voskuyr, Pu.D. Donatp BoarpMAN, the profs hand out. Since Dr. Voskuyl has been granted a leave of absence to do work for the government, Dr. Wright and Dr. O’Brien are now holding the fort alone. The most immediate contribution to the war effort is the War Training Courses. At present there are two conducted by Earl Zetterholm, re- search chemist at the Universal Oil Products Company. This fall the students organized the Whea- ton Chemical Society. There are now approxi- mately forty active members who are kept informed of the chemical world. In de-still of the night.

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Do they type right? AI S. Richey Kamm, Pu.D. Department Chairman Orrin FE. LirFaANy, Pu.D. History and Social Science A favorite slogan of bygone years was: “Go west, young man, go west.’ Yet many Wheaton students turn their eves in the opposite direction and plod slowly onward in the east end of Blanchard Hall. These travelers on social-science high- way find a bit of difficulty trying to keep up with ever-chang- ing conditions. Fortunately a competent organization of guides has been provided. Hersert Moure, Tx.D. V. Dake Jottey, M.B.A.