STUDENT HEALTH CENTER The building used as an Infirmary for the Health Service is located at 105 S. College Avenue. The Infirmary is now well equipped to provide care and treatment of patients, to a limited degree. Extended bed care and the treatment of chronic and infectious diseases is not provided. Professional service and care are provided by the full time college physician, Dr. Robert H. Duenner, Director of Student Health, and three nurses. The Infirmary is kept open at all times. Two nurses are on day duty and one on night duty. A practical nurse was employed to keep the Infirmary open during meal hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Seriously ill cases have been kept to a minimum. No deaths within the student body have been reported but a few cases of serious illness and severe emergencies have been sent to hospitals for immediate attention beyond the facilities of the Student Health Center. The common head colds, upper respiratory infections, and mild gastro-intestinal infections were the cause of the greatest loss of time from classes. The conditions were apparently due to virus infections. No serious cases developed. The infection appeared to be mild in character and of short duration. The accident and injury rate from athletic events was high. While the Infirmary is open at all hours for the treatment of emergencies, the following clinic hours should be observed: 8:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. 1:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. 6:15 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. The college physician is usually present during the following hours: Weekdays: 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Saturdays: 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. Sundays by appointment. Patients sufficiently ill to require bed care and treatment are admitted to the Infirmary for a maximum stay not to exceed 72 hours; however, patients requiring longer care are frequently

retained until cured or transferred to their home or to a hospital. A great majority are discharged as cured before the expiration of the 72 hours period. Total yearly patients all cases

12408

Average Monthly Patient visits to infirmary (7 months, 6 day week, reg. session).

1722

Average Monthly Patients seen all cases (6 day week) 1379 Average Daily Visits to Infirmary (6 day week, reg. session) Admissions to Infirmary Male Female

58 37 29

66 Total days spent in Infirmary Male Female

67 40 107

During the year, approximately 251 visits were made by faculty members, and 251 visits were made by civilian employees and others. Approximately 546 prophylactic infections of extracts and vaccines were given. The entire ROTC advanced student body was given all the necessary prophylactic medications required by the army. A large percentage of the visits of students to the Infirmary are for the purpose of obtaining medical excuses. These excuses are either based on visits to the Infirmary, a note from the patient's family or attending physician or a telephone message. The Student Health Center has availed itself of the facilities of the town AETNA Volunteer Ambulance Service on frequent occasions during this past year. The service has always been rendered promptly, efficiently and with dispatch.

Officers President Dick Jones Vice-President Dolores Crossan Secy.-Treas. Dora Monaco Member-at-Large Harry Jacobs Seated: Dr. Lane, Harry Jacobs, Dolores Crossan, Dick Jones (President), Bob Herold, Dick Wise, Ann Krchma. Standing: Mary Sagan, Paul Thompson, A1 Graves, Dora Monaco, Abe Rittenhouse, Jack Dunn, Dick Tikiob, Ralph Chinn.

PSYCHOLOGY The Psychology Club is open not only to students majoring and minoring in Psychology, but also to students who are interested in it. The purpose of this club is to stimulate, encourage and maintain the interests and scholarship of its members in other

academic fields as well as psychology. To accomplish these aims, the club has guest speakers, field trips, motion pictures and symposiums included in the agenda of monthly meetings.

SOCIOLOGY The purpose of the Sociology Club is to bring together interested students and acquaint them with the various aspects and problems in the field of sociology. The club sponsors short field trips to state institutions as well as the annual field trip to New York City. It is at present doing research into the interests of the students so that the depart-

Officers President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

Irvin Schulman Barbara Black Patricia Brown James Middleton

Seated: Frances Miller, Christine Walton, Dr. Parker, Patricia Brown, Irwin Schulman, Barbara Black, James Middleton, Evelyn Klahr, Esther Rowley. Standing: Faith Orloff, Hope Orloff, Barbara Jacobs, Bill Kelly, Barbara Baker, Marguerite Grant, Nan Lerch, Joan D'Amico.

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ment may help them find positions or choose graduate schools. In addition to the monthly meetings, at which visiting scholars or guest speakers are usually present, a "Kaffee Klatsch" has been organized to further faculty-student relationships and to discuss current problems of sociology.

ALPHA Fifty-three years ago on the campus of Ohio State University the honorary agricultural fraternity of Alpha Zeta was founded by Charles W. Burkett and John F. Cunningham. Since that time there have been 45 additional charters granted to agricultural colleges in 44 states of the Union. On January 29, 1949, the School of Agriculture at the University of Delaware was granted the 46th charter of the national organization of Alpha Zeta. There are over 16,000 alumni members of Alpha Zeta with a student membership of over 1200 in the 46 chapters. The Delaware chapter at the present time consists of 24 student members, 17 alumni members, and one associate member.

ZETA The requirements for membership are that a student must be enrolled in a four-year course of instruction in technical agriculture, and he must have completed one and one-half years of the four-year course. The average of his grades must place him in the upper two-fifths of his class, and he must receive the unanimous election of the student members and the faculty advisory committee of the chapter. The student must also possess characterisitcs of scholarship, leadership and sound character which make him of promise as a servant of agriculture.

Lester Lichtenberger Fred Kelleher Earl Holston George Bradley Wesley Webb

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Parke Perine, President; George Knighton, Vice-President; Beverly France, Acting Secretary; Kathryn Alston, Treasurer; Gifford Nouland, Tom O'Donnell, Eleanor Pearce, Alec Rogers, Mae Jane Singer, Roberta Sloman, John Sedwick, Jean Wilson, Barbara Baker, Sally Schwartz, William Tammany, Jill Myers, James Berry, Edith Branin, Art Butler, Elbert Chance, Turner Edge, Bruce Laird, Robert Waples, Jane Good, William Hearn, Ted Marshall, Alice J. Matthews, Joan McCain, Joy Murray, Adele Nurock, Robert J. McFarlin, Virginia Wells, Richard Harold; C. Robert Kase, Faculty Director; Herman Middleton, Technical Director.

E- 5 2 PLAYERS

The E-52 Players is an organization composed of students representing all schools of the University. Many who proudly wear a gold E-52 pin have earned their membership through hard work backstage with make-up, costumes, publicity, lighting, sound, scene construction, business and ushering. The main function of the group, which operates in cooperation with the Dramatic Arts and Speech Department, is to promote and encourage dramatics at the University. They uphold this ambition by offering several Lab Theatre Productions, a Children's Theatre Program and Tour and three major productions each season. The Theatre Calendar also includes plays by the University Drama Group, The Delaware Dramatic Conference and the Delaware Play Festival. 1 'Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams closed the 1949-1950 season of the Players. The play which was the 47th major production of the organization was directed by Mr. Thomas B. Pegg. Seen in the leading roles were Audrey Legge, John Sedwick and Parke Perine. Margaret Guenveur, a former member of the Players, was a guest actress. The nineteenth season of E-52 work opened in October with the Maxwell Anderson play, "High Tor." This production combined serious thought with comedy and featured John Sedwick, Nancy Schnabel, Parke Perine, Elbert Chance and Jean Wilson. Mr. Pegg directed the performance and Mr. Herman Middleton, a new member of the Department of Dramatic Arts and Speech, was technical director. Following this production the Laboratory Theatre, which is dedicated "to the trying out of new plays, new actors and new staging techniques" presented "Day Before Yesterday" and

"Bride Ship." These plays were directed respectively by Mae Jane Singer and Adele Nurock and were under the faculty direction of Dr. C. Robert Kase. For their second major production of the season, the Players presented "Juno and the Paycock" by the Irish playwright, Sean O'Casey. The cast, directed by Dr. Kase, consisted of Mae Jane Singer as Juno, Robert McFarlin as her "paycock" of a husband, Thomas Waters, Jeannette Taylor, John Sedwick and Gunvor Thuresson. One of the high points during the past year was the eleventh Delaware Dramatic Conference which was held on November 17. Four hundred thirty-six delegates from twenty-five school, college, and community theatres were represented. Emphasis was on drama in the school and a special theatre clinic was held to discuss individual problems in dramatics of those attending the conference. Mitchell Hall, home of the Players, has undergone several improvements in the past year. A new Box Office in the Lobby, the Sound Booth and Lighting Booth on each side of the Projection Booth at the rear of the balcony are smaller ones while the new ventilating system and the Izenour Switchboard are on a larger scale. The Mitchell Hall switchboard is the fourth of its kind in the country and will greatly increase the value of the theatre training of the University. Plans are already being made for the 1951-1952 dramatic season. Included in these are new housing for the lighting instruments which are now suspended from pipes at the front of the balcony, and more emphasis on the importance of the Laboratory Theatre plays.

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