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...hybrid department with only one course offered in the field, the study of bio-chemical sciences bolds out for prospective concentrators a good chance to gain an all around schooling in the biological and physical science without the necessity of delving too deeply into any one specific area...
Although concentration in bio-chem calls for courses in chemistry, biology, and physics, with some mathematics a very handy adjunct, the field is not just a pleasant four-year exposure to a liberal education in the sciences. The vast majority of men in the department, most of them pre-medical students, are playing for keeps, since medical schools are notoriously grade-conscious...
...department of bio-chemical sciences offers a convenient means of satisfying both requirements for a degree and the basic requisites for admission to medical school at one stroke, but the man who is uncertain about a medical career runs the danger of finding himself as a senior able to carry on an enlightened conversation in most of the branches of the physical and biological sciences without possessing enough specialized training to put his knowledge to work without further preparation...
Equipped with new buildings and excellent laboratory facilities, the Bio Department is one of the more modern in the University. Its professors on the whole are superior lecturers, and practically all are recognized authorities in their respective fields. With men like Wetmore, Weston, Sax, Hisaw, Romer, and Castle carrying the main teaching burdens, they present an accurate and animated picture of Biology today...
Students who were graduated Summa cum Laude are Bille C. Carlson '45 (Physics), Milo L. Heideman '47 (Bio-chemical Sciences), Howard S. Hibbett, Jr. '44, (Far Eastern Languages), Walter J. Johnson, Jr. '44 (Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics) and Robert M. Solow '44 (Economics...