Letters and Science...
It was during this time that many great teachers helped
to make the University of Wisconsin one of the most out-
standing schools in the country.
Joaquin Ortega did a great deal to improve the Spanish
Department, and William F. Giese was well-known for his
good work in the French Department. J. M. O'Neil organ-
ized the Department of Public Speaking, Max Otto became
renowned for his teaching of philosophy, and William G.
Bleyer outlined the first journalism course at the University,
and became Director of the School of Journalism in 1927.
Frederick Ogg began courses in the study of phases of
government such as labor history and relationships in 1913.
Some of the outstanding scholars in that field during this
time were: Don Leschshier, Helen Sumner, Selig Perlman,
Philip Taft, and Elizabeth Brandeis. James Dowd started
the Economics Department in 1917, which at that time in-
cluded courses in anthropology and sociology. The first full
professor of economics, however, was Edwin A. Ross who
took this position in 1906.
Professors Louis Kahlenberg and, Richard Fischer did
notable work in the Chemistry Department, and the School
of Pharmacy became one of the leading schools of the world
under the guidance of its director, Edward Kremers.
George Cary Comstock's investigation and study of twin
stars established the generality of the law of gravitation and
helped to popularize astronomy here at the University of
Wisconsin.
The Geology Department, Music School, Library School,

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Prof. Max Otto. philosopher deluxe.

South Hall, office of the dean.

Introductory zoology lab.

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