College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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THE DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES BIOLOGY Courses in the Biology Department are worked out In sequences in order to prepare the student for various scientific studies. Some cf these fields include loology, botany, premedical and predental work, bacteriology, medical technology, nursing, and aquatic biology. First Row: Jeffers, Blank, Ash. Second Row: Baldwin, Stinson. CHEMISTRY The Chemistry Department is approved by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. Graduates of the department who have met minimum standards established by the Committee are recogniied by the Society as having re- ceived undergraduate professional training In chemistry. Gordon, Hocutt, Armstrong, Guy. Sands, Katz. 20

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HISTORY By offering a variety of courses both in ancient and modern his- tory, the History Department develops In the student an under- standing of modern problems and hov they arose. Trends In Euro- pean countries as well as in America are traced. Seated: Morton. Standing: Adair, Fowler, McCully, Brlqht. JURISPRUDENCE The course of study Is based on the concept of law as a social institution In a modern world, in addition to private law, public law Is emphasized in accord with the general trend In Judicial and administrative processes. Seated: Baker, Gordon. Bradley. Cormack. Standing: Curtis, Woodbridgt, Anderson. Mori and. Kantner, Kernodle. Lett. SOCIOLOGY The Department of Sociology was formally established In 1930, although courses In this subject were taught prior to 1920. The department combines sociology and anthropology In the scientific analysis of human society through courses in theory, culture and personality, and social research. SECRETARIAL SCIENCE Courses in secretaridi science ere open to junior snd senior sfu dents as elective courses, regardless of their field of concentra- tion. College credit is given for these courses and they may be taken at part of student ' s regular schedule. 19

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MATHEMATICS Courses in mathematics include not only the working of prob- lems, but also the study of the history and development of this subject through the ages. Concentration in the field includes work in differential and Integral calculus and differential equations. Seated: Calkins, Phalen. Standing: Stetson. Smith. PSYCHOLOGY Science Is Increasingly useful In our understanding of man ' s be- havior. The Department of Psychology encourages scientific attl- tudes in students while informing them of the results of experiments tests, and opinions in the major fields-of theoretical and applied psychology. PHYSICS The Department of Physics, by offering a variety of courses, strives to give the physics major an understanding of physics and Its appliance to everyday life. The more advanced students find the opportunity to study in the fields of electricity and nuclear physics. Lambert, Orr, Bare, Willldms. Brooks. Jones, Wolln. Seattd: Moonoy. Standing: Schutttt, Hdrt. 21