Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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■. i| f - s Sf ' m Hh 1 K K ' ' ENGLISH Second Row: Cooper, Sanders, Super, Wal- cutt, Barnes, Miserez. First Row: Hagle, Eckert, Magoon, Carey, Bal- lew. The ultimate aim of the department of Enghsh is the understanding and appreciation of hter- ature. Coupled with this is the goal of being able to express one ' s self clearly and concisely. In the rooms of Old Welch hiall. Professor Gerald Sanders heads a staff proficient in teaching courses ranging from Old English and Chaucer to courses in contemporary literature. Excellent period courses and courses in Amer- ican Literature are available to the English major. The required rhetoric course furnishes Ji ' rm foundation for more advanced courses in English Grammar and Creative Writing. In building an everlasting peace and better relations w ith nations of the world, it is essential that we reach them on the basis of their lan- guage. We can develop a genuine interest and enthusiasm for understanding their customs and ways of living. Language students will hove a great respon- sibility in reconstruction work of war-torn countries. The language department, under the direction of Mrs. Sobourin, inculcates in the students an understanding and appreciation of foreign language. Courses are taught in German, French, Spanish, Latin and Greek. Case, Wolfe, Owens, Sabourin, Magoon. LANGUAGE 10

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Faculty LIBRARY Second Row: Litter, Bates Rosentreter, Cleveringa. First Row: Milliman, M., Andrews, Trabilcox, Milliman, D. During final exam and term-paper time the library is o continual beehive of feverish ac- tivity on the part of students. Students are constontly searching among the reference books and periodicals for a little more information. Of great value to early elementary students is the collection of children ' s text-books on the second floor. The library staff, headed by Miss Elsie V. Andrews and v ell trained assistants, is alv ays ready and willing to help bewildered students. The speech department staff, though small in number, is nonetheless great in importance. To Dr. J. P. Kelly and Marion F. Stowe, oral interpretation and poise in public speaking remain still a necessity. The responsibility of training and coaching ' amoteurish freshmen in their public speaking and poetry reading is one that is grave indeed. Courses in public speaking and interpretative reading taught by these enthusiastic instructors have enabled Michigan Normal Students to enter inter- collegiate contests in debating, extemporaneous speaking, and in poetry and prose reading. SPEECH Stowe, Kelly

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Second Row: Engelsman, Alden, Waugh, Blacker- burg. First Row: Warren, Eric- son, Thomson, Fager- strom, Devol, Hubbell, Field. The Global war In which ' e ore engaged places a new stress on a knowledge of geog- raphy. Names of far av ay, apparently in- significant places loom into importance in head- lines. The staff of the geography department headed by Dr. James Glasgow is alert to all geographic changes affecting the environment and life of peoples of the land. The geography department instructs its students in v hy, where, and how people live. Of no small importance is the help it gives to students in interpreting the world news. Liberal education is based on an understand- ing of modern institutions and the forces v hich make up society. This knowledge cannot be built up unless we know how our institutions were evolved. This is the important work done by Dr. Simon E. Fagerstrom, head of the hHistory Department and his colleagues. Courses are taught covering the many phases of American History, Europe and the Far East, Economics and Sociology. Recently introduced were many courses in Sociology enabling students to obtain a Socio- logy major on a pre-professionol course. Glasgow, Hoy, Sill GEOGRAPHY 11