Hamline University - Liner Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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The foreign language department also spends considerable time training students for the teaehing profession. It also attempts to satisfy what might be termed a general interest in the held. orienting students in language Content as well as the literature and history of the partieular peoples in question. Lan- guage study. in addition. must be in- eluded in the Curriculum of those who plan to do further graduate study. Mrs, Sylvia Lange. Dr. Dorothy MeGhee. department head. Bliss Sally Opstein. and Dr. Nfax Yolkmann. FACULTY English and Foreign Languages . . The major objective of the English department is preparation of students for elementary, secondary, and College teaching within the field. It also stresses the need, within any field, for extensive orientation and training in English. not only covering the areas of composition and journalism, but the entire field of literature and drama. It is thus well diversified in its offerings as it more fully prepares the student for work within his chosen profession. Dr. Charles Moyer, Dr. George Vane, Dr. William Stuekey, Miss Barbara Mertz, and Dr. Reginald Buehler, department head. . . . Philosoph and Religion . . . The primary purposes of the philosophy and re- ligion department are, respectively, to force the stu- dent to examine and investigate his life and the world he lives in: and to interpret what Christianity has been and means for the life of the individual. Thus. the departments aims originate out of the eollege's general philosophy. Preparation of pre- seminarians for graduate work is a specific task of the department. Dr. Robert Bobilin. Dr. Thurman Coss. department head, and Mr. Herbert Reinelt. z

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ORIAM . . . l A s ' assist, fwiristiw1ss22ig,g,, W Wig? uixeeisifi ,.,1, ., - LiLf,-L Q, One of the finest memories of a person, we suppose, in this world of ours, is that he has shown a genuine love of life, a sensitivity to it, in all sorts of aspects and corners of experience, and that he has so reflected the living, as to include countless others within his story. To us, Dr. Berg has meant a wonderful and delightful combination of characteristics - a richly endowed and forthright spirit who could debate questions at a meeting or over faculty coffee, then proceed to serious literary considerations during several classes of German literature, give sensible counsel to a student group, and enter into full backgrounds of appreciation for an artistic evening. His knowl- edge was compelling, his versatility amazing, and an innate kindness tempered the two. - Dr. Dorothy McGhee 13 Dr. Kurt Berg

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. . . Fine Arts The music department. realizing that music is as important a part of life as any other. strives to provide not only specihc and detailed courses for the advanced stu- dent or music major. but also courses which are designed to help the general student understand the many facets of music and music appreciation. The department pro- ceeds on the well-founded theory that, in the area of music, knowledge automatically helps one to appreciate, And, in order that students may develop such appreciation fully, all eras of musical composition are stressed, from the very early to the con- temporary. lwlr. Russell Harris, department head, Mr. Roy Johnson, lNIr. Robert Holliday. Mrs. Rubi Wlent- zel, and Mrs. Mary Fellows. v U fm 'U 'YP x X gy .1 It is the goal of the department of speech and theatre to increase in the student general resourcefulness, creativity, expressiveness, and ability to solve problems. Wlith these ob- jectives in mind. the department orients itself toward the entire student body. Three main areas make up the field of speech education: theatre, speech correction. and general education. In addition to these areas, the whole forensics program is in its charge. Above all. Hamline strives to inte- grate its speech and theatre work with the liberal arts. Dr. John Bystrom, department head. Mr. James Carlson, and Mrs Berneice Rutherford. Perhaps the first goal of the art depart- ment would be to give each student at least an elementary understanding and ap- preciation of the held. and a general aware- ness of the rich history of art. A good num- ber of Hamline's art students go on to teaching careers. both in elementary edu- cation and as full-time art teachers at the secondary level. The training of such stu- dents is therefore another important task of the art department. Mr. Richard Randell. Mrs. Margaret Harrison, and Dr. Robert Harrison, department head.