Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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(Snnirapltij David Olso,, Until a knowledge of science has given him vision, man walks with unseeing eyes among marvels beside which fairy tales are tame. He is unaware that all about him, — in the earth under his feet, in the sky above him — there are vast forces, working with him in friendly accord, or pitting themselves grimly against him. He does not know that the form of his body and the fashion of his mind have their far beginnings in times so remote that in comparison man ' s most ancient records were written but a moment ago. He cannot fully realize the brotherhood of man, the universal likeness that underlies the transient im- press of environment. The task of the geography teacher is to give this broader vision. Geography is not primarily a study of facts; it is a study of principles around which facts may be interpreted. When man once sees himself in his relation to his physical surroundings, when he recognizes to what extent his beliefs and his emotions are the product of the stage upon which he acts his part, when he learns that other nations and other races differ from him only because the external setting of their lives is differently arranged, — when he recognizes all mankind as his kindred, children of the same great mother, he will lay aside his foolish pre- judices and his causeless hatreds. Geography, rightly understood, is one of the mightiest of the forces toward peace on earth, good will toward men. Page Nineteen

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Henri Boulet The aim of the course called Romance Languages ' ' is evidently and above all to comply with le programme of colleges, universities, and many special schools that demand the knowledge of French and sometimes of Spanish. Either you must know a foreign modern language or it is not indispensable; what difference does that make? Don ' t forget the Utile Dulci of the Latins and learn one; and if you have the choice, don ' t hesitate to take French. As it is the most spoken language in the world, after English, you need it to be con- sidered refined; you need it for business, you need it for traveling, or just for the pleasu re of being able to read, understand, and speak this harmonious language. Apprenez le francais, ma ehere, ' est si fixcile. Three steps only : 1st. The teacher gives you a general little knowledge that enables you to bluff those of your friends who do not know a single word of French. How easy ! 2nd. The teacher makes you believe that you really do know something. You are so pleased and proud that he has no trouble at all in convincing you. 3rd. Being able to bluff the non-initiated ones, being able to bluff yourself, we come to the third and last stage. You just have to learn a little more and show every one, even native French people, that you do master the language you were only pretending to know. This is indeed a little more difficult: but with the well known intelligence of the Kent Staters! Courage! Allez-v ! Page Eighteen

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History nnh Mortal rirnrr . D. Byrne Eleanor Ann Meyer This Department, in common with the various others of Kent State has. since the establishment of the school, experienced a gradual growth in student enrollment and in the number and variety of courses offered. During the past year the Department has undergone reorganization and as at present constituted it comprises the work offered by the college in the re- lated fields of History, Government, Economics, and Sociology. A student can now secure four full years work in the first subject and the present plan is to offer at least a year ' s work in each of the other fields. This will be still further increased as rapidly as the growth in numbers and facilities justify. At pres- ent the Department is offering a total of twenty-seven courses, five of these — History 20A, History 20B, History 29A, Sociology 21, and Sociology 22— having been added during the current year. Tlie courses in Sociology which are being cataloged will run in sequence through the academic year and will be styled Principles of Sociology, Social Progress, and Social Programs, respectively. These courses are planned to meet the general cultural interests of students but particularly with reference to the needs of prospective teachers of sociology in the Junior and Senior High Schools of the State, in which the subject is assuming a growing importance. As a part of the program of special extension work which was initiated by the College last September in order to meet the demands of deserving non- resident students, this Department has been offering the following courses in absentia: Government 21, Sociology 21, History 20, and History 11. It is probable that a few additional courses will lie offered in absentia during the ensuing year. The increasing number of high school students taking work in the field of History and Social Science is highly gratifying. It is the hope of the Depart- ment to be able in due time to enroll its fair portion of the students of North- eastern Ohio who are interested in these fields of work and to give them as at- tractive an offering as any other institution of similar character in the state. Page Twenty J