MacMurray College - Tartan / Illiwoco Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Through the guidance of an outstanding faculty in the departments of the Natural Sciences, students have achieved a greater understanding of the phe- nomena of science. Faculty changes have been made in the Biology Department with Dr. Richard Frieburg taking Dean Kanatzer ' s position as head of the department. Mrs. Frieburg teaches part-time, while Miss Hazel Olson and Mr. Herbert Sierk continue in their present po- sitions. Dean Kanatzer continues to teach Science Foundations, a course tracing the history of develop- ment of the natural sciences. Due to lac k of storage space, members of the Chemistry Department, headed by Dr. Bailey, anx- iously await the development of plans for a new science building. This year Mr. Siemers and Mr. Marshall supervised the moving of the Physics De- partment to new labs and offices which, in the past, were a part of the Home Economics Department. The Mathematics Department has expanded its of- fices and procured new calculators. Miss Mona Klebe, a former MacMurray student, joined the mathematics staff this year. At MacMurray, engineering majors work on the 3-2 Plan. Under this plan a student may earn his degree by attending MacMurray for three years and Columbia University or the University of Illinois for two years, taking the majority of his specialization courses in engineering during the latter two years. In this way the student has a liberal arts background to complement his technical training. Comprehension of Natural Sciences A calculating woman? Maybe. Karen ' s a math major, demon- strating one of the department ' s new calculators. 25