Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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STANDING — M. BOURCIER, DR. FREEMAN. M. RANTY SEATED — MME BRUNO. MLLE BINAND. MRS WATERMAN piNE ARTS Standing in Forest recreation room in front of an exhibit of Modern Painting, or seated at the piano playing to illustrate a certain point, Professor Harry Owen carries on his class in Fine Arts. It includes philoso- phy, music and literature as well as art, and makes you believe that culture and you have now been formally introduced. The thrill of finding that Modern Art is no longer a complete mystery, but that you can under- stand at least part of it is wonderful, and makes you feel very superior! k PROF OWEN FRENCH Pride of the Middlebury French School is the Chateau, the first especially constructed French house in the country. Before its dedication in 192 5, students wishing to live the language stayed at the Logan House downtown. After two years they moved up to Hillcrest. The Chateau, a gift of Mrs. John R. Proctor, is the largest dormitory of its kind in the country today, and the only one in old French architecture. One of the objectives of the Middlebury system of French education is to make life in that language so habitual that the student forgets that he is speaking a foreign tongue. As Doctor Freeman says, he must learn to laugh in French. Besides the Bacon Bat, the Chateau spon- sors the Dunmore Outing, a Hallowe ' en party, a Christmas party and a Micareme celebration with pancakes. Doctor Stephen A. Freeman has headed the French Department since 1925. U L T Y OCT. 1 — lUST INTERVIEWED A FRESHMAN ABOUT BLUE KEY PRO- CEEDINGS TIME: 3 AM. QUOTE: ■WHAT A GOD-AWFUL HOUR THEY PICK ' TRIED TO SCARE HELL OUT OF US. BUT THEY ONLY HALF SUCCEEDED. 27

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PROF HOWARD, PROF ADAMS, MR MADDEN EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY Professor How.ud .ind Professor Madden arc the instructors of the Educational Psychology courses here at Midd. One of the interesting projects carried on in the department this year was a series of person- ality and aptitude tests which the students took and later scored themselves. ENGLISH Lach year the I)ep.iriiiicnt of Eng- lish becomes a more active and popular one in the Middlcbury curriculum. We can credit this to both its personnel .ind the variet) ' of courses offered. The courses start with such works as Beowulf and Canterbury Tales and continue right through modern prose and poetry to include men like John Steinbeck and Robert Frost. In their scope they cover the tields of literary history, drama, composition, criticism, and, to prove its diversity, courses of Bible study of both the Old and New Testaments. Under the sponsorship of the Eng- lish Department this year is the new undergraduate magazine. Directions, which substitutes for the Saxoniaii. PROF, CADY. PROF BROWN, MR BARRETT. PROF PERKINS, PROF OWEN, DR BEERS SEPT 30 MOUNTAIN CLUB HANG- I OVER: I WOKE UP WITH A STIFF f NECK AND HAD TO LOOK TO THE f LEFT ALL DAY. EVERYONE - PASSED ME ON THE RIGHT: SO I I WASN T CONSCIOUS OF MUCH THAT WENT ON. I F A C

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MR. SKILLINGS. MR. NEUSE GERMAN Tlic present conflict in Europe seems to have h.ui little effect on the interest in German at Middlebury College. German was the first modern language introduced at Middlebury College, and it is still a popular subject althougii the number of German majors is not large. HISTORY The 1 listory Department at Middle- bur - provides a broad background of I uropean and American history with special concentration in each field. The department offers also invaluable cor- relation with other major courses. Eng- lish, American Literature and Political Science majors find history courses to dove-tail perfectly with their field of concentration. An historical back- ground is necessary for almost every course. There is opportunity to do much supplementary reading in all the liistory courses. This permits wide choice in readings and a student may follow the historical branch in which he is most interested: art, music, sci- ence and others. Courses in historical method are provided for students who wish to teach history. ASST PROF JAMES S PRENTICE. ASST PROF JOHN P DAVISON. PROF ALLEN M CLINE 1 OCT. 2 — WOMEN S VERSION OF I BLUE KEY PROCEEDINGS: THE I ) MEN OF -44 INTERRUPTED OUR ( (FIVE-HOUR QUOTA OF SLEEP WITH ' AN INSPIRED RENDITION OF TLL I NEVER SMILE AGAIN ' IN THE WEE HOURS THIS MORNING J F A C 28