Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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 Present-day mathematics is properly characterized as a living, growing element of culture embodying con- cepts about abstract structures and relations between these structures . . . Like any other cultural element, mathematics grows by evolution and diffusion.” (Wilder, Introduction to Foundations of Mathematics, Wiley and Sons, I‘ 52) In the setting of a liberal arts college such as Mount Holyoke, then, the study of mathematics for itself, as well as in the modern trend to enlarge the role of mathematics in diverse fields, should find a favorable climate. In recent years increased interest in independ- ent study in this field has been marked and the new four-course curriculum has provided greater opportu- nity for students to broaden their horizons both within and outside formal course offerings. Grace E. Bates People operating within an academic sphere usually have many more interests than they can possibly pinsuc. A scientist who has chosen to teach, must allot his or her time among three main areas: teach- ing. keeping up with advances in the subject, and research. I am convinced that one cannot teach a scientific subject at the college level without being personally involved in research. To me. teaching science is not just a matter of presenting facts and theories. I hope to show the intellectual excitement of research, to show the fumbles, frustrations and hard work which precedes the happy moments when the experimental observations fall into place. Both teaching and research require awareness of developments in one's subject. There is never enough time to do all three well but in the college atmosphere they can be combined, each giving mean- ing to the others. Jytte Mutts

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SCIENCES astronomy Mr- Stephen M. Adler Lecturer Robert H. Koch Lecturer Albert P. Llnnell Lecturer Stanley Sobieski. Jr. Lecturer Francis M Sticnon BIOLOG 1C A I. SCIENCES Prof FJi abeth M Bo xl Prof. Jytte Minis Prof. Isabelle B Sprague Prof. Kathryn F. Stein Assoc Prof. Elizabeth A Bee man Assoc Prof. Kathryn M. Fvrhenbcrg Assoc. Prof. Jane C. Kaltcnbach Assoc. Prof. Curtis G. Smith Asst Prof. Marilyn Z. Pryor Asst. Prof. Jane Taylor Miss Gretchen J. Falk Miss Dorothy A. Stroup I jib. Instructor Kathleen Holt Asst. Mary B. Benson Asst. Ruth R Burkhardt CHE SI 1STRY Prof George E. Hall Prof. Anna J. Harrison Prof Lucy W. Pickett Assoc. Prof. Jane L. Maxwell Asst. Prof. Frances W. Collins Asst. Prof. Edwin S. Weaver Asst. Prof. Kenneth L. Williamson Mrs Marion W. Craven Miss Violet I. Imbof Mrs. Virginia F. Johnston A»t. Doris W, d'Antonio Reader Jeannette C. Hilyard GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Prof. Minnie E- l.emairc Miss Dorothy Archibald Mr. Frederick C. Shaw Mr. Thomas S. Szekely MATHEMATICS Prof. Grace E Bates Prof. William H. Du rfee Prof Fred I Kiokcmcister Visiting Assoc Prof Bert Mcndelson Visiting Assoc Prof. Benjamin Muckenhoupt Mr. William J. Buckingham Mr. William F. Favorite Mrs. Louise E Rice PH YSICA L ED VC A TION Assoc. Prof. Ruth Elvedt Asst. Prof Jessie Ur Asst. Prof. Helen Rogers Miss Jayne Ackerman Mrs. Dorothy .Anderson Mi» Margaret Halladay Miss Shirley K Inly Miss S. Jean Brigham Manager of the riding stable Mr. Dan E. Webster Manager of the golf course PHYSICS Prof Edward P. Clancy Assoc. Prof. Homer C Wilkins Mr. John J. Kim Mrs. Sue Stidham Mr. Martin Wainc A liberal education has the ideal of making of life a rich and responsible experi- ence. To this goal, science, as well as other disciplines, makes its unique contribu- tion. There is no knowledge of true understanding.” says Glenn Scaborg in a recent essay on Science and the Humanities, “which is isolated from the total fabric. Truth has many facets, some of which are revealed only through a knowl- edge of science. And the more facets, the more aspects, through which life is observed, the more complete is one’s understanding. I am not one who believes there arc two kinds of minds, scientific and non- scientific. The important qualities for a scientist are not different in kind from those necessary for other disciplines—a spirit of inquiry, the ability to observe and to analyze observations, intuition and imagination to understand their significance and inspiration to point the path to future discovery. Science and art grew up together. Leonardo da Vinci is of course the supreme example of a man who was both artist and scientist. Science should be part of a humanist’s education. Man is, first of all. a biological organism. To understand and interpret human behaviour whether in a novel or biography or for sociological study, some knowledge of biolog)' is essential. Science answers questions about man's environment, and his relationship to that environment, to other individuals, both human and animal, to all growing things and to the physical forces which surround us. If we are to avoid two worlds to bridge the gap between the two cultures” of C. P. Snow, it seems as essential for a non-scientist to have some training in science as for a scientist to know something of the liberal arts, of history, of philosophy, of government. I share the feeling of Warren Weaver who said. Just as I cannot quietly contemplate a life which is not enriched by poetry and music and art and religious thought, so 1 also cannot endure the thought of life not enriched by science. Kathryn F. Stein

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Unfortunately, the words physical educa- tion lack clarity in denoting the nature of a field of inquiry or discipline. Because of the physical educator’s concern with human movement, his field is frequently understood to be activity itself rather than a domain of knowledge. Actually, activity is a means to an end. and physi- cal fitness, frequently thought to be that end. is a desirable by-product. The physical educator sees human move- ment in terms of its relation to the wholeness of man. Man is a biological organism. Man must act. His movement is expressive or functional. It is governed by physical laws and is described in terms of force, time, and space. Physical education is. in a sense, an applied field, concerned with the complex interplay of sensory, perceptual, and psychological variables which must be simultaneously involved in both gross motor learning and highly skilled performance. At Mount Holyoke College one is chal- lenged to provide experiences which will realize the full potential of the remarka- ble human body to the end that it might approach its best in health, in skill, and in joy, and function as a bulwark for its creative and intellectual endeavors. Jessie Lie