North Central College - Spectrum Yearbook (Naperville, IL)

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Charles l-lower, Professor of Classics: B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Philosophy . . . Good? Dead? NCC is one of the few small Mid- western liberal arts colleges offering a major in the Classics. This department supplies needed Greek and Latin in- structors, as well as providing a valu- able background for such professions as medicine, theology, and law. The department-headed by Dr. Charles l-lower, who has traveled extensively in ltaly, Greece and the Middle East- has during the past few years, tripled its enrollment in the Greek and Latin courses. .-ly., 28 ' 0lassioal Traveler r ,... . xv,, I QVQWS Q .1 'V X X RX s Q 3 K .t X SX bmfoqyf A w Q 'W X etsjtgi? X R Sw-Q flags, -K Ms X-. tbezgfggs s o ' ,, 5- A W N Q5 C 9sQ?fQA4'?Jir , ' i2'F5w?Y,3Qs!5-0 f 'wi X5 X. X Q A05 Ms N . N-.Y t C Li S 'X - sx1s :'4f1 X ' f '. ' F12 s. .. Henry Skoglund, Associate Professor of Philoso- phy: M.A. The Philosophy Department, headed by Mr Skoglund, involved the entire campus in an exposure to, if not an appreciation of, philosophy. First semester, the department fea- tured an address by Dr. A. C. Genova, and an all-day seminar with Dr. R. Gotesky on The Relevance of Con- temporary Philosophy. Second semester, Mr. Skogland ad- dressed the convocation, and was fol- lowed the next week by a student- faculty debate on the question, What is the Knowledge Most Worth Having? ll

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6orwersafion and Culture The climax of the year for the Mod- ern Foreign Language Department was the installment of the new language lab. The first college ever to do so, NCC leased it directly from the Rheem Califone Company. The thirty position lab has the latest available equipment, including a high speed duplicator. The general trend of the department is to push a program by which North Central is able to send students abroad to study at about the same cost as a year at NCC. B. Pierre Lebeau, Associate Professor of French: B.A., M.A. S M3 6. A .5 .1 Q mast: av- 'Vw-.,xnsx Jane Eldon, Assistant Professor of Spanish: BA., MA. Mildret Araya, Instructor in Spanish: BA. William Felker, Assistant Professor of Spanish: BA., MA. 5SNf:N,s.--, , lglhartin Zwart, Professor of German: B.A., M.A., .D. ,..q.,Mg W x X Aware of requirement difficulties, the department re-evaluated its cur- riculum to include the offering of both lOl and lO2 language courses in the fall semester. This could cause a 75Wn reduction in student core require- ments. New to this year's faculty were Mr. William Fellaerrand Miss Anne Benson. Not pictured: Anne Benson, Instructor in French: Baccalaureat, Ecole des langues orientales, Li- cienciee es Lettres. 27

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The Religion Department, with Dr. Sackmann and Dr. Naumann made several new and successful steps in making religion more relevant. Among these were: the addition of a new course, Religion and Race , and a guest lecture series which featured, first semester, Rabbi Barnard Bloom and Dr. Chandler on The Contempo- rary Relevance of Judeo-Christian Theology. -eel UV , fawvw-mutha, William Naumann, Associate Professor of Re- ligion: BA., MA., BD., MA., Ph.D. ' Religion 's Relevance Discussed 29