Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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ppportunities. Pre-medical and pre-nursing dgo be provided to take care of this increase. Q, kt! 'f if I 2 U 6. I1 'f'2 4 in C c iq In A if C N. BANKS Professor of Chemistry It is with a great deal of anticipation that his fast growing department looks forward to the new science building soon to bc rected on the campus. The importance of this department is seldom realized by individuals whose interests are focused on a liberal education. .or the individuals in scientific pursuit, this department offers many challenging students are familiar with the merits as Nell as the needs of this department. The enrollment and the supplies of the lepartment have been on the increase and it is evident that new quarters will have The Anatomy and Biological Science classes iave long outgrown their present structure. Notwithstanding the inconveniences, the glasses are functioning well and making satisfactory progress. V2 'tvs 1 I 'YQ' , xl X M. Ry 3 N? T. CANTRELL W K- -H Instructor of Biology SlU l'fm I CAT ANATONIY LABORATORY W XX R Esc iii L5 ,Sis Si lb S '.t i Yditfi X - .-XX FYXPERIMEXT

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The English Department has for its objectives, first, the development of correctness and facility in the four phases of communication: Writing, speaking, reading, and listeningg secondly, the fostering of appreciation in the student for the best noblest in the great literary heritage of the world. Such training will only make for the enjoyment of living but will contribute most vitally ward his, rendering effective service in the Master's vineyard. and and not to- English VVe have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house. -Theodore Roosevelt. E. B. DYKES Professor of English A , xwtymw, C ,,,.,f'T F R. B. STOKES, Instructor of English

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3? Mathematic He who knows not mathematics cannot know any other science. -Bacon C. B. GENTRY Professor of Mathematics It is a remarkable fact that the mathematical inventions which have proved to be most accessible to the masses are also those which exercised the greatest influence on the development of pure mathematics. This department is making rapid progress under the capable tutorship of C. B. Gentry. The aim is to give every student a good working knowledge of every day problems by instilling in the students the correct principles of solving mathematical problems and equations. S V wr f .7