Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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to umbering nearly 300 students, the ucation Department, headed hy Dr. Petrie, has the largest group of ma- s in the college. he Department has not heen a pro- ent of any one philosophy of educa- , but has taken what. scouts to be the t in educational methods and philos- ties. From all of these, it formulatcs own theories. n explaining its relationship to educa- al philosophies used, the Department otes eight one-hour lectures. Four full- e and nine part-time professors are ded to fulfill the requirements of its ents. landling the philosophical aspect of cation is Dr. Frederick Neff, who has tten articles for educational maga- :s, two of which were t.hc lead article The Clearing House entitled, The h Price of Ohject,ivity,i' and an article California Journal of Secomlary Edn- on called Educational Manifesto. r. .l. lluntley Sinclair, former chair- of the Department for almost thirty s, is retiring this year. Dr. Petrie, in ewing his colleagucis career, pointed that Dr. Sinclairis success in thc prep- ion of yotmg people for the teaching ession can be attested to hy the high tion of Occidental graduates. Each his efforts are rewarded with letters, , and remarks, each indicating that ade great contributions to his stu- s' personal development while they ltis students. GEOLOGY To bring the many problems of Geology closer to the student, last Spring a group of twenty-five students went to Death Valley and the Mojave Desert area for their an- nttal Geology Club Field Trip. The students were accompanied by Mr. Joseph Birman, chairman of the Department, and his asso- ciate, Mr. George Smith. Mr. Birman is in the second year of a three-year research project dealing with Glaciation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mr. Bi rmun Mr. Smith has conducted glacial studies on the famous Malaspina Glaciers in Alaska. Both he and Mr. Birman have been engaged in extensive research work. The Department has many graduate stu- dents, for as Mr. Birman pointed out, the Geology major finds the Masteris Degree al- most necessary for future employment. Grad- uates from this Department have found posi- tions with the Superior Oil Co., the Union Oil Co., and A.E.C. on the Colorado Plateau. IH TORY Dr. Dumke Dr. Mok Mr. Rodes t For the first time, the History De- partment now has a well-rounded curriculum. In addition to the usual courses in American History, the Department has extensive courses in European History, offered by Mr. Rodes, and a survey of the Far East by Dr. Mok. Mr. Rodes, born in Germany, adds a personal close-up of European events from his additional experience with the American Army of Occupa- tion, following World War II. Dr. Mok can also give eye witness accounts of recent events, since he served in Asia with the Chinese Army during World War II. He received Dr. Hardy his Bachelor's Degree in China, and later, his Ph.D. in English in the United States. The Department also claims au- thorities from the Pacific Southwest: Dr. Clelland's latest book, The His- tory of Phelps Dodge, has clearly established his reputation as a scholar of the Pacific Southwest. Both Dr. Hardy and Dr. Dumke have recently published a text on Contemporary Pacific History. Out of an existing 548,000 Rocke- feller Grant, Dr. Hardy has taken sev- eral field trips into Northern Mexico to study the customs, climate, and people of that area.

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P' G ' t. , it 5 mmf . 'fxswxf :QQ VX .4 left io right: Mr. Stockfisch, Dr. cle Rycke. MCS With the necessity of an adequate economic education in mind fc secondary school students, Pomona and Occidental College have jointl undertaken a conference series dealing with economic education i secondary schools. Chairman, Dr. Lawrence de Rycke, and Dr. Floy A. Bond, Department Chairman at Pomona, are Co-Directors. The purpose of these conferences is uto help social studies an American history teachers lneet the need of our young people for acc: rate information about our economy and how it affects their daily lives, ln May, Dr. de Rycke was one of the 16 California educators invit by the National Association of ltlanufacturers to meet at Carmel, determine economic concepts essential to a general education. Next fall the department is planning to add another instructor its stati. He is Mr. Robert Collier, Stanford graduate, and is now teac ing at the University of Washington in Seattle. E C left to right: Dr. Petrie, Dr. Kinney, Dr. Sinclair. 1. 'I. Dr. Kurtz 2. Dr. Croissemt 3. Miss Thompson Dr. Oliver lnot shownj CLI Stressing the manner in which the life of tl1e Southwest is reflected in its literature, the Department of English and Literature made an important contribution to the recent Con- ference on the Culture of the Pacific South- west. This was headed hy Dr. Kenneth Kurtz. Dr. Kurtz has also spent three summers in the compilation of his 1,000-title bibliography of Southwestern lit.erature. lmportant hooks dealing with different geographical areas in various ways of life of the American South- west were used in his extensive research. Dr. Kenneth Oliver, chairman of the Depart- ment, has been off campus this spring, work- ing on a study of graduate education. Also off campus this year was Mr. Marvin, who is engaged in a Ford Fellowship study of com- it munications programs in Freshman English classes. Professor Croissant has been active in arranging for the shipment of magazines to foreign countries. lt is a project designed to increase the knowledge of America and her way of life to the rest of the world, I

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AN UAGE During the past year sixteen individual listening booths, each equipped with earphones and a microphone, were installed in Room 33 of the Library. These are used by students in connection with their courses in modern languages. The master control is so devised that one record may be heard by sixteen students, or a different record may be played on each of the four turntables, with four students listening to each record. By connecting tape recorders to this system, recordings of foreign language programs are made available. Besides the listening room in L33, the Department has acquired other audio-visual equipment: a disc recorder, tape recorders, projectors, tachistoscopes, phonographs, foreign-language Elms, musical and lit- erary foreign-language recordings. There are many Kodachrome slides of Spain, Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States. These are integrated with the work done in the speaking approach classes. In addition they are used as cultural background material in all classes. The use of these devices and materials makes for a higher level of accomplishment in language study. row I: Chairman Bickley, Mr. Butt. row 2: Maior Fife ion military leavel, Dr. Kalpuschnikoff, Miss Taylor, Dr. Lurretu. iffi 'Q 'I A -.Mt f .,11.-..lEf,Ag Q .X ffgf'-71, if ig' i 7'7'5s-a' 3 nfl f.i1Q !' rf: if , , , THEM TIC 1. Offering a mathematics pro- gram which is geared for both the theoretical and practical, Dr. Johnson, chairman, has ' tried to link mathematics with , science and economics. To assist in this program, Dr. Barnes, Mr. Roberts and Dr. Culley are offering a new course entitled Mathematics of Finance. Another useful course which Dr. Johnson speculates over three-fourths of students eventually take is Statistics. Dr. Barnes and her husband have been writing a mathe- matics text for freshmen, and Dr. .lohnson is engaged in com- piling a text for non-science majors. Both efforts are being 1 directed toward introducing mathematics to the layman. Graduates of the Department have gone into positions rang- ing from gravity computation to sales work in scientific fields. 'l. Dean Culley 2. Dr. Johnson 3. Dr. Barnes 2. 5' t t 4 h.