Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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SOClAL EXPOSURE To find any undersfanding of fine infernafional ouHook we muer look +0 +he social sciences: we musf expose ourselves +0 lives of ofher peoples and Jrhereby as- sociafe +hem wi+h our lives. The Sociology Deparf- menf. reigned over by Professors William Kirk and a Ray Baber. +his year. as always. delved info Hue f s+udy of socieer and culfures in +his crazy world. ' Much midnighf oil was burned by procrasfinafors who had waifed unfil Hue laswL minufe +0 prepare +he mon+hly reading reporfs due in Soci SI. Dr. Francis Iredell presided over +he classes in Jrhe Philosophy Deparfmenf. He has been made full professor on +he Rober+ C. Denison Foundafion wifhin +he pasf year. He inferprefs +he +hinkers of +he pasf for Hue prob- lems of foday. Dr. Kennefh Duncan. feaching sub- jec+s in +he Economics Deparfmenf. has helped pre- pare sfudenfs +0 face +he economic upheavals now occurring and ye+ +0 come. Reading counferclockwise: Baber. lredell. Duncan. and Kirk.

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NATIONAL OUTLOOK So. wifh a firm hold on +he obieclives immediafely before us. we may casf an eye +0 +he fufure. From all sides we receive promises of a new world made smaller and more accommodafing by modern science. Means and opporlun- ifies in such proporlion and variefy as +he pas+ could scarcely have dared imagine lie before us. Though yef unrealized. +hey indicafe one cerlainly: we are +0 become cifizens of nof only a democracy. bu+ also of +he world. Such opporfunify af flue lingerfips o1C ever man requires an infernaHonal ouHook Hwaf allows us laci ifies for vicar- ious living. and preparafion for aclual Jrangible exper- ience wifh all peoples and all counfries. Our educalors are exfencling +heir efforfs +0 give us +his ouflook: bu+ firsf H1e people. all of +hem, musf believe in 1+. We musf see a vision of fhe +hings +0 come. and clear our heads for a deferminalion +0 make +he vision a realily. Only when we realize +ha+ we slancl on +he +hreshold of a fime more rich and serviceable +0 all fnan +he world has ever known. +he righf educafion Jroward infernafional comprehension can sel 0H +he spark +0 make fulfillmenl possible. for his bow Jries. newcomer +0 flue Hisfory office. Richard Brace. above right has +hrown a new lighl upon +he Modern European area. Exhibifing +he sferling qual- ifies of deep +hinkers are Bernard Meland. far lelf. and Chen Shou- Yi. leH. ln addifion +0 +heir lec- l lures in +he fields of Religion and l Orienfal Affairs. respec+ively. +hese men possess Hwe affribul'es of +he infernalional scholar. Almosf as famous as Dr. Baumann l l

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The oneeman eclucafion deparimenf is a busy place. l1c +he liberal arfs are +0 confinue Jrhey mu51L produce +heir supporl and people who can carry on Jrheir JrradiJrions. This can besf be done by +hose who will influence iufure college sfudenfs . . . Jrhe Freshman of Tomorrow muswL also believe in Jrhe place of liberal arfs in educafion. Educalors are foolay needed and il will always be so. BuwL if is imporfanf +ha+ Jrhese leacherS-lo-be know well +heir jobs. Tor upon +hem 'resls Jrhe responsibilify of proving Jrheir worfh and +he value of ihaf which +hey represenl . . . liberal arfs living and liberal arls Jrhinking. A newcomer +0 Jrhe Psychology Deparfmenf is Miss Alice James. and wi+h her comes a new fradifion +0 Pomona. The Psychology DeparlmemL will undoubfedly confinue +0 grow +hrough +he years +0 come for +heirs is a new subject a growing subject and one whose imporlance in lu+ure social work can now liHle be doubled. Psychology is play- ing an imporlanf roll in Jrhe war work of rehabilifafion. and , will play a larger roll in Jrhe work 01C reconsfrucfion. Hs social value is proven. i+s iufure can only be surmised. In war-lime. more +han ever. sludenfs are finding +ha+ +he pracfical inlormalion of psychology courses slands +hem in good slead in facing The abundance of problems +ha+ Jroday's youfh meef. A scene of lecfures and discussions is Harwood Hall. home of psychology. and Jrhe iorfe of Dr. Ewer. There sophomores s+ruggle wifh bases in +he infroduclory psych course. and. affer masfering Jrhese. discuss quesfions oi adiuslmenf perfinenf +0 living in a war and pos'r-war period. Below ground level. sludenls gafher in Jrhe affernoons +0 Jrhe varied. unusual experi- menJrs devised by Dr. Ewer. Upperclassmen proceed fur- +her info +he sludy of man's mind in advanced courses. This spring. under Dr. Ewer. sludenls probed Jrhe mysleries oi super-nalural evenfs.