Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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An organic chemistry student prepares his experiment on cyclohexene during his lab. The main purpose of these lab periods is to acquaint one with the scientific procedures. T he objectives of the Department of Chemistry are to introduce the student to the principles of modern science and to train him in the processes of thought which have organized these principles into a coherent unit. The program of studies as offered by the department is also aimed at meeting the needs of the following classes of students: 1. For the student who will enter the chemical profession or will continue his training in graduate school, the program provides a broad basic training in theoretical principles of the fundamental branches traditional to this sci- ence amplified by a selected group of ad- vanced courses. 2. For the student preparing for the medical or related professions it offers a thorough train- ing in those fundamental branches of Chemis- try which are so basic to these professions. 3. The student with a primary interest in the humanities or social sciences will find Chem- istry to be a scientific study of general edu- cational value. It will provide him with a scientific approach to the solution of prob- lems, an experience with laboratory methods of investigation, and will present to him some of the major intellectual achievements of Chemistry. It will also help him to achieve sufficient scientific knowledge to exercise a critical judgement in evaluating the problems that occur in the material world in which we live. — Francis J. Ozog Here we see the same with an inorganic student. I Chemistry lab assistant, Tom Luttenegger, aids a bewildered chem. student. 25

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T The objective of the Department of Biology is primarily cultural, commensurate with the concepts and ideals of a liberal arts college. The student is acquainted with a survey of fundamental principles. !he scientific method in its application to the dy- namic character of biological science. An objective evaluation of the mechanistic and teleological inter- pretation of biological phenomena is derived from laboratory experience and techniques. Inductive and deductive processes are related to the logic of sci- entific thinking. Infinite attention to finite detail is stressed in observation and description of the vari- ous forms from protozoan to metazoan in the laboratory exercises. Thus, the student, from the study of the finite, gains some insight into the infinite. Attention is focused, in the lectures, on the contribution of biological science to human welfare, and discussion of practical applications to human problems are analyzed and evaluated. The courses offered in the department are structured to correlate with the allied sciences in the Science Division, including psychology, sociology, and philosophy. The requirements of the American Medical and Dental Colleges have been successfully achieved. This is evidenced by the fact that Regis College lias the highest percentage in the State of Colorado of students being admitted in the field of the healing arts, and pursuing these courses with outstanding success. The Biology Club sponsors a series of lectures by eminent scientists in various areas of biological research. These acquaint the student with the vast scope of biological endeavor, and are an incentive for graduate studies. — Elmer J. Trame, S.J. Inn wel- I)i. Akin Earle explains the contribution of biology to Human fare and the practical applications to human problems from selected areas of biological science. The student preparing for advanced study in the biological sciences is offered intensive training in laboratory procedures. 24

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Ideally the purpose of higher education is to de- velop and perfect the natural powers of the intellect; specifically, to enable a man to reason clearly and accurately after viewing various aspects of a prop- osition. An understanding of the written and spoken word is the reward of such a trained reasoning process. The memory, as all human faculties, needs con- stant exercise on worthy subjects; the imagination, due to the sameness of daily livng, requires external stimulation for its perfection. The purpose of the Classical Department is to make the reasoning power accurate and compre- hensive, to illumine the imagination by the scenes of an era so far removed from the 20th century and yet so much a part of each of us. Mythology, the prov- ince of Classical Latin and Greek, provides us themes intrinsically fascinating, and the inspira- tion of all great literature from the fall of Rome to our own day. The acquisition of the almost unlimited vocabu- lary of the Classical Languages is the foundation for an accurate and informed knowledge and use of English, and of all Romance Languages. We ac- quire from Greek and Latin the ge nuine meaning and value of words, their order and connection, and a grasp of grammar nowhere else to be ac- quired, with such depth and precision, as in labor- ing on the complex languages of Latin and Greek. Education of the mind, mental culture, dexterity of thought, the correcting and maturing of ideas, the broad view of the different varieties of meaning in language are the immediate rewards of the en- gaging and enjoyable study of Greek and Latin. Inherent in the Classical Languages are a beauty of sound and rhythm to be found in no other Literature. The perfection of style both grammatical and rhetorical is the best way to prepare for the skillful and finished expression of ideas in one ' s own native tongue, and surely a means to great writing, for by studying the masters we treat dic- tion, oral and written, as an art. The experience of studying the Classical authors makes clear why such ancient works, still so vi- vacious and modern, are correctly called ' Classics, ' for we read them with pleasure, our minds are re- freshed, purified, and ennobled by the perfect ex- pression of great minds whose works remain dear to us and always inspiring after the lapse of 2000 years .... — Matthew R. Lynch, S.J. Rev. Matthew Lynch, SJ. designed his courses in Greek and Latin so as to acquaint the student with ancient culture. These classics, the mythology of the Greeks and Romans and the in- fluence of their philosophic systems upon literature are studied and evaluated by Father Karst. 26