Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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SY One of the aims of Regis College from its found- ing has been to educate men. potentially strong in leadership qualities, in the Jesuit liberal arts tradi- tion. Hopefully, these men. in their turn, would (and will) influence many other men in the course ' of their post college work. The increasing emphasis which has been placed on education in recent years motivated Regis Col- lege to broaden the scope of its offerings for its students and to institute a program of teacher edu- cation in 1956. Since that time, the program has developed to such a point that it is now a perma- nent program within the college, with more than one hundred students currently enrolled in the program. The teacher education program is being re- evaluated this year, along with the rest of the cur- riculum, to determine the effective ways to strengthen further the course offerings and the pre- teaching experience. It is quite likely that the revised program will include an honors section, more independent work for all students in the program, increased labora- tory experience, and more off-campus contact with educators in the metropolitan area school systems. The final form of the teacher education program cannot be specified at this time, but the work on the revision is well under way and preliminary dis- cussions regarding the increased off-campus ex- periences have already been initiated. In the field of psychology the student is offered a knowledge of human behavior in both a theoreti- cal and a practical form. The necessary principles are given him in the classroom, and these are practically demonstrated in off-campus activities. — Glen O. Stocking Rev. Kennit Kennedy, S.J. gives the student an understanding of the philosophical and historical foundations of education a- well as a knowl- edge of the American Educational system. The topic of human behavior- is the prime material of Mr. William Hatlestad ' s lecture to his psychology class. r 28

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Mr. Kenneth Seidenstricker ' s course is so designed as to give the student an understanding of the factors which influence economic decision-making. Rev. Robert Murphy points out the interrelationship of firms, industries, and the public in the national economy. The Department of Economics seeks to give the student an understanding of the factors which in- fluence economic decision-making, so that the stu- dent may think clearly and independently about the economic problems which he may face in later life, both as an individual and as a member of society. This knowledge of economics is essential for a proper understanding and appreciation of our present society. Our form of free-enterprise capital- ism reveals as much a part of the American way of life as is the freedom of voicing our opinion. Not everyone, unfortunately, realizes the importance of understanding our economic system. Only re- cently it was stated by a well-known financial analyst that: the American economy is the eighth wonder of the world ; the ninth wonder is the eco- nomic ignorance of the American public. The courses offered at Regis are d esigned to acquaint the student with the factors most relevant to decision making in the business firms and in- dustry. Also, courses are offered which show the ways in which the various national economics in- fluence each other in the international economy. The efforts of both America and Russia to bring the uncommitted and underdeveloped nations with- in their respective spheres of influence and the outcome of the cold war will be determined in large part by economic forces and issues. — Kenneth C. Seidenstricker J 27

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Father John Teeling, S.J. provides an opportunity of major English and American writers — here we LAND. for analyzing works have THE WASTE jr. Since the Regis College English Department has the specific mission of training not children but young adults for humanistic leadership and moral maturity in the field of literature, it chooses for study those works which 1) liest exemplify our tra- ditional Christian wisdom and 2 1 give valid insight in the problems which the student faces the mo- ment he leaves the classroom. Quite obviously, then, the most important book for Regis students is the Bible, which has influenced almost every writer in our language, and offers the only valid norms for making ultimate judge- ments about life and literature. The basic author at Regis is Shakespeare. The greatest writer in our language, he offers consum- mate literary expression of the basic Judaeo- Christian vision of life. A thorough study of Sonnet 116 shows the student the true nature of charity, love, agape; Sonnet 129, by contrast, demonstrates the horrors of self-gratification, passion, lust. In this light, Regis students study Shakespeare ' s plays to see the operation or non-operation of love, or charity. The Regis student thus armed is totally prepared to attain the specific goals of the Regis College Eng- lish Department, which are: a) to enlarge the stu- dent ' s cultural development through intelligent and personal experience of some of the valuable litera- ture of our language: b) to guide the student to a more effective expression of his thought and feeling. —Robert R. 5oy c, S.J. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and Keats are being dealt with in thi class of Rev. Richard Bocklage, S.J. Trying to guide the student to a more effective ex- pression of his thought and feeling is the task of Mr. Richard Gappa. 29