San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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DIVISION OF FINE ARTS Dr. I-Iugh W. GiIIis, Chairman Composed oT The ArT, Speech and Drama, and Music DeparT- menTs, The Fine ArTs Division is one oT The IargesT on The campus wiTh a TacuITy oT sixTy-eighT and approximaTeIy seven hundred maiors. The division is widely diversiTied, embracing work Trom acTing Through Silver PoinT ETching To XyIophone pIaying. The maior aims oT The division are To provide majors and minors in Teaching preparaTion, pre-proTessionaI Training, and, Tor The enTire college, To oTTer a high Ievel oT cuITuraI aTTainmenT. New TacuITy members This year are Barbara Baumann ISpeech and Dramai, Leonard Freiser IMusicI, and Warren P. I-IiII IArTI. A concerTed eTTorT is being made by The enTire division To make The ArTs a more viTaI TacTor on San Jose STaTe's campus. Shown here appreciaTing The Tine arTs oT The campus caTeTeria are ITrom IeTTI Dr. GiIIis, Dr. Lyle Downey and Dr. Marques ReiTzeI. DIVISION OF JOURNALISIVI AND POLICE Dr. DwighT BenTeI, Chairman STudenTs in boTh These deparTmenTs parTicipaTe in pracTicaI aspecTs oT vocaTionaI Training, aT The same Time Taking a subsTanTiaI core of liberal arTs courses which are regarded as essenTiaI Tool or service courses: in This sense, Teaching speciaIisTs Trom oTher deparT- rnenTs are considered members oT The JournaIism-Police sTaTTs. Oiiferings oi every oTher division oT The college are uTiIized. The police sTudenT spends a minimum oT I8O hours a year as a member oT some police uniT oT a municipaI governmenT. The iournaIism maior spends one TuII uarTer's inTernship wiTh a newspaper or adverTising agency. FacTors conTribuTing To The grades and The personaIiTy requiremenTs Tor These courses are raTings given b proTessionaI workers already in The Tieiid, as weII as Trom members oT The deparTmenT on campus. PIacemenT records in boTh TieIds indicaTe ThaT iT has noT been possible To TiII The demand Tor properly prepared sTudenTs. Shown here are Dr. BenTeI IrighTI and IVIr. WiIIard SchmidT oT The police school.

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DIVISION OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING Dr. William G. Sweeney, Chairman Nearly halT oT The 6700 sTudenTs enrolled aT The college are working Toward Teaching credenTialsg Tive hundred TwenTy-seven credenTials were granTed during The I95O-5 I school year. San Jose STaTe oTTers primary, elemenTary, iunior high, general secondary, and nine special secondary credenTials, as well as adminisTraTive and supervisory credenTials in The elemenTary and secondary Tields. More Than 250 graduaTe sTudenTs are doing worlc in The Tield oT educaTion. During The lasT year The audio-visual, exTension, and special educaTion services have been expanded, The DeparTmenT OT Librarianship has been added To The division, and Tive new sTaTT members have been added To serve CaliTornia's largesT and oldesT Teac-her Training division. Shown here are Dr. Sweeney and Miss Dora SmiTh oT The DeparTmenT oT Librarianship. DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS Dr. Ralph J. SmiTh, Chairman The big evenT oT I95I-52 in The Engineering DeparTmenT was The sTarT oT consTrucTion oT The S800,000 laboraTor building. ConsTrucTion had been helld up by Ti-nancial, legal, poliTical, and maTerial problems. ATTer six years oT operaTion in Tin huTs iT appears ThaT permanenT laboraTor TaciliTies will be available Tor The llarge upper-division classes indicaTed by This year's l2O Treshmen. The MaThemaTics DeparTmenT, while conTinuing iTs program oT Teaching elemenTary maThemaTics Tor sTudenTs maioring in relaTed Tields, has expanded successTully in Two direcTions. The curriculum leading To The M.A. degree in The Teaching oT maThemaTics is being well received and, wiTh The cooperaTion OT The EducaTion DeparTmenT, iT is developing Teachers well Trained in The Teaching oT ariThmeTic in elemenTary schools. Dr. SmiTh and Dr. William Howard Myers, head oT The MaThemaTics DeparTmenT, are shown here in a discussion oT Division policies.

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DIVISION OE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Dr. Raymond W. Barry, Chairman The Modern Language DeparTmenT emphasizes The speaking oT a Toreign Ianguage raTher Than The TransIaTion oT iT. The French, German and Spanish honor socieTies have regular social meeT- ings in which The conversaTion is in The Toreign Ianguage., A French pIay, Le Barbier de SeviIIe by Beaumarchais, was presenTed This year. The Engiish DeparTmenT has been experimenTing wiTh masTerpieces of Toreign IiTeraTures-German, French and Spanish-in TransIaTion. These yea r-courses have been TaughT by The sTaTT oT The Modern Language DeparTmenT. Courses in OrienTaI IiTeraTure and The Russian novel have aIso been added. GraduaTe courses pre- paring The sTudenT Tor a MasTer's Degree in English are now oTTered. Shown are Dr. Barry IrighTI and Mr. Lee C. Newby, Modern Language DeparTmenT head. DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCE Dr. Cari D. Duncan, Chairman The guiding phiiosophy oT The Division oT NaTuraI Science is To adapT programs oT insTrucTion To sTudenT needs in a changing worId. WheTher The goaI is general educaTion, quaIiTicaTion Tor civil service, preparaTion Tor Teaching, an educaTionaI ToundaTion Tor one oT The esTabIished proTessions, or speciaiized occupaTionaI Training, The needed science courses are Tound here. A sTrong emphasis on sound Tieid work and IaboraTory Training insures a high measure oT compeTence and empIoyabiIiTy on graduaTion. Training is provided Tor candidaTes Tor The general secondary credenTiaI and The MasTer OT ArTs Degree. ImporTanT services also are rendered To pubiic educaTion ouTside The coIIege Through Tield Trips Tor Teachers, help in developing The eIemenTary schooI camping program, exTension courses and advisory worIc. From IeTT are Dr. Beniamin Nayior, Miss Pauline Davis, Miss Mary BooTh, Miss MargareT Twombly and Dr. Duncan. 23