Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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FULLER CGMBS Latin and French ELIZAEBEH cox ng is F A C FLEMIN W. CQX Geography CLARENCE I-I. CRAMER History As a result of an extended investigation of the pre-college training in grammar, composition, and literature ol S. l. S. N. U. Freshmen which vvas conducted last year by members ol the English Department, the High School English Section ol the Southern Division requested at the recent meeting that the English Department Form a permanent organization for improvement of the teaching of English in Southern lllinois and better coordination between the high schools and the college. A committee ol high school and college teachers was immediately appointed, and vvorlc has already begun. Fred Lingle, critic teacher in the Carterville l-ligh School, will represent this newly formed organization at the state meetings for the improvement of English curricula. Teachers are not the only people to whom the college gives its aid. Cn February 'IO-'I3 a Short Course for Farmers was held under the auspices of the Departments of Agriculture and l-lame Economics, cooperating with the College of Agriculture ol the University of lllinois and the Farm Bureaus of the neighboring counties. A very complete program covering all aspects of agricultural vvorl4 was given by spealcers from the college, ES-FELLA RCDY CRANE MARY CRAWFQRD Librarian English xl. CARY DAVIS FLORENCE DENNY French School Nurse VINCENT DI GIQVANNA W. DILLQW Rhysical Education Rural Critic f ,A 1 y . , LL, Z' ' fQf5l,.i2' ,,-', ' , A f ' Page 14

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U L 'I' Y Head of physics Department RICHARD L. BEYER Head of History Department SIMECDN E. BOOMER EMMA L. BCWYER Head of English Department GECRGE BRACEWELL Rural Critic for courses this year than ever before, thus proving the worth of the service to the teachers of Southern lllinoia. lvvelve members of the English, Education, History, Physics, Geography, Botany, Zoology, and Modern Language Departments have given fifteen courses in which a total of three hundred and eighty-five teachers were enrolled. Four of these classes were conducted on the campus, but the others were held out of town. Those vvho complete the vvorl4 satisfactorily receive full college credit. Mr. Qscar Weber, Pro- fessor of Education at the University of lllinois, has given tvvo graduate courses in Education this year. The college was as usual host to the Southern Division of the lllinois Education Association which held its annual meeting on the campus March Q6 and Q7. Dr, Bruce Merwin and Miss May Hawkins served as president and secretary of the Association for 1936-37. Miss Mary Entsminger was chosen a member of the Executive Committee for the coming year. Among the spealcers on the general program were Dr. C. C. Eurnas of Yale University, Miss Roma Gans of Columbia University, and President W, W. Parker of Cape Girardeau Teachers' College. W. Q, BROWN TRACY L. BRYANT Superintendent of Rural Head ofCommerce Department Training Schools AILEEN CARPENTER KATHRYN CAVELIA physical Education University High School Critic WILLIS G. CISNE LULU R. CLARK Superintendent of Elementary Allyn Critic Training Schools Page I

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MABEL EADS Un Leave of Absence MARMNEMIINGER U L T Y yn ritic FRANCES ETI-IERIDGE Head of Womens physical Education Department ROBERT DUNN FANER Cn Leave of Absence the University of lllinois, and Chicago. The most modern types of farm implements were displayed in the Main Building, and the University of lllinois sent an exhibit illustrating the influence of forests in combatting and controlling erosion, the uses of terraces, the development and effects of soil acidity, and soil conservation in orchards. An experiment of particular value to the farmers of Southern lllinois has been initiated on the college farm. Under the direction of the Engineering Department of the College of Agriculture of the University of lllinois, Mr. Muclcelroy and his students have constructed an artificial lalce and a six-acre garden. Here an irrigation project is being developed to demonstrate to the small gardeners ofthe coal fields methods of utilizing hitherto unproductive land for the growing of vegetables for market. for over a year Child Guidance Clinics have been held at regular intervals on the campus under the direction of a clinic staff consisting of a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a social vvorlcer from the lllinois lnstitute for juvenile Research, a division of the State Department of Public Welfare. The staff worlcs with a local MAE L. EQX ELBERT FULKERSQN Brush Critic Carterville Principal RUTH HUSBAND FULTS VERNA LlLLlAN GENT Allyn Critic Brush Critic lVl. ALBERTA GIBBQNS MARY GCDDARD University High School Critic Botany Page 1 5