Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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'fv- Wea 1551!-'R . lg 'ik K f ,i 71:4 Education-Jess Beard, Dean Hackett, Daryl Berry, Charles Hansford, Ernest Swisher, Phillip Tripp, Nellie Zeman. Physical Education-Donna Blackburn, Kathleen Fajen, Helen Hocker, Ralph Brown, Dick Godlove, Marian McDonald, George Parker, Norman Short. Women students, required to take four credit hours of physical education, relax and enjoy a game of Badminton. The changing methods in education are of the most vital importance if the future teachers of our young are to be able to prepare them to face the requirements of the years to follow. This year the undergraduate program plans to complete the training of one hundred students which is an increase of twenty percent over past years. This year is the first year of the graduate program and increasing interest is being shown in it. Two new instructors, Mr, Daryl Berry and Mr. Charles Hansford, have been added to the department. Others are in the process of com- pleting their Ph.D.'s. The physical education departments have no- ticed a decided increase in their enrollments, probably due to the increase in the number of instructors needed to teach these courses in the high schools, Washburn has two new physical education teachers also. Mr. Norman Short is in the Men's physical education field and Mrs. Donna Blackburn in the Women's Department. interest is high in educcitionp both physical and mental

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. ., 24 E M 5 P 5 .isis ,N , I7 1 1 Q' K Q ? Q 11 ,wi - 1 2 L T ,wg gg 1' it S .gf , I i A Home Economics students only hope that their own home can be as modern and luxurious as their quarters in the new science hall. Danish Modern furnishings decorate the home ln the home as well as in the business world economics is what makes the material comforts of living exist, be improved upon, and be desired. In the Business Administration and Economics Department,a three year old program for a grad- ual change from how-to-do-it courses to more theoretical courses is being continued. Some- thing new in the east wing of Morgan is a trophy case to display awards won by students majoring in Business Administration or economics. The first award so placed was the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award won by a l960 graduate. The Home Economics Department is our near- est claim to real luxury since it moved to the new science hall. It provides a four unit food laboratory, a home living area furnished in Dan- ish Modern, an appliance laboratory, a combina- tion clothing and textile laboratory, an area for teaching home nursing, and a seminar room. Economics and Business Administration - Donald Wright, Walter l-lolmcs, Marie Laffety, Dale Marcoux, John DeHoff, Bob Oberding, Elroy Steele. living area and the four unit food laboratory has all new equipment. economics offers more theoretical courses l W 'A' Q Q, '25 l in of al. .sit Q' X 52:1 gy ,ii A , te.,

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'Qtek 0' Someday Washburn hopes to have an F. M. radio station of its Pete Caldwell, French major, practices La cigal, ayant own. Here students learn broadcasting. lt is becoming more and more obvious that the correctly spoken and written word is essen- tial for the much needed communication ot world powers, especially in learning the languages of other peoples. english and foreign languages are the key to world communication chante tout l'ete . . . with the tape recorder. This year the English Department offered the new, Charlotte Leavitt Award to the outstanding scholar in English. They were also encouraged by the fact that for the first time there were three honor classes for Freshman English, Dr. Parry Stroud, from the University of Kansas City, is new this year. He is instructing both Journalism and English. Mrs. Jane Baude has become the first addition to the expanding language department. Mrs. Baude is instructing French on a full time basis. She received her AB. from Kansas University, has done graduate work at Chicago University and at the Sorbonne in Paris. English-Sam Bertsche, Eldo Bunge, Helen Deel, Margaret McCausland, Marie Moore, Parry Stroud, Joyce Thompson, Elisabeth Van Schaack, Fred Zimmerman. Foreign Language--Vernon French, N. E. Saxe. sf' N 'Huff if , , g 25