West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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Biology The Biology Department provides professional training to those students who wish to go into Dentistry, Medi- cine, Forestry, Biology, and many other fields. During the year the department made additions to the museum collec- tion of plants, insects, and small verteb- rate animals and added several hundred pressed dried plants to the herbarium. Beginning In January, Mr. Taylor was granted temporary leave to carry on advanced studies in genetics at Louisi- ana State University. ' George Rossbach Carl Colson Joseph Glencoe Wayland Taylor Elizabeth Welmer •G. Rossbach W. Taylor E. We Professor Joseph Glencoe completes some paperwork for his classes. g Chemistry The courses In the Department of Chem- istry attempt to provide cultural develop- ment and preprofesslonal training. During the freshman year the general educational values of chemistry are stressed, while later years are devoted to technical training. ' n ' E. Capstacic P. Richter ' Ernest Capstack Allen T. Hamner Homer Hollo way Paul Richter David Wolfe D. Wolfe Dr. Hamner decides how to present a compli- cated formula to his class. 27

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Speech and Dramatic Arts This year Mr. Moeller was added to the Speech and Dramatic Arts Depart- ment as Technical Director and Desig- ner. The department acquired a new scene shop in which to do technical work that previously had to be done on the stage. Also the Debate Team was reorganized and proved successful. Charles Presar Robert Moeiler Betty Norvell Sandra Presar Juanita Hoffman •Professor Presar and Mr. Moeller help students with reglsfration Library Science The Department of Library Science gives students sufficient mastery of this field in order to qualify as librarians in public schools and in similar public libraries and provides preprofessional training for stu- dents who plan to pursue graduate study in this field. •K. Burns F. Androczi B. Crutchfield il ISBBtf j i M A. Heath M. Thiedeman Library construction progresses toward September completion. 26

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Mathematics Courses in the Math Department prepare students to go into the field of engineering, to enter graduate school, or to teach math. This department also provides several courses in computer science. Wesleyan has a computer that is used by students of many different departments. •M. Butcher W. Hallarr Marv Butcher Michael Berry William Hallam Leonard Montgomery Professor Berry relaxes in his office. Physical Science The department of Physical Science ex- panded this year to include Physics and Ge- ology, which were separate departments. A new course to hiealth Physics was added with the hope of offering a maior in this field soon. The Physical Science 203-204 course was improved to make it more rele- vant to the non-science ma|or. R. Cole J. Sui Dr. Cole instructs Dennis Ebbets. Homer Holtowav Richard Cole Paul Hickman Ju Kuei Sun H. Hollowav mum mk f M H v.- ' jijs i Br I Professor Hickman plans his schedule for the planetarium shows. 28