Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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NICHOLAS ALSSEN, M.A. B.A., Universities of Berlin, Munich and Freibergp M.A., University of Michigan '5 Nb si-,lil GUNDA S. KAISER, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University: M.A., Ph.D., Universiiy of Wisconsin LIUDA L. ALSSEN, M.A. M.A., University of Nebraska

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES The day of monolingualism is passing. The entire country feels the need for foreign languages. The cry is- Let's get on the band wagon. Alma College does not need to get on the band wagon, it has been there for several years. A visit to the third floor of Old Main where the new language laboratory is located will convince you. Over four hundred students a week enter the laboratory to listen to a foreign language and to make a recording of their own voice in the language. Behind this laboratory is a devoted corps of teachers who thoroughly 'believe in what they teach and who carry the work of the machine into something living. Foreign languages soon become a part of the student. Within a block of the campus one may be greeted by Boniour, Guten Tag, Do BRY i DEN, and Buenos dias. Alma College sends out students to teach Spanish, French, and German at the secondary level. We hope in the future that students may go out to teach foreign languages in the elementary level as well. With the increasing interest in the demand for foreign language, the time is coming when foreign language instruction will be a part of every elementary program. Such a program will help to bring about the situation in Morris Ernst's Utopia , a society where children will be taught to speak three Ianguages to promote the greater idea behind this goal- Languages for Global Peace. Y- MARGARET E. FOLEY, A.M. A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, A.M., University of Illinois Q EARL HAYWARD, M.A. B.A., Alma College M.A., University of Michigan GRACE NICHOLS, Ph.D. B.A., University of Wisconsin, M.A., University of Colorado, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

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ARTHUR L. SMITH, M.S. Head of the Department 1 I-as-ff 1 . .DMX u Q33-2 A.B., Alma College M.S., Unversity of Idaho WAYNE HINTZ, M. Ed. B.A., M.Ed., Whitworth Q Smit 9 PHYSICAL EDUCATION The physical education program includes a wide variety of courses designed to meet the varied needs of all the students of the college. The chief aims of the program are the development of organic power, the skills in physical education activities, and also the development of desirable social recreation. The Athletic Association, a vital part of the Physical Education Department, sponsors numerous programs on intercollegiate and intramural sports for students and members of the faculty. In the past few years these extra-curricular activities of the Physical Edu- cation Department have included all members of the college com- munity. WILLIAM CARR, M.A. B.A., Alma College, M.A., University of Michigan :ill 3 Q BARBARA SOUTHWARD, M.A M.A., Michigan State University s-. .-.sf . ngs... , I JNHII