Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Miss Netta Niess, B.A., M.A. and Miss Marguerite Skaar, B.A., M.A., were our teachers in the foreign language department. First year French students translate sentences on the blackboard. Language dosses were important to many. Mrs. Mary Gum, librarian, was always busy helping students and keeping the library up to date. French, Germ an, Spanish, and Russian comprised the language curriculum offered at JC. We were in¬ structed in fundamental grammer, pronunciation, reading, composition, and conversation with the help of tape recordings, records, and outside reading, in ad¬ dition to our regular required textbooks. In our study¬ ing, we not only learned the languages of other coun¬ tries, but we also became acquainted with many of their customs and behavior patterns. Miss Skaar, as head of the foreign language department, correlated the activities of that department. Our library teas tv ell used day and night. Many hours were spent studying in our Junior Col lege Librarv. It was designed to offer both students and faculty a wide and interesting range of reading ma¬ terial. Mrs. Mary Gum and the student library assist¬ ants were gracious in helping us locate materials on any subject. The many reference books, periodicals, professional journals, and the variety of fictional and non-fictional reading material made our research as¬ signment an easier task.

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Our music teachers were Miss Hope Baer, B. Music and M. Music, and Mr. Edwin H. Peters, B. Music and M. Music; our art • a teacher was Miss Marjorie Murray, B.S., Ed. and M.A. bine Arts en couraged creation and in gen uity. found enjoyment in singing, painting, and creating Our Fine Arts Department, headed by Mr. Edwin various objects out of paper, wire, and other materials. Peters, provided a welcome relief to our school dav bv Through our art and music courses we acquired new adding light touches to an often hectic schedule. We concepts while enjoying ourselves. Louis Bradshaw and Doug Eskra were lost in concentration during their oil painting class. 16

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Fields of Scien ce Science opened our minds and eyes to many un¬ knowns. Chemistry 101 students learned the basic chemical principles which would prepare them for the more advanced courses, such as Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis or Organic Chemistry. Students in anatomy studied the structure and func¬ tion of the human body, while ' ‘bacteriologists ' ’ discov¬ ered the various bacteria existing in the human body and other living things. Zoology and botany helped us to understand better the plant and animal world which surrounds us daily. All of our science courses were under the direction of Mr. Fred Lauder. Lance Renfrow and Jim Schuetz worked long hours in the lab on their experiments for Oualitotive Analysis. Mr. Sforza showed a student how to use a microscope in Biol¬ ogy class. Chemists Bill Hart and Lloyd Wilson crossed their fingers their last onel