Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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The library promoted our quest for lore. The library, containing approximately 7,800 vol¬ umes, 138 magazines, and six newspaper subscTiptions, was an ideal place for students to concentrate on their studies. Besides regular day school hours, the library was open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30. The library also displayed the college athletic tro¬ phies and exhibited special displays for the art classes and the Belleville Camera Club. Mrs. Mary Gum and her staff of Junior College workers, Jane Hindman, Rosalie Braeutigam, Gary Dozier, Peggy Lewis, Bea Fries, Andrea Banduhn, and Susan Bums, successfully served us in many ways. MRS. MARY GUM, B.J. and M.S. in librory Science. Foreign languages—sources of adventure Students majoring in language or merely interested in acquainting themselves with the language, literature, and culture of a particular country understood and appreciated the contributions made by other countries to western civilization, from the study of foreign lan¬ guages. The language laboratory helped students hear the correct pronunciations and offered good compre¬ hension studies of the foreign languages by means of tape recorders, records, and earphones. Miss Marguerite Skaar, head of the language de¬ partment and French teacher, has made three exten¬ sive trips of France and has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she lived with a French family. Miss Netta Niess, who visited Germany to study the German people and their language, obtained a deeper feeling for the language through these visits. WHILE MISS SKAAR helped Donna Sander with pronunciation, the rest of the French II doss concentrated on the language MISS NETTA NIESS, B.A., M.A., and Miss Marguerite Skaar, being transmitted through earphones from tapes, prepared es- g pecially to help these French beginners.

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ALBERT HALL, Dick Gundloch, Dave Pfeiffer, and Gary Taff assembled during one of their free periods for a jam session. Through the Fine Arts department the student learned to be appreciative of the great works in art and music. In the Music Appreciation classes, taught by Miss Hope Baer, the students came to a better understanding of the pleasure and enjoyment that can be received from listening to the symphonies of Bach. Beethoven, and other masters of the symphonic form. The students also analyzed the tonal characteristics of the instruments in a symphony orchestra. Besides teaching the Music Appreciation class, Miss Hope Baer, who received her masters in music at Northwestern University, directed the college vocal groups. Mr, Edwin H. Peters, head of the music de¬ partment, directed the orchestra and taught the music theory classes. Through him, future music majors studied scales, chords, and the basic principles in the art of musical composition. Fundamentals of Art and Art Appreciation enriched the fine arts curriculum. Miss Marjorie Murray, art instructor, has had many years of graduate study in Tennessee, Canada, and Europe. She has exhibited her own painting in several shows. Fine arts increased esthetic appreciation. B. Music, M. Music. STANDING: Mr. Edwin H. Peters, B. Music, JOANN KADLECIK applied her artistic talent to or oil painting. 16

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The sciences challenged our ability IN THE MICROSCOPIC world of Biology, John Shively hod to use his microscope to see the finer ports of the subject matter. LOOKING THROUGH the spectroscope. Bob Nichols conveyed his findings to his assistant, Charles Meyer. BOB SANDERS carefully poured distilled water through a bu¬ rette in a titration experiment for Quantitative Analysis. The science department was designed to give sound training in the laboratory and theoretical work in the different phases of science for those who planned careers in science. Instruction in the sciences was conducted by faculty experienced in their respective branches of science. Mr. D. C. Edwards, in charge of the chemistry de¬ partment and advanced chemistrv ' instructor, has com¬ pleted all the course work for his doctors degree. Mr. Richard Keel and Mr. Richard Mills gave splen¬ did explanations to the students in quantitative chem¬ istry, with the result that many students decided to major in chemistr Mr. Fred Lauder who studied at the State Llniver- sitv of Ohio and at Colorado State Teachers College, correlated the offerings of the physical science de¬ partment. He also taught the hygiene course. Mr. Robert Sforza helped students understand and appre¬ ciate the mcxlern progress in the natural sciences through his biology and botany courses. Mrs. Mary Risser presented a thorough picture of the human Ixxly in the anatomy course. One of their interesting laboratory projects was the dissecting of a cat. Mr Farrell Wilson gave students an accumulation of knowledge concerning the animal world in zoology. An introduction to many basic physical science prin¬ ciples used in modern life was given by Mr. Charles Pruitt, whose interest and enthusiasm in physics was automatically transmitted to all w ho took the course.