Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY Ideas Tested This spring sixteen prospective teachers — over twice as many as last year — set out ready to put all their ideas and ideals into practice as they taught their first class. After courses on philosophies of teaching, principles of teaching and methods of teaching they felt equipped to meet any crises, but they soon realized that high school students are not easily classified. Student teaching may not be all that the theory-promised, but in many ways it is much more. New last year, the increasing popular education course encourages students to stay four years at Bethel, since they can now receive their secondary school teaching certificate here. Meanwhile the psychology majors and minors are busy classifying themselves as they struggle through the definitions of “learning” and “conditioned response.” Through films and trips to the various state institutions they learn more about the workings of the human mind. Not without their own psychological effect are the famous caramels, well-known to every beginning Bethel psychologist. Though not the largest department, it is certainly one of the busiest — just ask any student teacher — and one of the most fascinating — now was that a psychotic or neurotic tendency? Now tell me about yourself, says retiring professor, Swan Engwall, to one of the many students who seek his advice. ROYAL BLOOM M.A., Chairman Psychology, Education SHELDON FARDIG M.Mus. Education SWAN ENGWALL M.A. Psychology Philosophy ROY MEYERS Ph.D. Teaching Methods 24

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FINE ARTS Appreciation Widened Playing and constructing instruments, sculpturing heads, painting, and marching in complicated rhythms are all a part of the freshman’s introduction to the Bethel fine arts department. This new program — a one-semester introductory course — provides for both lectures and studio experience in music and art. Also new are the Music Education course and the Art Methods course which provide training in collaboration with the education program for future high school art and music teachers. With more majors this year than ever before this department is proving to be at least as popular as most other major-offering fields. A visit to the art studio this fall might have revealed a friend sitting on the shelf looking almost as real as life — a product of the new sculpturing course offered. Also new was a course in graphic arts. Through outside activities such as the choirs and instrumental groups the music part of the department plays an important part in the total campus program. Many students take the opportunity of having individual training in voice, piano, or organ. The art students ably help in the fields of scenery and advertising. C. HOWARD SMITH B.R.E., M.Mus., Chairman Music, College Choir SHELDON FARDIG M.Mus. Music, Male Chorus EUGENE JOHNSON M.F.A. Art HELEN CHARLES BLANCHARD ERICKSON M.A. M.M.Ed. Music Hist., Lit., Band Theory RUTH FARDIG PHILLIP B. Mus. Ed. GUSTAFSON Piano M. Mus. Voice, Piano 23

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ENGLISH AND SPEECH Busy With Ideas While upper division students were learning the first names of authors’ wives, journalism students dashed from convocation to typing room trying to meet deadlines for their instructor. However, they learned from Mr. Robert Hosokawa, news editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, that there is more to putting out a newspaper than merely meeting deadlines. Also new to the staff this year is Mr. Chris Wcintz who manages to make even criticism interesting. Freshmen, inured since high school to the rigors of composition and grammar find that it takes on a new and interesting slant when they read THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS for their study of “Language.” This year the new seven part program also program also provides for study in areas such as “Environment,” “Religion and Ethics” and “Mass Media of Communication.” This summer, Daily Vacation Bible School students throughout the Conference churches will be studying about Bethel from a handbook prepared by the English department in collaboration with the fine arts department. Closely related to the English department is the area of speech and communications. Everyone realizes the value of speech techniques and the growth of self-confidence resulting from constant practice. To assist in this program, Bethel acquired Mr. Q. T. Smith who is an especially enthusiastic debate coach. GERALD W. HEALY M.A. English, Literature MAURICE LAWSON M.A., B.Th. English Literature RICHARD CURTIS Q. T. SMITH ELIZABETH Ph.D. M.A. MILLER Speech Speech, Debate M.A. Freshmen Composition LILLIAN RYBERG M.A. Freshmen Composition 25