Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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w. ROBERT SMITH Chairman of the Department of Philosophy Th.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I.YNN I.UNDIN Physical Education Instructor B.A. Augsburg College PHILOSOPHY The Department of Philosophy seeks to develop clear thinking and correct reasoning within the students. Students are encouraged to evaluate life questions and answers and to develop life views of their own through studying different philosophical and ethical systems. Students are shown some of the answers that other men have had concerning man and man, man and the universe, and man and God. PHYSICAL EDUCATION The Department of Physical Education seeks to provide qualified leadership and adequate facilities that will afford an opportunity for every student to participate in required instructional classes, a recreational program, and the intramural and intercollegiate sports program. The program aims to promote health and physical fitness through a well-rounded physical education program. Bethel is now graduating young men with physical education minors. This year a course in coaching football, basketball, baseball, and track has been added to the program. The course is available to the physical minors only. LAWRENCE STARKEY Associate Professor of Philosophy M.A. University of Southern California Ph.D. candidate U.S.C. JERRY THOMPSON Instructor in Physical Education M.S. University of Wisconsin 24

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LANGUAGES The Department of Foreign Language and Literature aims to develop elementary proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding the foreign idiom and to acquaint the student with important aspects of the culture of the country involved. Intensive experience provides the student an opportunity to participate in a culture different from his own. It provides some practical experience with the problems of language and the comparative structure of different languages. Students are urged to choose a language which will be most useful to them in their further study, professional career, or special interest. Courses in German are available to those who plan to go on in science, medicine or philosophy. Pre-seminary students get a background for their theological study in the college Greek course. Spanish is offered for some of those students preparing for foreign missions. It is also offered to others for elementary, high school, or college teaching. Swedish opens the door to the rich heritage of Scandinavian culture. Techniques of learning such as records and conversation groups are being used by the students to increase their facility in the language of their choice. Two language listening rooms arc reserved in the library for student use. ANTONIO BARRERA Instructor in Spanish D.C.L. Javeriar.a University. Bogota. Columbia EFFIE NELSON Assistant Professor of German M.A. University of Minnesota 1NGEBORG SJORDAL Instructor in Swedish Physical Education M.A. University of Minnesota FRANCIS WHEELER Ass’t. Prof, of Greek History Chairman of the Department of Languages Ph.S. candidate. University of Chicago

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SOCIOLOGY GENEVIEVE FAGERSTROM Instructor in Social Work M.A.. University of Wisconsin CLAUDE STIPE Instructor in Anthropology M.A., University of California at Los Angeles The department seeks to impart in men and women an intelligent and realistic Christian viewpoint toward themselves and other people, society, and the specific life situations in which they find themselves. The courses are designed to. meet two types of needs: (1) The need for broadened knowledge about human society; (2) The need for vocational preparation. The courses in sociology and social work give students a view of how people live together in various groups including institutions. They get ideas of the types of research and field work involved. Studies in specific problems in fields such as crime and delinquency arc available to the students. Courses in anthropology enable students to study man in his various cultures. Through these studies, students see people in their cultures and see why they feel and act the way they do. Students majoring in this area are usually preparing for teaching, social work, missions, business or government. Many other students, however, take these courses to better understand social behaviour, thereby becoming better citizens. DAVID O. MOBERG Associate Professor of Sociology Chairman of the Department of Social Sciences Ph D . University of Minnesota BENJAMIN WINE Instructor in Sociology B.A., University of Washington MATHEMATICS The purpose of the Mathematics Department is to provide the opportunity for persons interested in the fields of science and technology to acquire the necessary mathematical ideas and skills which these fields require, and also to prepare those who are interested in teaching or who desire further study in the field of mathematics. One new course has been added this year, which deals with the basic concepts underlying the methods of algebra. CHARLES TUCEK Instructor in Mathematics and Physics M.S., Northwestern University 25