Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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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

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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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V. ELVING ANDERSON Professor of Zoology Chairman of Department of Biology Ph.D. University of Minnesota LOIS J. BARTHOLDI Instructor in Health M.A.. Columbia University DANIEL ISAAK Instructor in Biology M.A., University of Minnesota RUSSEL W. JOHNSON Associate Professor of Biology M.F.. University of Minnesota BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The department has courses designed to meet three types of needs: (1) a basic foundation for graduate study and research; (2) training for those planning to enter teaching, medicine, nursing and allied fields; (3) an exploration of the implications of biological science for every educated citizen. These courses offer the student a realistic understanding of the effect which the sciences have had upon our culture and the individual. Laboratory work provides experience in careful observation, reflective thinking, and other elements of the scientific method. The study of human structure and function is essential to understand human behavior. Thus it is related to the work of social science. Field trips give the student an appreciation of the varied forms of life and the importance of conservation. 26