Bryan College - Commoner Yearbook (Dayton, TN)

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Practice made perfect. Ron Brooks developed precision in gestures for his speech. Lucy D. Sullivan Associate Professor of English Wheaton College Columbia University B.A. M.A. Arthur Van Meeveren Associate Professor of English Central College University of Iowa University of Colorado B.A. M.A. Further graduate study John B. Bartlett Special Instructor of English Bob Jones University Ohio State University B.A. M.F.A. ENGLISH Work and Daze The English major ' s favorite haunt was the library; his most constant companions were books. Works by Hesiod, Plato, Milton, Dostoievsky, Shakespeare, Eliot, Camus, and many others. His most avid exercise was reading! Many term papers required much research and integration of the materials at hand. Acquaintance with the great minds of literature enlarged his own culture and increased his understanding of the contemporary world. Utilizing grammar and the art of speaking gave polish and variety to his intellectual accomplishments. 28

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PHILOSOPHY Sheer Nonsense He lectured on and on about pragmatism, existentialism, and positivism. The pencil flew as the writer attempted to copy the basic tenets of these schools of thought. The prof assigned a book to be read; the student advised his friends to include it in their libraries. At the next lecture, he discovered the book had many fallacies, unknown to him. Outside the classroom the student remarked, That class gives me an inferiority complex! But to his surprise, after a year ' s study he could better discern between pure reason and sheer nonsense, unapologetically upholding his Christian faith. Harold Franz Associate Professor of Philosophy Wheaton College Harvard Divinity School Harvard University B.A. M.A. S.T.B. Candidate for Ph.D. r? Discussion enlightened puzzled students. Cliff Branson questioned the coherence of philosophical concepts. 27

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Order for present ivas derived from ages past. Dick Franklin, amid a mountain of books, sought to relate past and present in writing a paper. Harold J. Franz Special Instructor in History Wheaton College Harvard Divinity School Harvard University B.A. M.A. S.T.B. Ph.D. Candidate HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY Out of Confusion! Events, literature, customs — how to correlate all these into a systematic approach to history! That was the job of the history student. Rebelling against the idea of being required to take another history course, the freshman slammed his book shut and muttered, 1 hate history. Confusion reigned! Even as history demonstrates progress, so progress was demonstrated on campus. History became the medium of understanding others — in the present. Built on the basic thoughl that Cod is sovereign, history had meaning. Ruth H. Nixon Special Instructor in Sociology University of California A.B. M.A. Ed.D. Clifford L. Nixon Special Instructor in History University of California B.A. M.A. Ed.D. 29