Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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f 1936 . SOCIAL SCIENCE GROUP WS the depression just another phase • - of the business cycle, or does it represent more basic changes in our economic life? What is the significance of the present trend toward central control in government? How may we account for the prevalence of crime and corruption in the United States? Have changes in family life affected individual development? In directing their attention toward such problems as these, the Social Sciences at Bucknell have two principal objectives; an understanding of historical precedents of present day trends,- and training in techniques of scientific analysis. In addition to general educa- tional objectives, Social Science work at Bucknell also has voca- tional value. Special programs of study are arranged for students who are interested in such fields as the following: the various busi- ness vocations, law, government service, teaching, secretarial work, and social work. ROBERT L. SUTHERLAND, Chairman — Robert L. Sutherland Matz, Gathinss, Biscoe, Davis, Burgee, Johnson, Peterson, Karraker Page, Newland, Sutherland, Patton 27 ' - ■ ' ♦

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L ' Ag end il Phillips, Coleman, Whyte, Smith, Robbins, Griffith, Brandon, Stevenson, Calkins, Eisley, Ballentine 26 LANGMAGE GROUP • H. W. Robbins, Chairman K NGLISH, French, German, Latin, and Spanish courses are offered at BucLnell University providing adequate programs for undergraduate or graduate speciahzation in each of these languages. The purpose of these studies is not only to give the student a command of the language in speaking, reading, and writing, but also to give him an understanding of the national character and institutions of the users of the language, as these are revealed in their literatures. Students are prepared for work as teachers, writers, translators, jour- nalists, and foreign correspondents, and for professions like those of clergy- men, lawyers, and diplomats, in which familiarity with a foreign language and considerable facility in written and spoken English are essential. H. W. ROBBINS

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UAgend Musser, Tasker, Richardson, Miller, Lowry, Rice, MacCreadie, Eyster, Fowle Groner, Plant, Davis, Simpson, Owens, Stewart IVATIIRAL . SCIENCE GROUP FRANK M. SIMPSON, Chairman ■ HE purpose for grouping the Natural Sciences is to bring before the student the various fields of Science in a logical manner, to facilitate the selection of a major interest subject, to indicate the logical sequence of subject matter in the field selected,, and to bring the student into contact with the proper advisory influence early in college life. Students who major in Science or Mathematics should arrange,, through the chairman of the group, to have an adviser appointed at the earliest possible date. With this arrangement, the student who majors in this group should be in a position to carry his colleqe work to a successful conclusion. —FRANK M. SIMPSON 28