Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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■i(. -j • ■. 4 -.1 iff, s i-i i-: jj . ; , •4 ■• - t ■ ' {■• ' !! M i » -4 ; • ■. 4v. -i- {nglish Department Top; Robbins Stillman, Phillips, Robbins, Coleman, Sniitli, Gregory, Tbciss THE primary purpose of college work in English is practical rather than cultural; but it inclines toward the establishment of general principles and practices rather than toward specialization in any field of application. The secondary purpose is decidedly cultural however. While they arc planned definitely to avoid pre- mature limitation, all the courses offered will be found to have their place in some scheme of specialization. The English department at Bucknell Uni- versity offers more than fifty courses, providing ample material for an undergraduate major in English and a graduate major for the Master ' s degree. The work is distributed in four divi- sions: (1) composition, (2) journalism, (3) public speaking, and (4j literature. In each of these divisions there are elementary courses serving as an introduction to the later work. TawKi i-u ) rr-i ' - -.-.

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£M .a.- ' . ' i ' » r. ' -t« .,-- faculty Advisory Committee T HE Faculty Advisory Committee consists of ' twelve members, who represent the curricular groups of the University. The members are elected for two year terms, one half of the membership changing each year. This committee has no a dministrative duties, but is concerned with general faculty problems that may be referred to or originated by it. Its function is to investigate and recommend policies concerning matters such as faculty administrative policies, study of effects of required courses on student distribution and faculty loads, admissions, and inter- faculty and trustee relations. The committee serves as spokesman on matters that are better undertaken by a group than by individuals. i ■m ■4a Faculty Meeting in BuckncU Hall TiUi-nly Si-Cen

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foreign Language Department Top: Ballentine McCro scn, Calkins, Ballentine, Frant?, Griftith THE Study of foreign language, because of its varied cultural and practical values and in particular its importance for linguistic train- ing, forms an essential part of a liberal educa- tion. It is by the mastery of a second language that one is really able to know his own speech and to clearly understand and interpret foreign civilizations. Provision is made for foreign language study with six to eight courses extending throughout the year in each of the four languages — German, French, Latin, and Spanish. Greek also has been restored to the curriculum with an offering of two years ' work. For aesthetic values, as well as these reasons, foreign languages continue to hold a dominant position in present day education. - ' ?5 ' Twenty-nine