Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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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

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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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? - -a - j - .,.j - - ' ii - ! 4 4- 5 jjr 4i ■• ■i v v ' ' ' f ' - ' ■ • ' - ' : •= ' ■?- ' •• ■? it - ' Sf ' t •- ' Commerce and finance Top: Matz Bottom: Eislcy, Biscoe, Peterson, Matz, Sears THE department offers a Bachelor of Science Degree for three c]istinct groups of courses. The General Business Course, the Secretarial Course, and the Commercial Teacher Training Course. In addition to the three groups indi- cated, majors and minors are offered for Bachelor of Arts students. It is the aim of the department to give a broad but definite grasp of economic principles and the fundamental operations of modern busi- ness. In order to achieve this end. courses of study are offered in general accounting, cost ac- counting and auditing, statistics, taxation, credits and collections, shorthand and typewrit- ing, money, banking, marketing, advertising, business law. salesmanship, finance, investments, commercial education, office practice, personnel work, management, insurance, reports and cor- respondence, publicity, research work, public utilities, and business problems. Thirty