Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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. 4 % A 4s ifc 4; y fe ■ j OK ■ - Languages O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! EIVGLISH No Bucknellian will ever forget the harrowing experi- ence of the oral quiz, the mountain of filing cards for a research paper, or the fact that Agamemnon died in hia hathtuh. Yet the wonders of the English department include more than the argyle socks knitted during Lit lecture. We find courses to suit the most discriminating, from Anglo-Saxon to modern drama, from basic compo- sition to the hallowed Honors Seminar. The divisions of the department j)ermit English majors to specialize in the field of their choice, whether it he writing, literature, drama, speech, or journalism. In between writing scholarly dissertations and marking papers, which, like the porridge of fairy tale fame, never diminish, the English faculty advises an astonishing Crv God for HARRY! lis Penserosos Please rontriliule to the Marrh of Uinies I T ' v :t-»)-s»

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MUSIC MV PHI EPSILON— f-e t to right, first row: M. Esslinger, S. Shustek. Second row: S. Graybill, D. Potts, M. Webber. Third row: J. Caul, N. Isaac, J. Rodinis, E. Clark. Running at a definitely allegro pace, the Music School finished the year with its largest enrollment ever. Dr. Harold Cook holds the baton for a department which produces a fine counterpoint between curricular and extra-curricular tunes. A music major ' s repertoire of activities may include the Men ' s and Women ' s Glee Clubs, Chapel Choir, Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Mixed Chorus. The top note of the scale is membership in Mu Phi Epsilon, music honorary. Did Beethoven ever struggle through Music 101? Still looking for the lost chord Play it again, Helen . . , 21

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.yj ..y XJ r o SIGMA TAU DELTA Left to right, first rom: J. Harris, C. Hill, N. Holter, J. Wightman. Second row: J. Morris, J. Burns, P. Forlifer, J. Kriebel. Third rotv: B. Fiedler, B. Maurer, B. Baird, C. Kemper, J. Brown. ! ot pictured: S. Miller. number of extra-curricular organizations. Emphasis has been placed this year on the English Clinic, which aids students of other departments who have special problems with the language. Dr. Harry Rohbins. department head, advises Sigma Tau Delta, the English honorary. This group annually feasts its members at an initiation banquet, where the world ' s fund of literary masterpieces is augmented by original works written by the pledges for the occasion. Sigma Tau Delta completed a full schedule this year, with a tea for all English majors held last Fall, and a series of book discussions, beginning with F. Scott Fitzgerald ' s The Great Gatsby. And Aeneas sez to Dido, he sez He stretches from the Colonial Period to modern literature •«