Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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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 •«

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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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TlinWWHB !.Bi: Bf H UlBaQ MWw awtq ft9ftftw Baf • v. -n -i •♦ ' r; -f . wi- : t? . ».• -it .iv . DRAMA Gee Eli, it ' s swell, really swell! THETA ALPHA PUl Left to ri ht, first row: W. Sullivan, IS. Holier, J. Lowry, J. Brown, E. Childs, B. Bleecker, S. Baumgardner, S. Canan. Second row: L. Ahlfeld, P. Forlifer, J. Burns, J. Krum- niel, N. Schreiner, F. Hoffmann. Third row: E. Uavis, D. Smith, W. Smith, H. Pfisrhner, J. Riokart, R. Birnbaum, D. Norwine, R. Osborne. Not pictured: H. Powers. Enter the sanctuary of battens and dutchmen, and watch the mysterious witches ' brew bubbHng on the battered stove, or sneak into Bucknell Hall some afternoon to learn the technique of a believable stage kiss. The Drama major, a recent addition to the English depart- ment, includes courses in both theory and practice. Among the practical may be numbered Willard Smith ' s excursions into the rites of backstage work and set designs, Harvey Powers ' courses in dramatic interpre- tation, and, of course, the lab work provided by Cap and Dagger. Students also study the drama as a form of literary expression. Otir drama majors may never reach Broadway, btit they can recognize a scrim at fifty paces, and you can be sure they always know which end is upstage. The Welsh have a word for il i it i.t -.