Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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% « « » When I was at Harvard Sociology The practice of theory for understanding things social is the chief emphasis of the sociology department. Per- sonnel and courses of the department stress not answers but methods of finding answers. Students have been encour- aged to do honors research, to do field research in the Cen- tral PennsvKania Project, and to explore the uses of tape recorder and camera as research instruments, for theory is made vivid by sight and sound of specific social situations. The sociology department has helped with the Newsmen ' s Conference, and this year, with psychology, put on the first conference of the Bucknell Institute of Local Studies. FACULTY— Le t to Right— Mr. Richard E. DuWors, chairman; IVIr. William B. Weist, Mr. Albert Pierce. 29 •

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PSI CH1-Firs( Roil ' , Left to Right-V. Wallis, M. Bryfogle, B. Fogg, T. Altman, M. Mattina. B. Rigg, B. Besosa, A. Beach, J. Plattman, P. Keller, F. Franzius. Second Row—B. Slavitt, Bucknell ' s rapidly expanding academic program is aptly illustrated by the growth of the department of psychology during the past few years. Since moving into new quarters in 1953, the department has increased its staff and has ex- panded its experimental projects. An increasing number of enrollments by students in the many courses offered bv the department indicates a growing interest in the studies of the mind in relation to behavior. Industrious psychology students are rewarded with mem- bership in Psi Chi, the psychology honorary fraternity. Psychology Club, offering a varied program throughout the year, stimulates interest in the department. Psychology FACULTY— Left to Right— Mi. Philip L. Harriman, chairman; Mr. WiUiam J. Carr, Mr. Wendell L Smith, Mr. Harry L. Jacobs. 28

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FACULTY-Lf ( to Right-Mi. Charles A. Hollister, Mr. C. Herschel Jones, Mr. James A. Gathings, chairman. PI SIGMA ALPHA-Le ( to Right-T. Groom, R. Driver. Political Science To Bucknellians interested in the or- ganization of the world ' s governments the political science department is familiar. Through political science, students learn the weaknesses and strengths of our de- mocracy as well as other forms of go ' ern- ment. The apparent complexity of the political world is analyzed and dissected until all the parts are clearh ' yisible. Pi Sigma Alpha, political science hon- orary society, and Washington Semester are two of the goals toward which a politi- cal science major may strive. The latter affords an opportunity for selected students to spend a full semester at American Uni- versity in Washington, D. C, where they are given the opportunity to utilize source material and learn directly about LInited States sovernment. Mr. Chairman, 1 move 30