Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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1 -,x vit I mg mt 1 If, .1. .. ..,- fr ' t,5LF,?'f ' iw 1. POI IIIt AI Qt IICNCIC FM2lII,'I'Y-- Mr. .I. t Iathings, Mr. If. .lom-s. IIMIKV Mr. W. Gwyn, Mr. C. llollistcr. POLITICAL SCIENCE loday, international relations are receiving more and more emphasis. Campaign issucs center around pcacc and understanding lictwcen countries, and disarmament con- ferences are in session continually. As tension mounts, gov- Crnment leaders realize that peace depends not on coercion but on understanding. i . . - -, lNo hetter hasis lor eo-operation and co-cxlstcnce exists than a knowledge of the W0l'IfliS govermnents. I3ucknell's Ilttlllival scicncc department rccognizcs the truth ol this idea. Since it believes that a studv ol lioth world and national Hffvcrnnicnts is necessary lor a correct perspective ol in- lfvrnational politics today, the department ollcrs courses in llltf various lorms ol governments and in the dillercnt Mm-ni--. tc. Mar-I fl. link, int' 3 x QL.. its . vw I iv branches ol our American governmentfrthc Constitution. political parties, international law, Iorcign allairs, and po- litical theory. iI'hrough the political science department, a limited num- ber ol students participate in the Washington St-muster. Spending half a year at American University, they enjoy the opportunity of observing the machinery of the national capital firsthand. ln addition. the department sponsors a chapter of Phi Alpha Sigma. the national political scicncc honorary. to which outstanding majors may lic 4-It-4-tml. 'I'hrough these activities and the regular courscs. thc depart- ment hopes to produce well-informed American citizens with an adequate hackground to meet the world situation. lN'l'l'IRtIOI,I.I'ItIIA II t UNI If RI Nt I UN tIOVIzItNlN'IIuNI hmrrn- It ulil in IJ Qtlllimllt r q'I'ANIlIN1IZ Ii. Ilitlcnln-rg, A. liolnick, I I'I SIGMA .-KI.I'lI.'K I IItS'I' Row: Nlr. .I. tlalliinggs. II. llurton. hlr. ti. .Iont-s. SICCUND lion: Mr. W. Gwyn. Xlr. ti Hollister. I-rn. new VI um-lv

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I'I'II AI,I'I'IA 'I'III'I'I'A IJ. 'I'rnds-Il, NI. Meyers, lVlr. A. Sluvin. C. Kurtz, .I. Carl:-r, lVIr. C. Karraker. Nor I,l1I'I'l'ItI'IIlZ S. Itimlmaugli, .I. florson. HIS Under the chairmanship ol' Dr. J. Orin Oliphanl, the history department strives to provide students with a hasic understanding ol past evcnts and their relationship to thc present and Iuturc. In line with this goal the department is changing each ycar, improving present courses, dispensing with less important ones. and adding new courses designed to hclp sludcnls interpret the history Imeing madc today. For instance, second scnicslor this year saw the addition ol Ilow can I possilmly wrilc 3,000 yt-urs ol' history I'lIS'1'URY FAClIL'l'Y-ff-IVIP. .I. Oliphanl, Mr. R. Ililliurd, Mr. Il. I.u, Mr. A. Slavin, Nlr. C. Karrakor. TORY Oriental Classics, History 2744, which promotes understand- ing ol the people of the Far East, much in the news today. Witli changes in courscs come changes in requirements also. .Next ycar all Iilmcral arts students will he required to take a two-semester course in history. There will he three choices availahle, one of which must he selected. The history honorary is Phi Alpha 'I'hcta. This year the lratcrnity was advised hy Dr. Cyrus Karraker. in one hourly cxani? Sec, I told you il was lhcrc. --

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SOCIOLOGY w . . . . 'lhc cllctlonary flclincs sociology as thc sclcncc of the origin, clevelopmcnt, organization, and 'functioning of hu- man society, social relations, and institutions. .As socio- logy stuclents and majors discover only too quickly, tackling the analysis of civilization is quite an unclcrtaking. How- ever, the sturly of the hahits of mankind is a fascinating aml rewarding one, for man can improve his culture or his re- lations with other men only hy analyzing the accomplish- ments and shortcomings of his own society. The sociology cleparlmcnt contains honors sections for stuclents of special interest anrl aptitufle. ln aflflilion, a chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, the national. sociology honor society cslahlishccl at Bucknell in 'I,932, recognizes the ac- complishments ol' outstanrling sociology majors. Lctls scc, 2 plus 1, equals? SOCIOLOGY FACULTYK-Mr. D. Chaplin, Mr. R. Spichnan, Mr. H. lvagncr, Mr. W. Morrill.