Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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English This year The English DeparTmenT mainTained iTs posiTion in The CarleTon academic picTure. Professor Elledge, head of The deparTmenT, Took his sabbaTical leave and The deparTmenT was headed by Professor Shain. The Sheridans reTurned from a year abroad buT There were no ofher faculTy changes. As- sociaTe Professor VVhiTTemore sTarTed a liTerary magazine, The CarleTon Miscellany, which is a sorT of a re-birTh of his Furioso. Regarding curriculum, a renovaTion was The replacemenf of The independenT study program by a seminar series, which was considered preTTy successful. The freshman-sophomore English requiremenTs were also alTered somewhaT. Some English sTudenTs aTTended a Shakespeare conference held ioinTly by ST. BenedicT's and ST. .lohn's colleges where Two CarleTon people read papers. An English club, feafuring im- prompTu liTeraTure analyses and ouTside speakers, was organized by a group of sTudenTs. Two senior English maiors, Tony Kauf- man and KaThy Rankin, were awarded CarleTon's Two FulbrighT scholarships This year. The class of l96O graduaTed 31 English maiors, mosT of Them planning To go on To graduaTe schools. Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Kintner, Mr. Shain, ACT- ing Chairman, Mr. Larsen, Mr. Whi1Temore, Mr. Stang. Mr. Carver, Mrs. Herberf, Mr. Sfang, not shown, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan.

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Economics The economics department has the distinction of perhaps of- fering one of the most challenging introductory courses at Carle- ton. The fact that many non-majors agree to face Miss Ada Har- rison, Mr. Robert Will and Mr. Harold Vatter even after fulfilling their social studies requirement speaks highly for these professors and their department. The department majors may either plan to teach or to do graduate work after completing the required courses at Carle- ton-. But whatever the future may hold for them, economic theory renders a broad perspective in business, law, iournalism, social service and daily activities. Having become acquainted with these ideas, skills, and procedures, the student will be adequately prepared to face the business world, be able to analyze its com- plications and to find his place in it. There are various attitudes of list

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Geology Mr. Henrickson lecturing in class. One of the largest classes on campus is the first year Geology course, taken to fulfill a physical sci- ence requirement. Students learn to recognize com- mon minerals and rock formations, as well as the fas- cinating story of the formation of the earth. Labs and field trips, often in pouring rain, provide learning ex- periences for elementary geologists, Geology maiors are offered a variety of other courses including chemical analyses of rocks and field mapping. The big event of the Geology department this year was a seek-end field trip to the Black Hills where Geology maiors had the opportunity to ex- plore and see many of the formations and areas about which they had studied. Although the depart- ment plans a field trip each year this trip to the Black Hills was thought to be the most valuable and successful of any of them. Mr. Stewart, Chairman, examines rocks Z1 from Antarctica. ,,.....-I' -M-on 29. -rings '23 qlxilgl-W' .. 2. 'E' A 1' -1 if Y