Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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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

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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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German Carleton German students showed an enthu- siasm for their foreign tongue this year as evi- denced by the two German tables in Gridley during mixed dining periods. Even Hrst and second year students with only the bare essen- tials of the language made use of this oppor- tunity to converse in Deutsch on at least a few occasions during the semester. When a person has mastered the basic vo- cabulary and grammar of the language in the first and second year courses he can go on to study the literary works of German greats such as Schiller, Nietsche, and Heine. Chemistry- zoology maiors and aspiring engineers learn the intricacies of the German language for its contribution to medical and technical texts and for its terminology. A course in independent study is offered for maiors interested in more extensive research in the language and liter- ature of the German people. BACK ROW: Mr. Mendel, Mr. Sommer, Mr. Marr FRONT ROW: Mr. Hammer. Government and International Relations As state, national and international governmental problems grow in size and complexity it becomes in-creasingly impor- tant for educated persons to understand the political world around them. Concern for such understanding at Carleton is reflected not only by the large number of Government maiors each year, but by the popularity of basic courses amon-g other students as well. Financed by the Frank B. Kellogg Foundation, the Govern- ment department is marked by an extremely well-balanced staff and a solid program of study. Approximately fifteen courses are offered per semester in such diverse areas as state and local government, party and pressure gro-up politics, international organization, constitutional law and political theory. The staff consists of departmental co-chairmen Dr. Ralph Fjelstad and Mr. Reginald Lang, and Mr. Hartley Clark, The department also offers a Washington semester plan, whereby juniors from various departments attend American University in Washington-, D.C. and study firsthand some par- ticular aspect of national politics. This year the students in Washington on this plan were Mary Zeller and Virginia Roos. Mr. Fielstad and Mr. Lang, Co-Chairman, Mr. Clark.