Cedarville University - Miracle / Cedrus Yearbook (Cedarville, OH)

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College, for the experience and personality of the professors and their ideal of practical science will appeal to increas- ing numbers of students. Mr. Kuehrmann Mr. Kuehrmann, who is professor of our chemistry de- partment, is liberal in his views concerning science. He makes the following statements about his own aims for teaching chemistry: “The ideal before us in the teaching of college science is to adapt the instruction to the best interests of the stu- dent. The general aim may be said to include an effort to make men and women intellectually responsive in ways that are characteristically scientific. We wish to train in- tellects and to develop in the individual an abiding desire for the truth in all matters. Our science work is emphasized with due regard for the other aspects of student life which together make for a well balanced individual ex- perience. Mr. Hostetler Again in the biology department we find subjects being taught in a practical way. Professor Hostetler says that the tendency in science today is to get away from the philo- sophical side, and to get at things first hand. His instructions exemplify this new methotd, for the biology lab contains many specimens of the things being studied. Many trips are made into the field, so that students not only collect specimens with which they will work, but also observe them in their natural en- vironment. Biology comes close to one’s every- day life and it holds many possibilities for enriching life and making it more thoroughly understood. Professor Hostetler thinks that although the practical work is most useful, yet some place should be given to theory. Mr. Ault Our professor of mathematics is J. W. Ault. In keeping with modern mathematics methods, Professor Ault teaches the things which can be used in different branches of science and that can be applied in a practical way in everyday life. He departs for the old method of memorizing facts and stresses instead a logical method of thinking. He believes that in mathematics the main thing to learn is to organize material, and then JOHN W. Al.'I.T Director of I’hy.icml Education: Profc»- ©r of Mathematic and Hhy ic : B. S. Dowling Green State College. 1‘age ftrratyrii Af

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CI.YDK HUTCHISON Cedarville. Ohio Wittenberg Summer School 2: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 2. 4: Mixed Chor- «u 4: Minstrel 2: Quartet 1. 2. 4: Literary l’re b!«nt 2: Ik-hate 4: Hiblc Ken-liny Contort I. 2. 4 : Lab. Aasixtant 2. 4: Cedar Day Orator 4: Clnx Play 4: Oilrus Play 4; Cedrus K !itor 4. EDWARD IRONS Wells ton. Ohio Post Graduate. LEO REED Clifton. Ohio Post Graduate. CHARLES ROST SprinyfieM. Ohio Student Roily Officer 4: Clast Of- fleer 3: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 4: Crown Club 3: Minstrel 3: Katket- ball I. 2. 3. 4: lias «ball 3. 4: Lab. Assistant 3: Class Play 4: Cedrus Play 4 ; Cedrus Staff 3. 4. CHARLES SPENCER Springfield. Ohio Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 3 ; Minstrel 3 : Hand I : Rasketball 1. 2. 3. 4 : Rate- ball 3. 4 ; Class play 4: Cedrus Play 3; Cedrus Staff 3. 4. HERMAN SCOTT Xenia. Ohio Rand 1. 2: Football I. 2. 3: Class Play 4. PRESTON GARLOUGH Springfield. Ohio Student Body Officer 3; Class Of- ficer 2. President 3: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 3. President 4 : Mixed Chor- us 4 : Minstrel 1. 3: Quartet 2. 3. 4 : Literary 3. I: Football 2. 3. 4: Rasketball I. 2. 3. 4 : ltaseball 1. 2. 3. 4: Class Play 4: Cedrus Play 4; (.Virus Staff 4. EDGAR BRIGNER Cedarville. Ohio Y. M.C. A. Cabinet 3: Mixed Chorus 4: Minstrel I, 3; Hard 1. 2: Literary 1. 2. 3. 4: Class Play 4. earth by the very thing which can make it a more worth while place in which to live. At present, science is being usefully and profitably applied in many fields. It is serving as a basis for prac- tically every industry and profession. It is found to be in complete harmony with all things including not only industry, business, agriculture, and the professions, but also religion. Probably one of the most important ap- plications is in education where scientific methods of teaching are procuring results far beyond the ineffici- ent methods of past years. A great contribution of science is the establish- ment of the scientific method of thinking which bases all decisions on experimental evidence and observed facts, and gives no place to superstition, opinions, and prejudice. With scientific thinking there is a desire for truth in all matters. The fact that this is a scientific age well under way, makes necessary the education of every individ- ual to appreciate science and to have a general under- standing of natural phenomena, as well as the highly specialized training of individuals for each branch of science. —Charles Spencer. In Cedarville College, science and mathematics are taught in such a way as to make for their apprecia- tion. For those who intend to specialize in these sub- jects there is also the opportunity to get the detailed knowledge that is necessary for specialization. For the future we predict that a greater interest will be shown in the science department of Cedarville l‘agr Tirtnty-tnt,

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O. W. KUKHKMANN Professor of Selene ; B. S.. I'urdu University: Butler University: Ohio State University. to apply it to the solution of the prob- lem. Mathematics taught in this way can be used in many and varied situa- tions. Professor Ault’s collegiate train- ing was received at Bowling Green State College, where he prepared especially for the teaching of mathe- matical services. He was also very active in athletics, and as director of physical education at Cedarville, he is enabled to maintain this interest in sports. Pagr Twentg-ninr