Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Department of Social Science Sociology is the youngest of the major sciences. Its technique and methods are still in process of development: its special field Is yet a matter of difference of opinion. As treated by some of its leading writers it seems often to be particularly academic and remote while other writers maka it as human as literature or life itself. It has been the science of human association and insti¬ tutions. It is becoming, as it develops Into an applied sci¬ ence. more the science of cooperation in improving human institutions. It may even become in time what its name implies, the science of comradship, for our work social” conies from the Latin word nodus which means, companion or comrade, A science of comradeship naturally appeals to youth. Probably the social science of the next generation will harmonize and unite the seemingly inconsistent conceptions of the subject that now prevail. It will be at the same time—the science of human institutions and asso¬ ciations. a group of special sciences such as politics, economics, social work etc, and, finally, the science of applying cooperatively the results of all other sciences to the promotion of general human welfare and progress. There are even good reasons for believing that before the end of this century » ' c may see the dawn of an era of social invention which will be as revolutionary in its effects on human life as has been the era of mechanical invention which began with the invention of the steam engine and textile machinery. There are reasons to hope that men will learn to combine social forces in new ways with results as astonishing as followed the new combinations of wheels, bands, cranks, wires, pipes and pistons which have In the last century so transformed man ' s work and play and changed the character of the state itself. Such an era of social in¬ vention when it comes will be far more beneficient than the era of mechanical in¬ vention which created almost as many new problems as it solved. The social sciences in general and sociology, in the narrow sense of the term, constitute, even at present, the real highway to a better understanding of this strange world of men In which we all live, and of that mass of inherited Ideals, superstitions, virtues and faults that we have received from our ancestors and which constitute a large part of our selves. Sociology is the organized knowledge of those things that most concern men as human beings— work, religion, play, art. family life, government, education, and fellowship in all of these. Hecause of what it is now even In its beginnings and because of the still greater means of human betterment which it is becoming, sociology is well worth studying by all who desire a liberal education. It is the science that correlates and Interprets other sciences. 8BLDON SMYSER. -GiLdl v Page 11

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Department of Biological Science From time to time, in different quarters of the school year, .‘.indents in thiB school have the opportunity to select any of the following courses as they are offered and some¬ times taught, in the laboratory, by lectures, and by corres¬ pondence; Nature study, general biology, cytology, bacter¬ iology, botany, invertebrate zoology, vertebrate anatomy and histology, neurology, physiology, cosmic evolution, or ganic evolution, human evolution, and philosophy or scienti¬ fic education. Students in a normal school, even when raised acad¬ emically to college grade, cannot hope to become specialists in uny or these sciences. But aside from the general Information about the many important Tacts of life, they can get an idea of how much In life lg still unknown to real science; and they can obtain a knowledge oT the meth¬ od by which knowledge is acquired, both by the individual and by the race i e earn how to direct their own education. Why should one who has never learned trii pretend to belong to the teaching profession.” Then. too. the study of these sciences, to mention only a few benefits to b gained, may develop in the student an attitude of mind very conducive to good citizenship. In a word, lie may learn to distinguish between a humbug and a hum¬ ming bird. Thus the degree or familarity with these sciences, and the methods used In acquiring scientific knowledge, afrnrd an automatic test of Intelligence Accom¬ panying the acquisition of these sciences, there is also apt to result that quality of mind properly designate intellectual honesty. This also helps to distinguish he- tween Che and the true, the po«ssible and the impossible. . ' t0 c ' ose eont “ ct with Physical sciences through physiology; and with the mental and moral sciences, through neurology. The biologist can b- neither a soulless mechanistic materialist nor a ghostly transcendental idealist Neurology is not |M yeho|ogy! It is nothing more nor less than physiology and morphology of the nervous system. Morphology, the study of Torm. reveals to us the ract that all life is striving owards a more and more perfect form; and that the most beautiful things in na¬ ture and in human life are formal. The living world is not a chaos of infor mailtv, where things Jostle and conflict in wild disorder; but a wonderful harmony in which the notes of discord are constantly eliminated by nalural selection. . “ cqulre this optimistic view of life, is worth all the labor it costs; for It inspires in us an abiding faith In the ultimate survival of the good the beautiful and .he true; and the final elimination of .hat which is ugly and incom .a.ibie with the best interests of society. Here the scientifically trained social Vedette as vhlrh’b ' llf” hr aCl r ° r ,elu-her ‘ Perform a real social service one which Is dirricult because rarely appreciated us it should be. Some day when this ruuction is belter understood by the public, Biology will be a required study In all normal schools. In all theological seminaries, and In all M ■ ' ■ ■ » a •» “•» « t. «“ JOHN P. Ml ' NSON. PH. D. Pane 10

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Department of History History is the narration of the success or failure of human lives and human actions. The deeds of the pioneer are alive today and the ideals and aspirations of the men, women and children who laid the foundations of this state are now being realized. But it took courage and a great vision to come here when the state was struggling for people and longing for just a few to settle on its broad expanse of land. The black lonesomeness of the solitary shack was too much for many of them who came and they returned to the land of well used trails. But gradually those who stayed were cheered by others who came and the sod and forests were subdued, towns sprang up, railroads were built, luxuries became necessi¬ ties, government by the majority became a fact and we grew into a state. Those men and women who established our good laws, built our roads, founded our schools and churches are still shaking hands with us who are carrying on the affairs within the state. We cannot be pioneers as they were pion¬ eers but we can branch out into new lines of activity and new’ branches of study and in so doing we may feel the great Joy of conquering untrodden trails. If we as young people do not do this and if we let the spirit of the pioneer die then we will as a state die. The great problems of our state, the questions beyond our borders reaching even to far off Asia require a vision even greater than that of our early state build¬ ers and we must justly and bravely wrestle with the task as true sons and daught¬ ers of pioneers. Then as students let us strike out upon new trails of thought and we will then live worthily of those who pointed out the way for us to travel. H. C. FISH. Page 12