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

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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

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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 English and Modern Languages This department will be much better enabled to peform Us work beginning with the Summer quarter of 1923. At that time a new member of the faculty will be added to the staff, so that there will be three who give their entire time to the work of the department, and this tvlll mean of course, increased efficiency and effectiveness, as well as increased volume of the courses offered. It is now planned to offer regularly two years of work in both French and Spanish, with a third added as soon as there is sufficient demand for it. All the required courses in English will continue as before and other elective courses will be added and will be designed to meet the needs of college students who may wish to elect courses in third and fourth year college Eng¬ lish. In the work in Expression and Dramatics as well as In the Language and Literature the staff wishes to be help¬ ful and inspirational, to help guide its students not only to¬ ward correctness of form, but also towards the finer culture to be found in the great dramas, poems, and other liter¬ ature of the present as well as the past. N. E. HINCH. I’age 13