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

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Psychology ■ ■ The Psychology department shares with education the upper part of the training school. We have a large laboratory and class room, and six small laboratories for testing and individual experimentation. Our equipment for mental and educational testing is exceedingly good. This year Miss Florence Fuller who assisted Dr. Terman of Stanford in some of his work has made it possible to offer mure courses in our field. The personal work is growing in scope and value. Besides administering intelligence and educational tests to each student upon entering the school, we have given special ability tests when needed. An Interview has been held with each student concerning his or her interests, abilities and ambitions with a view to aiding in the choice of course and vocation. The Psychology club still flourishes, and this year has continued the work begun last year of informing the members concerning the various brands uf faker and pres¬ ent psychology in order to combat the tendency to believe in the so-called applied psychologies. At present we are studying mind or muscle reading. Opportunities for the expert psychologist are increas¬ ing. Besides teachers for all classes, we need clinicians for insane asylums, feeble-minded institutions and refor¬ matories. Those who arc skilled in intelligence, and abili¬ ty and vocational tests are needed in schools and business. Personal workers are also in demand. The Psychology of today is profoundly influencing the Department of Sociology, History and Economics. New uses are con¬ stantly developing. The subject of Psychology now ranks with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as a science. It is no longer a mystical or speculative subject as it was twenty or thirty years ago. ThiB is une reason why the field is so very worth-while, and is so fascinating today. On the other hand, the world is full of pseudo-psychological systems with their false “Character analysis,” Vocational guid¬ ance, How to develop your mind,” How to outwit your nerves, and “How to get braina, that men and women, trained In scientific psychology are needed to combat these spurious brands. Moreover individuals in all walks of life need to be sufficiently familiar with modern Psychology to appreciate it so they will not be led astray by the many pseudo-psychologists and fakera.

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Department of Physical S ciences The value Ui the individual of a thorough knowledge of the Ph«,i...i c , hardly be over emphasized In view of recent devlpmenU The t D tT T 7° “ sir laws. One has only to vi.it a great pulp and paper mill realize that there would be little of literature — ' journalistic, technical or poetic— were it not for the paper makers’ technical art. In like manner, the drama, music and varied form, of entertain¬ ment have seen their moat efficient culmination in «cien- tific applications a. exemplified in the motion picture camera, the phonograph, and the wonderful, mathematical pipe-organ, not to mention the more awe-inspiring radio equipment. In the field of transportation acience has played a vital part. Magnificent ships, out of sight, but never out of communication with land, take us to all comers of the earth Luxurious trains-steam and electric—and auto- mo ,ilea of many types have grown to be a necessary - factor of every day life. Airoplanes no longer are a m, zssstjzsz » hy mention all this? bemuse the re la t inn ..f ih, ol. , „ . himTZroVh CUtSi tzx™ 7,T nt ; ‘ ,u “ r r -“ - In offering elementary and advanced work in Physics and Chemise., •. • endeavor to keep before the student a clear view of value 7t7 h rr ° Ur cation, to encourage original investigation, and above at, ' To tlm aPPr applications as well bb scientific laws. ' ‘ d monslr “ t Practical

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X ' JL UOlt V ' “,‘f ™ th ' L CUr . riculum - nut t ™use wme one ha 8 reasoned It ahould be there, but because of ita very powerful socilaizing force and the fact that music satisfies a certain demand of the human race that no other factor has been able to meet. Music Coes hand in hand with social activities. It is surprising to character m n deP d nt 0,1 or hnk,!d with »»» °f some Our department offers courses in Applied Piano and Voice, Not , non. History, Appreciation, Chorus Conducting, Chorus, Theorv Music Methods. Physical and the teaching of music In the Training school, leading to u special three year course in music. A Music Major club has been organized, with an aim for reaching i 0t f “ rth r dfv « lo Pn ent. The club promise, serious study and much fun for It member The many phases of music, always popular, are being demanded more and more of the public school student To sing, to play the piano, to play some Instrument in the hand or orchestra, to write simple melodies, to have » speaking vocabulary of things musical is becoming an every day occurrence to many children. The department is making an attempt to prepare those who will be placed in positions where they are asked to further this development.