Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Sfiatory anfr JUalitiral Science ROM the one course in United States history in 1870 to the many courses of- fered today including 1 the fields of mediaeval, modern, and contemporaneous history, international relations, teaching of history, and political science, the department has been an important factor in the college curriculum. The ambi- tion of the department is to be as broadly cultural and as eminently practical in value as possible. It is proud of the record its major students have made, both in and out of college, and believes that it may be a real help in creating an intelligent appreciation of national and international problems, for all students, not merely for those who specialize in the field. ELIZABETH B. WHITE Head of Department A.B. Cornell University A.M. University of Wisconsin Ph.D. Clark University RUTH E. MOREY Instructor A.B. Mt. Holyoke College iflitheru tLatiQimur BOUT a decade ago the French department was reorganized to conform with those in the eastern colleges where the latest ideas are put in practice : and now, along with the Spanish and Italian, it enrolls a large number of the students at P. C. W. Every two years the Alliance Francaise of Pittsburgh is entertained at the college with plays in French which are highly praised by native French people. Le Baiser by Theodore de Banville, the last one given, was greatly commended both for acting and diction. The study of Spanish has developed much within the last few years, and full preparation for commercial work is offered. For the last three years a course in the teaching! of French has been given, help- ing many of the graduates who have majored in French to secure excellent positions in state schools. EDITH G. ELY A.B. Smith College ALICE DE LA NEUVILLE A.M. University of Paris MARY E. HOUSTON Instructor in French A.B. Carleton College A.M. Middlebury College BRUNHILD FITZ-RANDOLPH Instructor in German Head of Department .Instructor in French, Spanish, Italian Twenty-two

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•§poketr Snglisb HIS deparlment was established to meet the ever-increasing ' demand for the cor- rect and most effective use of the English language through voice-control both in public speaking and in every day usag:e. Its chief aim is to improve habits of daily speech. It has been responsible for the presentation of three immense pageants which have meant the training ' and costuming of hundreds of people — the Shakespeare Festival, Paskkenodan, and the Fiftieth Anniversary Pageant, Victory through Conflict. Six thousand people were present at the latter. These pageants were given in P. C. W. ' s natural amphitheatre. Each year the depart- ment coaches the senior class-play, and all the dramatic entertainments. Story-tellingt in the home and kindergarten, literary interpretation, and argument and debate are other activities. VANDA E. KERST Head of Department Heidelberg University Pupil of S. H. Clark Miss Bertha Kunz Baker Curry School of Expression MARY JANE PAUL ' Instructor A.B. Vassar College Spoken English Certificate, Pennsylvania Collegfe for Women American Academy of Dramatic Art, Xew York City Erottnmirs att §nrtology GENERAL course in sociology has been required of all sophomores since 1921, while a course in economics is recommended for the junior year. In 1908 the first course in social service was offered because of an evident need for college- trained women to engage in social service activities. Since then the study of the subject has evolved continuously, the content of the courses has been en- larged and changed, and related studies in other departments of the college have been required. Since 1912 a certificate has been awarded to those stu- dents who complete these studies together with field work and thesis writing. Of the ninety students who have received this certificate about one-third are in professional social work, while others are in borderline ' ' social service occupations. LUELLA P. MELOY Head of Department A.B. Pennsylvania College for Women A.M. Columbia University MELBA MARTIN INGERSOLL Instructor A.B. Pennsylvania College for Women M.S. Simmons College

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ifflathematics matics. LETITI B.L. HE Department of Mathematics offers the usual courses which form the mathe- matical back-bone of every college. Beginning in 1914 the Calculus and Analyti- cal Geometry were given every year instead of alternate years as before that time. It is the plan of the department to offer Astronomy every two years. A course in statistics and statistical methods — which has proved rather popular — was added in 1922-23. The department feels proud of the fact that since 1916, one hundred and forty-seven graduates have done their major work in mathe- A BENNETT .. Oberlin College .Head of Department Music (JSIC has always been part of the curriculum of the Pennsylvania College for Wom en, even when it was founded in 1870. From 1876 on, a Certificate of Music was awarded ; four years previously the department had been reorgan- ized and was conducted practically as it is today. Beginning with 1908, the studies in this department have been counted toward the baccalaureate degree. Throughout its history, courses in the theory, history, and appreciation of music have been offered, as well as instrumental and vocal instruction. MAE B. MacKENZIE Head of Department Cosmopolitan College of Music, Chicago Pupil of Victor Heinze, Chicago Pupil of Joseph Lhevinne, Berlin MABEL DAVIS ROCKWELL Singing Ithaca Conservatory, Ithaca, N. Y. The Master School of Music, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pupil of Mrs. Fiske, Buffalo ; Dr. Muckey, New York; Mme. Jaegar, Vienna CATHERINE J. WILLIAMS Theory of Music, Piano, Pipe Organ A.B. Mt. Holyoke College A.M. Vassar College ELEANOR SPINDLER EGLI Violin Pupil of Marsick, Paris ; Ariggo Serato, Berlin ; Leopold Auer, New York LOIS M. FARR Piano A.B. Pennsylvania College for Women Tzventy-three