Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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CCIasstral iEanguagrs ODAY when the classics are being dropped from the curricula of some of our colleges, seventeen percent of the student body at P. C. W. carry work in this department. Students are electing Latin in greater numbers and are better prepared than during the war. A new course, Classical Civilization, offered this year, has been opened to students not studying Latin or Greek to bring them in touch with the myth, art, literature and history of Greek and Rome. A collection of slides for use in Phi Pi, the flourishing departmental club, and in classes in topography and Roman life, has been beg m. LAURA C. GREEX Head of Department A.B. Wellesley College A.M. Columbia University •§rtencc : f the agencies used by society ( i ) to add to the sum-total to enhance personality; and (3) to enlarge the horizon CIEXCE is one knowledge; (2 mental vision. Pennsylvania College for Women recognizes the great utility of science in fostering culture and thus include; Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Physics in her curricula. Excellent individual equipment and laboratory facilities for the proper study of these branches have been provided; in fact the laboratory is thoroughly equipped to give both General and Analytical Chemistry ; Qualitative, Quan- titative, and Volumetric Analysis ; Organic Chemistry ; Food Chemistry ; Physics and Biology. JAMES B. GARNER Head of Department B.S. Wabash College M.S. Wabash College Ph.D. University of Chicago ETHEL L. B ARTLETT Instructor in Chemistry, Physics A.B. Vassar College A.M. Columbia University MARY SCOTT SK1NKER A.B. Columbia University, Teachers College A.M. Columbia University Twenty-four