Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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f- 6ucholo n Under the competent direction of Mr. Edvin Brye the Psychology Department has grown to greater proportion. Two new courses have been added: Psychology of Personality and Psy- chology of Meaning and Suggestion. In addition to teaching at CTC, both Mr. Brye and Mr. Eilert belong to the Chicago Psycho- logical Club. Mr. Brye is president of the Club as well as General Chairman of local arrange- ments for the Mid- Western Psychological Asso- ciation meeting for 1947. Although the psychology field as a minor is comparatively recent at CTC, many students are taking advantage of it. Psychology minors have organized a club and hove lectures and movies at their meetings. Walk emct tied The Math Department was full of excitement this past year. Suspense was a part of it, too .... would there be substitutes or would there not? Mr. Joseph J. Urbancek, the chairman of the department, had his worries. Betty Brelin and Mary Kirkpatrick, teachers in the department, both passed the high school teachers ' examinations and were assigned to Waller High and Kelvyn Park High, respec- tively. Substitutes were slow in arriving, and the burden of the Math courses was on the shoulders of Elaine Drews (CTC ' 45), John Kelly (CTC ' 41), and Mr. Urbancek. The subs finally came in the persons of Lorraine O ' Brien (CTC ' 44) and William Coyne (CTC ' 43). MATHEMATICS Betty Brelin, Joseph J. Ur- bancek, Mary Kirkpat- PSYCHOLOGY Edvin Brye, Sol. R. Eiler Clarence GiHord.

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fllMC What was happening in Europe in 1848? — in America in 1789? — what country, south of the United States, is north of Nicaragua? — how to teach map reading to children? — all these questions and more are asked daily in our Social Studies classrooms. The instructors who answer the above questions, and who ask more of their own are: Dr. Frederick K. Branom, department chairman, who teaches Geography (and who hasn ' t heard of the Branom Geographies); Dr. Henrietta Femitz, who handles the Method. ' ; classes and is sponsor of the International Relations Club and the Senior Class; Harry Osterhart, who teaches both Economic Geography and Principles of Geography; William Kaiser, who is our American History expert; and Dr. Joseph Chada, teacher of European History. With such a faculty it is no wonder that Social Science has one of the largest groups of trainees in CTC. The teachers in the Music Department are Miss Frances Peickert, who is head of the department; Miss Catherine Taheny, Mrs. Elizabeth Hennessey, and Dr. Kathryn Cramer. These teachers are all accomplished musicians, and in addition to their teaching duties, much of their leisure time outside of school is spent in attending concerts and other musical functions. The main purpose of the Music Department, as in other departments, is to train for teaching. In the case of music minors, the purpose is enlarged to include giving an adequate background and foundation in the field of music. It is interesting to note that many music minors have gone on to earn Master ' s Degrees in music.

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