Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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= yas Pe 3 é Sete Dean Kuehner lectures to his Ed. class on methods of teaching and lesson planning. Dr. Matthews shows Pat and Betty her camellias while Frances finds something interesting behind them. tz AL, f a OS a Fy £1 j 4 Dr. KENNETH G. KUEHNER Miss HELEN E. MILLs Professor of Education Associate Professor of and Psychology Education and Psychology Psychology and Education If a stranger were to visit a Psychology class he might see any number of strange activities. The whole class may be sitting quietly rolling a bead around in the palms of their hands—or one student may be standing in a corner staring at a design on a piece of paper—or still another may be con- centrating on tapping her finger on the desk. They really don’t need a psy- chiatrist—they are just checking on various sensations or complementary colors or finger coordination, It is in Psychology, also, that Miss Mills teaches the various stages and developments in the life of a child. In the Education Department, one learns the function of the school and formulates his philosophy of education. In Dean Kuehner’s courses the objec- tives and activities of the elementary grades are taught, plus such incidental facts as not to be surprised if one sees a first grader fall out of his thair! In Ed. 73, the techniques and methods of classroom instruction are studied, and visits are made to the’school to observe for the first time what school is like from the teacher’s viewpoint. Mathematics and Science There are many things a student discovers when he enters a biology lab. He is first told that a microscope must be carried similar to a baby—with the hand under the proper place! And he soon learns that worms, grasshoppers, and frogs are not creatures to be avoided but rather to be dissected and endured for weeks. And one learns very quickly that when Mr. Reynolds says comprehensive test he means comprehensive! Mr. F. W. SAUNDERS Dr. VELMA D. MATTHEWS Professor of Mathematics Professor of Biology

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DEPARTMENTS... FACULTY . | | Dr. Davidson lectures to students in a Civilization class. Civilization, History and Social Science “You mean that I’ve got to have four years of one course?” Yes, it’s a fresh- man just discovering “Civ.” Yet Civilization could hardly be called “one course”. Civ. includes everything—absolutely everything! Sometimes it’s hard to explain that to unheeding friends from other schools who say “Oh, we study the history of civilization in one year.” But the Coker student just over- Mrs. JOHN D. REYNOLDS looks the remarks and becomes more and more convinced of the compre- Tene Hist d hensiveness of civilization as she watches her syllabus grow from year to year, pa rofessor of Ue ICEL Social Science | and studies not only history but art, music, philosophy, religion, science, mathematics, etc. Civ. is the class which holds the interest of every student and still chal- lenges the best in all. One studies not only the political dates and figures of a certain period, but also the basic philosophic and religious beliefs underlying it, and the influence of these credos in music, art, etc. Dr. Davidson is the head of the department and has generously contributed her time and efforts for bringing students to a fuller understanding and t knowledge of current affairs. To do this, a student is given a well-developed ’ background of the world. Students who register for one of Dr. Fahrner’s history courses soon find that when he is lecturing on the United States, the emphasis is often on Virginia, and when the discussion is on a particular war, Dr. Fahrner never fails to point out that all important battles were won by the Navy! Mrs. Reynolds and Dr, Davidson always make certain of two things in their | classes. The first is that the students get the facts on certain material and then that they learn to think for themselves. It is a rare student who can leave a sociology class without a desire to analyze all social problems and to improve social conditions. And pity the poor, dumb roommates who don’t know that the water whirls to the right, as it leaves‘ the bathtub—they just haven’t had geography. Dr. ALvin A. FAHRNER Professor of History and Social Science iD 69

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abe 604 Shaded + bisianaags wise Fs % This chemistry lab gives the appearance of a busy afternoon The anatomy lab finds the human much more complicated | to the industrious chemists as Dr. Barber offers his help. than the onlooker does. “But, Mr. Reynolds, my heart hasn’t got a systemic arch!”, some students will cry and then quietly turn red when he replies—“Yours may not, but your frog’s has.’ And there is always one who does the seemingly impossible of i dissecting the frog and earthworm without touching them. But by the time the same student reaches anatomy, he is dissecting with one hand and eating fudge with the other—almost. Dr: Matthews will make certain that any student taking Botany will have two things—first, a thorough knowledge of the scientific names of all plants studied, and second—plenty of fresh air. In fact, the student ends up spend- ing so much time in the yard that a stranger might ask, “Do you have a garden scholarship?” “You mean you can’t work this simple little problem?” chuckles Dr. Barber as he scolds a general chemistry student. It seems that the potential chemist, sadly shaking her head, just can’t understand how to find the equivalent weight of an element. And to a Coker girl, calories are just those things that add pounds in the wrong places, What does that have to do with changing water into steam at 100°C? The qualitative analysis student is supposed to learn the technique of find- ing out what ions there are in various substances. But Coker offers the “little | extras” in courses. Where else could one get along with “qual” an excellent | course in debating: 4 2 Z Mr. Joun D. REYNOLDs 8° Assistant Professor of Biology “Dr, Barber, I know I did have chromium. I had the brightest yellow pre- cipitate you have ever seen!” “Well, I don’t know where you got it from—I know I did not put chromium in your unknown.” ” “But, Dr. Barber... “Your grade is 50.” Algebra usually attracts a large group of students at Coker. They study rational numbers, irrational numbers and all of the fundamental operations of algebra, Everything is fine until they step into the binomial theorem and quadratic formula and then heads begin to spin. Trigonometry inevitably , brings questions on special angles or trigonometric functions such as, “But, Mr. Saunders, why is the sign of the cosine in the third quadrant a minus?” For those who enter the “higher mathematics,” the terms ellipse, parabola, and conic sections become familiar—if not understood! And for those “who really want to get into math,” there is calculus. One spends the whole first Tet eh 7 ‘semester learning to find the derivative and the second doing exactly the Dr. H. H. BARBER opposite! Professor of Chemistry fal!