College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Top Left: Mr. Miller and Dr. Lean record Paul Weimer's Voice. Their courses are supplement- ed each year with ap- proximately five inter- collegiate debates and three plays. Top Right: Gathered in the English confer- ence room are the mem- bers of the English department. Seated: Mr. Moore, Dr. Rebecca Thayer, Miss MacKen- zie. Standing: Dr. Cool- idge, Mr. Bradford. Bottom Right: The ro- mance languages are Spanish, taught by Dr. Ruth Richardson, and French, taught by Miss lhrig, Miss McSweeney, Mr. Olthouse and Miss Guille. 26 'r A 5 A As our country creeps farther into the corners of the World, a Work- able knowledge of languages loe- comes increasingly important. Great literature, too, deserves ern- phasis, for it has a cultural stability so essential in war time. Correct and effective self-expression in English is taught in the speech courses of Dr. Lean and Mr. Miller. Mr. Moore, Dr. Rebecca Thayer and Miss MacKenzie supply a

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oem! agiiencw Dr. Hail emphasizes the Far Eastern situation, Dr. Aileen Dunham cov- ers the two World War happenings. Population trends and the instruc- tion ot all sociology classes occu- pies Mr. lohnston. His associate, Mr. Ingram, now teaches communi- cations to the navy. Professors Tostleloe, Hilliard, and Eberhart up- hold the prefix to THE Corporation by surveying the vitals in statistics. Political science, Dr. Mary Z. lohn- son's specialty, forms a back- ground tor intranational and inter- national relations. Dr. Bushnell now educates the educators in teaching techniques, while Mr. Stonehurner practices them on the navy. Mr Stoneburner and Dr. Bushnell conduct a seminar class in education. This department uses these small groups extensively to stimulate tree discussion. Mr. Eberhart adds on the calculator as Dr. Tcstlehe and Mr. Hilliard watch. Dr, Mary Z. lohnscn's class in political science was Dr. Tostlebe worked in the tax section of the Washington Bureau of Agri- interrupted to catch this typical classroom scene for cultural Economics. Mr. Hilliard is guest lecturer from Akron University. the INDEX. I ,ASQ

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HLVLQULUL ed literary panorama from liturgical drama to Walt Whitman poetry. Mr. Bradford and Dr. Coolidge have part time courses with the naval unit. Mr. Olthouse manages his maison francaise of Miss lhrig, Miss Guille and Miss McSweeney, who has re- tired from active teaching on the hill, Pan- American interest has augmented the number of Dr. Ruth Richardson's Spanish majors. Mr. Hiatt has become an U.S.N.R. instructor. Ancient languages furnish the classical influences of the Greeks and Ro- mans under Dr. Eva Newnan and Dr. Cowles. Concentration on military and scientific German is noted in the classes of Dr. Schreiber and Miss Zucker. Bottom Left: The department of ancient languages is composed of Dr. Eva Newnan instructing Greek with Mr. Hiatt and Dr. Cowles supplying the Latin. Top Right: Dr. Schreiber and Miss Zucker teach the most popular language - German. At present, Miss Zucker also teaches the new courses in shorthand. Dr. Schreiber is developing a school text from a photostatic copy of a 1507 Latin book. 27