Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGIAN STAFF. 194 1 The English Department, headed by Miss Mabel Jones and Professor V. A. Sydenstrickcr, consists of courses in Composition and Litera- ture. The elementary courses are taught by Miss Jones, who has done graduate work at Columbia University, while the more advanced courses, which give a broader view of specific fields, are taught by Prof. Sydenstrickcr, who has completed all requirements for a Ph.D. de- gree. The department sponsors The Quill, creative English club, which is devoted to the purpose of inspiring original work. The club has held many interesting meetings during the year, and published one issue of The Collegian. The English Department acts in part as a training ground for staff members of the school paper. The Collegian has been recognized as one of the best in the country, winning All- American honors in Associated College Press competition in 1 Q4 1 , MABni. JONHS, B.A.. M.A. V. A. SVDtNSTklCKLH, B.A,, MA.

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Herman Nokhs. B.A.. Th.B., M.A.. Ph.D. Charles Oseorne. B.A.. LL.B. A new day has dawned in the business world for the young person who is prepared. He finds himself in a strategic position at gradua- tion to grasp opportunities that otherwise would be denied him. In hnc with this fact. Cumberland ' s School of Business Administraticn has planned its courses in order lo prepare effectively its stu- ilenls for practical business experience. Courses arc ofFcrcd in basic economic theories and busi- ness law. as well as in accounting, shorthand, typing. Business English, and bookkeeping. Professors in this department arc Dr. Her- man Nokes and Prof. Charles Osborne. Nokes merged his own Lebanon Business School with Cumberland last fall following the resignation of Prof. Robert W. Pentz. Jr. Nokes has been an instructor at Duke and SMU. He also teaches a class in History. Osborne, a Cumber- land graduate, also teaches Political Science. Students who take advantage of these courses are enabled to manage their affairs more efficiently and practice sound ethics in the upbuilding of their community. Thus a contribution lo ihe citizenship of our nation is made from this de- partment each year. TYt ING CLASS

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT J. O. Bmrd. B.A.. M.A.. LL.B. Paul L. Hollister, B.A.. M.S., Ph.D. The Department of Science is one of the most complete in the school. With competent instructors and adequate laboratories, including the new Cowles Physics laboratory, a Cumber- land science student has excellent preparation for future technical training. In addition to the four broad fields of Chem- istry, Physics, Biology, and Geology, a broad survey course of Physical Sciences is required of all students. Besides this, the student of Botany is able to use the spacious fifty-acre campus as a field laboratory, having as it docs a wide va- riety of trees, shrubs, and plants. The new John B. Cowles Physics Lab., equipped at a cost of over $1500, has just been opened. It includes a low-vacuum pump, an optical bench, discharge tubes, electric eye equip- ment, two new balances, and material for sixty elementary Physics experiments. The lecture room has a new hardwood floor, opaque shades, and new lights. Both the Biology and Chemistry labs provide sufficient equipment for the courses offered, the former being furnished with tables, microscopes, a manikin, and charts, and the latter having a representative stock of chemicals and apparatus. Instructors in this department are Prof. J. O, Baird. who is also Registrar of the College and a veteran Science teacher, and Dr. P. L. Hollis- ter, who received his Ph.D. from Peabody Col- lege in 1940. ,;.,r:|1 : ■ ' m .:mmm I J 1 m i BP-c . m I.J [■■» ij li|f ? ¥ v «i ™ip ' 2 ' ■ =-J «« « ' . ' : ■ ■ CHEMISTRY LABORATORY