DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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ART DEPARTMEN Art students are offered eighty hours of work, of which forty hours are allowed toward graduation. Sen- iors are able to take a special art projects course enab- ling them to specialize in the held of their choice for one year. Gther courses are offered in print making, design and color, ceramics, and figure drawing, as well as classes in art history for those abundant in interest but lacking in talent. These areas prepare the art major for work in the fine arts, commercial art, the teaching profession, all injfnitum. Despite the handicap of walking distance to the Art Building and inadequate exhibition space, the depart- ment has consistently improved its rating in national contests of student art talent, The time and space dilemma will be resolved, how- ever, after the completion of the new library, at which time the old structure will be taken over by the Art Department. As for the present, students can be found at all hours of the day or night working seriously over their drawing boards, canvasses or ceramic wheels from the third floor to the basement. The Union Building is the site for exhibits of many of the works executed by students. Besides being shown here, representations of talent are entered in numerous local, state, and national contests with many junior Picasscs being awarded prizes and recognition. The slide collection of the department is one of the largest in the nation for a university of this size. Mr. VVinsey has added many of the photographs of original paintings during his numerous trips abroad. Art students Barbara Dixon, Dave Alvis, and Judy Camp- bell study nature first hand. Mr, Reid Winsey, Art De- partment Head, examines slides for his Art History classes. Mr. R. Winscy, Dept. Head Miss H. Leon, Mr. R. French Mr. G. Boone. 25

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AIR SCIENCE AND TATIC Cadet Major Lee Dirks, Public Information Officer for the ROTC, prepares to carry out a command at the Dads, Day Review The Air Force blue of students enrolled in DPU7s Reserve Officers, Training Command is a familiar sight on campus. Now in its fifth year, the purpose of the Department of Air Science and Tactics is to develop college-trained men as ofiicers for the United States Air Force. Based on liberal arts courses, the program teaches the ROTC cadet the fundamentals of military strategy and the qualities of leadership and management. The Cadet Corps itself is under the direction of the students, while the regular officers teach the academic studies and supervise training procedures. The first semester, it was thought that the unit was to he removed from the campus at the end of the 1956 semester because of low enrollment. However, this decision was later reversed by the Air University. DePauw University was the lever behind this decis- ion, Officials feel that the unit fills a valuable place in the curriculum. After enrollment in the program for four years and attending summer camp, the DePauw male is eligible for a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. From the experience received in piloting their first planes during the freshman year to the extended nation- wide trips taken in the following years, the men of ROTC gain first-hand information of Air Force tech- niques. The cadet drill team, riHe squads, band and newspaper all go into making a full program for the prospective Air Force ofiicer of tomorrow, '14 Top Row: TfSgt. J. Cunningham, Mf Sgt. B. King, Capt. R. Rush, Maj. B. Snyder, MfSgt. G. Sauer, Maj. Corrigan. Bottom Row: TfSgt. R. Pence, Capt. O. Hurt. TfSgt. E. Car- son, Capt. Tucker.

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Dr. H. Youse, Dr. T. Yuncker, Dept. Hcadg Dr. W. Welch. BOTANY BACTER - OLOGY DePauw's Botany and Bacteriology Department has two recognized authorities in those fields on its staff. Dr. Truman G. Yuncker is a world authority on para- sitic plants, specimens of which he has collected from all parts of the globe. Dr. Winona Welch is a recog- nized authority on mosses. She has a collection of over 15,000 species. Dr. VVelch and Dr. Yunker are in charge of DePauw's Herbarium, a collection of dried and preserved plants which is reputed to be the best in the Midwest. Many of the specimens are 100 to 150 years oldg and there is a total of approximately 80,000 varieties in the collection. The Universityis greenhouse is under the supervision of Dr. Howard Youse and contains plants representing 15 years of work. They are used both for teaching and for experimental purposes. The specific goal of these students examining minute plant matter in a botany lab is unknown, but one can rest assured they will take with them a working knowledge of that science. 26