Delta College - Gnosis Yearbook (University Center, MI)

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Joseph M. Stokes, Dean of the College of Letters, came to Delta to develop a pro¬ gressive, experimental educational program. He spent a year ' s study in drawing up the outline, examining other programs throughout the country, seeking the advice of leaders in the U. S. Department of Education, the N.E.A., such authorities as Harvard ' s David Reisman and Dean Howard Smith of U.C.L.A., and in particular leading Michigan educational authorities. The College of Letters is the result. Dr. Stokes believes that Letters is hamperedby a lack of community understanding, and is considered too visionary, but the opinions of educational leaders do not support those who claim that the program is not feasible. The most convincing evidence of the College of Letter ' s realistic foundation, says Dean Stokes, is the almost total involve¬ ment of the students and the high quality of their work.

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COLLEGE OF LETTERS FACULTY

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ROBERT T. CALEF is teaching a full load of classes: zoology, botany, physiological anatomy, comparative anatomy, Natural Science and embryology. He holds a B.S. and an M.S.’ from the U. of Illinois, and an M.A. from the U. of M. At the University of Illinois, he taught biology and did research in ecology, and taught zoology and dental education at the U. of M. His wife is named Jean, his daughter Kathy. Besides camping, fishing, boating, travel, and photography, he enjoys model railroading, music and electronic systems, and carpentry. He is a member of the American Society of Mam- mologists, American Ornithologists Union, Chi Gamma Iota Academic Honors, Sigma Xi, and the National Audobon Society. BRUCE R. CORLISS is currently teaching classes in World Mineral Resources, and in physical and historical geology. Mr. Corliss formerly taught at Bay City Junior College after receiving his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Michigan. He is married and has two children: Rebecca, 6, and Michael, 3. In combining such interests as photography, camping, and travel, he has produced a large collection of slides of the United States and Europe. Other hobbies are stamp collecting and model railroading. In addition to teaching, Mr. Corliss is Advisor to the Stones and Bones Club at Delta and a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, a geology honorary society, the Geological Society of America, National Association of Geology Teachers, A.A.U.P. and the Michigan Basin Geological Society. CHARLES A. BREED teaches Architecture in the College of Letters Humanities program, and Art courses in the College of Community Service. Mr. Breed received his B.S. degree from Western Michigan University and his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin. He has a wife named Ester and two children, Chris Ann and Susan Mane. It is rumored that he has a studio in the Northern parts where he retires to draw, sculpt, and paint. HAZEL BATZER Associate Professor of Humanities, completed her M. A. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Michigan. She has had a year of postdoctorate research on an honorarium at the U. of M. She came to Delta from Eastern Illinois University. She has also taught at Morningside College, Iowa, at Texas Women’s University, and at the U. of South Dakota. She has directed creative writing workshops and has worked extensively with drama and poetry groups. Dr. Batzer likes both art and music, and enjoys teaching and reading most literature, especially poetry and drama. Shakespeare is the one literary interest that she admits stands out above all others.