Drury University - Souwester Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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. f f WILLIAM ORVILLE ALLEN, A. M., S. T. B., PH. D. Professor of Education and Philosophy. RURY College is especially fortunate in having a man of such intellect and such ability as Dr. Allen, at the head of the Department of Psychology and Education. The aim of the department is to produce capable department rrp -v' teachers for high schools and academies, and the courses are planned with this in view. Students completing the required courses receive on graduation a State Cer- tificate, valid for three years, which can be made a Life Certificate at the end of that time. Under a law recently passed by the State Legislature, high schools must offer a course in pedagogy and teacher training for teachers of the rural schools. Drury will at once offer a course Which will prepare teachers for such positions in high schools. VVith this unusually strong department of Psychology and Education, Drury should be very attractive to those who are ambitious to become high school teachers. A STUDENT.

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HARRISON HALE, Sc. M., PH. D. Professor of Chemistry. P 1 RURY College is to be congratulated on retaining a man of such rare person 556' -i courses not only in general chemistry as a cultural subject, but also, organic chemistry, qualitative and quantitative analysis, together with assaylng, phy- sical and physiological chemistry, which are designed to build a foundation for pro- fessional work in chemistry, medicine, mining or engineering, making a total of six years work. The aim of the chemistry department in offering these courses is to inspire in the student an enthusiasm for original research and at the same time to give him some understanding of the complexity and beauty of all nature in such a Way that he will gain some conception of the Infinite Mind which created all these countless wonders with such mathematical precision and uniformity. p A STUDENT. 'iff' ' - ality as Dr. Harrison Hale, Professor of Chemistry. The department offers .9255 ,. .wi Jn F gli i 'uf -4 E. in we riiicat time, cours at on 'XV ln- ve

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JAMES G. MCMURTRY, A. M., PH. D. Professor of Greek and Registrar. ff, FEW years ago the department of Greek of Drury might have been called , 96. 'I the Weakest of all the departments. Because of the frequent change of pro- fessors, the course had become incomplete, and the number of Greek students ' Q was rapidly decreasing. At this point, Dr. MCMLITYTY came to Drury and undertook the task of building up the department. To this work, he gave not only a thorough knowledge of the language, but also unfailing enthusiasm and real love for his Work. He has added new interest to the study of the language, because of his re- cent studies in Greece, for he is able to give to his classes descriptions of places of in- terest, points concerning the 'manners and customs of the people, and changes which have taken place since the early ages. In short, he brings the real atmosphere of the Hellenic world and the study of Greek becomes not the uninteresting work of learn- ing a dead language, but the pleasant task of learning the history and lives of a won dl f l er u people. Dr. lVIclVIurtry has been here only two years, but already the result of his Work can be seen. The full course is now given from classes for the beginners to th d ' ' ' e most a vanced courses and each year s work is marked by efficiency and thorou h- . . . - ' g ness. The enrollment is increasing, too, and the number of those taking Beginnerys Greek th' I ' . is year is more than double that of three years ago. Drury is indeed fortun- ate 1n having secured such a man, and the outlook is very bright for a splendid future for Greek at Drury. p A STUDENT. - K P f. E . CX fel, Iilrliz 'ililli' j.ll