Eastern Oregon University - Mountaineer Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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E EE ifXV'7.1' 410509 ' rg ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The richest inheritance that comes to a people is its language. This language is in constant useg by its use we are judged. The English department first, attempts to train students in the effective use of the English language and second, seeks to reveal to students the glories of English literature. ' AMANDA ZABE1., ' LENA FOLEY, LIBRARY There have been many changes in the methods of teaching during the last decade. These changes have brought into prominence the school library and made it the center of the institution and the laboratory for the classroom. No longer are students taught to memorize facts but instead how and where to find information for themselves. A course in the use of books and libraries is offered to further enable students to get the most out A of courses while in school and to continue their education after leaving college. HAZEL REA, A Lib mmzn. Wffizifffgxs-ffw'bfNWfl5 1

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Dt if it fxeffifxj XWfEQlL?f Y ff'74 HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Who plazyr with all hir heart and thi!! Will also play with heart and will. One of the best features of our present civilization is the intelligent attention given to play and to all forms of outdoor sports and pursuits. All work and no play is as bad as all play and no workg and we believe We have found the solution by mixing work and play in proper proportions. Besides the pleasure derived from the physical education classes and sports, the department aims to give health classes, playground supervision, and, coaching that are of true value. We are hoping to build for the teachers the foundation for themselves and the children they come in contact with, so that they may live their lives at their fullest and best. MADELINE LARSON, Phyfiml Edumtioh for Women. ERNEST R QUINN Phyfznzl Edncatzofz 01 Men sir I O X y N i ii llh ...v,g X Q. ' 712'- . , .U . . f A l sg! ip!! t 25 Y . A y t E ' ' i

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ll e L dl at , fbecffifwaf' W9 E- Q f'7 .M ART DEPARTMENT The sense of beauty is as vital to complete living as is a concept of industry. The I American people have been criticised for putting far too much emphasis on the latter during the materialistic age in which we are living. However the balance wheel is beginning to swing the other way. Artistic enjoyment is bringing the country back to higher ideals and richer living. If we neglect this native sense we are unable to rind the good and beautiful which exists in everything. Our lives become drab and mechanical and we no longer seek for happiness. ' lt is the duty of our American schools and homes to keep the sense of beauty alive, to awaken deeper appreciations, and to applaud the faintest sign of the creative genius which always comes in the wake of a beautiful experience. To this end is our art department established. CAROLINE WILLIAMS. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Only within the last few years has the educational value of music been appreciated. That it is now being recognized as a study of the utmost value, even to those whose talents lie in other directions, is due to the work of a few far-sighted teachers. Besides the training offered in the teaching of music in schools, in harmony and in music ap- preciation, a girls, glee club, boys' quartet, and an orchestra have been active in our Hrst school year. W. W. NUSBAUM. Ill X 93. X WfT1'f2 v ,4 9 - T Xztg I, - .X , . ,