Emmanuel Missionary College - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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w LITfRflTURE P»s» Abb:e Culbert, B. A. George E. Vandeman, M.A. the chair of English literature. At one time W. •£. Howell taught a part of the English, later becoming well-known as a General Conference educational leader. Among others might also be mentioned Almeda Haughey, cousin to J. H. Haughey, for so many years the college mathematician; Laura Foster-Rathbun, in recent years with the Jamaica Training College, and Paul Pearce, pioneer of radio broadcasting when Station WEMC was owned and operated at Berrien Springs. The principles of language and the beauties and inspiration of literature fostered through the years by these worthy predecessors of the present incum- bent are still operative at the college. In the early years grammar and rhet- oric were stressed; later broader fields in literature were included; in recent years journalism and speech received special emphasis; and in keeping with the march of time, radio script writing and broadcasting are to be added as future offerings. H. M. Tippett Upper Biennium Class in Contemporary Literature Class in Freshmen Composition-Rhetoric

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r fllGLISH LflOGUflGf Harry M. Tippalt. M.A. Mrs. W. I. Smith Since the founding of Battle Creek College in 1874, the English language and Literature department has held a prominent part of the instructional pro- gram of college studies. As one looks over the catalogs of this parent educa- tional institution of the Advent movement, he is impressed with the large num.- ber of workers in the activities of the world field who once held honored posi- tions on the Englisti faculty of Battle Creek and Emmanuel Missionary Colleges. The older membership will remember G. H. Bell a grammarian of re- nown even outside of denominational circles, and Mary Steward, who was connected with the Review and Herald proof room for half a century. Just before the college was moved to Berrien Springs, C. C. Lewis was the guiding light of youth in college literature. He later became president of Union College and secretary of the General Conference department of education. After estab- lishment at the present location A. W. Spalding, author of so many books on parental training of children and secretary of the Home Commission, occupied

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Ella Iden Edwards, Ph. D. Arabella James Moore, M.A, fofifien LflOGUfiGt Among tha most intriguing and interest- ing class-rooms on the campus are those where foreign languages are taught. Color- lu ly decorated with flags and posters, and filled with ihe hum of foreign conversation and strains cf cheerful melody, the atmos- phere is decidedly and pleasantly foreign. In harmony with present world needs, language classes at E.M.C. stress the ability to speak Ihe foreign tongue, and to read with ease books and newspapers within the scope of the students ' interests and intellectual powers. After foundation work is completed, foreign literature courses enrich one ' s cul- tural background, while conversational classes and language tables in the dining- room contribute to oral fluency. In addition to excellent facilities for hear- ing foreign conversational records, equip- ment is provided whereby students them- selves make recordings of their pronuncia- tion, which are then played back, analyzed, and used as a basis for correction of wrong speech habits. Activities? Plenty of them! Language clubs and foreign Sabbath school classes Parlex-vous Iran A popular spot.