Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - Columns Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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Depo rTmenT of Languages and LiTeraTure Dr. E. Wallace McMullen, Chairman Mrs. Beverly Benson Dr. Irving Buchen Dr. Andonis Decavalles Dr. Stephen Goode Dr. Christian Hewitt Mrs. Madelene Huebner Mr. Redieb Jordania Mr. Daniel Lowenthal Mr. Gorham Munson Dr. Walter Reuter Mr. Theodore Ross Mr. Walter Savage Dr. Mara Vamos Dr. E. Wallace McMullen, Chairman The English DeparTmenT has been very busy This year wiTh organizing new courses, carrying an honors program and presenTing Talks. Some of The deparTmenT's many worThwhile ofTerings were The English Honors courses sponsored by difTerenT professors. Mr. Ross' sTudenTs conducTed independenT researches in such fields as The BriTish and American TheaTers, The GoThic hero in liTeraTure, and ElizabeThan drama. Other honors courses were headed by Drs. Buchen and Goode. One enTirely new English course oTTered This year was Dr. Buchen's Evil in Modern LiTeraTure. This selecTed sTudies course meT in seminar fashion over cof- fee. The Language secTor of The DeparTmenT has also been very acTive This pasT year. In addiTion To scholasTic expansion, Field Trips, guesT speakers, and various oTher acTiviTies highlighTed The pasT Two semesTers.

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Fine ArTs Department Dr. Louis Gordon, Chairman Mr. Tosun Bayrak Mrs. Liba Bayrak Mr. John CiviTeIlo Mr. Jerry Evans Mrs. Mary Gili Mr. David McDonald Mr. Mitsuo Kakutani Dr. Louis Gordon, Chairman During The pasT year, The Fine ArTs DeparTmenT offered The sTuclenTs and faculTy of F.D.U. a wide varieTy of inTeresTing culTuraI acTiviTies. In The area of drama, several presenTaTions were given by The UniversiTy Players; among Them were Riders To the Sea and The Unforgivable Sin, an original play by our own Mr. McDonald. On December 10, 11, and 12, The Endgame of BeckeTT and Ionesco's The Lesson were also performed. The acTing and direcTing workshops also pre- senTed scenes from The Mad Women of ChailloT, Streetcar Named Desire, Children's Hour and Ch Dad, Poor Dad. The music secTion of The Fine ArTs DeparTmenT has likewise been busy. On December 15, 1964, The Music AssociaTion, The music workshop, and The music crediT courses combined forces To presenT Collegium Musicum, a program dealing wiTh Baroque, Renaissance, and Medieval pieces. The Music AssociaTion, in co- operaTion wiTh The AnThropology DeparTmenT, also ofTered us Pearl Primus, The renowned African dancer and her Troop. The arT secTion of The Fine ArTs DeparTmenT has also had iTs share of inTeresT- ing acTiviTies. AT difTerenT Times ThroughouT The year, The walls of The Mansion have been adorned wiTh sTudenTs' works, and The Gallery Lounge has seen The coming and going of dif'TerenT arT exhibiTs. The ArT Club has also enhanced The cemenT wall ouTside The Fine ArTs building wiTh a mural. In addiTion To offering arT appreciaTion courses, arT hisTory courses and workshops, Mr. Bayrak has ofTered a new course in design and graphics. This pasT year has also seen an addiTion To our faculTy in The person of MiTsuo KakuTani, a Japanese arTisT who Teaches Japanese brush painTing.

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88 Department of Mathematics and Physics Dr. Martin Lipschutz, Chairman Dr. Seymour Bachmuth Dr. Hussein Elkholy Mr. Philip FeldsTein Dr. Elizabeth Wood Dr. Martin Lipschutz, Chairman The DeparTmenT of MaTh and Physics aT Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiTy oHers a Liberal ArTs degree in eiTher MaTh or Physics. In addiTion To The courses in MaTh ThaT all Liberal ArTs sTudenTs are required To Take, many specialized and advanced courses are an esTablished parT of The curriculum. Indeed, even graduaTe courses are offered which advanced undergraduaTes can Take wiTh special permission. One of The unique aspecTs of our MaTh and Physics DeparTmenT is ThaT iT has iTs own scienTific library, from which sTudenTs are allowed To borrow books. The library is free and is freely used by Those sTudenTs majoring in eiTher MaTh or Physics. IT is noTeworThy To observe ThaT of Those sTudenTs who have graduaTed from The Madison Campus wiTh degrees in MaTh or Physics, over Three-fourThs of Them conTinue Their schooling, eiTher in graduaTe or in professional schools. Of Those noT conTinuing, The maioriTy have been employed in indusTry, working mainly in a compuTing program.