Fresno State College - Campus Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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ulimerging Patterns In Mathematicsi' Besides providing, programs and speakers for students and faculty, the education department conducts a placement bureau for prospective tea- chers. Throughout the spring semester the bureau schedules school adminis- trators to visit on campus and inter- view June graduates. Through these interviews the students are able to inquire about various school districts and negotiate for contracts. Also during the year the education department was helping to coordinate the Sudan Project. Professor Robert Harrison arranged to have teachers from the Sudan come to Fresno State to learn teaching methods which they could apply in their own classrooms. The possibility of having more Sudan- ese instructors visit the campus was discussed and much favorable com- ment was received on the idea. Dr. Kenneth Meeks, Campus Coordinator of the Sudan Project, is shown dictating a letter to his secretary. ff a ad Miss Elaine Mason conducts the lecture portion of the P.E. 152, a class concerned with teaching physical education in the elementary school. f ya it .. . . ff. . jf A if ..t. t R 1- , mm P u V X ,i91'v. v .trlust 3 5' it . ,rf PP ' if it . .yrr .yyr y P at . 'l ' f 5 Mrs. Bonnie Barrett, student teacher at the Lab School, offers information to three sixth grade girls. 2I

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Fresno chool System Sponsors oo'oo' The top faculty memhers of the education department are, front: Dr. Orley Wilcox, Dr. Richard Sparks and Dr. Benjamin Kremen. Standing: Dr. Stephen Ballou and Dr. Glenn Leslie. Participating in many activities was the education division and its various depart- ments with the sponsorship of several con- ferences and business meetings. In February the first of a projected annual conference was hosted by FSC and the Fresno County and city schools. This meeting, '4Emer- ging Patterns in Mathematics, was an in- service workshop for mathematics instructors, teachers and administrators. Alsohelcl in Feb- ruary was a Good Teaching Conference sponsored jointly by the department of class- room teachers, California Teachers Associa- tion, and the college. Professional Day was held in April to provide several hundred high school and junior college students interested in teaching an opportunity to visit the campus for con- ferences and activities. May was the month of the Cronbach dinner which honored pro- fessors emeriti. An address by Dr. Lee Cron- bach of the University of Illinois, Fresno State alumnus in the fields of psychology and education, highlighted the evening. Nearly 250 persons from Fresno and other colleges and universities attended. 4 lift Prospective student teachers are attending a meeting for information and directions for making application for placements in the various valley and state schools. W 20

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rama Enhances Cultural Program Standing beside the billboard in front of the Speech Arts buildings are from left: Phillip Walker, Charles Taylor, and John Wright, head of the Speech Arts Division. Hosting participants and sponsors from the entire western United States for a November convention of the Western Speech Tournament was one of the main activities of the Speech Arts Division. This division is headed by Dr. John Wright, 1952 president of the Western Speech Association. The past year proved to be an important one in regard to the plays which were presented- Brand',, starring James Whitmore, was produced in November. ln January an apt interpretation of 4'Look Homeward Angelv was played before a full house. Other plays included Amedee , a French farce, and Trojan Women , a Greek tragedy. ln April a children's play The Clown Who Ran Away produced for the first time in the Fresno area. This two act play was brought to life by the Speech 159, Childrenis Theatre, a class newly created in the spring semester. Dr. Jan Loring directed this play. Another first for the department in conjunction with the English department was the conduction of closed circuit T.V. classes for all English NA students beginning spring semester. Discussing plans for Children's Theatre in Fresno are from left: Dr. Jan Loring, director of the children's play The Clown Who Ran Away , Howard Holman, Director of City Parks and Recreation: and Mrs. C. A. Looney, Jr., Sustained Member of the Junior League. Presenting a speech can be an easy or frightening ordeal depending upon your pre- paration and attitude toward the experience. 22