Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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MARY ELINOR MORAN Associate Professor of Englixh SARA KING HARVEY Axsz'stant Profesxor 0f Enmish ROSE MARIAN Cox Amociatc Professor of English VICTOR C. MILLER Asxixtant Profemor 0f Englixh ETHIZL DAUM Amisttmt Professor of English ELIZABETH MARY CRAWFORD Axxistauf Profcxxor 0f Englixh EVA ANDERSON Inxtructor in Englixh TwentyOne

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Einglish URNISHING a cultural background for all students in the institution and training some to be teachers of English is the double task which the Department of English performs. Creative ability in dramatics, debating, and various forms of writing is developed, and an outlet is furnished for expression of student talent in these lines. Increased efficiency of its members as a re- ; sult of travel and post graduate work has fea- ii tured the English department during the past two years. The personnel of the staff changed Jmm B VVISELY considerably as a result of leaves of absence, Piofmor and- Hmd 0f the but during the year just ended virtually all of EW'i-Yh DcW tmmt the regular faculty members were on duty. John B. Wisely, acting head of the English department a year ago was promoted to head the department. He succeeds Charles M. Curry, one of Norman best known professors, who resigned two years ago. Professor Wisely is one of the oldest members of the faculty in length of service. He has won state-wide recognition as a grammarian. Most of his teaching time is now devoted to classes in exposition and argu- mentation. For three years Mr. Wisely has coached the intercollegiate j debating teams, and under his direction an increased interest has been i shown in this activity. Two professors in the department returned from extensive foreign travels i' at the start of the past year, bringing to their classes a wealth of illus- 1 trative material gathered from their around-the-world tour. Misses Mary Moran and Elizabeth Crawford spent six months together touring Europe and the Orient. Miss Ethel Daum of the Dramatics department returned after one year,s leave of absence spent in Columbia University and New York. Since her return Miss Daum has been the guiding hand behind the Sycamore Playeris, the schoolis dramatics club, which planned to make it itself known to the school and city in the spring after weeks of intense i preparation. Mrs. Hazel T. Pfennig, instructor in the department, was missed dur- ing the Winter and Spring terms. Her unusual acquaintance with pre- sent day literature, wide contacts and broad philosophy made her a valu- able member of the department. Site planned to continue her post gradu- ate work and spend a few weeks in European travel. Great strides were made during the year in the conduct of the schoolis weekly paper, The Advance. For the flrst time in the history of the institution it was wholly a Normal School product. Composition and printing facilities were added to the Vocational School, which publishes the six-page paper each week. A progressive editorial policy made the paperis presence felt. President L. N. Hines conducted the class in High School Journalism. With a broad course of study and an excellent corps of teachers, the K English department continues as one of the three largest departments in the institution. eh 115-;itz4-;z - s '7: .gxdxzh 1; L VL.L. , 5 tram Twenty

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Science Q department has shown greater progress and growth since the Normal School was first established than has the Department of Science. Much of this growth has been under its administration by Dr. Louis J. Rettger, the present dean. In the early years of State Normal the Science department was housed in some of the ground floor rooms of what is now the Administration Building. Gradually it grew in size and im- portance, until at the present time the depart- ment includes the splendidly equipped Science Lows Jomv RETTGER Hall, the greenhouse, a small farm near Terre Dm gipwtzfimfmmw Haute, and the Normal dispensary. Keeping abreast of the times probably is more difficult in the held of science than in any other, but science teachers trained in the local school End themselves able to enter competition with graduates from institutions which are able to offer more extensive work than can be offered here. Scientific theories and discoveries are not old before they are brought to the attention of students in the Science department. The department was joint host with Rose Polytechnic, early in the year, to the Indiana Academy of Science at its forty-first annual convention. Dean Rettger was chairman of the program committee. Papers were read by some members of the department. The past year marked the return of Paul D. Wilkinson, associate pro- fessor of chemistry and physiology, who was away last year securing his Masters degree from Washington University. During the year, how- ever, Prof. William P. Allen was on leave of absence at Purdue Univer- sity, his alma mater, completing work on his Masterts degree. Edgar J Hunt, instructor in physiology, continued his studies in the Medical School of Indiana University. ix :h' t ;727 : ?iiL t a- 2;- ?K kt No new courses were introduced in the department during the past year. but a more advanced course in Astronomy was added following the ine troduction of the beginning course two years ago. Weather observation apparatus has been putt to good use, and science students Observed the eclipses from the weather station on the roof of the building. Prof. Fred Donaghy, who as a side line operates the greenhouse and does landscape gardening about the campus, kept the institution supplied with flowers throughout the year. Dr. Spurgeon, head of the dispensary, maintained his record as the best known member connected with the Science department. Tu'enty-Twa