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

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anr 8' ICIEnCEI The College of Arts and Sci- ences was established in 1962 and it includes a total of 23 de- partments and centers. Those include Anthropology. Art, Chemistry, Criminology, Economics, English and Journa- lism, Foreign Languages, Geog- raphy and Geology, h History, Home Economics, Humanities, Library Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psy- chology, Center for Science Edu- cation, Center for Social Science Education, Sociology and Social Work, and Speech. In addition to the liberal arts program and the professional and vocational curricula, the Col- lege is responsible for the aca- demic programs required of all students in secondary education until their admission to the School of Education. Some professional and voca- tional curricula offered by the College are interdepartmental in character. Many of the courses required to meet the Indiana State Univer- sity General Education program are also offered by academic de- partments in the College. Other areas of the university that are an indirect part of the College of Arts and Sciences in- clude preprofessional and special curricula tpredental hygiene, predentistry, pre-engineering pre- Iaw, and premedicinetv medical education Uncluding preoptom- etry, prepharmacy, preseminary, and preveterinary medicinetv Afro-American Studies Program, Program in American Studies, Military Science, Latin American Studies Program, Special General Education Program, and Urban- Regional Studies Center. e ARTS 8: SCIENCES What do asparagus, wild hickory nuts, and pine trees have in common? 22 ARTS 8v. SCIENCES

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-v Qt? SHCW' just. ART DEPARTMENT It's true, art is not just deco. Current trends might indicate that art deco is back Iand subsequently 'in7 while other art is out. But that is not the case. A t ISU, for example, the Art Department was invoived in a number of projects, exhibits, and showings, some deco and some not. N Whitney j. Engeran, chairman of the Art Department at ISU, Opened a one-man exhibit of 75 A tmospheric Drawings at the BarnweII Art Center in Shreveport, L0,, on fan. 4. The exhibit, his 77th one-artist show, ran through jan. 23. The drawings were made on a special high quality porous paper using layer upon layer of brightIy-colored acrylic enamels in a spray technique which creates iIIusions of depth. Engeran, a native of Louisiana, was chairman of the Art Department at Loyola University in New Orleans for several years before joining the ISU staff in 7977. Engeran's main artistic training has been in art theory and criti- cism with research work and studies in studio art at Spring Hill College, Mobiie, and at the Art Students League in New York. N The visuai art of Willis Bing Davis, assistant professor of art at DePauw University, was featured in a one-man show in lSU's Turman Gallery in October, 7974. Davis, who entitled his show, Oh, Say Can You See, described the exhibit as contemporary ritual images from a black experience. In his works, Davis took a given medium like clay or cloth and made out of it a personal artistic statement based on responses to his totaI environment. He emphasized the totaI impact of his completed visual images rather than the technical aspects of the processes he employed. In terms of subject matter, Davis stated, I address myseIf to the unlimited resource ofpossibiiities of my existence. The conscious inclusion of social commentary in my works is the first step deCQ toward speaking to a universal condition. The rich artistic her- itage of African art with its religious, social, and magical sub- stance is what I select as an aesthetic and historical link. N Twenty IS U students had their paintings on exhibit at the Spring- field IIIIJ Art Association Gallery for three months beginning lane 8, 7 974. The exhibition represented one semesters work by students enroIIed in art classes taught by Charies Reddington, IS U assistant professor of art. Freshman through graduate level work was included in the collection. The diverse group of paintings ranged from the abstract to the realistic and from the serious to the bizarre, according to Reddington. Types of media used in- cluded oiis, acrylic, acetate paper, and various combinations. Many of the pieces were for sale, with price tags ranging from $ 30 to $400. N IS U 's popuiar Saturday morning art classes for youngsters began a new session on Feb. 7, 7975. The program was designed for third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade pupils and attempted to provide those young people with stimulating creative art experiences that go beyond the regular classroom experience. Instructors were five graduate students, most of whom already had teaching experience in the public schools. Miss Patti Cox, a master's degree candidate, coordinated the program. Lessons ran for eight consecutive Satur- days. Areas of instruction included candiemaking, batik, tie- dyeing, ceramics, printmaking, macrame, weaving, and painting. Students were able to try their hands at their choices of the activities offered. ART 21

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, W Just one of the many ISU owned properties. This one, just south of Brazil, is a classroom for rec. majors. Yes indeed, what do these seemingly unconnected ob- jects have in common? Well, nationally they are associated with Euel! Gibbons, who has made a fortune for himself and Grape Nuts cereal, by watching the tide toward Hnatural foods. Gibbons, who told everyone watching the Tonight Show one night, HI guess I made myself the butt of a lot of jokes by my ad, Did you ever eat a pine tree?' Well. quite frankly, NO, I've never eaten a pine tree, but I have learned enough to stay alive in the woods for an indefinite period of time. HI guess for some people that's a joke, but no matter where I go . . . even if I don't know a soul, lcan look around and everywhere a plant grows, l have an old friend. Locally, those unrelated objects come together in a cou- ple of really good life science classes. Field Zoology t415y and Field Biology t413y are both excellent in-the-field class- es designed to make people aware of the world they live in. The in-class lectures are background sessions that Hcome to life during the many days spent examining the various types of climate and growths. And besides, it's just plain fun to talk to the trees and smile at the snakes. Athenaeum Striving to hold the women in the physic- al education areas in closer companionship, Athenaeum sponsored a picnic and several programs during 1974 and 1975. President Teresa Devitt organized a fall get-acquainted picnic in hopes of getting freshmen involved in the Women's Physical Education Department. Demonstrations and explanations of col- lege wrestling were given by the mens team, a lecture was given on the history of gymnastics at ISU, and a program on folk dances of different cultures was conducted. Meeting the first Monday of each month, the club also had a Christmas Party and a year-end session to discuss improvement within the department. Other officers included Denise Boyce, vice president; Brenda Whitesell. treasurer; and Kathy Witt, secretary. The Union of Ba ptist Students A state spring retreat in Versailles, Ind., in April highlighted the year for members of the Union of Baptist Students. Fostering Christian witness fellowship and outreach to others in the campus en- vironment, the organization was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tenn. Weekly Bible studies were conducted by the union, as was a Christmas social tstate- wide; and a local Valentine's social. Several of the members attended the State Baptist Student Union Convention in Novemberalso. Officers included Karen Clagg, president; Kathy Duncan, vice president; Craig Erikk- la, treasurer; Linda Snell, secretary; and Dr. Roy A. Buckingham, sponsor. BAPTIST STUDENTS 23