Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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Voice Class Chamber Practice The Music Education Department is founded on the aesthetic basis of producing musicians and music educators to the best of its ability. In pursuance of its aims to present the best of music to its students, the Music Department is imbued with the principle of teaching varied music courses that tend to create fine musicianship. The department offers academic courses in harmony, ear training, and sJaht reading together with skill technics in voice and in all orchestral instruments. However, the department goes much further than merely facilitating efficiency in skill technics and academic music courses, for the historical development of the art is stressed. Music — Seated: Pear! Reed, James Remley, Irma H. Bartholomew, Irving Cheyette, Head of Department; Mary H. Muldowney, Thomas J. Hughes Standing: Laura Remsburg, Mary Elizabeth Dunlap, Lola A. Beelar, Aagot M. K. Borge, Mary R. Lowman, Lawrence C. Stitt, Helen C. Prutzman 24

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English — Seated: Ruth Knowles, Came Belle Parks Norton, Acting Head of Department; Reba N. Perkins, Edna Lee Sprowls Standing: Louise A. Macdonald, Helen F. Egleston, Carleton C. Jones The English Department, which serves the entire college and trains teachers for junior- senior high schools, provides a rich program beyond the classroom as well as in the various courses. The department sponsors appropriate English activities through which students learn the craft of journalistic work on the Oak and the Penn, some achieving election to Alpha Phi Gamma. Students participate in choral speaking, and a few share literary experiences in the American College Quill Club. Like all other organizations sponsored by English teachers, the Leonard Literary Society and its dramatic performances include all students; this year, however, one play selected its cast from students specializing in English. The establishment of English reguirements preliminary to student teaching is a professional gain. With these restrictions all graduates will be better prepared in English. Penn Staff English Laboratory 23

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Home Economics— Esther H. Alden, Helen C. Merriman, A. Pauline Sanders, Head of Department; Ethyl V. Oxley, Sylva Wixson, Marion Wills All experiences in or out of the classroom are a part of the Home Economics picture. The tendency is toward an integration of general and vocational education. It emphasizes the social approach and involves the recognition of problems and the solving of them in a natural habitat. A faculty that is composed of specialists who are dedicated to appreciating with students the experience of a vital program in Home Economics makes this possible. Practical values are stressed in food preservation, meal planning and serving. Purchasing of household commodities is not neglected. Clothes and hats are made and remodeled. Participation and directed observation of young children in the home management house afford a type of essential experience. Managerial experience in class situations and in the home management house gives an opportunity for practice in tactful handling of human relations. Weaving Dining Room 25