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

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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

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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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Golf Class Life Saving The teachers ' colleges have a challenge in physical education: increased leisure strikes from all sides. There are several million unemployed boys and girls of high-school age who need some type of leisure-time activity. To meet this need in the teachers ' colleges, greater emphasis must be placed on outdoor activities: overnight hikes, camping, swim- ming, riding, skiing, tobogganing, and archery. On all campuses mixed games and sports should be encouraged; a fair start in this direction has been made here, but possibilities are still open for further expansion in a variety of physical activities. In intercollegiate sports colleges should tend toward better co-operation with other schools and should strive for a better understanding of the objectives of these sports. Physical and Health Education— George P. Miller, Head of Department; Lena Ellenberger, Mazel W. Bowles, Malinda Hamblen, Frieda Fleck, Ear! E. Prugh n o o 26