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

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' uides fa Jueatoiinq . . . Mrs. Bieghler Boyts, Zinc, Acting Heod of Department. FOREIGN LANGUAGE To enable the students to read, write, and speak the language in which they are interested is the major aim of the Foreign Language Department. Although stress is placed on skills, cultural information about the country whose language is being studied is also presented. The rising demand for people with such knowledge is attracting a larger number of students to this curriculum. To fulfill the demands courses have been opened to all who wish to broaden their education as well as to those who are seeking certification in this field. Mrs. Bieghler is substituting for Dr. Edward Bieghler who is serving in the armed forces. GEOGRAPHY The Geography Department, in addition to training specialists in geo- graphic education, has aided in the war effort by offering courses in carto- graphy, meteorology, commercial air transportation, and world problems. Commercial air transportation deals with such items as freedom of the air, ownership and control of airlines, strategic locations for bases and future air routes. World Problems in Geography takes up such items as the inter- pretation of news, the geographic background of changing boundaries, and the feeding of European refugees A study of the history, interpretation, and special types of maps comprise an interesting and valuable new course.

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Mr. Beard, Head of Department. ELEMENTARY For these results are the faculty of the Elementary Department striving: to send efficient, well-prepared elementary teachers into the public schools; to encourage specialization of these teachers in one or two fields rather than in general courses; to set up a logical sequence of courses that students may be better prepared. In former years it has been the practice of students in this department to take their electives in a wide range of subjects. This year the Elementary Department of which Mr. Ralph Beard is head has tried to encourage students to select their electives in a single field. In addition, a system has been set up whereby students must take courses in logical sequence. Through careful planning this process is facilitated by proper arrangement of student programs. This year the addition of Miss Laverne Strong, who replaced Miss Lillian McLean, has proven most satisfactory. Miss Strong came to Indiana from Richmond, Indiana, where she was the head of Elementary Education; she has also served as assistant to Dr. Betz, director of reading at Pennsylvania State College. SECONDARY The Secondary Education Department prepares teachers for junior and senior high schools. In this department a student may choose to have certifi- cation in one or more fields: Social Studies, Mathe- matics, Foreign Languages, English, Geography, Science. There have been some temporary and permanent changes in the faculty and a continued shortage of male students due to wartime condi- tions, but the enrollment of the department has been ' increased again this year by the Nurse Cadet Corps. One group each semester filled the science, psychology, and sociology classes to capacity in addition to the special courses relative to the nursing profession. The Secondaries show versatility in many extra-curricular as well as curricular activities. Emphasis this year was placed on making prepara- tions for the returning war veterans. Miss Joy Mahachek is the head of this department. Miss Mahachek, Head of Department.

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Seated — MacDonald, Stabley, Head of Department Perkins. Standing — Jones, Sterrett. Barbor, Littlefield, Ridenour HTOismipimnHKME ENGLISH Personnel changes marked the year for the English Deartment. Three staff members were granted leaves of absence — Miss Margaret Stitt and Miss Ruth Knowles for the year, Mrs. Carrie Belle Norton for a semester. Replacing Miss Stitt were Dr. Reid Sterrett, Western Kentucky State Teachers College, for the first semester, and Dr. Abigail Boardman, New York University, for the second. LIBRARY During this college year it has been grati- fying to see students using the library more and more. In order to provide some of the current fiction which many want to read, Stu- dent Council gave one-hundred dollars to establish a Rental Library which is proving popular. Several donations of money for the purchase of books have been appreciated.