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

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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.

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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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Miss Mahachek, Head of Department. MATHEMATICS The demand for trained teachers of mathe- matics has increased during the past year In this field, as in industry, a girl adequately prepared has released a man for armed service on many occasions. Emphasis for both men and women teachers of mathematics has not only been placed on mathematics needed by youth for war service but also on that needed by an intelligent citizenry to meet the problem of democratic living. SCIENCE The Science Department trained approximately two hun- dred nurse cadets in addition to its work with the regular students. Science in the war was stressed in all classes where many substitute materials and synthetics were studied care- fully. The physics classes, taught by Mr. McKelvey, were enlarged to meet the needs of those men who are returning from or entering military service. The newly reorganized laboratories have proven invaluable in research. Dr. Willis Bell was added to the faculty of the biological science department which had an increase in enrollment. Seated — lams, Emmert, Smythe, Head ot Department, Brenneman, Sol I - berger. Standing — Dirmit, Bell, McKelvey.