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

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Seofed: Miller, Heod of Deportment, Hamblen, Timmons, Ober. Standing: Ellenberger, Sutton, Shaffer. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Indiana offers a program of athletics and physical educa- tion which attempts to combine the maximum of athletic recreation with a minimum of formality. In addition to athletics, the department requires students to take a year of hygiene and a year of first aid in order that they may deal with health difficulties in an intelligent, responsible way. The increased number of men students has brought back active participation in intercollegiate sports. Supplementing this is a voluntary intramural program in which many students partici- pate. Mr. Robert Timmons has returned to the Physical Education staff after completing his duties in the Navy. The head of this department is Mr. George Miller. SCIENCE In our post-war world science has taken on a new impor- tance. In the more advanced courses, students discussed the theory behind the atom bomb and the possibilities for its use in industry. The Science Department reaches practically every student in the school through its fundamental courses, such as botany, zoology, and physical science. In addition to this, cadet nurses were given a thorough training during the first semester. Many improvements in the laboratory equipment increased the opportunities for practical research Dr. Thomas Smyth is the head of this department. Seated: lams, Emmert, Smyth, Head of Deportment, Brennemon, Solberg- er. Standing: Dimit, Bell, McKelvey. l tt e Xhieteen

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iiffliili . •ni Barbor, Littlef.eld, Ridenour Schr.ell. Mahachek, Heod of Department LIBRARY The library in Wilson Hall, supervised by Miss Lucille J. Littlefield, provides the college students and faculty with both serious and recreational reading. The browsing shelf on the first floor is very popular, providing light and pleasant reading material. The new rental library, steadily growing larger, offers current literature at a minimum rate. + MATHEMATICS The Mathematics Department has continued its efforts to develop teachers who know both the subject matter and how to teach it in elementary and secondary schools. Classes have been enlarged by veterans who have returned to resume their studies. Mr. Leroy Schnell is again with the mathematics staff after serving in the Naval Reserve. Miss Joy Mahachek is head of this department. Page Eighteen

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--I SOCIAL STUDIES With more emphasis than ever before being placed on current events, the Social Studies Department has been of greater interest to many students this year. In preparing teachers, the department trains students to become keenly aware of the importance of current events and the origins of present-day happenings as well as to produce teachers well- informed of past history. During the class periods both politi- cal and social issues are discussed, and the basic causes of present-day problems are considered in the light of past h ' Stcry. The department sponsors the Inter-Collegiate Con- ference on Government and the International Relations Club. Mr. W. M. Whitmyre is the head of this department. Seated: Wallace, Hall, Belden. Standing: Whitmyre, Head of Department, John- son. SECONDARY CLUB Row 1: Joseph, McAvoy, Fees, Curry, Bowman, Riggs, Edwards, Smith, Schatz, Clover, McHenry. Row 2: Smith, Gam- beroni, Lingle, Berchin, Johnson, Thomas, Steele, Smith, Hamilton, Eckord, Cough- enour. Row 3: Selchon, Craft, Bruner, LaRoche, Shoemaker, Wolfe, Lowson, Lewis, Semyon, Alecna, Bojanowski, Davis, Wolker. Row 4: Gault, Smith, Partington, Batdorf, Georgeff, Dollord, McFarland, Porter, Rimmell, Perry, Smith, DiTullio. Row 5: Stewart, Reeves, Ful- comer, Fleming, George, Moron, Whitson, Rudolph, West, Stuffle, Fair, Stranberg. OFFICERS Martha Curry, Jeanne Smith, Catherine Weigle, John Strondberg