Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Louis A. Bu Damn, M.A. This is the newest departmental addition to the college. It was opened in January, 1925 with two instructors and an approximate enrollment of 60 students. It now has three instructors in whose classes there are enrolled a total of one hundred and sixty students. Its primary aim is to prepare teachers of commercial subjects in high school but it also offers excellent opportunity to those students who wish training for commercial or secretarial positions, or to those who may desire a wider range of electives in their college work. If given the proper amount of publicity and provided with additional equipment it liids fair to become one of the major departments of the college. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Daniel W. Pearce, B. S., A. B., A. M., Acting Head of Department A department of Education in a Teachers ' Col- lege should be the center about which all the facilities of the academic departments and The School of Directed Observation and Teaching are organized. That is to say the Department of Educa- tion should function as a co-ordinator and as an ever willing helper in all efforts directed towards realiz- ing as fully as may be the objective of such an in- stitution, namely artistic teachers. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Edgar Packard, A. B. Study English. It is the world ' s foremost lan- guage. It is the material by which vague subcon- sciousness takes on form in the most practical, the most philanthropic, and the most inspiring thoughts now being produced. It is the means of self-ex- pression by which the one-fifth of the race now- using it is enabled to publish four-fifths of all books and periodicals. And it is the medium of communi- cation which all the signaling at sea and nine- tenths of all the cablegrams and telegrams employ. Study English! Page twenty-five

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE L. S. IviNS, Ph. B., M.S., M. A. The school laws of Ohio require that agriculture be taught in high schools and elementary schools; that elementary teachers who are examined by county superintendents, must take the examination in agriculture in order to teach; and that Kent Col- lege must maintain an adequate department for the training of teachers of Agriculture for the schools of the state. Because of these laws Kent State since it first opened its doors has maintained a Depart- ment of Agriculture for the complete and proper instruction of prospective teachers and other stu- dents who desire a broad and cultural education. DEPARTMENT OF ART Nina S. Humphrey The term ' drawing ' applies to only a small part of the instruction and education in the realm of art that is designed to teach children to appreciate the beauty of truth; to catch the message from nature and from human life; to rightly interpret it and to express it in such a way as to give the message and the joy which accompany it to others. This is the mission of art. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY Ethel Gowans, B. S., A. M. The scope of biology is unmeasurable and its prob- lem endless, but it aims to teach its laws in such a way that one may understand the meaning of what has gone before; that he may live a longer, fuller and more purposeful life; that he may vision a brighter and better future because the history of the past has shown that change is slowly but pro- gressively towards greater perfection and beauty; and that man is not the reason for the existence of all earthly things, but that he is greatly honored by being one with all about him. (Prepared by Eva N. Spencer, student of the Biology Department.) Page twenty-four

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v DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH Miss Rowlan, A. M. The aim of this department is to oflfer an oppor- tunity of mastering French for its own sake. Here is a chance to lengthen your vision, to open the doors of the unknown. By much reading from many authors you will be able to follow the thoughts of the masterminds of another great civilization. So you may form contacts with source material, and advance to research work in history, literature, and science as well as add to the pleasure found in music, art and travel. A key to a fuller life. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY David Olson, M. Sc, A. B. In earlier times a man ' s area of relationships extended but little beyond his visual horizon. To- day it is Earth encompassing. We depend on and contribute to all parts. In this enterprise we have girdled the earth with rails and wires. We have taken to waters and the air and indeed to the uni- versal ether. We are straightening rivers, levelling mountains, extending shorelines, deepening bays and exploring the air. We fly over the plains and waters and have gone far in conquering physical force. Peace and good will depend on our under- standing this new and wider sphere of interrela- tions. Here lies the field of geography. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE H. D. Byrne, M. A., A.B. Every intelligent individual desires to know in somewhat of detail the story of the long journey of mankind down through the millenniums of time. The History Department offers four years of stand- ard college history, in addition to certain methods and special courses. This Department is also devel- oping the Social Science studies in the field of Economics, Sociology and Government. New courses have been developed constantly to take care of the increased demand until it is now possible for the student to secure four years of work in these com- bined fields. Further additions are planned in these subjects for the ensuing year. Page twenty-six