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

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11 Chestnut Burr of ' 29 Jf r3EPART:,IEXT OF GEOGRAPHY AXD GEOLOGY David Olson, M. Sc, A. B. How big- is your world? How far does your imagination soar? How deep does your understanding penetrate? To what extent is your mind unshackled from superstition and pre.nidice? The answer to these and many questions like them are functions of your geographic study and reading. Even to know where the places one reads of are, what is their climate and how they are peopled, is something; but in its wider meaning, as the science, which aims at the explanation of the adjustment of man to his surroundings, there is no problem in past history or of present politics and economics which cannot be elucidated by the applications of the princi- ples of geography. DEPARTMENT OF HF:ALTH AXD PHY SICAL EDUCATIOX A. 0. DeWeese, a. B., M. D. The Department of Health and Physical Education of Kent State College is organ- ized upon the assumption that an abund- ance of radiating health and physical well- being is of more importance to the class- room teacher than to an individual in any other profession. In order to be of the greatest service possible to the prospective teacher in attaining this ideal the department offers the following services: 1. Physical and health examination on entrance with medical advice and con- sultation as to how the student might im- prove liis physical and health condition. 2. Regular and systematic exercise two days a week in the gymnasium and (me (lay in the swimming pool. These exercises insofar as possible are adajjted so as to train the student to not only Ivjlp himself but others v.honi he might teacli in hi.-, professional career. .3. Special courses for teachers in Healtli and Physical Training. y ' tPW tV t v v ' LT I ' ai-f litrvtii-rifihl

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[ Chestnut Burr of ' 29 11 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Edgar Packard, A. B. The Department of English in any in- stitution of learning faces a task of tre- mendous proportions. The great body of literature which has accumulated through the centuries necessitates a careful se- lection to get material best suited for stu- dents; the wide diversity in the types of literature requires as wide a diversity of methods in presentation; and the yet un- solved problem of the most effective teach- ing of the mother tongue demands constant thought and experimentation. In an in- situation preparing teachers for our public schools, the task of the English Depart- ment is to advance the student to a point considerably beyond that which he reached in his high school English, and to equip him with methods of teaching the subject effectively. Professor Satterfield returned to the department after a year spent in Columbia University. Miss Ada Hyatt has come into the department from the Train- ing school. Mr. Alfred Hill has charge of Journalism. THE FRENCH DEPARTMENT Belle Rowlen, A. B., M. A. Whatsoever things are lovely in the literature, science, music or art of other nations, these things we would know and appreciate. Our French Department offers an opportunity for progress towards such an ideal. Its courses will take one beyond the humdrum of everyday life and afford new interests either as a vocation, an avocation or a hobby. Even within the limits of the requirements for a minor it is possible to form some acquaintance with those beyond the sea and to enter into an appreciation of their ways of thinking and living. It has been said that every man has two countries, his own and France. Why? What does the expression mean? We can help you to find the answer. At least it is here that ways are opened by which one can venture forth to find for himself some of the lovely things of La Belle France. f a U U F n i y!r T J yy F F n Page twenty-seven

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I Chestnut Burr of ' 29 I HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT A. Sellew Roberts, A. B., M. A., Ph. D. The History and Social Science Depart- ment has a two-fold aim. On the one hand it attempts to give to the prospective his- tory teacher that sound and thoroug ' h grasp of the subject matter involved with- out which success as a history teacher is impossible. But on the other hand the department aims to help the general stu- dent to the cultural background which will enable him to live a well-rounded life and make him a more useful citizen. Through the medium of history the student learns to know the great writers of the past, to become acquainted with the great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle and Descartes, and to watch the growth of science from Archimedes through Roger Bacon to the wonders of the present. Through history and its sister sciences, government, soci- ology and economics, the student watches the whole stream of human progress from the pyramids to the present and cannot help being the richer and the better equipped for his life work thereby. DEPARTAIENT OF HOME ECONOMICS Elsie M. Maxwell, B. S., M. A. The year 1928-1929 has been a busy one for the Home Economics Department. At the beginning of tWe year the thirteen upper classwomen extended a cordial wel- come to a new department instructor and to twenty students who (elected the subject as their major interest. Home Economics Majors formed the nucleus of enrollment for most of the courses given throughout the year. How- ever, the interest shown in the various courses by 97 girls from other depart- ments of the college were gratifying. The intelligence and the enthusiasm displayed by these girls in studying problems of home life in thte light of scientific, eco- nomic and sociological principles should give encouragement to those who are skeptical regarding the future welfare of the Am erican home. j WVrw J n n F n . y Paae twentv-nine