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

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Margaret Dunbar, B.L. During the last week of August 1929 the library of Kent State College was moved from the Administration Building where it had had its home for twelve years to the new David Ladd Rockwell Building which had been especially designed and built to house it and to provide a pleasant place in which it might be used. The building has proved well fitted to the purpose for which it was planned and dedicated; its beauty is a joy to every stu- dent; its proportions, colors, ample light, heat, ventilation, and noiseless floors unob- trusively give comfort and pleasure to every- one who uses it. The library, now numbering over forty thousand volumes, is growing to meet the new requirements of the College and with adequate appropriations which will be made from time to time will be able to meet the needs of students in all courses and to sup- ply also recreational reading. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY H. A. Cunningham, B.S., M.A. There are many big themes in biology; one of which is the Behavior of Organ- isms . Human education, since it deals with ways and means of modifying the be- havior of conscious human beings, is really one subdivision of biology. Every one should be interested in making a superior adjust- ment to his environment; in adjustmg his environment to himself; and in understand- ing, and influencing, at times the behavior of others. The prospective teacher is immediately in- terested in biology as a fundamental aid in the solution of classroom behavior problems and as an introduction to such subjects as hygiene, nature study, physical education, psychology, and child study. Biology is prevocational to such other occupations as agriculture, dentistry, medicine, forestry, etc., because these occupations are based up- on fundamental laws and principles of bio- logy.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES C. F. RuMOLD, A.B., LL.B. The Department of Physical Sciences at Kent State College offers in regular courses 102 term hours in Chemistry and 30 term hours in Physics. In addition special courses are arranged for students who have the nec- essary preparation for profitably pursuing the work. Students who are working off pre- medical or engineering requirements here find exactly the work they need. The earli- er courses are presented with emphasis on the method of teaching these fundamental sciences. It is intended to give in these courses the training in the presentation of the facts and principles which will equip one for successfully teaching these sciences in the high schools. Those students who are looking forward to careers in the applied sciences will find in the more advanced courses work equivalent to similar courses in the colleges and universities. Laboratory facilities are unexcelled and much emphasis is given to individual laboratory work. THE KINDERGARTEN-PRIMARY DEPARTMENT G. Hazel Swan, B.S. It is very gratifying to announce that the Kindergarten-Primary Department now has twenty-two students registered for three and four year work. All of these students are active members of the Kindergarten-Primary Club which was organized in February 1929. The aim of this group is to help in every way pos- sible the Nursery - Kindergarten - Primary causes or the work with young children. The club has a number of interesting plans for the year to render service. This student club is a branch of The In- ternational Kindergarten Union and is one of a few student branches belonging to the international body. Last May the club sent two delegates to the international meetings at Rochester, New York. This year it is sending one to Memphis, Tennessee. It is the hope of the department that an- other instructor may be added soon so that all the courses of the department may be given to keep this fine, earnest group of twenty-two young women.

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DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER-PLACEMENT AND EXTRA-MURAL ACTIVITIES Emmet Stopher, A.B., A.M. The activities of this department may be classed as: 1. Teacher-Placement 2. Supervision of recent graduates in the field 3. Directing home study department 4. Arranging for extension class centers 5. Alumni activities 6. Field relations During the spring and summer terms, a very large part of the time is given to a sur- vey of teaching needs and a study of the qualifications of candidates. All members of the present graduating class are urged to enroll with the Teacher-Placement Bureau. Its advice and help is available also to for- mer graduates and undergraduates. An effort is made to make a continuous check-up on graduates. It is hoped that the college will be able to publish a directory of all graduates some time next year. THE REGISTRAR John L. Blair, A.B., M.A. To reduce as much as possible of adminis- trative activity to routine is to raise to a maximum the availability of the administra- tion for those activities which cannot prop- erly be carried on in routine manner. Applied to the Office of the Registrar, this is to say that the particular problems of individual students can be given fullest attention when the problems and activities common to the whole school are carried for- ward according to habitual, established pro- cedures. The student body therefore op- erates in its own interest when it is care- ful to follow the established plan in all pos- sible situations, and to raise the question of special need only after discovering that no regular procedure is available. Under such conditions are the objectives of the school and the stvident body best attained.