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

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f f ' 0ftBK m Bh BL ' 1 A. Sellew Roberts, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Edgar . ' . Packard, M. A. DEPARTMENT OF HiSTOR ■ AND SOCIAL SCIENCE The Department of History and Social Science has a two-fold aim. On the one hand it attempts to give to the prospective history teacher that sound and thorough grasp of the subject matter involved without which success as a history teacher is impos- sible. But on the other hand the depart- ment aims to help the general student to the cultural background which will enaible 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 ac- quainted 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, sociology and econo- mics, 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. THE ENGLISH DEPARTiMENT The year 1930-1931 has been made out- standing in our English department by the addition of new teachers, new courses and a much larger enrollment. Professor Sat- terfield has been absent on a year ' s leave of absence while working on his doctorate at Columbia. Buryl F. Engleman has substi- tuted for him. Mr. Engleman has also had charge of the Kent Stater. He has been assisted by the Editor, Harold Jones, and they have greatly improved that publica- tion. Professor Stump has been added to take care of the speech subjects. The col- lege, under his tutelage, has been able to place high in inter-collegiate debating. Pro- fessor Bross has been added to assist Pro- fessor Pake with the Freshman work. Dr. Burner of the History department has had one class in English throughout the year and Miss Mays has had charge of the sub- freshman classes. 22

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i:5i«t! Ml C. S. an Deuses. M.E. J. I ' . Johnson, A.B. MANUAL IRAINMNG DEPAR IMENT The aim of manusl training is to develop thru actual participation in hand vori . me- chanical intelligence m all pupils, irrespec- tive of their future ocations. The above statement of the aim of man- ual training is the guide for this depart- ment. All grade room and rural teachers should take work in this department. They are the ones who should gi e an increasing amount of this work in the schools of the state and they should be prepared to use it in motivating other lines of school work. The demand still exceeds the supply for men who can teach mechanical drawing, wootlwork. metalwork, printing, simple me- chanics, fiber cord work, etc., and the de- partment aims to give a good preparation for such positions. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE In the long period of time covering social development agriculture was among the earliest vocations which was clearly defined. The intimate relation between continued existence and the food supply of people establishes a permanent and basic interest. While the food getting acti ities are es- sential to satisfs ' human needs the vocation provdies abundant opportunities to grow and mature in the higher le els of social and spiritual attainment. .Agriculture is more than a vocation dealing with ma- terials, it is a way of living. •Agriculture as a ocation because the daily activities are clearly associated, with nature provides a body of experience of sound educational value. In iewing the subject of agriculture as a stud) ' of a moile of life economic values would obscure edu- cational values. Since human aspirations transcend human needs the subject of agri- culture is emphasized as means of education. 21

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Nina S. Humphrey D. W. PhARCb. A.M. DEPARTMENT OP ART The art needs of the Child, the Communit ' and the State as given by the .Art Director of a neighboring state offers us a clear ob- jective for the work of the .Art Department. First — .-Xll need sense training and a fine discrimination in the selection, the purchase, and the use of manufactured articles for the person and the home. These may be de- scribed as 10IJ% needs. Second — The community needs citizens who desire attracti e homes, beautiful ards, parks, plasgrounds, school buildings, mu- seums, monuments, and all that contributes to civic beauty and civic pride. Third — The merchant needs salespeople with fine taste and sound aesthetic judgment, beautiful show windows, and attractive ad- vertising, for these will sell the goods . Fourth — The manufacturer of te.xtiles, wall paper, carpets, rugs, furniture, potter ' . glass, silverware, jevvelr , lighting fixtures, and art metal products requires designers and artis- tic craftsmen who will make these products ever more beautiful and attractive. Fifth — The printing industrs ' requires il- lustrators, designers of book and magazine covers, artistic magazines and poster adver- tising, and attractive labels for toilet prep- arations, food containers, etc. Sixth — The State requires painters, sculp- tors, architects, and museum directors. It requires teachers and supervisors of art for its elementarv and secondary schools, for its colleges and universities. DEPARTMENT OP EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Education and Psy- chology is striving diligentlv to base its psychology firmly upon modern conceptions of biology. If it can succeed reasonably well in this, notable contributions mav be made to the profession of teacning through the discovery and formulation of principles upon which methods of sound teaching pro- cedure may be based. In our basic courses in Principles of Education cognizance is taken of the changing needs of an industrial and economic civilization. The resulting conception of the aim of education is not, therefore, some antiquated view long since discarded, but one fitted to present progress. In our courses in Organization and Man- agement the attempt is made to put our students abreast of the times in motiern theory, yet by no means, to leave them in a wilderness of ologies and isms ' , As far as possible we desire that our students shall go out to their fields of labor with a real- ization of the tasks to be done, and a prac- ticality that shall enable thciii to accom- plish them successfullv. 23