Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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Above: Chemistry, Mr. Neifert and Mr. Reed, Mr. Walton, biology, and Mr. Mutch, physics. Below: Mr. Wilde, Miss Bachrach, and Mr. Furrow. Mr. Bumstead and Mr. Bell discuss psychology. Miss Switzer is the school dietician. The large number of students entered in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology has caused an increase to be made in the actual seating capacity of the lecture rooms of the Science building. The science department was one of the few departments that had no changes in the faculty. Dr. Way once again devoted his full time to the physics department. In recent years Dr. Way has served as acting president and as vice-presi- dent of the college. However, he resigned his position so that he could spend all of his time teaching. Home economics was dropped from the college curriculum since its incor- poration was only a wartime measure. Miss Switzer is now chief dietician for both Whit- ing and Seymour halls. Psychology has not been placed in the social or physical sciences. The GALE has placed it on this page due to the picture ar- rangement. Mr. Bell is a new addition to the psychology department. NATURAL SCIENCE

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New evidence of the popularity of the modern languages was seen this year, partic- ularly by the increased interest and support of students for the German club and a re- organized French club. A monthly edition of a German paper on the part of German students has contributed to the success of the language department. Many social functions have resulted from time to time in these de- partments including outside spealcers, round table discussions, and moving pictures. A new course was added to the department for the music majors. It is a phonetics course designed to give a thorough foundation of Italian, French, and German diction. Miss Jefferies joined the modern language depart- ment replacing Mrs. Arnold. Bob Russell, a student teacher attending Knox, temporarily replaced Miss Coleman during the winter quarter. Miss Coleman was on a leave of absence due to illness. Above: Miss M. Wilson and Miss Kragness examine a French textg Miss Lindahl and Miss Jefferies in their office. Below: Mr. Poston and Miss Coleman look up a Spanish term, Mr. Brown and Mr. Adamec, heads of the modern and classical language depart- ments. l LANGUAGES E 1 1

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Poetry readings, musicals, concerts, recitals, and dramatic productions were enjoyed this year by both the college and the town due to the efforts of the art, speech, and music departments. The combined work of these departments led to the successful produc- tion of Otto I-iarbach's The Desert Song. Mr. Harbach, a Knox alumnus, was present for all of the performances. The history of the Knox Theatre was broken when the first matinee was performed. There were many additions to the music department. Miss Lundeen, Miss Prokop, Miss Parson, and Mr. Starkey all joined the department. Mr. Pyke of the art department accepted a position in town after the first quarter and was replaced by Mr. Peterson. Mr. Donnelly became the third member of the speech department. He was instrumental in the organization of a debating team which had a very good record. Mr. Donnelly took the team to the National meet held at the University of Virginia. Above: Miss Fischer and Mr. Pyke in the art depart- mentg Mr. Putnam, Mr. Donnelly, and Mr. Leland of the speech department. Below: Miss Winchester, Mr. Baylor, Miss Parson, Mr. Williams, Miss Prokop, Miss Lundeen, Mr. Weddell, Mr. Biddle, and Mr. Starkey of the music department. SPEECH, ART, MUSIC 13