Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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Foreign Languages The immediate aim of this department is to assist the student to acquire a working knowl- edge of the language or languages which he chooses to study. The ultimate aim is to en- courage a broader understanding of the life and thought of other peoples. In order to fulfill these aims the department offers instruction in the French, German, Greek, Latin, and Spanish languages. It is the hope of this department that by im- porting to the student o broad basis in one or more of the languages offered, the student will be prepared to pursue a career where a thorough language background is required. Such vocations would include teaching foreign languages on the elementary and secondary school levels. George H. Weydling, Ruth E. Butler, Donald E. Fields and Alvin M. Stonecipher, chairman. Absent: G. A. Richie. English The purpose of the Department of English is to afford stu- dents a vital contact with the literature of our language, and to assist them to write and speak effectively. The department endeavors to fulfill this purpose by offering many varied courses in its curriculum, courses in literature, poetry, drama, public speaking, composition, and language history. In addition this department also has the responsibility of educating every college student in the humanities by tracing the developing mind of man and the growth of his sense of aesthetic and ethical values. Attempts ore also made to show how developments in literature have been paralleled by simi- lar developments in art and music. George G. St ruble, chairman, Theodore D. Keller, Mary V. Bowman, Anna D. Fober, and Jesse Mattock, Jr.

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SCIENCES Mathematics This department gives the students interested in the mathematical sciences thorough training in both the classical and modern fields of mathematics. With such training the student is prepared for teaching mathematics on the high school level, for taking graduate work in this SLbject, or for accepting one of the many po- sitions available in the business world wvhere such mathematical knowledge is vitally needed and employed. Much credit is due this department for its continual endeavor to better its curriculum and program, such endeavors being led by its chair- man, Bernard Bissinger. Assisting Dr. Bissinger this year is Paul F. Henning, Jr. Robert J. Wagner, another member of the department ' s teaching staff, is on sabbatical leave this year while pur- suing further studies at the University of Penn- sylvania. Paul F. Henning, Jr., Bernord Bissinger, chairman Samuel O. Grimm, Jacob L. Rhodes, chairman, J. Robert O ' Donnell. Physics The physics department aims to provide an introduction to the techniques and applications of physical science; to give students on insight into the behavior of non-living matter,- to indicate the possible extent, as well as the limitations of our knowledge of the physical universe. This division is able to fulfill its aims by being equipped with some of the most modern and advanced apparatus avail- able to the teaching of the subjects included within its curriculum. Not only does the physics department strive to train young men and women for various vocations which utilize the tra- ditional fields of physical phenomena; but it also attempts to demonstrate to these students the potential available to man- kind today through a study of the recent developments in nuclear and atomic physics.

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Music SEATED: Ruth E. Bender. STAND- ING: D. Clark Carmean, R. Porter Campbell, James W. Thurmond, Frank W. Stachow, Robert W. Smith, chairman, and Thomas A. Lanese. The aims of the Department of Music are to train artists, teachers, and supervisors; to teach music historically and aes- thetically as an element of liberal culture and to offer courses that give a thorough and practical understanding of theoreti- cal subjects. Private instruction is given in instrumental and vocal music and the courses in music history and theory provide on in- tensive study of the literature of the best instrumental and vocal music. By participation in the various musical organiza- tions sponsored by the Department — the College Band, the College Symphony Orchestra and various choral groups — students may enjoy unusual opportunities for practical ex- perience. Lebanon Valley is especially proud of its Music Depart- ment for it is held in high esteem among small colleges and by the National Association of Schools of Music. It is also ap- proved by the Pennsylvania State Council of Education for the preparation of supervisors and teachers of music. SEATED: E. Joan Reeve, Morcia M. Pickwell, Ger- aldine H. Kurtz. STAND- ING: Harold Malsh, Reynoldo Rovers, Pierce A. Getz, Alexander Crawford and William D. Foirlomb.