Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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Left to Right: Theodore D. Keller, Anna D. Faber, Jesse Matlock, Jr., ond George G. Struble, chairman. ENGLISH To be sophisticated without being cynical, to be lofty without losing the human touch, to be cosnnopolitan without being less American, to be scholarly without being pedantic, to be serious without being solemn — these are some of the items in the creed of the English Department. To attain our ends, we stand ready to recognize intellectual achievement, but we prize artistic achievement even more. We admire the man who can formulate theory, but we admire even more the man who can demonstrate in his evety-day speech and action the principles of the good life. We cultivate the life of the intellect, but we are not insensitive to the call of the heart. We teach English as a tool which, like atomic energy, men may use to attain ends, worthy or unworthy. But we also teach English as an instrument of delight, an open door through which one may pass to encounter the deepest yearnings and the highest aspirations of the human spirit. We teach students who are woefully deficient in their knowledge of gerunds and ir- regular verbs and the techniques of library research; and we also teach students who have no need for the mealy-mouthed distinctions between relatives and absolutes, between apposition and parataxis, but whose intellectual hungers are such that we have this year created a special section of freshman composi- tion where we shape custom-made shadows for their psychic caverns. To be all things to all men is not the aim of the English De- partment. Rather, we try to serve all in varying degrees of use- fulness; but our most precious droplets of wisdom are hoarded for the fit though few. As to those others, we are the Great Enigma, seen through o glass, darkly. GEORGE G. STRUBLE 19

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MATHEMATICS In order to provide a balanced program, the Mathematics Department enlarged its curriculum this year to include a course in probability. According to Dr. Barnard H. Bissinger, depart- ment head, the curriculum of a department of mathematics must include the three major areas of mathematics — pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability — in order to provide on adequate background in the field. In- cluding the nevvly-added course, there are now three courses offered in the third category, a bare minimum according to Dr. Bissinger. Since July 1, 1961, the faculty has been engaged in the preparation of a handbook on group physical mortality as a preliminary to statistical inventory on a research grant from the United States Navy. Such grants are generally designated for large universities. This project has involved primarily faculty members, but Dr. Bissinger anticipates involving students in future projects from the same source. The departmental library has been increased until it now contains 193 mathematical journals from almost every country in the world. Forty of these journals are received regularly; the remainder have been supplied by the library of Congress and by private industry. SEATED: Barnard Bissinger, chairman; STANDING left to right; Paul F. Henning, Jr., Homer Bechtell. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Rhodes, the Physics Depart- ment received a grant of $9800 from the Atomic Energy Com- mission. According to the terms of that bequest, equipment was purchased for the atomic and nuclear physics courses including a neutron source, a gamma-ray spectrometer, and several scintillation and geiger-tube counters. In addition, the Atomic Energy Commission has granted the Physics Department a long- term loan of plutonium for use in the neutron source. Auxiliary equipment, consisting of a powder camera and a back-reflec- tion camera, has been purchased for the large x-ray diffraction apparatus, also a part of the atomic physics laboratory. To the laboratory for the electrical measurements conducted by Dr. Grimm, a $1060 precision impedence-measuring bridge network has been added. This network may be used in the analysis of circuits of specific frequencies. A new laboratory manual, written by Mr. O ' Donnel for the general physics course, has been introduced this year. It is in loose-leaf form so that new experiments may be added when necessary. JACOB L RHODES PHYSICS Left to Right: Samuel O. Grimm; Jacob L. RhocJes, chairman; J. Robert O ' Donnell

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES More Americans are in communication of one kind or an- other with foreign countries today than ever before. Foreign travel, residence, and study which ore almost completely subsidized are made possible through grants, fellowships, exchange plans. Junior Year Abroad arrangements, work programs, the Peace Corps, etc. The Mutual Educational and Exchange Act, signed by the President in 1961, authorizes financing of visits to foreign countries by teachers or pro- spective teachers in order to improve their language skills and to become acquainted with foreign cultures. If the visitor to a country con speak to its inhabitants in their own tongue, his experience is much more meaningful; and the fact that he has learned the language is appreciated. Mutual under- standing and esteem are furthered. The language requirement at our college is a minimal one. We are much concerned with giving our students the best possible training to meet their needs in this rapidly- shrinking world in the short time at our disposal. We believe that language is a means of communication and should be taught as such. For this reason we have adopted the audio- active approach which means that the student first hears, then speaks, and only later reads and writes the language he is studying. We have just installed a f ne laboratory which will enable the student to have many additional hours of practice in hearing and speaking. With the use of this valu- able complement to the classroom, the student can advance at his own pace and can accomplish surprising progress in speaking and understanding. We sincerely hope that our students will never say that they have studied a certain lan- guage but are unable to speak it. In our language and literature courses we are making a determined effort to acquaint the student with the cultural background of the country whose language he is learning. We know that knowledge leads to understanding, and thus we hope to make a small contribution to the great task of international understanding and to join the ranks of those who are striving for world peace. SARA ELIZABETH PIEL Seated: Soro Eliza- beth Pie[, Cn:iirman Left to Right: Mrs Frances T. Fields, Donald E, Fields, Ferenc Schwonauer, Mrs J ohanna K. Schwanauer, David T, Chestnut,