Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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SOCIOLOGY With the conversion of South Hall into classrooms last fall, the Sociology Department gained a new office and a room for seminar-size classes. The Social Work Practicum, an honors program for qualified sociology majors, was a part of the department ' s offerings again this year. This program, which also encompasses the Psychology Department, enables seniors who ore leaning toward social work to observe for twelve weeks the practices of the Family and Chil- dren ' s Service, the Veterans Administrations Hospital (both in Lebanon), and the Lebanon County Board of Assistance. In certain instances the students ore encouraged to take part in actual case work under professional supervision. Sociology attempts to understand the social structure and rela- tionships by which man functions in his culture. Institutions, such as religion, family, and schools portray much of the inner quality of a society. The reasons why man searches for life ' s meaning, why children become delinquent, or why some individuals are not ac- cepted by their society is not the concern of just American sociolo- gists, but of those in the profession everywhere. ALICE M. BRUMBAUGH Alice M. Brumbaugh The aim of the Department of Economics and Business Ad- ministration is to give its students a thorough training in the essential principles and fundamentals of economics and busi- ness. The fundamentals of economics generally concern the promo- tion of economic welfare in our society. Economics students at Lebanon Valley College learn to approach this goal in three major ways; the first is to use resources to the best possible advantage; the second is to strive toward full employment; the third is to encourage an all-around economic growth. Principles of business administration aim for the same goals within a narrower and more specialized area. The Business Administration segment of Lebanon Valley ' s Economics and Business Department seeks to train students in the mangement of business establishments in order to reap the highest possible dividends from those establishments. Students who graduate from this department utilize their training to pursue degrees in graduate schools and to acquire positions in industry, government service, college professorships, and in accounting and banking employment. ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Left to Right: C. F. Joseph Tom, Chairman; Robert C. Riley; D. John Grace

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Left to Right: Jame; S. Leamon, Elizabeth GefFen, Alex J. Fehr, Ralph S. Shay, chair- man. HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE A new face was added fo the staff of the Deprtment of His- tory and Political Science as the academic year opened in September. Dr. James S. Leamon replaced Mr. John H. Fritz who resigned during the early summer to assume a position at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Leamon received his graduate training at Brown University and had filled a one-year apoint- ment at Wortburg College in Iowa prior to coming to our campus. The offices of the department were moved during the summer from the Infirmary Building to South Hall where the staff has available a small classroom for conducting small classes and for holding conferences. This year the department offered several new courses in accordance with the recently-revised departmental curriculum. Among these were ancient history and medieval history, both taught by Dr. Leamon, and the year course in the history of the United States and Pennsylvania, taught by Dr. Geffen. The department ' s one-semester survey course in American and Penn- sylvania history became one of the new general college re- quirements. Dr. Richards of the Department of Philosophy and Religion aided the departmental staff by teaching the course in city government. Other innovations were the inauguration of an independent study program in political science and plans for the 1962-63 establishment of an honors section in American and Pennsyl- vania history. Several individual departmental achievements deserve recog- nition. Philadelphia Unitarionism, 1796 — 1861 by departmental staff member Dr. Geffen was published during the summer. Three students in the Source Problems in American History course wrote papers on separate periods of the history of the college to supplement two papers written last year. These papers will be of significant value as the college prepares for its centennial observance in 1966. The departmental committee for the campus observance of the Civil War Centennial, Dr. Geffen and Dr. Leamon assisted by departmental majors, arranged several displays in the library during the year. Over twenty students accompanied the history instructors to the Fifth Annual Civil War Conference at Gettysburg College in November. The theme of the Inter-Society Council dance, Southern Cotillion, held in the same month originated in the committee. The staff of the department attended a number of meetings of professional organizations during the course of the year. RALPH S. SHAY 22

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MUSIC The educational objectives of the Music Department are three-fold: to train artists and teachers, to teach music his- torically and aesthetically as an element of liberal culture, and to offer courses that give a thorough and practical under- standing of theoretical subjects. The curriculum offers leads to a Bachelor of Science degree with a ma|or in Music Ed- ucation. A recent major change v as made in the Music Education curriculum which incorporates additional academic course work. This was necessitated by a newly established policy by the Commonwealth ' s Department of Public Instruction which requires a minimum of sixty hours in general education courses for all future certified teachers. The Class of 1964 will, be the first group to be graduated under the new program. Although the intensified curriculum is extremely demanding, depart- mental majors are now provided with a more liberal ed- ucation along with the established standards of their pro- fessional preparation. In addition to its major offering, the department also pro- vides for a minor in music. College students of other major disciplines are encouraged to participate in the various musi- cal organizations, for which a maximum credit of eight se- mester hours may be counted toward their degrees. ROBERT W.SMITH Seated: Ma re i a M. Pick well, Mrs, Ruth E, Bender. Left to Riqht; Pierce A. Getz, James M. Thurmond, Alex- ander Crawford, Thomas A. Lanese, George D. Curfmon, William H. Fair lamb, Reynaldo Rovers, Robert W. Smith. Missing; D, Clark Carmeon, R. Porter Campbell, Harold Malsh, Frank E, Stachow, E. Joan Reeve, Linda L. vanSteenwyk, 24