Lindenwood University - Linden Leaves Yearbook (St Charles, MO)

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Faculty Miss tlonnoy Miss lfimns Miss Soo'r'r Dlx. TAINNICMANN Miss lhsmussicw MR. TnoMAs A new recording machine has been added to the speech department this year in order that students may notice and correct speech defects. The dramatic art, and stage- craft classes work in the Little Theatre mak- ing the entire scenery and stage settings. They present six performances a year. Two full length play productions presented by the department are open to every student. The courses offered in the speech department are many, ranging from radio speech to pan- tomime. Through these varied courses stu- dents learn poise, technique, delivery, and the use of body expression. Miss Mary Gordon, Miss Octavia Frees, and Miss Kath- leen Scott make up the speech faculty. The courses offered in the art department are many and varied. Among the most popu- lar are history of art and arts and crafts in which students design original Christmas cards, make symbolic stationery, and book plates in wood block. Other things which the students do in the many classes are stenciling, gesso work, heraldry and the making of family crests, and decorative panels in oil. The girls design their own dresses in costume design for the Nelly Don prizes. Dr. Alice Linnemann and lVliss Lillian Rasmussen are on the art faculty. The music school of Lindenwood College grants the Bachelor of Music degree in public school music, piano, violin, voice, and organ. Page IX

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Faculty Miss KARR Miss LEAR Miss ANDERSON Mlss TUCKER Misses Mary Lear and Lois Karr teach the physical sciences. Miss Karr also has courses in advanced mathematics. Contrary to the supposedly flighty character of femi- ninity, many students can he found each day in P1oemer's third-floor laboratories testing the facts of chemistry and physics. Practicability is one of the twentieth century's best contributions to the field of education. No longer is learning considered a luxury, glorified highest in its most, useless state. Thus, many students are interested in commercial work. The business faculty con- sists of Misses Lillian Allyn and Werdna Me- Kee, who teach the various phases of secre- tarial work. Page I7 Y Miss ALLYN Miss McKEE M ISS Srooum' Miss Rmcnam' A majority of Lindenwood students marry within two years after their graduation. Tl1e home economics department prepares students for this most important vocation of women. Teaching, dietetics, and costume design are also fields in which the home eco- nomics major is interested. Miss Ruth Ander- son teaches the foods division, Miss Ada Tucker, the clothing. Not unlike the ancient, Greeks, the twen- tieth century educated young woman must develop herself physically as well as mentally. The physical education department offers courses in all forms of sports and dancing. Misses Margaret Stookey and Marie Reichert are the teachers in this field.

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Faculty M ns. BunK1'rT M iss CoULsoN Miss ENoI,EHAR'r Mn, FRIICSS Miss CiIFISELM,-SN Miss lsmon Miss NVALKI-in Mr. John Thomas is director of tl1e schoolg he teaches piano as do Misses liva Englehart and Janet Coulson. Miss Coulson also has courses in advanced theory. Miss Gertrude Isidor, an artist on the violin, herself, in- structs in violin, theory, and history of music, she also conducts the college orchestra. The teachers of voice are Misses Pearl Walker, who has sung much in Europe and America, and Doris Gieselman, who directs the college choir. Mr. Paul Friess, a fine accompanist, himself, teaches organ. Mrs. Lois Manning Burkitt instructs in methods of teaching pub- lic school music, and supervises and criti- cizes music students' practice teaching in the St. Charles public schools. Page I 9 All Lindenwood College students regard- less of their courses gain an appreciation and knowledge of good music through the music recitals given during the year. Each faculty member gives one recital a year. All faculty members have studio recilals of their indi- vidual pupils. Also, student recitals are given every other Tuesday in Sibley chapel. liach candidate for a Bachelor of Music degree with a major in piano, voice, organ, or violin must. give a recital a year beginning her sophomore year. Thus, through the recitals the college in general enjoys the Work of the music school, and the music students gain poise in performing before an audience and make use of the technique learned in the school.