Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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drum. Other instructors in the new depart ' ment are Mrs. J. P. Wynn, Miss Ottie Craddock, Miss Zeta Bellamy, Miss Olive Parmenter, and Mr. Christy Snead. The two ' fold purpose of the Business Education Department is to train business teachers for positions in the state high schools and to prepare four ' year girls not interested in teaching for higher positions in business administration. There is an ad- ditional two ' year course in which students may receive a certificate that will qualify them for a general clerical or stenographic position. MUSIC AND ART % I HE director of music and the college choir is Alfred H. Strick, with Mrs. Mary Bradshaw as assistant. An elective course in the general appre- ciation of music for advanced students is taught by Mr. Strick. There is a music appreciation course, which is the study of instruments and early folk music. A con- tinuation of this course is the study of early church music and the beginning of the opera, oratoria, and suite. A course in choral and orchestral con- ducting is offered, and students desiring to elect orchestra must play a simple com- position for the director of the orchestra. This is also true of the choral club. A choir of forty voices is selected from this club to do advanced work in choral singing. Mrs. Bradshaw teaches a course in group singing, which is a general background for music education through vital experience. A course in elements of music is offered; also a course designed to help with music problems in lower grades, upper elementary grades, and junior and senior high school. She gives two courses in elementary har- mony, in which a study of scales, keys, chords, and harmoni7;ation of original and given melodies is made. Applied Music in- cludes courses in elementary and advanced piano, elementary and advanced voice, class voice, and introductory viohn. Under the direction of Miss Virginia Bedford, assisted by Mrs. Janice Lemen, is the Department of Fine and Applied Arts. This department offers an elementary sur- vey course in art which includes weaving, city planning, architecture, painting, and book binding. An art major or anyone par- ticularly interested may take an entire quar- ter of lettering and poster design, clay modelling and pottery, drawings, handi- crafts, drawing in chalk, or architecture and sculpture. For advanced students a course in art with reference to kindergarten and elemen- tary grades is offered; also there is an ad- vanced class in crafts and color and design. Miss Bedford teaches a course in methods of teaching and supervising art in elemen- tary and secondary schools. There is a course in art appreciation, which is a survey course of painting, sculpture, and architec- ture of different countries.

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are offered — one, a course tor beginners in ' eluding the history, preparation, and pnjp- erties of the more impcjrtant elements and their compounds; another, a course for ad ' vanced students. Organic and physiologi ' cal chemistry and quantitative and quali ' tative analysis also come under the general head of chemistry. Two courses in physics are taught — one, for beginners and the other for more advanced students. A course in household physics based on the needs of students of home economics is also offered. Miss Elizabeth Burger is an assistant of all courses in general science. Beside the general science course, a course in the teaching of high school science, which is a study of the aims and methods of teaching secondary school science, and a course in science for the elementary teacher includ ' ing the interrelationships of the sciences, are offered. Miss Edith Stevens is acting professor of biology while Mr. George W. Jeffers is on a leave of absence. Mr. Paul Davisson is an assistant professor in this department. There are courses for beginners in general biology, which is a course in the general principles of biology, a survey of the animal kingdom, the human body, and the plant kingdom, and one for advanced students in general biology. The subjects, botany, z,ool ' ogy, human physiology and genetics, are also offered. A full course is offered in mathematics, which includes algebra, trigonometry, plane, analytical, solid geometry, and cal ' cuius. These subjects are taught under the direction of Miss Carrie B. Taliaferro. In cooperation with the commercial depart- ment Miss Lila London teaches a course in commercial arithmetic as well as a course in elementary mathematics for the students majoring in elementary education. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Wh, -EAD of the Physical Education Department, Miss Mary Barlow teaches all classes for corrective exercises and those in health education. Under her direction is the class in elementary physical education required in the training of ele- mentary teachers. Miss Olive T. Her, associate professor, is in charge of all seasonal sports — hockey, basketball, volley ball, badminton, tennis, and archery. Those preparing to teach in the high school are required to take the class in the teaching of Physical Education in the Secondary Schools. Under the super- vision of Miss Emily Kauzlaurich are all classes in rhythm and dance. Students are offered tap dancing, fundamentals of mod- ern dance, and composition. Social dance is also included in the schedule. Escorts are obtained from the Hampden-Sydney V-12 unit. In addition. Miss Kauzlaurich teaches freshman physical education and classes in body mechanics. A newcomer in this de- partment is Miss Mary Dabney, who is in charge of all swimming classes. BUSINESS EDUCATION ORGANIZED in the school year 1939-40, the Business Education De- partment has grown rapidly. Indication of its growth is evident in the size of the teach- ing staff, headed by Mr. I lerle L. Lan-

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An elementary course in mechanical drawing and draitsmanship is taught by Miss Bedford. Cooperatively, Miss Bed- ford, Miss Camper, and Miss Hall teach Practical Arts Educaticjn, which is a study of industrial, economic, and aesthetic fea ' tures of community life. GEOGRAPHY %)r ITH a dual purpose in war time, the Geography Department strives not only to offer the student courses involv ' ing man ' s relationship to his environment, but to make the student conscious of geo- graphical influences on the war in its vari- ous theatres of operation. Under the direction of Miss Grace Moran and Miss Frances Waters, survey and more specific courses include all areas of the world. Special emphasis, however, is put upon the geography of current prob- lems. LANGUAGES T JLHE Language Department consists of courses in Latin, French, and Spanish. These departments are under the direction of Miss Minnie V. Rice, Miss Helen Draper, and Miss Emily Barksdale respectively. The wrjrk of the Latin Dqjartment is primarily to prepare teachers of Latin for the high schofjls of the State. Besides the study fjf syntax and ajmposition, interest ' inf; classes are taught f jn such famous works as Virgil ' s Aendd, Cicero ' s Orations and Essays, Ovid ' s Metamor phases, and Livy ' s Roman History. Still another course takes up a study of Latin Lyrics and their influ- ence upon modern writers. In the French classes opportunity is given to learn a great deal about French history, civiliziation, and culture, and to read some of the best of contemporary and 19th cen- tury French Literature. After the students have mastered their grammar sufficiently, they may take a course in oral French and phonetics in which they practice with rec- ords and are then allowed to make their own records. A timely war course of vital interest and importance has recently been added. The beginners in Spanish learn about Puerto Rico and Mexico as well as have drills in vocabulary, idioms and grammar. As they advance, a study of Latin Ameri- can life and culture and of contemporary ' Spanish writers is offered. Composition, conversation, and oral and written reports in Spanish are also included in these courses. For our Latin- American students on cam- pus, Spanish and Spanish-American Htera- ture courses are taught. The study of cur-