Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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FRANCIS C. LEHNER, Ph.D. Professor Chairman The Department of English, under the chairmanship of Dr. Francis C. Lehner, has instituted a number of changes to adapt to student interests and to develop a wider range of courses from which to choose. A course in Japanese American Literature is being taught by a newcomer to the Loras Campus, Mr- A. Imagawa. REV. KARL G. SCHROEDER, M.A. (Oxon) Professor ENGLISH V REV. DANIEL J. ROGERS, Ph D Associate Professor 24 | j V 1 t il . REV. CYRIL A. REILLY, PhD. Associate Professor

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I CORWIN A. HELLMER, M.S. Assistant Professor Chairman ENGINEERING Loras’ Department of Engineering is renowned for its flexible curriculum that provides for study in a wide range of engineering and engineering related fields. To further develop its potential, the department, for the first time, offered a Pre-professional Architect program this year. As evidenced by national urban renewal pro¬ grams, housing projects, and the general demand for newer and bigger structures, the face of the United States is changing. As a result, many architects are needed, and Loras is helping to meet this challenge. The new program is based on a solid liberal arts education until the end of the second or third year of study. Then the student transfers to an affiliated univer¬ sity to complete his architectural training. This format is like the other programs of pre-engineering which provides an engineering student with the opportunity to acquire the necessary background in mathematics, the physical sciences, and basic engineering courses, as well as other courses of interest. The Loras engineer¬ ing graduate has the technical as well as liberal arts background. The Department is making good use of one of Loras’ newest additions, the computer center. To engi¬ neering students, as well as students in the physical sciences and mathematics, a course in computer science is offered. DONALD I. MANOR. B.S. Pt.-tirne Instructor iliP 11 KENNETH O. SWITZER. M.S. Pt time Instructor 23

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CHRISTOPHER P. LONGCORE, M.A. Instructor AUGUSTIN K. I MAG AW A, M.A Pt.-time Instructor This course, being offered for the first time this year, has opened a new dimension to the department by emphasizing Western man’s indebtedness to Eastern culture. Another newcomer to the Loras campus, Miss Jean M. Patterson, has offered a course in Black Literature. This course, like the Japanese American course, has opened new vistas (no pun intended) to students by allowing them to witness the arts coming from all but overlooked parts of our society. The course in Twentieth Century British and Amer¬ ican Literature has been expanded to a four semester course divided by genres instead of chronologically. The course will take up the poem and fiction in one year and the drama and a seminar about the century as a whole during the second year. This year marks the final year in which seniors are required to fulfill their English major with a thesis. Oral comprehensives will be initiated in their stead in the coming year. THOMAS G. GOODMAN, M.A. Assistant Professor fEAN M. PATTERSON, M.A. Instructor DAVID G. NOVESHEN, M.A. Instructor MRS. MARY L. IMHOFF, B.A. Special Instructor