Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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t JAMES A. WHITE, Ph.D. Associate Professor REV. JOSEPH SIMON, M.A. Pt. Time Instructor RICHARD II PANTED, M.A Instructor RUDOLPH L. DANIELS, M.A. Instructor THOMAS W. HURM, M.A. Assistant Professor

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THOMAS E. AUGE, Ph.D. Professor Chairman On the office door of Dr. Thomas Auge, the chair¬ man of the History Department, is a sign which reads: “It takes love to be a good teacher!” This “love” and concern for the students has been part of the fine Loras History Department for some time now. The Department is very active in the Tri-College Co-opera¬ tive Effort, and a considerable number of professor ex¬ changes and cross registration have taken place. This year there are two new Department members: Mr. R. Daniels, who is teaching Russian History while working on his Ph.D. Fr. J. Simon from Divine Word Seminary, is teaching Black Cultural History. Also this year, the Department began offering a remedial course in Freshman History for Freshmen who need the extra bits of help. The Department makes a great contribu¬ tion to Loras by continuing to add new historical works to the library. The whole attitude of the Loras History Department was typified by Dr. Auge, who, when asked if he had any special comments about the Department said, “The students are marvelous!” 26 RICHARD G . BALF.E, Ph D. Associate Professor i

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REV. LOUIS E. ERNSDORFF, M.S. Professor MATHEMATICS CLETUS E. JANIKOWSKI, M.S. Assistant Professor Pi B 2 might be the motto for some Math Depart¬ ments but not for the quickly evolving department here at Loras. As explained by Mr. Lawrence A. Hart, the newly installed chairman of the department, “Our motto and aim is to help fulfill the needs of the students and to help them advance regardless of discipline ’ The department sees the need for change and moderniza¬ tion, “therefore goals and aims must switch periodical¬ ly”. This is done not only by installation of a new chairman, but also by revising the standards for the students; the thesis has been discontinued and replaced by the comprehensive exam. The use of the computer center here at Loras has come into large play by the Math Department also. The Mathematics Department has not suffered a large turnover in members this year, but has been able to devote much of its time to intensification of the course materials offered, and to work on research. Dr. Zill had an article published in Mathematics of Compu¬ tation entitled, “Symmetric Elliptic Integrals of the Third Kind”. The topic of the Consortium is always an interesting one on the Loras campus. Figures were not available as to the exact number of students involved in the Math exchange, however Mr. Hart stated that, “The Con¬ sortium makes available to the student, more Math education and computer science related courses than ever before. REV. JOHN C. FRIEDELL, Ph.D. Associate Professor DENNIS G. ZILL, Ph.D. Assistant Professor LAWRENCE A. HART, M.S. Assoc iate Professor Chairman 28