Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Seated: Celestia A. Meister, F. Earl Ward, Department Head, Margaret Maclnnesg stand- ing: Wm. Lawrence Thompson, Douglas C. Stenerson, Janet Ross, Raymond A. Stassen and Howard F. Huelster. There is nothing quite so disillusioning as taking Fresh- man English. One soon discov- ers that letter writing and essay writing are not the same thing. Not only is punctuation and spelling questioned and torn apart, but ideas and concepts are very often completely over- hauled and reformulated. Ad- vanced English courses are aimed at making the student read with greater discrimina- tion and understanding. This is achieved by pages and pages of reading, classroom discus- sion, papers, and more read- ing. 'What does a student get out of courses from Mac's Eng- lish Department? He knows how to properly footnote a term paper, his 'Kpersonal li- brary grows and grows, as does his bill at the bookstore, and he becomes adept at ex- pressing himself clearly. extremely U ' H english Pictured in an unusually neat part of the English oFl'ice are Roger Blakely, Ray F. Livingston and Thomas A. Nelson. Not shown is John A. Sweetser III.

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To be a secondary education teacher includes some unique experiences. First ol' all, you have to take some gruelling courses, understand your- sell ' and be a second Bob Hope, Paul Tillich and Albert liinstein. Alter obtaining these attributes and becoming a master ol' knowledge in your own .field comes the glorious chance or the 'try-out' period Qmore commonly known as practice teach- ingj. You laithlully examine minutely the short, hundred-page pamphlet, 'iRequirements lor Practice Teachers in Secondary Education and gasp with great alarm, HI don't even know what isight-saving' is! Ready or not, you trudge gayly but apprehensively out to your school Qexpecting all the juvenile delin- quents in St. Paul to be waiting for youj and begin your practice teach- ing. Usually you hnd that most of your students are very lunnan and not really Marlon Brandos in disguise. Things progress quite well, despite your nervousness, until D-Day QDie- renfield Dayj. This is the day that Dr. Richard Dierenheld comes to ob- serve you in action. Today is also the day your students decide that chaos should be king and discipline is a concept you fleetingly wish was banned in the United States. You survive the whole experience and finally sign a contract. And Mac- alester is proud to send out another teacher with an excellent background gained from a hne department. Education student Avis deMc1agd discusses theory Arnold Holtz. K, sg L 4-.. :L . Q WSI .1 Q-L, deg, ..- Mr. Allison and Professor Richard Dierenfield are reviewing the NEA History with Professor J. Albert Palmer. with Professor i iff:- ' T 'f ? , '.f .f:2::':-''?lT'f-5'7f1 fq1 -.1-'-3 ':.., ' -. :-f.fw2f23ts'seaG slr' ' ' ' bw' -ax +5 '57Ii' 'KSN . A l . 5 -. fl -1.-.v.-'L-'- f' -f 5 -Q'-g '-'- - -I ,1' - L-l?ii - ' f- - 1:-:wa f ...I -,-.1 v.. -. xzl-. I f ...,, i TT. 21

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The main object of the Hu- manities program is to intro- duce the student to the great masterpieces of world litera- ture and to provide him with a comprehensive view of the breadth and depth of our liter- ary heritage. The courses are organized to illustrate world cultures and movements, so that the epoch-making works selected for careful study may be understood in context. Faculty members who teach Humanities are: standing, Borghild K. Sundheim, Wm. Law- rence Thompson, Douglas C. Stenerson, Margaret Maclnnesp Seated Anne H. Blegen, Georgianna P. Palmer and Evelyn Albinson. media of understanding in fwcwwzew HMG iiigmbnvwtf Y my we my vaawj Ivan Burg and A. Phillips Beedon, Head of Journalism Department, are observing a news worthy event. To provide an intelligent comprehension of the role of the newspaper as a social in- stitution, to build a certan professional competence in the basic essentials of journalism and to develop good citizens are the goals of the journalism Department. Students taking journalism spend a great deal of time Working as staff mem- bers of THE MAC WEEKLY. 23