Minot State University - Beaver Yearbook (Minot, ND)

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VENCE ELGIE, Acting Chairman MS, University of Oregon, Eugene Health and Physical Education Four tennis courts have been added to the facilities of the Division of Health and Physical Education. The courts located west of the practice football field were also used for in- tramurals this spring. Need for more space still exists in this division. Women's intramurals are curtailed because of lack of space. An arrangement with Ramstad Jun- ior High provided for .basketball and volleyball this fall. Ken Wiebolt, as director of men's intramurals, developed quite an ex- tensive program both in variety of activities and in recruiting partici- pants. With over 200 majors in this divi- sion there is no oversupplyg gradu- ates have no difficulties getting placement. There is more demand for women phy ed graduates than there is personnel to fill the positions. MSC athletic teams participate in the North Dakota College Athletic Conference. CNDCACJ. There are seven colleges in this group counting MSC. Kathleen McCann, Martha Mac- Iver, and Roger Bowles were new to the division this year. CLYDE Y. KIANG, Acting Head Librarian MA, Western Michigan Univer- sity, Kalamazoo Library Memorial Library is in the process of changing from the Dewey Decimal System to the Li- brary of Congress system of clas- sification. Primary reason for going to the Library of Congress classification is to reduce cost of processing books. More room in the library has been affected by microfilming back issues of newspapers. Current book acquisition rate of new titles is over 1,000 a year. The library has approximately 100,000 books and subscribes to over 1,000 periodicals. Xerox charges are among the cheapest in the country-5 cents a page at the MSC Memorial Li- brary. HAROLD G. ALESHIRE, Acting Chairman MS, University of Wisconsin, Madi- son Literature and Language The Spring English Conference ini- tiated April, 1967, and conducted by Dr. Edwin Sauer, Chicago, was con- tinued this spring. Dr. Edward Gor- don, Yale University, headed this spring's conference. Purpose of the spring conference was the helping of area high school teachers to do their best job in the teaching of English and composition. A major in German was approved for the fall of 1967. Joyce Zimmer- man was added to the German de- partment. The second man on theater is Gor- don Bangs. For the first time MSC has a technical director in theater. Manipulation of the technical facili- ties which make up the stage and staging of a production are under his supervision. Also this year Bangs and Gerilyn Tandberg planned and worked on an endeavor in chi1dren's theater. Don A. Koeneke, forensics director, emphasized variety in expanding the program and used a larger number of students in his program. Three teachers-Helen White, Dee Sundet and Judy Winje-worked on new methods in teaching Communica- tion 101 and 102. e Julianne Wallin replaced Floyd Fairweather on the humanities staff. Fairweather was on leave working on his doctorate at Syracuse University, New York. New to the division were Gordon Bangs, David Gresham, Linda Gresh- am and Don A. Koeneke.

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C. R. SCHWIEGER, Chairman, MA, Colorado State College, Greeley Fine and Applied Arts ART Kappa Pi Colony of the interna- tional art fraternity was established with 15 charter members at Minot State College last fall. The group prepared a local consti- tution. Requirements for member- ship are a B average plus 18 quarter hours of art courses completed with a B grade. However, membership Will also depend upon creative work in art. The art major at MSC is geared primarily to the teaching degree rathter than to professional develop- men . HOME EC In the home economics unit, two new kitchens, including a new dish- washer, were added in July. The home furnishings class took as its project the remodeling of the living center on the second floor of Old Main. They made new curtains and wall hangings, and recovered chairs as part of the improvement project. In order to get ideas for fur- ther home furnishing, the class took various trips to furniture and dra- pery stores and to private homes in Minot. Also in the home economics divi- sion, a child care nursery was oper- ated during winter quarter as part of a class activity. DALE D. ATWOOD, Chairman EdD, University of North Dakota Business Education The Division of Business con- stantly strives to keep abreast with technological advancements in the field of business. This year a new program in vocational edu- cation is being offered to qualify business education majors to serve as office education coordi- nators. Courses in data process- ing have also been added which will supplement all existing pro- grams offered. Former classrooms used by the Manpower Program on the fourth floor of Old Main have this year been utilized by the business divi- sion for office machine classes and thereby available facilitiesin their regular department have in- creased. WARREN G. ALLEN, Chairman PhD, University of North Dakota Education and Psychology A psychology major was added to the offerings of the Division of Edu- cation and Psychology. Student in- terest in the new major was evident in the increase in course enrollment. This is a single division but both elementary and secondary candidates take their work here. Approximately 80 to 85 per cent of MSC students take classes in this division. Admission to teacher education is now a formal process for each stu- dent. Cnce in teacher education each person is continually screened for retention. Criteria on which the potential teacher is screened are health, per- sonality, scholarship and professional aptitudes. Part of the job of teachers here is the observing of the student teach- ers in the various schools to which they have been assigned. At present there are over 200 ele- mentary education majors.

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. ,4sQHS i - f...,v-r JOHN A. STROHM, Chairman MA, Columbia University Teachers College, New York City Music Faculty of the music division gave individual and group recitals during the year. Manitoba, Bismarck and Minot State were the sites of these recitals. Howard Reitz, violin, Walter.I-Iart- man, pianog and Dr. Jerold Sundet, oboeg make up the Music Faculty Trio. Walter. Hartman and Mary Bradley appeared as a two-piano team. The all state chorus and band was continued this year. A 125-member band and a 200-member chorus gave concerts in February. Area high school students comprised these groups. Richard Gaarder, clinician, adjudi- cator and executive-secretary of the Wisconsin Music Educators National Conference, directed the chorus. Frank Pierson, director of band from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, directed the band for this all state meeting. Dr. Paul R. Swanson took over the Male Chorus, enlarged it, and made it more active. The MSC band under the direction of Dr. James J urrens preformed dur- ing half time at the Vikings-Colts game in Minneapolis October 22. PAUL D. LIEBY, Chairman PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Science Not quite on time but finally in mid-November the third floor of the Science building became a reality. It contains two big class- rooms, three large and many small labs. The labs are for chem- istry, geology and other advanced courses. Also on the third floor are some staff offices and a big stockroom. On the roof of the science building is an unequipped astronomical observatory. Dr. Pat Carney worked full time at research on Echino Cas- us, at parasite of mammals. Two students served as assistant re- searchers. Closed circuit TV served audi- torium classes and there was TV in five other classrooms. Science teachers have made and used a number of video tapes in their lectures. A 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and a 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. lab were necessary this year because the third floor was not ready on time. PAUL W. MORRISON, Chairman, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder Social Science Robert J. Connor was added to the Social Science Division in the law enforcement program. Approval of the law enforcement program is subject first to approval of the state legislature. If approved it will be eligible for federal funds. Need for more space exists in So- cial Science also. Classes for this di- vision would all normally meet on the first floor of the Administration Building. As it was, 4 or 5 classes met in Main and 9 classes were in the Science Building. Pi Gamma Mu, national honorary social science fraternity, received its charter and final approval in April. The Peace Garden Conference had its 16th annual meeting with Bran- gon College of Manitoba last Septem- er. Work was done on making federal grant requests in the study in Q11 poverty, C25 Indian affairs, C39 re- vision of the secondary curriculum in social science, and Q49 equipment in student and faculty scholarships.