Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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(ddnc Hidh and Speech 'peed Notluy S. Maddox, Chairman Director, Tests and Measurements University of Illinois; B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University “But I can't think of a single idea for a theme. “I'm putting as much character as I can into this dead-body role, Mrs. Wenzel. “Do you understand the difference between Pope’s and Wordsworth’s concepts of Nature? Do these remarks remind you of days in English and drama classes? Monticcllo's Department of English and Speech has a widespread influence; everyone is exposed to English, and we all are familiar with work of the drama division. In English we read, we think, we write. When we come to college, our thoughts, intentions, and wishes arc likely to be confused, without any pattern. Through reading and discussions we arc helped to reason and think clearly. Critical guidance of our writing offers the very necessary training and practice in giving order and meaning to our thoughts. The second-year course is a survey of English literature from Beowulf to the present. Among the benefits which the department hopes to give each student arc a voracious appetite for reading, a competence in recognizing good literature, and a development of personal tastes and preferences which lead to special love for authors and works that widen intellectual horizons and deepen emotional responses. An interesting joint enterprise of the departments of English and history is a course called American Culture and Civilization. This offers American students extraordinary opportunities for intimate acquaintance with their country's contributions in literature, art, music, science, politics, religion, business, and other important fields. Each year the drama division selects plays illustrative of fantasy, modern realism, and historical influence. The stu-

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X cincjucicjes .» i Kathleen Dbxter Assistant Director of the Preparatory Division Latin B.A., Obcrlin College- possible into the commonplace, and, in the field of languages, Moncicello is trying to follow in their footsteps. Monticcllo's answer to the present problem of the impossible is the Language Lounge. These two words, taken separately, describe the dual purpose of this room. It is a place dedicated to the study of foreign languages— and the conditions of study arc completely in- Pauline Tewksbury Assistant in Residence Spanish B.A., Grinncll College; M. A., Columbia University formal. The room is equipped with easy chairs, a divan, pictures, posters, bulletin board, card table, radio and phonograph. Available, also, for use in the room is a recorder by means of which records may Ik- made of the students’ voices; this is a valuable aid in the detection and correction of errors in pronunication and intonation.

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an d +Speech Rodbrt C. Cosbey R. Felix Morrison Solvbio Winslow Wenzel B.A., M.A., Columbia Univcr- B.A., M.A.,Oxford University; Speech am! Drama sity Ph.D., University of Wisconsin B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., Yale University You arc a composite of the words you say, the hooks you read, the thoughts you think, the company you keep, and the ideals toward which you strive. Monticcllo's Department of English and Speech wants to place you in touch with the best that has been thought and said in the world.” Mary Louise Cameron Elizabeth Robertson B.S., M.A., University of Illi- B.A., Middlebury College; nois M.A., Mount Holyoke College dents handle every phase of making a line finished production. In classes the motto might well be, “Learn by doing.” Radio classes, and the drama club, arc all planned on this idea, and final exams, consisting of actual demonstrations, carry it through.