Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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yjatu. ra is. ctenced Chemistry, physics, oology, botany, biology, and mathematics make up the science courses offered at Monticello. They arc planned to give the student an appreciation of the contribution of science to our modern life, a comprehension of the fundamental laws of nature, and experience in applying the scientific method of thinking to concrete situations. The students who are taking botany and oology arc shown movies and slides which illustrate what they are-studying in their classrooms and laboratory periods. At all times, experiments, such as raising plants in chemicals and water, are carried on in the laboratories. A special feature of the oology and botany laboratory is a turtle, George, who is so friendly that he is often found under foot. The students who like hiking particularly enjoy the field trips over the beautiful campus. Exploring the 350 acres of campus is a great deal of fun. The oology classes find the Godfrey pond one of the most interesting places to investigate. Lucretia Cressey, Chairman B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Columbia University; graduate study, University of Chicago With their nets and bottles in hand, the girls plunge into the pond and come out with all types of water life. The botany class deck themselves in their jeans” and run to the nearest tree for a choice leaf. Becoming a member of one of these classes is an excellent way to sec the campus. A trip to the zoo and the orchid display arc only two of the fascinating places St. Louis offers to science students. The girls travel in the school bus and look forward to a wonderful and woi thwhile trip. If it is a little of both zoology and botany that a student wants, then the general biology course offers it. The Chemistry Department is no less interesting and enjoyable. A first year general chemistry course is offered for those students who arc beginning chemistry. This course is designed to acquaint the average student with some of the common chemical processes, as well as provide a beginning course in science for those students who intend to use science Louise Elizabeth Gulick Biology B.A., M.A., University of Illinois

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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.

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ru IS. cienceS Alice H. Morrison Chemistry B.A., M.A., Mount Holyoke College; graduate study, University of Wisconsin Rutii Watkins Chemistry B. A., Vassar College Charles J. Libnert Mathematics, Biology B.Ed., Southern Illinois State Normal University; M.S., University of Illinois; graduate study, Washington University as a basis for their vocational work. Some study of foods and drugs is made in this course. On occasion, trips arc made to near In-analytical laboratories. For the more advanced students who wish to become chemists, analytical and organic chemistry provide training for those who wish to be laboratory technicians, bacteriologists, nurses, or dietitians. A visitor coming to one of these classes would be impressed by the elaborate apparatus used. The equipment has been supplemented In-many new additions during the last year or so.