Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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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.

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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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Social cienccS The Social Sciences, which include history, government, economics, and sociology, have constituted an important part of the academic work of Monticello students. Although each of these courses is concerned with some form of human behavior, there is a definite difference between them. For example, sociology deals with the social life of man in its relation to natural environment, social heritage, the group, and heredity. Economics is concerned with the life of man in relation to the production and distribution of goods and services. In government the emphasis for study is placed upon American political institutions. The history classes make a survey of the European peoples, their progress and institutions. The purpose of sociology is to study human life in relation to various social processes and institutions. Emphasis Homhr F. Young, Chairman B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Harvard University; graduate-study, Washington University is placed upon community living, causes of social change, and culture as a social product. Communities and their problems, as well as social institutions and changes, arc also discussed in sociology. With material such as this, the student is provided with a basis on which to build an understanding of the current social problems. Various aspects of the wealth-getting and wealth-using activities of man arc considered in the study of economics. The student is given a survey of contemporary problems along with an outline of economic theory. As students become ready to take their places in society, it is necessary that they understand the leading forms of governmental institutions. They must also grasp the problems connected with these institutions. The course in government provides a foundation for the comprehension of United George Barr Carson B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago