Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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Language Department Paul John Cooke Chairman, Department of Foreign Lew ua es A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois At Monticcllo two years of French anil Spanish arc offered, and in Spanish two additional advanced courses are provided: Conversation and Spanish Literature. Spanish Literature enables the student to become acquainted with the language as well as the literature, the culture, and the history of Spain. Students are provided with a language lounge which is available at all times in order to help them practice their conversation and add to their understanding of the Spanish and French peoples. Here arc many records of native songs and bookshelves filled with novels, dictionaries, and reference books. Colorful sombreros and travel posters decorate the walls. French and Spanish weekly newspapers are always on hand so that the student may keep abreast of recent developments and trends of thought in these countries. Channing MacFadon B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Minnesota Eleanor Stubbs Perry A.B., College of Emporia Herbert A. Woodbury A.B., Harvard College

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Physical Education Department Winiired Morrison Chairman, Depart me nr of Physical Education B.S., Kansas City Teachers College It is a recognized fact that a sound body should accompany a sound mind, and for this reason every girl at Monticello participates in the Physical Education program. The ideals of companionship, fair play, and sportsmanship are emphasized as a part of good living and good playing. The year is divided into three sport seasons. The sports offered include archery, badminton, basketball, fencing, golf, hockey, swimming, life-saving, riding, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Each girl is allowed to select her favorite although it is required that one be a team sport. A voluntary sports program is offered after school, and from the two hundred girls who participated were chosen the various teams which represented Monticello at the play days here on our own campus or at other colleges. Special events of the year were the Monticello Horse Show, the Marlin Pageant and the Sports Banquets. Maxine Miller A.B., MacMurray College; M.A., North- John H. Thomas western University Rielin£ Jane Morrison B.S., Slippery Rock State Teachers College Louise Walraven B.S., Mary Washington College

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Social Science Department Homer F. Young Chairman, Depart went of Social Sciences B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Harvard University Social science deals with the origin of human society and social phenomena; the progress of civilization and its laws. In an age when this study may determine the policies of a new world, its practical as well as technical points arc of unmeasurable value. At Monticello the department is composed as follows: history, sociology, government, economics and geography. History may be defined as all that man has ever done or thought or said. The classes in modem European history arc made up mostly of juniors. Here the evolution of thought is discussed from medieval times to the present day. Sociology concerns man in relation to his own social surroundings. Problems of society, the home, the school, and the community, in terms of the individual are examined bv the Sociology classes. The study of government and economics gives the student an opportunity to prepare herself for correct political thinking. The physical surface of the earth, with its peoples, animals and products, is examined in the geography classes. The International Relations Club is sponsored by Homer Young, chairman of the social science department. C. Warren Griffiths A. B., Col lege of Wooster; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; L. Margaret Gall Robert G. Schmidt M.A., University of A.B., Davis-Elkins A.B., Illinois College; Wisconsin; Ph.D., College; M.A., West M.A., Harvard Uni-Univcrsity of Chicago Virginia University versity