Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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language riopnrl men I Paul |oiin Cookk Chairman Department of Foreign f.angttage.t A.B., A.M., Ph.I)., University of Illinois In this department two years ol French and Spanish are 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. To provide the student with the opportunity of practicing conversation in ITench and Spanish and of learning about the French and Spanish jieoples, a special room known as the Language Lounge is provided. Each student is encouraged to visit this lounge to listen to the many records of native songs or to read the I'rcnch and Spanish newspapers available in the lounge. Novels, dictionaries, and reference hooks can also be found in this gaily decorated room. ClIANNING jMacFadon B.A., University of Michigan: M.A., University of Minnesota Jacquki.ink Mosciikuosch Sorbonne; Wells College: University ol Mexico; M.A., Mid-dlebury IIkrbkkt A. Wood n i' uv A.B., Harvard College

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englisli ie|Kirliiient Rt'BY C 1.0YD A.B., Transylvania College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University Every Monlicello student studies English, and each student is given the op|)ortunity oI learning how to read with appreciation and how to express her thoughts creatively both in oral and written exposition. Pirst year students arc placed in an English composition course which teaches them to write correctly and expressively. They arc also acquainted with several contemporary novels, short stories, essays, plays, and poems. A course in Biblical literature is offered covering both the Old and New 't estaments of the King James Version, which is treated not from a theological point of view, but rather as a cultural heritage of English speaking people. English literature, a course open to seniors only, is a study of classical literature from the eighth century to the present. One of the more advanced courses in the English Department is American literature combined with American history, known as A.C. and C. (American Culture and Civilization.) JonS SCHWKITZKR A.B., Westminster College; M.A., University ol Chicago Nancy Walthall B.S., M.S., Kansas State College P LORKNCK WOLLERMAN A.B., Illinois College; M.A., University of Illinois

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£££ visual arts ilopartiueut Helen F. Patton Chairman Department of J i.tual Arts B.S., George Peabody College lor Teachers; M.A., University of Chicago 7 ■ The objective of the art department is to develop in the student an understanding and an appreciation in the visual arts and to institute a sound foundation for achievement in the line or applied arts. Practicing artists comprise the stall'. With the advantage of large anti well equipped studios and small classes, every member of the class receives a maximum of individual instruction in her personal creative efforts. An important and valuable course in the art department is Art History, consisting of an introduction to art in various civilizations and their contributions to contemporary forms. Students are offered a course in sculpturing which includes modeling in clay, life studies, carving in wood anti stone, ceramic sculpture, and pottery. Practical courses in drawing and painting undertake still life, landscape and life studies. Courses in basic design, interior decoration, and commercial art are also provided. Traveling exhibitions and displays of student work are shown throughout (he year. . 'I j f ' . ■ ' 7 cy V y IIillis Arnold B.A., University of Minnesota; graduate study, Minneapolis School of Arts r Karen Oilman B.A., M.A., Colorado College William Kennedy B.A., John Herron Art School; graduate study at Art Institute of Chicago and University of Wisconsin W. Vladimir Rousseff Bulgarian National Gymnasium; L’Kcole de I'Assomption; Art Institute of Chicago 1