Morningside College - Sioux Yearbook (Sioux City, IA)

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Tnonxs C.xl.nlsRxvoon STIEPIIISNS A. ll.. M. D. Department of Biology The Department of Biology occupies the south end of the second floor of main hall. The Lecture room is provided with raised seats and accommodates about sixty students. The east Laboratory used by the beginning classes in lliology, and the XVest Laboratory used by the advanced classes are of equal di- mensions, well lighted by large south windows. and also provided with a system of gas and electrical illumination, which furnish sufficient light for work on cloudy afternoons. Connecting with the Wfest Laboratory are a store room, and a dark room in which are developed the various photographs and stereoptican plates used in class lecture work. lloth laboratories have efficient water supply, and also each laboratory is provided with forty small lockers. which are assigned to the indi- viduals doing work in the laboratory. The equipment of the laboratory consists of some twenty-live hand lens, twenty-one compound microscopes. a rotary microtone, an incubator. a complete outfit of stains and reagents for the historical work. During the p1'esent year the lecture room has been furnished with a modern projection lantern, and an opaque screen, so that no matter how bright they burn, the room can be made sufficiently dark for the etiective use of the stereoptican slides to illustrate and bring out different parts of the lecture. In the past although the work in general has not been much handicapped by the lack of apparatus it is hoped that by another year the convenience of an aquarium and a Lillie parafiin both may be added to the equipment. Between the two laboratories at the end of the main corridor is the office and department library. This library is merely a nucleus of what the department hopes to have in the next few years. At present there are only some one hundred books on its shelves, but they are all up to date, and if the demand for books by students of the department are any sign as to the interest taken in this line of work, it is safe to say that the promoters of The Science of Life have reason to be much encouraged.

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Department of Mathematics - V In a great many ways the departments of mathematics of all colleges are ' similar. In fact we could say that all departments of mathematics both in colleges and universities are in several ways alike. The subject matter may be taught differently but it is always the same matter that is taught. The absolute necessities in acquiring mathematical knowledge anywhere is something to study and time to study it, the presence of a teacher is for the pur- pose of guiding the student and making greater progress possible. Thus it is easy to see that all departments of mathematics must have a room provided with seats, table and blackboard. VVhere departments can differ is in the character of the instruction, library and geometrical figures. Room 109 in Morningside college is at present mathematical headquarters, and like all the other rooms is a fine place in an excellent building. The room is not sufficient however, and other rooms are being constantly used. The depart- ment has just recently purchased about seventy-tive volumes of the best reference hooks in mathematics that exist. This is a great step in advance, for now it is possible for a student who majors in mathematics to have access to the same books that he would have if he was attending any of our leading universities. This in- cludes not only texts on pure mathematics but in applied mathematics as well. It is unnecessary to state that this library is perfectly modern in every particular. The number of major students in the mathematical departments of all schools is small in comparison to the number in the gthef departnqentg, This is because a very small per cent. of students have a natural liking for the subject. I All of the students who have graduated in the department have made marked success. Mr.. Ralph E. Root is now 'a member of the faculty of Iowa State University and Miss Martha Macdonald holds a scholarship for the comingnyear the same place. At present there is one major student in the department, Miss l3ridenbaugh, -who will graduate in OQ,' But everything indicates that with the facilities we now have the number of major students will greatly increase. ROBERT VAN Houma, PII. B.

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Department of Chemistry The department occupies the greater part of the west wing, first floor of College Hall. There are two well lighted and thoroughly ventilated laboratories equipped with modern conveniences and appliances. The lecture room which accomodates sixty students is well adapted to experimental lectures and can be darkened for stereoptican work. The store room is stocked with such apparatus and chemicals as are necessary for general under-graduate courses. The acids are kept in bulk in a room in the basement. The balance room has five delicate bal- ances and several for less accurate weighing. The office serves the double pur- pose of private laboratory of the professor in charge and is excellently equipped with modern conveniences and apparatus for general work and also the library which contains over five hundred valuable works on Chemistry. The following courses are offered: General Inorganic Chemistry, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Organic, I'hysical, Physiological, Industrial, Sanitary and Applied Chemistry, together with a number of courses in special analytical work such as water, food, gas, etc. Since the founding of the department in 1900 there have been three professors in Chin-ge, Dr. A. N. Cook, 1900 to 1904: Prof. XV. Lee Lewis, 1904 to 1906, and Prof. Wlilfred NN. Scott. the present head of the department. This year there are two assistants, Mr. UI. S. VVendel and Nr. T. Ct Anderson. Since 1900 over three hundred and fifty students have taken work in Chemistry here. Of this 16 enrollment of fifty-five this year is the highest in the history of the department. g ot only because it disciplines the mind as few courses can in independent and A course in Chemistry is importan , I1 . 1 . - ' ' vfsarv for the intelli ent study of the other n'1tur'1l sciences. lt is honest observation of phenomena., but because it is ncces C I S ' f . . - - ' ' at are in most common use in the arts and in every day life. lt deals an intensely practical subject for it deals with things th I f fundamental and by means of which even more complex phenomena must be interpreted. l vith the material side of our civilization. X'VlI.FRlCll h'Vlil.lJ.XY Sc'o'r'r, A. M. number eighteen were major students. Tl with facts and theories that are Chemistry is necessary to put us in touci y