Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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LA ENCINA THE FACULTY BODY of persons to whom are entrusted the gov- ernment and instruction of the college comprises the faculty, and Occidental possesses one of the strongest groups of academic minds in the field of higher education. The administration chooses teachers pri- marily to comprise the faculty of Occidental, not research men who are interested in teaching only as a side-line. A review of the current roster shows the high degree of excel- lency of the body. Of the fifty-seven members who are full- time instructors, the thirteen part-time professors, and the five graduate fellows, there are nineteen members of Phi Beta Kappa and six members of Sigma Xi, scientific honorary fra- ternity. Besides this thirty-three per cent eminence there are seven who are listed in Who ' s Who in America, and six in Who ' s Who in Science. Of the sixty actually engaged in teaching one class or more this year, there are eighteen Doctors of Philosophy, twenty- five Masters of Arts, and seventeen Bachelors of Arts. In- spiration for accomplishment in the student is the natural sequel to the activity of such instructors, and along with the stimulation from their accomplishments goes the intimate, personal relationship that a limited student body makes pos- sible. Faculty members are active in campus adjustment prob- lems as well as phases of teaching, and are organized in com- mittees treating problems of student conduct, student health, and inter-collegiate athletics. Twenty six

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LA ENCINA FACULTY CLUBS Under the presidency of Dr. E. E. Chandler the thirty- five members of the Faculty Men ' s Clubs have been furnished the informal recreation for which this one-year-old organi- zation was formed. With Dr. Arthur G. Coons as secretary and Fred F. McLain treasurer, the club furnished the faculty recreation hall in the college union. Mrs. W. W. Anderson, president; Mrs. J. H. Ballard, vice-president; and Mrs. Frank Smiley, secretary-treasurer, form the executive committee of the corresponding women ' s organization. The purely social nature of the club has mer- ited a monthly meeting of the women members of the fac- ulty, the wives of the professors, and the head residents of the various houses and dormitories. These meetings, however, have not been restricted to a feminine number, as the Faculty Men ' s Club is restricted to a bachelor number. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS A review of problems of college teaching has been the aim of the American Association,, of University Professors, an organization with a membership of nearly 6,500 teachers in 266 institutions. The local chapter is comprised of twenty- eight members, with Dr. Martin J. Stormzand, president, and Miss Ernestine Kinney, secretary. Twcnti seven