Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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LIBERU ARTS POROHOVSHIKOV, NiCOLASSEN, AVILES PeREZ THE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS could well be named the Cosmopolitan School because the course of study is in- tended to encourage especially the study of languages, an- cient and modern. Doctor George F. Nicolassen, dean of the school and one of the oldest members of the university fa- culty, has long been endeared to all students as Doctor Nick. Doctor Nicolassen, professor of ancient languages, di- rects his staff of language professors consisting of Profes- sor Pierre S. Porohovshikov, professor of French and Ger- man; Doctor Herman Gaertner, professor of German; and Doctor Luis Aviles Perez, professor of Spanish and Italian. Because of language requirements in other schools, all stu- dents of the university at one time or another come under the influence of this department. EDllfATIfli DR. HERMAN J. GAERTNER is dean of the School of Education which is both an undergraduate and a graduate school. A number of graduates from this school in Oglethorpe University as well as other colleges have entered the teaching profes- sion. Since much of the work is psycho- logical and humanistic, the dicipline of this school is a preparation for dealing with all forms of human contact sides of life work, as well as for the teaching pro- fession. Dr. Gaertner is professor of general psychology ; Dr. Thomas B. Mea- dows, educational psychology; Professor Hugh A. Woodward, orientation in edu- cation, secondary education and school and social order; Professor Morris J. Hard- wick, teaches in the extension school. Hardwick, Gaertner, Woodward

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2 , MoAAiAJUieU xicaLi A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina, Valedictorian and Medalist; A.M., P C. of S. C; Graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary; A.M., Princeton University; LL.D., Ohio Northern University; Litt.D., Presbyterian College of South Carolina; Pastor of Morganton (N. C.) Presbyterian Church; Vice-Presi- dent of Thornwell College for Orphans ; Author and Editor ; Founder and Editor of Westminster Magazine; Author of The Laic of the White Circle (novel) ; The Midnight Mummer (poems) ; Sinful Sadday (story for children) ; Life of Wdham Plumer Jacobs; The New Science and the Old Religion; Not Knowing Whither He Went; Islands of the Blest; Red Lanterns on St. Michael ' s. Editor of The Oglethorpe Book of Georgia Verse; Member Graduate Council of the National Alumni Association of Princeton University; President of the University.

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Wallace, Mosteller LITERATURE kU JflllRyLISM THE WORK in the School of Literature and Journalism is based upon two groups of courses, English major and Journalism major. The group of courses which centers in the study of English has the two-fold purpose of giving students command over the use of their own tongue in both speaking and writing, and of familiar- izing them with those aspects of English literature which are usually treated in undergraduate courses. Dean Leonard DeLong Wallace, Professor Pierre S. Porohovshikov, and Professor J. D. Mosteller teach the subjects in this group. The journalism group has been designed as a professional course for students of journalism who are expected to follow basic courses in literature, history, economics, political science, and sociology. Mr. Hines, of the Atlanta Constitutio i editorial staff, is the instructor in the Technique of Journalism. At- tached to the School of Literature and Journalism are courses in Bible and Mythology, taught by Dr. Nic- olassen; public speaking by Professor Mosteller, and radio and stage production by Professor Paul Carpenter, Jr. SflEiCE THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, under the direction of Dean J. A. Aldrich, is organ- ized to build a solid foundation for future work in such professions as agriculture, engineering, medicine and dentistry, and to prepare for industrial occupations not yet organized into professional groups. Besides giving their students practical work in the natural sciences, the professors of this school have done much to build a true pros- pective and its corollary, a sane judge- ment of relative values — attainments which are basic in any liberal culture. Dean Aid- rich is the professor of astronomy, mathe- matics, and physics; Professors Harding Hunt and David W. Davis, of biology; and Professor Harold L. Jones, of chemistry and geology. Hunt, Jones, Aldrich