Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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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

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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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Davis Anderson Leskosky, Hunt, Patrick PHISICU EDUCATION THE TASK of the School of Physical Education, under Dean John William Patrick, is the training of the students enrolled in this school for positions as physical directors and coaches in other schools, colleges and universities, in Y. M. C. A ' s, and the Army; and the development of the bodies of all stu- dents of the University. With his associates, Professors Harding Hunt, David W. Davis, and Louis Leskosky, Dean Patrick directs his students through three groups of studies : exhaustive anatomical re- search and investigation, teaching methods, and the theory and practice of athletic games. In order to extend the benefits of organized athletic competition to all students of Oglethorpe University, instead of only to those who take part in intercollegiate competition, the Department of Physical Education sponsors the program of Intramural Athletics. The purpose of the intramural department is to encour- age every student to participate in some or all intramural sports, to provide facilities for this partici- pation, to organize and promote intramural competition, and to stand for fair play and true sports- manship. This program includes competive sports for every student on the campus — volleyball, basketball, baseball, badminton, tennis, fencing, shuffleboard, and archery. FIO UTS THE RESPONSIBILITY for the entire Art Department rests upon Professor James M. Springer, acting dean. The curriculum of the department has been divided into two classifications. One of these is designed to train students who intend to follow Commer- cial Art, and the other to give instructions in the fundamentals of the various fields of arts with an ultimate specialization in one particular field. Professor Springer, a graduate of the LTniversity of Tennessee and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, is widely known throughout Atlanta in art circles, and is President of the Artist Guild of Atlanta. Springer