Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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' I ' i The Greeks had a word for it, but to those in Professor Yinger's Anthropolgy class it looks like a skull. 52650 ogy What is man's relation to his environment? l-low can he best deal with it? l-low has he developed from amoeba to homo sapiens? These and many other ques- tions are answered in the systematic study of Sociology. It is an investigation into the intricate problems of human relationships, normal and otherwise. A general study of Sociology provides the beginner with food for thought and leads to the study of more advanced courses which range from the homogeneous study of the family group to the more complex investiga- tion of society as a whole, including an objective analysis of criminals and the crimes they commit. With the state of world affairs revolutionized as it has been, the Sociology department has found it neces- necessary to include into its curricula a new course-the Sociology of Conflict. It deals with the ravages of war and the effects upon the conquered and the conquering. The social workers in the world neighborhood of tomor- row are now the students in this class. Ranking among the most popular courses offered at Wesleyan, that of Race Relations deals with the existing and potential problems of minority races and the way in which to handle them. Vitality is added to this already forceful course by the dynamic lectures of Professor Yinger. Dr. Sarvis and his lectures full of dry humor are familiar to every Soc. major

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,.... I-ull'--QFIHQII ... Tips Joe O'Rorke delves into a few small books to catch up on his collateral reading assignments. pmgdoyofty ln a world where nothing is certain and where absolutes are hard to find, it is necessary for one to have a personal philosophy. Professor Quillian's matter of fact attitude and his slight drawl put one immediately at ease in his classes where he tells of Epicurus and Berkely in twentieth century language. One can expect to be confused in his beginning classes, for the student is strictly on his own while Dr. Quillian explains the different schools of thought. Dual- ism battles with monism, naturalism with supernatur- alism, and realism with idealism in one's mind. But one is assured that all is not hopeless when he tells the student that everyone is a philosopher of sorts. Finally, the maelstrom resolves itself after days and wakeful nights of thinking, and one emerges with a strong and relatively unshakeable philosophy built by his own effort. After being indoctrinated in the beginning Philos- ophy courses, the student is ready to explore the meta- physical depths of the more advanced courses. The abstractions of Locke and Plato are brought down to earth with a study of the Ethics of Democracy and thought processes become organized as a result of a further knowledge of Logic. Philosophy is the science of CI rnan's soul and the definition of those elements which Separate him from the primordial beast. The lights begins to dawn for Joe as Dr. Quillian gives him a pointer 'Q--.-....