Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Roy V. Magers The History and Political Science department of the coh lege is an outgrowth of two courses offered in 1891 by Miss Margaret Best. The courses were History of Civilization and English History. When Professor R. V. Magers became head of the department in 1912, courses in Sociology and Economics, as well as History, were offered under the one department. However, in 1921 these departments were divided. Now, in 1928, there are available for students as many as nine different courses each semester in the field of History and Political Science. The department’s objective is the inter ' pretation of the trend of history and the relation of its signifb cant episodes and movements, rather than the mere effort to familiarize students with facts. MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT Roy Vernon Magers, A.M., University of Chicago, Head of Department Neil H. Baxter, A.M., University of Chicago, Associate Professor of History Magers Baxter

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MODERN LANGUAGE The department of Modern Languages is one of the most recent departments to be added to the college curriculum. It was organized in 1916. As early as 1896, a course in Ger¬ man was offered by Professor Thomas G. Burt. It was Dean W. F. Sanders who definitely organized and developed the department until comprehensive courses were offered in Ger¬ man, French and Spanish. The department has grown until at present it has the second largest enrollment in the college. Each year the department endeavors to present to the public one evening of plays in these three foreign languages. Miriam E. Wilson MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT Walter Frederick Sanders, A.M., University of Chicago, Head of Department Miriam Elaine Wilson, A.M., University of Illinois, Acting Chairman Elsa Grueneberg, A.B., University of Missouri, Instructor in German Jeanette McElhiney, A.M., University of Kansas, Instructor in Spanish Ruth E. Rose, A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, Instructor in French Adolph Hermann, Bible Training Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, Instructor in German Henrietta Doltz, student assistant, Spanish Zelmira Biaggi, student assistant, Spanish McElhiney, Biaggi, Grueneberg, Hermann Rose, Doltz, Wilson, Sanders Page Z I

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PUBLIC SPEAKING DEPARTMENT The first courses in Public Speaking or elocution were offered in 1900 by Professor J. H. Lawrence in connection with the English department of the college. It was not until 1923 that these two departments became distinct divisions. The objective of the Public Speaking department now is to produce the most effective type of extemporaneous speaker. Park College enters heartily into intercollegiate debates, and state-wid e oratorical and extemporaneous speaking contests. The banner record in forensic history in the college has been scored in the last two years. In the past year alone the department has sponsored eight winning orations in various oratorical contests; one of these was the national championship in the Old Line contest. This year local debate teams were victors in nineteen out of twenty-three contests with other schools. Dr. F. W. Beers MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT Forrest William Beers, Ph.D., Ruskin University, Head of Department Forrest H. Rose, A.M., Ohio Wesleyan, Associate Professor and Debate Coach Beers Rose Page Z3