Piedmont College - Yonahian Yearbook (Demorest, GA)

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education department The division of Education is primarily concerned with courses and programs leading to a teaching certificate in Elementary and Secondary Education. The courses cover a wide range of subjects from art to media, and psychology to student teaching. Piedmont is known throughout the south for its excellent education curricu- lum and qualified teachers. More than 50 percent of public school teachers in Northeast Georgia received their teacher preparation at Piedmont College. Dr. John C. Cragg arrived as the Head of the Elementary Education Department this year. Dr. Cragg is from Clayton Georgia. He is a gradu- ate of Piedmont College. He re- ceived his Masters in Education from Emory University and his Doc- torate from the University of Geor- gia. Dr. Cragg has been a principal in various schools throughout the state for about 30 years. His special interests are sports, reading, boating and fishing. Dr. Mary C. Lane is the Head of the Secondary Education Department. Dr. Lane ' s home state is New York. She earned her Masters and Docto- rate in Education from the University of South- ern California. She has a wide range of interests in- cluding Biblical Litera- ture and History, Classi- cal Languages, and Archaeology. Dr. Lane spent 30 years in the Women ' s Army Corps and retired with the rank of Colonel. She is also the Dean of Women at Pied- mont and has done an ex- cellent job. 20

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department of business administration The Department of Business presently offers a major in Business Administration and Ac- counting. Upon graduation the student is a candidate for a wide range of business and ac- counting opportunities. It is hoped that in the future a minor can be offered in Economics. Jolin Chilas is originally from Athens. Greece. He re- ceived his Masters Degree from West Michigan. Mr. Chilas is now working on his Ph.D. from the University oi New Mexico. He and his wife Helen enjoy writing, re- search and going on picnics. Clarence Ro- land Duncan is a native of Ala- bama. He has ,1 Masters in Business Ad- ministration from Jackson- ville State Uni- versity. Mr. Duncan is 35 years old and his wife. |o i e, is the college nurse. Thej have two chil- dren Gina, age 10 and Chip, age 7. Mr. Dun- can ' s special interests are wood working and fishing. 19

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english department Piedmont has three well qualified English Professors. Mrs. Martha Sikes teaches Speech and the required English courses but is most interested in French. At the present the English Department has 15 majors. The subjects offered range from remedial English, and Advanced Grammar to a wide variety of literature courses including Shakespeare, Romantic Literature, and Literature of the South. Dr. Marion C. Hodge Jr. is a native of Tennessee and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. He is 29 years old and his wife ' s name is Betsy. Dr. Hodge ' s special interests include baseball, basket- ball, chess, astronomy and Anthropology. Dr. David L. Greene re- cently received his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is origi- nally from Florida. Dr. Greene was married in November 1974, to the former Betty Johnson. He is best known for his scar- let sweater. He is also the Head of Piedmont ' s Hu- manities Division. 21