Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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 Ermine Owen, A.M. McGee College, Fritz Krunmel, Turnverein. Chicago Normal. Qppartmpnt of tnyltsh The English Department of S. M. T. N. covers four years above the usual High School course. It is one of the strongest and most respected in the In- stitution. The samples of student work presented by its three teachers in their respective class rooms on last “Commemoration Day,” attest the interest felt for thorough work by bo h teachers and students of the department. «nnin

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Eulalia E. Roseberry State Manual Training Normal Kansas State Nor- mal. Special Work Chicago University JfepartuiMtt of Orography The courses in geography have been organized with a view of training teachers to teach of humanity rather than locality; relations rather than facts; why’s rather than where?’; the science rather than the subject matter; to give ability to master geographic environment rather than to be dominated by it. Parker says, “By geography, laws tendenciesand motives are understood. Through it we learn to be merciful in regard to human weakness, and to appreciate all efforts in the right direction.”

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 E. M. Wollank. M Academy of Knights, Branden burg, Prussia. University of Berlin. McKendree College. Department nf Hanguagea The Language Department offers adequate courses in Latin, German and French. The percentage of students enrolled increases from year to year. This term the classes are larger than usual. In Latin, the regulation classics, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, including those of the two-year Normal course, are studied. The German classes have been reading the works of Schiller, Goethe, and the modern authors. A course in “word analysis” has been added recently, which it is expected the High School section of the institution will take advantage of.