Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Department of Geography EULALIA E. ROSKBERRY. B. S. It is the aim of the Geography Department to make the scope of the work broad enough that the student may get an idea of the bigness, the value and the beauty of the subject; to make the work practical enough that it may enter into daily use; to make it interesting enough that it may become a habit. An attempt is made to so harmonize the individual with his physical and political environment that he may become a citizen capable of rational judgment and action. It is the desire to serve as many people as possible in as many ways as possible in the best manner pos- sible.

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Department of History and Social Sciences G. TROUT. A. B., A. M. The Department of History and Social Sciences comes to you with their annual message of greetings and good cheer. The past year has been one of the busiest and happiest of all our experience. We have had the largest enrollment in this Department in our history. We have also carried on very extensive extension work, and are glad that we were able to render this large service. A few new classes have been added to the work offered in this Depart- ment, but we have striven to develop and present in a more efficient way our old courses, rather than attempting with our limited faculty to offer additional courses. This is the day when it will be impossible for a person to regard himself as liberally educated without going pretty largely into the fielcT of History and the Social Sciences. Recognizing this fact, we are endeavoring to furnish those who enter this Institution such live, up-to- date History, Economics, Political Sciences and Sociology as will fully equip them to meet the tremendous social problems of the present hour, and also to qualify them to become a real efficient social force in the com- munity in which their lives are to be spent.

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Department of Music WALTER McCllAV Music has become a necessity in this country. In every vicinity music study is considered a part of our educational program. Many persons of musical training are adding to their earnings, in other vocations, by play- ing in theatres, leading bands, orchestras, singing and leading choirs. The Music Department of S. M. T. N. is giving music in the most practical way.