Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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English Department IRA G. WILSON, A. M. Our language is the vehicle of thought, the armory of the human mind, and the amber in which a thousand precious thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It shows a man at his best or at his worst. If one expresses his thoughts in a mean and slipshod way, it will be difficult for the thoughts themselves to escape being the same. Simplicity and truthfulness cannot long be maintained, when language becomes bombastic or highflown It behooves one to know somewhat of foreign language, but the prime thought must be given to his own. No man can show marks of refinement when using coarse language. Thoughts unex- pressed are not worth much. The law is: Impression first and then expression; but impression alone becomes worthless, “Thought is the blossom, language is the open bud, action the fruit behind it,” said Henry Ward Beecher. Beauties and fantasies, hopes and fears, are alike clothed in words that sink deep or lie on the surface; the genius of the framer may catch a glimpse in a happy moment of divination. Holmes says, “Language is a solemn thing; it grows out of life—out of its agonies and ecstasies, its wants and its wear- iness. Every language is a temple in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined. “And so on, go the thoughts of men, who though clothed in rags or in broadcloth, endeavor to reach the sub- limity of the soul.” © jtjf fi jirriiji jijf yrrrfTiriiiiiTirriirjT O 9 Twenty-eight

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 ,= Department of Methodology MRS. HATTIE MOORE-MITCHELL, Ph.B., A. M. Dean of Women. The office of Dean of Women is, in truth, a general utility department. In the person of the Dean’s secre- tary, Mrs. Inez Risk, every student finds a genuine friend any hour of the day. The enrichment of the courses offered by the Meth- odology Department permits Senior College students to carry work preparatory to the Normal Training courses carried in fully accredited High Schools of Kansas. 1 9 2 2,iiiliiiji!i!i{i!55 Twenty-seven

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 Department of Foreign Languages SAMUEL J. PEASE, M. A. A The Department of Foreign Language has at last outlined a comprehensive and workable arrangement of courses, at least in French and Spanish, making it possible for students to enter at al- most any time and continue their work with the minimum strain of adjustment. French and Spanish have entirely recovered from the post-war depression; German is fairly represented; while Latin, thanks to the demands from the fields, is showing great vitality, as indicated by ten correspondence enrollments, principally advanced, in college subjects. The French play this year is Musset’s proverbe, “On ne Badine Pas Avec l’Amour”, three of the principal parts being taken by Mrs. Henry Deruy and Messrs. Dubois and Prudhomme, all three born and educated in France. Last spring the Spanish students circulated the first issue of a newspaper called “El Clamor , with Charles A. Newcomer as editor. In all our work we are aiming not merely at a reading, writing and speaking knowledge of the language studied, but also at a fuller understanding of the principles of language and thought in general, with a sympathy for the point of view of our neighbors and a better understanding of our own enviroment. 0 rt s I i if i=t m if Twenty-nine