Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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KANZA Department nf iHitsir WALTER McCRAY. This has been a very successful year for the Department of Music. Our en- rollment has Increased. Our organizations, including the glee clubs and the college orchestra, have shown a marked improvement over last year. Our Festival orchestra and chorus have increased in numbers and since students in the music department are required to participate in these organizations, the organizations themselves have been given an added strength. The students not only have the advantage of in- struction with teachers who are specialists in their particular lines, but have the opportunity of hearing such artists as John McCormack. Galli—Curci, Erika Morini and Anna Case, and of taking part in the Festival chorus and orchestra, which in themselves offer a great experience in a big community program. Page twenty-four

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Tfre 'KANZAJ I MSMSMSMSTSMSJSMSMSMSMSMSMSMSISMfl 2 3. Drjiartmpnt rtf fflathmatirs ani A Urti iflcrhauirs .1. A. G. SHIRK. M. S. This department is making progress each year in the number and character of courses offered. During the present year two new advanced courses. Differential Equations and Theory of Equations, have been given for the first time. The number of students majoring in Mathematics is much larger than in former years. This increase is very noticeable in the group which is preparing to teach Mathematics in junior high schools. Professor Brown has been added to the Mathe- matics faculty this year to supervise the work of Mathematics in the Senior high school. The seven other members of the department have been with the institution for periods of two to ten years, each. The Extension work in Mathematics is much larger than in past years, there being at present seven organized groups in various branches of mathematics. The enrollment in the applied courses is also larger than ever before. Con- siderable new material in this type of work has been added to provide adequate instruments for the classes in surveying and mechanical subjects. Page twenty-three

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KANZA ORIS 1 . DEDLINGER, I’ll. D. The direct application of biology to the solution of our social problems, gives a definite reason for the ever growing interest in this subject. Two groups of courses are arranged in the Department. One appeals directly to those students who desire a rather definite technical knowledge of the subject. The other group finds a response in a larger group of students who are primarily interested in the solution of some social problem, and are turning to Riology as the most promising place to find this solution. The Department, therefore, has a teaching staff of wide and varying interests, all with the special training necessary to do the work put upon them. The calls for courses both on the campus and in the field are always beyond the resources of the department, and the demand becomes greater each year. A special group of students in the Department that are doing a high grade of work are the pre-medics, young men and women who are here for two, three or four years to get the necessary prerequisite courses to take up medicine. Department of ffiinlngiral riettre Page twenty-five