Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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EDUCATION H. C. PRYOR. PH. D. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT During the past year the Department of Education has developed along several lines. Rural Education has become more closely associated with it making possible more effective co-operation in the training of a’l types of teachers. The Bureau of Research has been affiliated with the department and is helping to unify and make more practical the work in measurements. Graduate work is offered with a major in education. This makes it possible to train not only better classroom teachers but also better supervisors and administrators. The curricula for kindergarten-primary, intermediate and rural teachers have been organized. A four-year curriculum leading to a de- gree in elementary education has been prepared. Definite sequences of graduate courses have been provided for elementary and high school teachers, supervisors and administrators. The staff has been increased to meet the demands placed upon it. Several of the former members have secured further graduate training and the new additions are all well trained for their work. All of these changes enable us to look forward with greater con- fidence to the task of training teachers to meet the demand of a chang- ing civilization. PAGE 32

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COMMERCE W. S. LYERLA. A. M. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Alumni and former students who have not visited K. S. T. C. for several years will find upon returning, considerable change in the Department of Commerce. The extensive growth of the department has made it necessary to remodel the fourth floor of Russ Hall tg accommo- date the increasing number of commercial students. The entire south end of the fourth floor is now occupied by the department. While the greater number of students who graduate in this depart- ment become teachers, many recognize the opportunity offered by the department to secure a knowledge of work in business administration as well as work along secretarial lines. In the curriculum such courses in business administration as market management, advanced accounting, business organization and management, business finance and business law have been added, thus giving students who plan to become either commercial teachers or business men and women a broader conception of business principles and practices. The department faculty, now numbering six, consists of W. S. Lyerla, J. U. Massey, Willa M. Dush, Lillian I. Miller, L. C. Guffey and Hallie Bennington. Recognizing the need of fostering high scholastic attainment, a chapter of Pi Omega Pi, a national honorary commercial fraternity, has been installed on the campus. Sophomore, junior, and senior students majoring or minoring in commerce and ranking high in scholarship are eligible to membership in this fraternity. PAGE 31

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ENGLISH I. G. WILSON. A. M. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT The English, department has had one addition in the last year, Dr. Emma Field Pope, a graduate of the University of Chicago. It is the plan of the department to secure another Doctor of Philosophy and then pre- sent a major and a minor for a Master’s degree. During the last year many books have been added to the English library, especially in the Readings ,in Literature course. Two books, a book of personal poems; and an anathology of student poems, have been published during the last year by Miss Margaret Haughawout. The department has- received two complete files for office records, two new typewriters, and a mimeograph. Sigma Tau Delta, the honorary English fraternity is presided over this year by Miss Maxine Boner with Mrs. Adele Burnett, sponsor. The English club has for its president Miss Margaret Hoefer and for its sponsor Miss Dora Robertson. The Monday Night club, an organization of Miss Haughawout s, is doing unusually good work. Mr. Bennett, Miss Haughawout, and Mr. Wilson continue to give lectures. At the present time nearly all the seniors and sophomores who ex- pect to get degrees or life diplomas have been checked by the Committee on Credentials. Already several calls for teachers have come to the English office. e A.G£ 3?