Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Math Faculty; Back row; left to right; 11. W. Hart, W. H. Hill, L. H. Curfman, J. D. Haggard, and F. C. German. Seated are Helen Kriegsman and Dr. R. G. Smith, head of the department. Department of Mathematics TEACHING STATISTICS PRE-ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDY A major in math at our College means that four years were well spent here. The department faculty, working on the thesis that their purpose is to make students learn, has worked up an enviable record of graduates who are now leading participants in the business world and teaching profession. The department offers instruction in the basic math courses, training teachers for secondary schools and junior colleges. The relatively new field of statistics, fast gaining popularity, is explored in this department with the trainee qualified for many job opportunities in the related areas of quality control and actuarial science. Mathematics is a necessary tool in all branches of engineering, science, technology and industrial arts. And here, under the direction of the professors, proper control of that tool is developed in each student. The department prepares majors and minors in mathematics leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Education, Master of Science and the Master of Science in Education. Dr. Ron G. Smith is head of the department.

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Language and Literature Faculty; top picture, across, Clay DeFord, Dr. Robertson Sir awn, head of the department, Adel Burnett, Mary Roberts, Roland Fenz, Ulf Ostergaard, and Walter Pennington. Bottom picture, Aaron Butler, Dora Robertson, David D. Moore, Margaret Blaine, Richard Korns, and Jean McColley. Lan xiape an cl Literature IE AC IIING HUMANITIES LANGUAGE GREAT BOOKS JOURNALISM BROADCASTING Eor the entering student, be he freshman or transfer, the Language and Literature department offers the best in instruction in a wide variety of language and literature courses and a wide choice of activities, including the drama, Forensics, radio and journalism. Those preparing to make their livelihood in connection with some aspect of language or literature have the opportunity of majoring in English, foreign languages, journalism or speech. Majors in these fields may lead the graduate into the teaching profession or any of a number ot fields in which a foreign tongue is of major importance. In the Language and Literature department, the best in the department’s teachers are assigned to teach the entering freshman and the sophomore classes for it is the opinion of the department that a proper introduction to the fields they offer is of prime importance to the individuals well being and mental adjustment.

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Social Science Faculty: Back row—left to right: Mrs. Etelka Holt Vincent, J. C. Straley, Ralph Smith, Robert Noble, and S. L. Householder. Front row: Keith a Bohlander, Dr. Alvin H. Proctor, head of the department; Dudley T. Cornish, and O. F. Grubbs. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES HISTORY ECONOMICS POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY GEOGRAPHY PRE-LAW SOCIAL WELFARE One of the most completely modernized departments of the College, the Social Science Department has a reorganized curriculum which now provides for two new majors within the department. Courses which emphasize broader study of the twentieth century world have also been added. Students may now major in political science and sociology as well as the usual 40-hour social science major and the 30-hour history major. Minors are offered in history, sociology, and geography as well as the 24-hour general minor. New courses— Education for Family Living, Modern World Politics'’ and Geography of the USSR ’—have been added, primed for the general education of the modem citizen as well as the future teacher. Students needing pre-jaw work find the department has excellent offerings and pre-professional teachers in social work are able to be well grounded in their field. The department also sponsors a Great Issues ’ series with speakers from around the world. This has received much community as well as student response.