Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Pride of the plains Music Department Sponsored 'aThe Consul This yearis major musical activities included the annual oratorio concert, October I3 and 14, in which music by Brahms and Faure was sungg the annual opera presentation on February 26 and 28 at which Menatti's The Counsul was performed, and the annual concerto and aria concert with student solo- ists and conductors on May 18. Two additional choir concerts and the choir tour of the areag three addi- tional orchestra concertsg a busy schedule for the band, including acting as host for 4,000 musicians at Homecoming on October 19, a trip to the Emporia football game, November 2, and two major band con- certs completed the season. The annual Chamber Music Series booked by the music department in conjunction with the University of Arkansas, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri and the Fine Arts Society of Topeka continued its international roster of artists this-year with the performances of the New Danish Quartet, the Vlach Quartet from Czechoslovakia, Die Wiener Solisen, a thirteen mem- ber chamber orchestra from Vienna and the New York Barogue Ensemble. The music department, housed in McCray Hall, is Linder the Chairmanship of Dr. Millard M. Laing. Dr. Millard Laing, Chairman Russell Pugh Dr. Donald Key ,.' of Will Humble q...., ' '95-I

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Students receive help in math study hall Mathematics Department Moves To Yates Hall The Department of Mathematics offers undergrad- uate courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Science in Education. Students not preparing to teach must complete a definite sequence of courses in one of three areas of theoretical mathematics, statistics, or applied mathematics. Those specializing in statistics or applied math have the advantage of training in and experience with the LGP-30 and IBM-1620 digi- tal computers. There are presently 160 undergradu- ate students. The graduate program offers the degrees of Master of Arts or Master of Science and a sixth year program of specialist in Education. There are 30 students in the regular graduate program. In addition 75 high school teachers are enrolled for graduate study in mathematics in NSF In-Service Institute classes meeting each Saturday morning on campus or weekday evenings in Chanute or Shawnee Mission. The department has but recently moved into the new Yates Hall, which it shares with the Department of Physics. The offices are on the second floor, with classrooms on the first and second levels. The Com- puting Center in Yates Hall is a cooperative project with the Department of Business Administration. The staff consists of eleven regular members and five graduate assistants, with Dr. R. G. Smith as chair- man. In june, a mathematician whose major field of study is statistics will join the staff. The Kansas Alpha chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon, a national honor society in mathematics with 66 chapters, is sponsored by the department. This was the third chapter of the organization, and three mem- bers of the department have held national oflices. For the past five years this department has coop- erated with the departments of biology, chemistry and physics in conducting NSF Summer Institutes for secondary school teachers of science and mathe- matics.