Potsdam State Teachers College - Pioneer Yearbook (Potsdam, NY)

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7 f J J-4,1 ,, ,. foreign language department there are six languages taught in potsdamls foreign lan- guage department. they include french, spanish, latin, ger- man, italian, and greek. the two majors that can be obtained are french and spanish. in these majors the students take courses in composition, in reading, in phonetics, and in na- tive language experience which is better known as, Hjunior year abroadf' the foreign language major in this program lives either in france or spain While studying the native lan- guage. dr. miguel a. prado became a member of the faculty in 1964. dr. prado is a member of several professional societies: a.a.t.f., a.a.t.s.p., m.l.a., and t.a.a.l.s. he is also a member of phi beta kappa and phi delta kappa. his Work has appeared in foreign language publications. dr. miguel a. prado Semedf 51 lelnlflll. c. purccll, m. bcrlcrzmd h fomllry Smndi . . Willoughby-marc Llllllillll, p, kUlIi0lIkll0ll0ll c ' ng- m- P' ado. J. som, I1. norbcrl 1 mol I lson I SlH5LI IH Ill Ill gllllk llk 1 I Santo. get M . Q --- ' ,' ,. , - N , . , ,. 1 Y I u x xr '22 ,

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health and physical education department the purpose of the health and physical education department is to develop and maintain student physical fitness and to further the development of fundamental skills, knowledges and apprecia- tions of physical education. skill in individual and team activities is emphasized. sophomores are permitted to elect physical edu- cation activities. dr. sam j. molnar, chairman of the department of health and physical education, came to Potsdam in 1947. he has now completed his twentieth year as director of Potsdamls intercol- legiate athletic program. dr. mol- nar previously coached both bas- ketball and baseball at potsdam. 21

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english department P: row 1: e. alfonso, m. masterson, e. kristiansen, r. haver, s. angus, g. brundage. row 2: r. merchant, e. alfonsin, r. mohl, g. carey, w. cullen, a. backman, d. zoss, c. rothrauff. dr. kelsie b. harder the english department includes the fields of literature, linguistics, speech, drama, and mass communications. facili- ties include a speech laboratory, speech therapy rooms, group dynamics class- room, and dramatics center. the department of english is sponsoring a Writing workshop at star lake, june 5- 30. the workshop will be directed by dr. krishna vaid. the participants include: archibald mac leish, anais nin, paul engle, james dicky, and richard poilirier. the department hopes that this will be- come an annual feature. the english department prize is awarded annually to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in english. dr. kelsie b. harder was appointed chairman of the english department in 1964. he came to potsdam from youngs- town university Where he had taught since 1954. previously, he taught at the university of florida. 23