Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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.fx 5 x fi.. U v413'Y ' -s gg -v Associate Professor Wheeler, Assistant Professor Bishop, and Professor Hess, department head. engineering mathematics With the ever iricreasin-13 react tar rnathernaticians in all tieldg at tenn- nical industry, the ziudy' of inath- ematics has hecorne more in portant each year. The will trained nzathf entatician can ttnd ernploxyrrti-nt :n an increasing vciriety ot tabs. The Mathematics Department at Howard is serving several purposes. The primary function is to pr'oniclf: each student with a basic courze in mathematics, ln addition, they czl- so teach advanced courses for those interested in engineering, chemistry, and the teaching ot rnathernatics. Courses are taught in path theo- retical and applied mathematics. American colleges each year hand out about seventeen thousand diplomas to students in engineer- ing. This important field requires extensive training in mathematics, chemistry, and physics. l-loward's pre-engineering curriculum prepares the prospective engineer for advanced study. Under an agreement with Vanderbilt University, atter three years of study a student can transfer to Vanderbilt and upon completion ot two years of study there will receive his degree. Associate Professor Pollock Colonel ond the Boys. U ,BQ- 4 ff e P ' . .75-'X Lge 500 '0.1'.ps J 1. 'M 75:5 QS - ' --',-Y K, ' Y

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f me if' V - ' ,' f ig Ax fr zfi' rf s 'a' f0U,,,7 Aff!-Guan'- 5 izslizgilv A- ', ggi. .t . - f, . 57112,-' ' , ' f:..-- ,Q 5331? P. , 'J ,Jil Q . 4 , 5? -t , ' - Jzftff ,H ,- ' sitwif if' ' , - . ggi: ft' ,gs ' ' ,iifffl V J '-If 'rw ' MA Mr. Scroggins Journalism The increasing demand of the public that it have accurate and adequate information is thrusting a new challenge upon the profession of iournalism. Public opinion is built primarily upon facts or the interpretation of facts, so it is highly important that journalists be extremely well qualified and fully aware of the re- sponsibility which rests upon them. The Department of Journalism at Howard is designed to offer journalistic training to two types of students: fit those who expect to enter iournalism as a career, and t2t those who would find one or more iournalism courses very helpful in their profession. 26 653,

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odern foreign languages '3-W' Assistant Professor Tresp Associate Professor Martin Associate Professor Hawley Not Pictured: Professor H. C. Acton Attainment of reading knowledge and in so tar as possible basic ability in writing and speaking the respective languages are the obiectives of the nuclear courses in the modern foreign language courses. To this end the languages studied is to be spoken in the classroom and in laboratory periods and all pos- sible visual and auditory aids, such as movies and phonograph records, are to be used. Newspapers and periodicals are to be used for supplementary reading. Singing songs in the language studied is a regular feature of these courses. 28