San Bernardino Valley College - Tom Tom Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION Seven years ago the teaching members of San Bernardino Valley Junior College, exclusive of administrative officers, brought into exist- ence the Faculty Association. Created for the purpose of faculty better- ment, the controlling purpose of the Association is social and profes- sional advancement in the teaching fields. Each spring the Faculty Association sponsors an annual faculty re- search lecture, rendered by one of its members. Basing the lecture upon his respective field of specialization and research, the speaker deals with the progressive aspects of his work. This May the faculty lecture A Philological Study of a Dialect of Ticino, Switzerland, was delivered by Dr. Mattie M. Ramelli, chairman of the Foreign Language Division. Organized in 1932, the Faculty Association now boasts a seven year record of service. It holds at least one dinner meeting and three or more business meetings each semester. This year the autumn dinner meeting was held in the Social Hall preceding the Faculty Concert by Miss Alexandra Grow and Miss Gwladys Pugh, which opened the musical season in the new auditorium. The exact nature of the conclu- sions reached during the meetings are confined within the organization. Several years ago the Faculty Association obligingly fostered the student body reception for freshmen. At present the sophomore class has gained sufficient confidence to sponsor the reception. During the past year the Faculty Association had for its officers Dr. James V. Harvey, president; Mr. Douglas W. Smythe, vice-president Miss Maude E. Rich, secretary; and Mr. Edward B. Heath, treasurer. New officers are elected annually in the spring. The Executive Committee of the Association consists of the four regular officers m cooperation with an additional three members. During the current year Mr. Arthur R. Truscott, Mr. Ellis L. Spackman, and Miss Amanda Jacobson served on the Executive Committee. 2?.

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Wait a minute, I ' ll go get a book and show you. — Ellis Leeds Spackman Be intellectually honest. — Grace Boumgartner, Chairman o Qf ) Division of Social Sciences The inquiring mind is the learning mind. — Charles Houghton Tilden I ' m off to the garlic country. — John H. Walters, Division of English Composition He is a quiet fellow. Caught off guard by the dry humor which emanates from an expres- sionless face, students ore puzzled; but close inspection always shows a twinkle in the kindly eyes. At odd moments when the class is concentrating on a hard problem, he is a punster. With all his punning or because of it, he gets his subject into the comprehension of the class in a competent and painless way. Upon her return to the campus last Septem- ber, after a year ' s leave of absence, Doctor Mattie M. Ramelli, chairman of the Division of Languages, was honored by the request to deliver the annual Faculty Research Lecture. Doctor Ramelli ' s studies have carried her into England, France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Guatemala. She studied also at the University of California and Stanford. 21

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