San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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MUSIC-Dr. Lyle Downey. A small building which once housed 'rhe campus elemenfary observa+ion school now houses 'lhe Music De- parfmenf, one of +he mos+ acfive deparfmenfs on 'rhe campus. A sfaff of 22 specialisfs, covering all branches of music, offers a wide variefy of courses and supervises a large number of ac+ivi+ies. In adclifion 'I'o 'rhe major s+uden+ organizarions--Symphonic and Marching Bands, A Cappella Choir, Symphony Orcheslra, and Choral Ensemble-chamber music groups and performing combina+ions pre- senl programs on and off campus. MODERN LANGUAGES-Mr. L. C. Newby. The Modern Language Depar'I'men+ has for many years been unique among insl'i'I'u1'ions of higher learning in Hs emphasis upon +he spoken language. This develop- menl' is of even grea+er imporiance in +his shrunken world. This year, 'rhe French honor so- cie1'y, lola Della Phi, presenfed, un- cler +he direcforship of Dr. A. B. Gregory, one of Moliere's plays, Le Malade lmaginaire. Mr. Newby, a+ lefi, affends one of 'rhe rehearsals.

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MATHEMATICS-Dr. W. Howard Myers. The Mafhemafics Deparf- menf has been forfunafe in build- ing a faculfy of oufsfanding feach- ers wifh high educafional and scien- fific affainmenfs. The deparfmenf's graduafes are capable sfudenfs who compare favorably wifh simi- lar graduafes of major universifies fhroughouf fhe nafion. Available are M.A. degrees in Mafhemafics and A.B. degrees in leaching and non-'reaching fields, courses basic fo science and engi- neering, rich quanfifafive experi- ence for prospecfive elemenfary school feachers, and work in pure mafhemafics for inferesfed sfu- denfs. Db MILITARY SCIENCE-Col. James J. Hea, R.O.T.C. The Reserve Of- ficers' Training Corps Unif has con- finued fo grow as an increasing number of sfudenfs have come fo realize fhaf leadership of civilian soldiers in fime of war is as much a responsibilify of college men as fhe leadership of purely civilian acfivi- fies in 'rime of peace. Col. Thomas A. Lee, Air R.O.T.C. San Jose Sfafe College is playing an imporfanf parf in fhe expanding Air Force program. Sepfember en- rollmenf found fhe deparfmenf swamped wifh a fiffy per cenf in- crease over lasf year. There were fhree new arrivals fo fhe 'leaching sfaff: Capfain Richards and MfSgf's. Diffrich and Carroll.

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NURSING EDUCATION-Miss Pauline E. Davis. This is 'Phe depar+- men1 s fifih year. The enrollmenl in- cludes s'ruden+s from +wo local hos- pi+als, pre-nursing schools, and de- gree s+uclen+s. This yearhas broughi' +he inlroducfion of advanced courses providing for specializafion in 'rwo fields of nursing educafion -leaching and psychiairy. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY- Miss Mary D. Boo+h. ln +he eighl' years since +he occupa+ional +herapy course was organized, col- lege enrollmen+ has increased +o I24 plus 22 s+uden+s in clinical irain- ing. Our graduafes are serving in +he armed forces, Veierans Admin- is1'ra+ion hospifals, s1'a're and pri- va're ins+i+u+ions. lMiss Boo+h is af lhe lefinl NATURAL SCIENCE--Dr. Carl D. Duncan. The Science Depar+men+'s guiding philosophy is 'ro mee+ ihe science needs of s+uolen'I's. Forfy-six courses wiih majors in more +han +wenl'y 'fields plus sanifalion and conserva+ion programs are offered. The full-'rime equivaleni' of more +han a sevenrh of +he sfudeni body who are irained by +he deparimenl' prove +he deparimen+'s usefulness. ln 'rhe phofograph, Dr. Duncan is explaining +he ana+omy of a June beefle using a large scale model. 1 SC.