Simpson College - Zenith Yearbook (Indianola, IA)

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Jack R. Padgett, Ph.D. Chairman of the Division of Humanities; Co-ordinotor of the Vital Center Program; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion. Josephine deBoer, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor of French.

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The purpose of courses in the Humanities is to instruct the student in humane learn- ing. That is, work in the Humanities sets before the student the variety and the depth of human experience common to men of all ages and regions. In a time of specialists, it is imperative that we do not forget the varied interests and impulses that motivate us. No single area of concentration can satisfy the multitude of needs and aspirations that make up man. In each of us there is something of the poet, and the physicist, the philosopher and the psychologist. By appreciating and evaluating the expression others have given to experiences of suffering and of exaltation we are enriched and our a- wareness of life is deepened. Whatever our speciality, we can increase our own insight by the interpretations others give to these experiences. Most important of all, then, is the intrinsic value gained by learning what great minds have said and felt about the meaning and the struggle of being a human being. It is with these aims in mind that the Division of Humanities offers courses in the Departments of English, Speech, Foreign Languages, Library Science, Philosophy, and Religion. The curiosity of some students is aroused so completely by the literary her- itage of the west that they are led to devote a lifetime to its study and enrichment; others become sufficiently enamored by the written and spoken word of our language and the languages of other countries to make it a life work; some find the content and the classification of books enticing as a vocation; still others choose to delve deeply into the philosophical wisdom and religious vision of both east and west. Whatever the choice, whether it be vocation or avocation, the Division of Humanities is set up to help the student become and to remain humane. Dr. J. Padgett

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Byron C. Lambert, A.B., A.M., B.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of English. Leslie G. Bechter, M.A. Assistant Professor of English. Ruth M. Jackson, A.M. Assistant Professor of English. Alan H. Korte, A.B. Instructor in English. Edward C. Cell, A.M. assistant Professor of Philosophy nd Religion. ! Richard W. Hostetler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Religion. 17