Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Savage Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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JETTING SOME TYPING HINTS from Miss Riling is student fcretary Paula James. LATE OFFICE HOURS are routine business for Dr. Slaughter. and Offers New Services Among other courses of special interest offered by the English department is English as a second lan- guage for foreign students. The class is conducted by Helen Scroggins, who also advises foreign students. An increase in the number of foreign students on the campus necessitated such instruction. Students work diligently in Sigma Tau Delta, pro- fessional English fraternity and such areas as jour- nalism to gain proficiency and experience in the field. During the spring plans were made for a summer workshop in English which will be co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Slaughter, whose work in NCTE is widely known, has continued to work as a national leader in improv- ing the quality of English teaching. MILDRED RILING Associate Professor DR. MARGARET O'RILEY Associate Professor

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English Department Expands Program DR. E. E, SLAUGHTER Head of Department CHARLES ANDREWS Instructor DR. LEE H. BALL Assistant Prpfessor MARY M FRYE Assistant Professor of journalism RUTH HATCHETT Assistant Professor PAT V. JAMES Instructor STUDY OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE under the direction of Mrs. Helen Scroggins, English Instructor, is part of the guidance program for foreign students at Southeastern and OPC

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Margaret Brown instructing students in French. Foreign Language Study at Southeastern ISABEL WORK Professor Modern foreign language classes are devel- oping rapidly through the efforts of Wade and Pat Baskin. Qasses in Spanish, German, French, and Russian are offered and meet at the OPC language center. Students have been introduced to the most modern equipment available to the field. Sev- eral took part in a demonstration of materials and techniques at a one-day Foreign Language Workshop sponsored by Southeastern-OPC. German and French students assisted in translating works for publication. In the area of Classical Languages, Latin attracted an increased number of students this year.