Southern Oregon University - Raider Yearbook (Ashland, OR)

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rt The art department went into a huddle at the beginning of fall term with Miss Ady as head coach. Twenty- three mural unit touchdowns were made at the Camp White Domiciliary Center. Some cartoon murals were put up on the student union field, and a display of ceramic pieces was presented in the li- brary stadium. Mr. Wilda, assistant coach, directed the team to carry the same ceramic lab ball in a play that was instigated by Mr. Whittaker during the 1949 season. Over fifty domestic art books were added to the library, and Kodachrome slides of the team in action at Lincoln Laboratory have increased in number. In the spring, outdoor sketching classes were rallied and modern easels were part of the equipment. According to head coach, Miss Ady, the important function of the team is cooperation with the other department teams, and she says, At S.O.C. we're not training artists in ivory towers, but human beings who seek enriching ex- perience in form, color, texture, and me. l J .

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Education This year's kickoff started with the largest team of student teachers in the history of Southern Oregon College. Graduating from S.O.C. this year are approximately one-hundred s t u d e n t s with degrees, and one-hundred fifty with three-year certificates. Each education student is required to have fifteen hours of practice teach- ing under competent supervision. Lin- coln School is the main training field, but most students have put in one quar- ter at an outside field either in Ashland or in Phoenix, Talent, or Medford. S.O.C. is the only college in the Northwest that requires two-hundred hours of laboratory experience with chil- dren previous to student teaching. Orga- nized this spring term was a nursery school to help students achieve this goal. One of next year's goals is a block training program in which students can practice teach all day in Grants Pass, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Medford, or Klam- ath Falls and at the same time take night courses in teaching methods. S.O.C. also hopes to carry the ball over the goal line for an outdoor education program for fourth, fifth, and sixth grades which will correlate social stud- ies, science, and health by utilizing the outlying college property for week-end excursions. Head coaches of this department are Dr. John D. McAulay and Dr. William Sampson. Assistant coaches are Miss Edith Bork and Mrs. Betty Dunlop. They and all the education staff are doing a good job in turning out more and better teachers, -1

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usic The music department kicked off at the l95O yard line with head coach, Mr. Glenn Matthews, directing. The thirty- one band members carried the ball safely on tours to Yreka, Chico, and Weed, California, and returned home for some S.O.C. game formations. Fifty orchestra team members jour- nied away from the campus for the first time since the war playing regular symphonic music in Medford and Yreka, and they also made plans for an open air concert in the spring. A successful touchdown was made by the swing band in Southern Oregon and Northern California dances with Art Welch, student director, as quarterback. Mr. Oscar Bjorlie, choral coach, di- rected the choir team to a victorious per- formance at Christmas and at an assem- bly during winter term. Piano techniques were coached by Miss Helene Robinson, and private voice by Mrs. Cay Hufman. Various vocal teams included the choir, the mixed octette, the girls' trio, and the male quartet. Games were scheduled for the teams to play in May, for baccalaureate and commencement, with the dedication of the new library building to end the 50-51 season.