Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES While all that some students learn to say in a foreign language is Parlez-vous Fran- cais? or Chevrolet Coupe or Du bist an Schtinkatz, the students of these teach- ers learn the rudiments of their particular chosen language, gain a knowledge of the country and its customs, and acquire through the study of another culture a wider understanding and a deeper appre- ciation of their own mode of living and speaking. A large variety of courses is offered in each of these languages: Chinese, French, Ger- man, Greek ( Classic ) , Greek ( New Testa- ment) , Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Span- ish. There are ample opportunities to major in any of these languages, and spe- cial linguistic courses are offered for foreign language majors. Each of the instructors has studied or trav- eled in another country, thus bringing more directly to bear upon his classes the influence of another land. Miss Dauer studied at Elberfield, Germany, and Paris, France, and Dr. Patterson visited exten- sively in France. Dr. Frederick Lenz did a great part of his work at Berlin, while Dr. Mali Lenz studied in Lausanne, Switzerland, Berlin, Marburg, and Hamburg, Germany. Although Mr. McCoy has not studied in Mexico, he has absorbed so much atmos- phere from our neighbor because of fre- quent visits that one would suspect he had lived there all his life. In the manner of travelogues we would say, As the sun sinks slowly in the west, we bid farewell to the pagodas of China, the tall Eiffel spires of France, the watch- towers of Germany, the stately Doric col- umns of Greece, the mirrored bridges of Japan, St. Peter ' s square in Rome, the Kremlin in Moscow, and the soft stucco palaces of Spain and Mexico. And in the time-honored phrase of so many romantic procrastinators, we shall say, Manana! DOROTHEA W. DAUER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FREDERICK W. LENZ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES MALI G. LENZ ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES J. HAMILTON McCOY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILLIAM MORRISON PATTERSON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES L

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CONSTANTIN N. APSOURI ACTING ASSOCIATE PROFES- SOR AND ACTING HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY ABRAHAM P. FRIESEN PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYS- ICS AND AERONAUTICS JOHN CAMPBELL GODBEY PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEM- ISTRY; CHAIRMAN OF THE DIVISION OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES HOWARD CARROLL SIVELLS ACTING ASSOCIATE PRO- FESSOR AND ACTING HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY RALPH MARTIN WHITMORE ACTING ASSOCIATE PRO- FESSOR AND ACTING HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND GEN- ERAL ENGINEERING MARY ELIZABETH WILCOX ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND ACTING HEAD OF THE DE- PARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY GEORGE WANNFRIED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY Not pictured: COLOMAN DE CSERNA ACTING ASSOCIATE PROFES- SOR OF BIOLOGY SCIENCES Students of science may groan about the long lab hours and girls may be a bit squeamish about dis- secting dogfish, frogs, and the like; but when they have finished the varied courses, they will have a wide knowledge of the physical world and its properties. Classes have met this year in the science building and temporary science facility, where there are many different cultures — bacteria, that is. A science degree is the first step to medical school, th e cherished goal of so many hundreds of young pre-med students today. Larger schools may offer a more direct path, but here at Southwestern the student, through hard work, as at a larger school, may also attain his goal and at the same time may have the privilege of close companionship and security that only a small school can give. These professors offer their knowledge and experience in the hope that their students may advance in their particular fields to an even greater knowledge than the professors themselves embrace — which, after all, is the dream of every educator. And, we would venture to sav that, like Dr. Godbev, thev are waiting for the new science building.

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ART DEPARTMENT JAMES FLOYD VALONE, JR. ACTING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND ACTING HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART i iL. Mr. Valone gives suggestions in drawing from a model. CARL O. BERGOUIST ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART Mr. Bergquist shows his design students a thing or two. 27