St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ENGLISH T HE English Department attempts to develop a capacity for clear thinking combined with skill in correct and effective expression; a broader and more intimate familiarity with truth, goodness and beauty; and, finally, finer sensibilities for apprecia¬ tion and interpretation. To promote the synchronous growth of right thinking and effective expression becomes the prac¬ tical function of the courses in composition. But it becomes more properly the cultural intent in teach¬ ing upper-class courses to stimulate high thinking, to arouse worthy emotions, and to purify conduct through a careful study of the lives and selected works of great writers in the English tongue. FRANCIS A. DELANEY, M.A. Instructor in Speech WARREN GIBBS, M.A. Instructor in English WILLIAM V. O ' CONNOR. M.A. Instructor in English WILLIAM E. SCHWENDEMAN, M.A. Professor of English

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HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES T HE objectives of the Department of History and Social Sciences of Saint Francis College is to acquaint the students with the development of the past in so far as it has contributed to the formation of his cultural heritage. Particular stress is laid upon these subjects as constituting a stream of man’s growing awareness of his position in the political, social and economic world and his relationship both to his fellowmen and to the state. REV. BROTHER CHRISTOPHER, M.A. Instructor in Social Science LOUIS J. GREGORY, M.A. Associate Professor of History JOHN C. LE CLAIR, M.A. Professor of History FRANK W. NAGGI, Ph.D. Professor of History

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LANGUAGES T HE Classics from ancient to modern times have always been regarded as a fount and source of inspiration for the student in the way of mental development, of keen insight and of critical acumen. The richest wisdom of the ages has been garnered in the treasury of the writers of Greek and Latin pro se. Because of the neglect of the Classics in the cur¬ riculum of so many of the modern colleges, knowl¬ edge of God and proficiency in English have been seriously handicapped. Stress must be laid, particu¬ larly in these days of scientific and of mechanical progress upon the things of the spirit and of the mind. The basis of modern civilization is rooted in the foundations of the Greeks and the Romans. REV. OTTO V. BECK, Ph.D. Associate Professor of German REV. BROTHER CAMILLUS, M.A. Professor of French FRANCIS J. CARWAY, M.A. Professor of French REV. REGINALD McKERNAN, H.D.E. Associate Professor of Latin and Greek