St Johns University - Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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Professor Arthur C. Ditzel SPEECH A fundamental factor distinguishing the 'human being's rationality from the brute's purely instinc- tive way of life is the ability to communicate ideas by use of a spoken language. The Speech Depart- ment of University College, under Professors Jerome Callahan, Arthur Ditzel and Frank Ford provides courses to develop the student in the art of oral ex- pression. For a foundation, a course in phonetic principles introduces the inexperienced to the very basic ele- ments of speech. Following that, the means of ex- pressing one's thoughts effectively is studied in pub- lic speaking and speech correction. Practical experi- ence and background for further work are also made available for the advanced student in the activities of the radio workshop and in courses concerned with the more specialized fields of dramatic presentation and debating. Such a complete curriculum encom- passes a wide range of students, successfully de- veloping each individual's mind in the psychology of an oral presentation geared toward the ultimate end: the ability to clearly express oneself and to accomp- lish persuasion. Y, ,- , l i , A Wx? professor Joseph E' Fee Professor Frank P. Ford Professor Jerome F. Callahan

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Professor Michael J. Culhane i i i i l l Dr. Thomas J. Beary ENGLISH glish consists of verbal signs for giving information and lasting expressions f ' o noble thoughts which one labels literature. The department offers courses in the mechanics of expression, syntax d ' an rhetoric to advance the first part Readings in the literature of th e world, as well as con- siderations of such literary forms as the novel, play and short story constitute the department's effortsto aid the student in mastering his native language. lt is this sec- ond point: to develop taste and discrimination in litera- ture, which occupies major attention. Lectures, reports and criticisms withinlthe classes, as well as comparative readings, result in an adult ability to pick and choose the best and derive pleasure therefrom. The department chairman, Professor Michael Cul- hane, assisted by Dr. Edwin Rowley, Dr. Thomas Beary and Professor Joseph Fee, achieve these stated ideals and also grant the ambitious student training in the construc- tion and creation of original plays and short stories. En Dr. Edwin N. Rowley and Very Rev. John A. Flynn, CM. I2

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. , ,., an ,M rift, lhgkff Professor George K. Beuermann HISTORY History deals in gifts. lt proffers data which can be turned to our benefit when in- telligently studied and correctly interpreted. When cognizance of man's motivations in his quest for power or peace is taken, and when that awareness takes its just rank among our criteria for judgments, then we will benefit by gaining a better chance of success. And this chance will come from contact with people who have won or lost the peace we seek. Amidst the origin of events and the power of ideas can be found the true formulae. Guidance in the search and use of these keys is served by Chairman George Beuermann, Dr. Frank Dixon, Professor James O'Connell and Professor John Norton. They afford the students a vast wealth of knowledge informed with a deep-seated under- standing of the driving force behind those hu- man ideas which determine the course of events, their interrelationships and their ulti- mate repercussions in socal, political and eco- nomic spheres. Finally, the department culti- vates in each an awareness of the present value of the past, enabling the student to pro- ject himself beyond the printed pages of text- books into the position of actively constructing a nation: ultimately a world suited to the dignity which is rnan's alone. l4 'T !f 4'J ' -li Professor James A. O Connell SCDCIAL The study of society had its beginnings, as have had so many others, in the observations of Plato and Aristotle and has since been extended into specialized fields of science and philosophy. However, the different areas of human activity are organically related and therefore the study of Economics, Government and Sociology have been introduced at St, John's. They are incor- porated under the one department of Social Studies. Dr. Frank Dixon, Department Chairman, Professors John Norton, James O'ConneIl, Richard Rush, and Eric Albrecht, conduct a series of courses in these interrelated subjects with the intention of pre- senting a picture of man as a social being. Sociology introduces an investigation of the fundamental laws of social phenomena