State Normal and Industrial School - Snitcher Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DOCK ADAMS English Dramatics ■3 Tlie department of Language and Literature offers majors and minors in English and courses in Modern Foreign Languages and Library Science. Its purposes are to cultivate accuracy and grace in the use of language, to instill an interest in literature, to stimulate clear thinking, and to provide knowledge of cultural growth. The department promotes such activities as dra¬ matics and publications. The department is also responsible for the communications and humanities subjects in the general education program. GEORGE MAHONEY Assistant Professor of Language and Literature j j

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The Education Department helps prepare the student for teaching. It teaches stu¬ dents how to cope with the problems that will be encountered while teaching in primary and secondary schools. The Education Department and the Elementary Education Department work hand- in-hand to help the student find a place of employment. In the Placement Bureau, Dr. Opem receives openings from schools in the Tri-state area of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. The graduates of two year and four year courses, who have enrolled with the Placement Bureau, are greatly aided in getting a position in the teaching field. 10

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JEANNE D. KRESS Modern Languages The Fred J Graham Library houses over 30,000 cataloged items in addition to approximately 40,000 magazines and pamphlets. Additions to the library during 1960-1961 included over 1700 books. Addition to the collection during the first semester of the present year totaled over 600, The library is the center of the school. If you want peace and quiet to study in, you should go to the library. Students are encouraged to read and to make the library a more central place both physically and educationally. i 12