Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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HUMANITIES DR. LOUISE DUDLE Y Interest might well be the watchword of the Human- ities Division. Through its courses in music, art, dra- matics, and literature it strives toward one ultimate aim: to increase the student's awareness of the beauty in life. There is only one thrill comparable to that of devising a work of art, be it a polka, a painting, a piece of acting, or a poem. That is the thrill that comes to the untalented person who learns through intelligent appreciation to live more abun- dantly. One need never be bored. Dr. Louise Dudley is the forceful, stimulating director of the Division of Humanities. With a delightful sense of humor she points out to her staff and their bumptious charges that there are very practical sides to appreciation of the beautiful. Relaxation and knowledge are gained from a cultivation of excellent taste. The division is as interested in teaching girls to choose aesthetically pleasing clothes as it is in the correct structure of a passacaglia. Girls learn that there may be no more beauty in an El Greco than in a simple, functional, well-designed coffee-pot. Page Z4

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Pg23 LTY When the 203 faculty members march in the academic parade, well represented are such honorable trappings as the ermine of Oxford, the bonnet of London, Yale blue, Harvard crimson, and an unusually large percentage of Ph. D. gold tassels. We are proud of their ac- complishments, of the explorers, chess players, popular textbook Writers, artists, critics, musi- cians, dramatists, and scholars in their midst. The spasmodic Faculty News illustrates their right to be called interesting people. Perhaps most commendable of all is the ability of these faculty members to tackle the tribulations of their jobs with gusto, wisdom, and friendli- ness-the latter requiring no puny sense of humor.

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JAMES ADAIR, B. M., Violin Mlss JANE M. ALEXANDER, M. F. A., Dramatic Arts FRANK R. ANTOINE, Wood Wind Instruments ADOLPH BAK, Violin MRS. PEARL BEAUCHAMP, B. S., Latin, Library KARL HENRY BRATTON, B. M., Voice Mrss EsTI-IER BUCHANAN, B. S., Dramatic Arts MIss VIRGINIA CARPENTER, M. A., Literature MIss MARGARET COLBY, B. F. A., Voice Mlss MARY ELLEN COWLING, M. A., Art ERNEST LINCOLN Cox, Mus. B., Voice Miss PAULINE CROOK, B. S., Personal Grooming GIBSON DANES, M. A., Art ROBERT DETCHEMENDYQ Personal Grooming M1ss FRANCES GUTHRIE EMBERSON, Ph. D., Piano AUSTIN FARICY, B. A., M. A., Oxon., Humanities, Classic Lan guages Miss ELIZABETH HELEN FRETZ, Mus. B., ViO1Once11O BASIL DEANE GAUNTLETT, Mus. Doc., Music MISS MAYME BARBARA GIESSING, Piano GORDON W. GILKEY, M. F. A., Art Page 25