Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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division of occupations mr. kenneth e. newland, head of the occupations division. the division of occupations, headed by mr. newland, plays through its occupational guidance department an important part in the life of juniors who first feel its influence during testing week at the beginning of the school year, after the tests have been scored, the students meet with their guidance counselors, studies have been made of those oc- cupations for which women are especially fitted by personality and aptitude, and classes are offered in these areas. flight courses and airline training are offered for girls who would like commercial positions in aviation. the many students enrolled in the fashion department analyze fixsh- ion, study draping, tailoring, millinery, illustration, and design. girls enrolled in retailing aie schooled in the art of salesmanship, sales promotion, and store organization and procedure. television and radio courses are open to students in the fields of production, progiam planning, educational uses, and workshops. Stephens has its own radio station, kwwc. there is quite an extensive program at Stephens for students who are interested in business education, for future secretaries, courses are available, as well as training for stenographers, clerks, typists, recep- tionists, and many others. accounting with mrs. gafke education. part of Stephens ' business one of mrs. old ' s millinery students experiments with a live model. miss shank demonstrates broadcast- ing principles. 18

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mr. Wilfred nef f , head of the language division. mr. robertson lectures in trench III. division of languages french, german, greek, and Spanish are the languages available to the student in this di- vision, the conect inflection and pronunciation of each language is helped greatly by a labora- tory period each week for each girl, here she listens to lessons on records and music native to the language she studies. language laboratory in session miss alli.s()n explains vowels to her Spanish students

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■ dr. carl n. rexroad, head of the division of science. things look serious in miss white ' s chemistry laboratory. a lecture in psychology by dr. swenson. good examples of this method of teaching are the field trips taken during the year, such as the botany and geology air trips which give students the opportunity to see some of the conditions they have been studying, other field trips are also taken by the combined science classes, and include trips to the devil ' s icebox and the pinnacles, as well as individual class trips to places in and around Columbia. biological science, physical science, mathematics, and psy- chology are the four principal divisions of science taught here at Stephens. division of science all students have questions concerning their own existence and the world around them, it is the aim of the science division, headed by dr. carl n. rexroad, to help the student answer these questions by using logical thinking, the courses are, therefore, functional and are built aroimd the individual needs of the students. 19 simple plants look like this, says mr. howell.