Texas State College for Women - Daedalian Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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English The reading room of Sigma Tau Delta, honorary English organization, houses a student-painted mural depicting various characters from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and hooks of interest to both majors and non- maiors in the English department. Literature is probably the oldest of the arts, and writing one of the most widely useful skills in the world, for language underlies every human activity. The study of English embraces all the cultural disciplines: psychology, his- tory, philosophy, the sciences, and in turn is enriched by them. Anyone who wishes to transmit ideas to others must be able to express himself clearly and accurately. And anyone who wishes to enlarge his mental and spiritual horizons must share the recorded experiences of others. Careers that develop directly from a major in English include not only the basic areas of teaching and writing, but innumerable variants within these areas as well. It is not implied that a college student automatically qualifies for any or all of these opportunities by choosing English as a major. Graduate work and an apprenticeship are required in almost all fields today. But, if the student plans her college work with one of these possibilities in mind, she can so build electives around her English major as to make herself eligible for one of many rewarding careers. Dr. Constance Beach Professor Dr. Gladys Maddocks Associate Professor Dr. Frances KA. Darden Associate Professor Miss Agnes C. Tramel Assistant Professor --W'-firefoxwsfezfrweanmvwif ..,f:.rf1m:-1 f it it , ertfwws-wiser fer we 'L -mf W, ,mig,g.,5.5.5QW.e,Sa,15,.e,.a2r.feSs53gssi4rei,m.s,, ,. tgrfiwzimzswi- Dr. Eleanor Iames Associate Professor S, M, ,,:.,:, .,,.,. V, , ,.,,.,, g,,.w.,,f ,r , if1fs:Ts:.M mfs'-2,g5yg,f?gs',a?fs?ai : ,:: :s' 5a. ,..,.. we , X i. wi as-i,-ismistsfeisfsizwrr ff naar.-a: u +:: viii , 4' 12xs2fs,'fS2rszrsiz'Psi is- : :fer iw 3 ,.,.-.- .,::. , , ,,,,,,,, , W ,.,. .,., ,,., r . is ,Ye . .V is V W,sf,,-W, . 57,5 g53j :,..se: wszzdnsirz' fisufgurwz miss revieffealw ..a,.a.s .. ,am new wearer .. , .. 5:-vwaeiwg , , L- .. i i sr 11 3 S 2 viii 5 aim Q r' it YJ f 6, +1 X W 5 L Ms, QW f 4...-, -Q 'fi It 6 is- 'A : 'SHE P3 'T L a, : l'Q:. ?E:' ' .5fL ' 51335 . fiflifiigi f . lf : ,sg ,,,. ,,.,,. J ,s.,s.,,: V, .,,. M ,,5.,,,. iszjiiyw., .. 11, ,V :E - We Miss Cornelia Varner Assistant Professor mg,egsg,. - if is .11 P5155 S371 23 7' .. , , yi.. iiElii?iihiPii6?5kiiY si . .., -..N -,W .t,.,,r. ,. , -.wh ..,. , L... ,,,,...,e-fl. f . . ,r. , . se' ,il .,.. , .,,..,r.,,., ,, ., .Wore .,,. ., -Qi? as 'lu' .lin 41 'ss1Sfg2,.f,,ai-w i Llifasfzi if - . iffif' if. ' v --'f'I 2II E'9335v55' iii! 'EPE--v:1l::5i'5E!E25:::E:'x::. - -- . ::l'::-:.5. .. 5' Q2 FEI ' 3 FS f :i 11:12,-fr-wi-vm-iffisiiefziifsmia1Ps12w2se5?QSi2ia sw W .,,,. in .. , ,.sr..,r..,,1.,, -Dr. Autrey Nell Wiley Miss Caroline McGown Tutor Dr. Autrey Nell Wiley Professor Director Mrs. Eva Mark Assistant Professor Mrs. Olive Whittm Assistant Professor

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Graduate assistants are often called upon to explain the intricacies of their subject matter. An attentive audience, even of only one, sometimes serves as their best reward. Even in science, women still do the dishes! Flasks, test tubes and heakers go into the suds in anticipation of research and experimentation which will make use of them. Chemistr and P ysics It is generally known that there is an acute shortage of technically trained personnel and that future scien- Dr. Harold T. Baker Associate Professor vt E tilic advancements will be seriously curtailed unless a greater number of our youth pursue science careers. What is not recognized, however, is that American womanhood represents a virtually untapped reservoir of scientific potential. Furthermore, all too few realize that the technical training of our nation's women is an investment in National Defense. Texas Woman's University, however, is cognizant of these facts and in its endeavor to utilize and develop this potential has created a strong physical science program. The departments are well equipped with modern facilities and instrumentation, such as: radiation counters, infrared spectrometer, vapor fractometer, electrotitrimeter, grating spectograph, ultra-violet spectrophotometer and numerous others. The presence of a neutron source in the departments is also indicative of the newer emphasis in these disciplines. In the past few years a strong graduate program has evolved in chemistry and one may pursue graduate work in analytical, inorganic, organic, physical and bio-or radio-chemistry. The department has been the recipient of several grants from the Robert A. Welch Foundation of Houston to support its research program. Undergraduate research has not been neglected and grants from the National Science Foundation have been received to support this phase of the students' training. A research program in physics is now evolving. Our departments are recognized by outside agencies as being well-staffed by competent scientists and we1l-equip- ped with modern instruments. For example, the Department of Chemistry has been accredited by the American Chemical Society and the University has been accepted by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies as its 39th member. It is indeed signiiicant that TWU is the only woman's institution achieving this latter recognition. -Dr. Robert W. Higgins Dr. Robert Wiley Miss Lynne Hardin Higgins Dr. Helen A. Ludeman Dr. William L. Mecay Miss Dixie Io Miller Graduate Assistant Director Associate Professor Assistant Professor Graduate Assistant Professor , 5. i f wg '- 4-Q. I

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Foreign Language maiors make practical use of facilities in the new and well-equipped laboratory. Language records are played on the record players and repeated by the student. Special equipment offers the student an op- portunity to bear ber own pronunciation of the words, repeated after the record. Foreign Languages The Department of Foreign Languages has recently moved into the new air-conditioned Arts and Sciences build- ing with fully equipped laboratory, up-to-date classrooms and artefacts, and reading room. The latter is a pleasant place for students to read and study and has a large collection of books in various languages as well as costumes and items of interest from many lands. Courses are offered in French, German and Spanish with classes in English as a second language for foreign stu- dents. The oral-lingual approach is stressed. On the third floor of the Arts and Sciences Building is the language laboratory, with the latest electronic equipment and recording tapes of textual materials. These make the study of languages easier, more interesting and profitable. The Festival of Nations is an international celebration held under the direction of the Department of Foreign Languages each year and features students of foreign languages and foreign students. It is attended by hundreds of high school students from the area. Dr. Mabel Arbuthnot Miss Maurine Faulkner Dr. Elayne Larsen Dr. A. Wallace Woolsey Dr. Iosef E. Ryberg Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor and Director Assistant Professor