Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Echo Stall Jerry Ball Evelyn Dodson Vf.rnon Russell Assistant Editor EditordivChief Business Manager IE these pages “Echo pleasant memories for you of this past year of your college life, this annual will have fulfilled its purpose. The staff has spent many long hours compiling and organising the material for the hook, and we hope the result is worthy of your appreciation. I wish to take this opportunity to thank Miss Edith Dabney, who sponsored the 1032 Echo, and her art class which made contributions. Sincerely, Evelyn Dodson, Editor ART HELPERS Margaret Laughlin Kathleen Ham Virginia Everett Cleo Evans Virgil Muse Emily Smith Mary Wiehe Edgar Bigsby Assistant Editor Ass't Bus. Manager Art Editor Sports Editor

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 John La ton Biogbrstaee, B. of Mus. Graduate Student. New York Institute of Fine Arts Professor of Music and Head of the Division of Arts cDivision of Arts “We can live without art—but. not. so well.'' IT is a recognition of this fact that accounts for a group of departments in most institu- tions of higher learning today, whose function it is to develop individual skill in the various arts; the sound knowledge of fundamental principles that is essential to teaching them; and the understanding and enjoyment of them that does so much to enrich life. The Division of Arts in this College comprises three departments: Fine and Applied Arts, In- dustrial Arts, and Music. FINE AND APPLIED ARTS The paramount aim which underlies the entire college program in art today is that of developing rich appreciation, understanding, and knowledge of art and beauty, and the utilizing of this knowledge in meeting the problems of reality. INDUSTRIAL ARTS The Industrial Aits work is presented with a three-fold purpose. First, it proposes to give promising young men sufficient technical experience so that they can teach Industrial Arts work in the elementary and high schools of the land; second, it offers pre-engineering students an opportunity to do their basic work in mechanical drawing and some shop work before going to a professional school of engineering; third, it encourages the rank and file of students to learn the joy and personal satisfaction which comes to one when he success- fully fashions materials to meet his needs. The three main purposes, then, are professional, pre-professional, and a vocational. The department is not operated under military discipline, rather, the students are expected to display considerable initiative and to proceed as much as possible “under their own steam. ' MUSIC The Music Department feels that it has an obligation to the individual in order that his abilities and appreciations may be developed; to the institution, in order that some contact with the beautiful, as expressed in music, may lie afforded every student irrespective of his major field of study; and to the community, in order that its cultural life may lie broadened and deepened by opportunities for hearing the world’s great music. Page 26