Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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FINE ARTS One of the fastest growing divisions of the college, the Fine Arts Division includes art, dramatics, music, and speech. This year each of the faculty has presented a public performance, either in concert, public reading, or art exhibit. Opera made its debut at Union this year in the presentation of two short operas by Menotti, The Telephone and The Medium, which were produced by the Music and Drama Departments in March. Donald W. Maxwell, B.A., MA. Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts, Head of the Department of Music and Associate Pro- fessor of Music. W. David Ashburn, A.B., MA. Instructor in English and Dramatics. Donald Christmas, B.M., M.M. Instructor in Piano. Florence Dewey, B.S., MA. Dean of Wo- ment and Assistant Professor of Music. Billy Paul Hays, B.M., M.M. Instructor in Organ and Piano. Howard G. Hitchcock, A.B., M.F.A. Head of the Department of Art and Assistant Pro- fessor of Art. 23

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EDUCATION ■n Charles W. Simms, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Chairman of the Division of Education, 1 Director of Extension, Head of the De- partment of Education, and Professor of Education. Herman Bush, A.B., M.A. Head of the Department of Physical Education and Athletic Coach. Merle Howard, A.B., M.A. Associate Pro- fessor of Education and Supervisor of Student Teaching. Kathleen Moore, A.B., M.A. Associate Professor of Elementary Education. Frances Porridge, B.S. in Ed., M.A. As- sociate Professor in Physical Education for Women. Donald Shaw, B.S. in Ed. Instructor in Physical Education. The Division of Education, which also includes physical education, psychol- ogy and guidance, has added a very important feature to its curriculum this year. Under the direction of an additional full-time faculty member, a new supervised teaching program has been established. Under this arrangement, a student spends ten weeks in full-day classroom instruc- tion away from the campus, a real apprenticeship in teaching, with op- portunity for group evaluation on his return. 22

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Robert R. Bryden, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Chairman of the Division of Sciences; Head of the Department of Biology; Professor of Biology. H. Branch Howe, A.B., M.A., sistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D. As- Inez B. Livingston, B.S. in Ed. Instructor in Home Economics. Jean Lyons, R.N. Instructor in Nursing Arts. Carl R. Newsom, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Head of the Department of Physical Sciences; Professor of Chemistry. Mary Pettus, A.B., MA. Assistant Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Physics. SCIENCES The Science Division at Union College includes the fields of biology, chemistry, home economics, mathematics, physics, and this year for the first time, a pre-nursing pro- gram. The course offerings of the Science Divisfon are plan- ned to prepare students in the Division either for a wide variety of positions upon grad- ation or for further profes- sional training in their chosen fields. X 24