University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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SOCIOLOGY Confemporory Society Is Discipline ' s Province An increase of fifteen per cent in major student en- rollment and a departmental personnel multiplica- tion of thirty per cent let Sociology keep pace with the fastest-growing departments on campus. According to Acting Assistant Professor John D. Baldwin, Sociology is just in the process of being ' discovered ' by the public as the only field that studies the every-day behavior of people in con- temporary society. Students in all related areas of the science recognize that Sociology is among the most relevant of all fields to contemporary prob- lems in society as we know it today, explaining the rapid augmentation of the department. Publications in theory as well as practice were produced by various faculty members involving pertinent spheres of interest. Dr. Walter F. Buck- ley prepared a work on Modern Systems Theory and Sociology, while Dr. Thomas J. Scheff re- searched Being Mentally 111: A Sociological Theory. Improvised News: A Sociological Study of Rumor, was Dr. Tamotsu Shibutani ' s topic. One of the faculty ' s most avid participants in Leg Council affairs. Dr. Peter f- all often utilizes every spare moment to discuss any topic with students anywhere, as here in front of South Hall. Front row: J. Michael Ross, David Gold, Walter Buckley, Bruce Straits, Don H. Zimmerman. Second row: Tamotsu Shibutani, Thomas O ' Dea, Don- ald Cressey, Gary Schulman, Aaron Cicourel, Harvey Molotch, David Arnold, Daniel Wlllick, Donald Hansen, William Chambliss, Paul Wuebben, Howard Boughey, Thomas Wilson, Edward Suchman, Charles Spaulding! 249

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PSYCHOLOGY Fundomenfal Atfifude Stands Ouf in Research Taking a rather unique stand in relation to their research techniques, the Psychology Department at UCSB is committed to a program of investigation of basic fundamentals, as opposed to the clinical, industrial and psycho-analytical research preva- lent on many college campuses today. Such diverse general education requirements as Philosophy and Anthropology support this stand. An increase of three faculty members facilitated the continuation of study programs, while a short- age of new funds prevented the instigation of new programs and research grants. v. -aV . Guest speaker, Steve Allen, delivers an early morning lecture to a Psych class. Mike Meeker, Harry Carlisle, Michael Gazzaniga, Robert Reynolds. Jerome Brams, William Altus, Howard Kendler, Jerry Higgins. Arthur Sandusky, David Messick, Charles McClintock. Lila Braine Robert Gottsdanker Martin Braine Tracy Kendler John Foley Walter Gogel 248

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LINGUISTICS Interest in Subject Exists Though Still Formative At present there are not enough pure Hnguistics offerings to constitute a major, but Linguistics Director Arthur Schwartz foresees that a wider range will be available next year. At the graduate level, it may take another two or three years before such a degree can be offered. A renewed interest in universal grammar has arisen, converging with a very practical concern for translating quickly and efficiently from one language to another. Along with this translatability, information retrieval is an integral concern of the linguist as he confronts the problems of syntax and semantics. Linguistics also contributes toward improved teaching of grammar in the lower grades. Dr. Arthur Schwartz illustrates to a Linguistic Description class the various symbols to be used for sounds that are dis- tinctly different to the ears of a linguist He is daily challenged to bridge a large gap in hearing capacities. Front row: Ben Wallace, William Madsen. Second row: Thomas Harding, El- vin Hatch, Brian Pagan, Charles Erasmus. Third row: Albert Spaulding, Wil- liam Allen, Jamshed Ma- valwala, David Brokensha, Henry Lundsgaarde, Claude Warren. ANTHROPOLOGY Facets of Emerging Cultures Attract Departmental Study A surge of interest in the Anthropology of Development has urged the UCSB department to study political modern- ization, economic development, health and education in emerging cultures of the world. Dr. Thomas Harding went to New Guinea to observe an unprecedented election. Faculty publications featured Brian Pagan ' s Iron Age Cultures in Zamhia-1, David Brokensha ' s Social Change at Larteh, Ghana, and Harding ' s Voyagers of the Vitiaz Strait. New courses covered the Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia, the Soviet Union, South Africa and West Africa, Economics of Primitive and Peasant Societies, and Law and Warfare in Non-Western Societies. Visiting cultural evolutionist Elman R. Service offered a special winter seminar. 50