University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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Wlue fjen The Department of English l Wi L,ll'i.ll Department is one of several d.tpartmcnls in the University which have charge of the work in the two colleges, Delaware College and the Women's College. lhu. arrangement '5 E ulH:: 'ull ATLA RGOS fc'lr 1'ht Wooan I!i i'nH:'.lm'. ;II.I.NJ:IHI.I 15 Ihu: !-l:lld!!:ll.hi l::lf th.b- u-11-:gc come under the influence of a much larger number of teachers than would be possible if there were two sepa- rate departments of instruction, one for each college. One new elective course in English has been offered this yearSeventeenth Century Poetry and Prose. With- out enlarging its staff the Department is endeavoring gradually to organize its work so that the main fields or 1:; 1 Il'r 11::..'!!.'! ':I:L'hlutl'l:' may h-e,' I.':I'll,rl'n.i '11 11:!' reshman and Sophomaore roLrses in English, especially, an cffort has been made to have meore informal confer- cinges with students. An outstanding Teature of our activities this year has !ln'll 1'!!.' prlsdl.u'rixl:l nf J'I!;s-v.- under 11:u llill,'t;'l'il?n af Pru- fessor Kase in the course labiled Linglish 51 and 52. Two worth-while plays have been given, an advance in the r'-rh.-llllz ation of the work in play prodoction has been ma IU.I. . and E'I'Ia'.l:nl:lr-ll.ulh support Iram the 1-1;:, gc'um;i public has been received. The progress that haz been made would not have been possible without the admire- facilities of Mitchell Hail. W. O S5YPHERD Head of Department. The Department of History and Political Science Im: two ficlds of History and Political Science have ome 50 broad in scope during the past few years that in many colleges they have become differemtiated o such a4 Illf l.ltl that li,uhth are more and more ht :ru., trained courses in either one or the other but not in both. mit slackening its mterest n offermg as pood and as ANy COarses i history as 1 pus,si'hk, Al cx;'-.znfir:.n n the field of political science has been deemed desirable I.l:ll' ROIMe 1il'.lt'. .'.'Ild il.' ;.4 Ty ':-:' hupl'l' I'l.'u: W Ih-e.' not oo far distant future, LLib N ll t and ourses in International Law, Consti- . Political Theory, Comparative Government, Palitical Institutions will be offered. This will of mean the addition of another person on the the d nartment, who hazs had considerable gradu- ate school training in political science. Puring the past year, the department has added two i hi:.ltlfy for both t'u ;l.'H;'s:, one called His- i il.j':l.' I:t'h.' uthrr. .xln-:irr'n Hisllllj.' af IEH.' 'l ili and the Pacitfc Islands. Also, the one hour COIrae in the !linh:-l'-.- .l11;. ';r:nlrrum:u: g.f i:lh:n'.an, 1H1'l l:'...-; been introduced m the Women's College. GEORGE H. RYDEN Head of .I vamfmrn.t. I.'l 4f 5 -

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THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE T Arts and Seience Sche mstruction. in those subjects which are fundame stimulate the special aptitudes and erests of professional specialization; and 4. to give th certain. occupational careers. To this end, the Sch in the fields of 1 Literature, 2 History a Education, and 4 Mathematics and Science. ims and purposes of the Arts and Science School are pus studen l-lhc soung man who has a serious Ty to pay the price of an educs .lnon in hard work and nt conduc rm.e:.pu:-a Vi 1.:.,' men whose main fli'L..L in com escape for -at least four years from the necessity of es student with the best that has heen i and said nuJ the v and therchby better 4 mlum him to take 'lllc place as useful 3 Y member of ety, Fir .H'L ':-1- rl'run.. tJPrI?-fl. the student problems that require for their so n the orderly exercise of his mental processes, it seeks to train him to think logically and independently. To fit carnest students to earn o better living and to lead a better life, to give them a real semse of responsibility, to train them to think for themse to e of them more useful and happicr i :ensthese arc the ai 1l purposes of the Arts and Sc s School of Dels e College of the University of Delaware, mg 'l' 4 f-'. ln-.; g5 l:'f o I.'-I .'l:' liberal education: 21 to discover and : 3 1o lay the foundation for later instruction necessary in preparation for ion, through s l;.i:!.':su'li curricula, 3 IJ'In.n:-r:.' h:.-, l,h!n.al.lhl!l. !', and ental izes ag its o ore general, It is intercsted only i cge and is willing All nat waste its prestige or to s to acquaint the in the se -8 t cannot and 1 to l:;!iu Eoa1 It e GEORGE E. DUTTON Dean. i 4

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Bl Fen The Department of Philosophy As ra name indicates, thiz Department is interested in a number of problems, and at le I'u--nI.J h the life of the day at many points. Psy 3 hmrrmn of the n F'iuhls :-phv. analyees I,a 1'T.xh:u,t an.d. thought, l.'l nh: Soc Il:-'l'll..'l points the way to its Lse in the practical institutions of man, It i the purpose -:ll this Department to furnigh an opp url,unnl. I'ur i !nl.: a mastery ol runulrlllllu' fac these related subjects. It is only good beginning in the study rhq'm: I:ilrm' Breat lElL'ILI:k of 8L organization of the D 1'-0355':?'1: 1'nr tht FIInI: 1 s Lo Arfange a xf 1- i .u tth: subjects and to prepare interested students for era duate gtudy i them. But perhaps cur major contril the life of the University is to furnish an app studc-ms al ill-:. 1l.1. i l'.' iminds l'r'ur a p.-lip,; knnu felds which no cultured man ignores, EZRA B. CROOKS Head of Department. The Department of Economics I 1 15 the aim of the Department of Economics to serve two types of studemts, For those whose major interest les in ather n.fn:-p.:rmwnu L proy ides 3 HETHEr aurse, the purpose of which is to prepare them to cope intelligently and constructively with the numercus conplex problems definitely intend to enter some phase of business, it offers a number of more specialized courses in addition o the above, which particularly stress the practical application uf business fundamentals. During the past year a new course, Insurance, has been added as a result of QF!-N.I al p;rlllmrl from members of the Junior and Senior classes. It s designed as a general caurse covering the more important features of the major types of personal and property insurance, aiming 1o de- velop an appreciation of their place in business and per- sonal affairs, It 15 the intent of this du-parr.nw:m o meet, as ade- quately as its limited facilities will permit, the needs of the students majoring in i1, J. SIDNEY GOULD Head of Department, 4 6 Jp-