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

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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-

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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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Blue Fen The Department of Education th Ih';'-'l.'rl,nw:l.l: of IAJIH..I'III.:IH sceks to Tulfill a two- fold function., It aims, in the first place, to prepare college men for more effective lay leadership in all mat- ters 1wr .umm to I: lll'-'ll. education, Bomh in its impor- 1ide as a corporate business m needs the services of an i:uE--r ed -1.lln gpirited laity. Consequently, the collige man who h.h studied its aims and pumposes, its program and its problems, iz in a position to render wise coungel and leadership. :l ur thr,'usl: men whio 1,'1;'11 1o enter T'm T::m:h'mg pmfeu- sion, the Pepartment atms ta ?:'L:l'.'idl.: nppur:unity for I preparation necessary for such a career. gh scientific rescarch and investigation, teaching is we and more professionalized, and, like: other i HHds. u'l':r Ihn-:-; V 'l-:lr'r' 10 enter ;I! wlm e had the neceszary pre-service technical training: W. A, WILKINSON Head of Department, jre lensi hi The Department of Modern Languages Hl'ml-.tTu the function of the Modern Language Die- partment at Delaware College has been chiefly restricted 1o thc m:cl;fa. nf tha: 1lrc-prn.'-t;:ixir1ll.'ll ;-:I.II.I.LIIIh. who have sought a reading knowledge r:-I' the oreign language most IlkLI'h- LH l:u' waed i:u. Ill! ij ..l'l.n' carecr. II.'I..-:: iare I ..' enlarging our purpose so as to prov ide in addition for the students who wish to concentrate in modern languapes with the intention subscquently either of teaching or of undertaking graduate work in linguistics or literature, The contemplated strengthening of the present Dep rlwnl;:xl S-Iil'L 1lu.'r:ll'er5ulH s 1o qul mofe adva courses; recent very substantial additions to 1l Language Library, which have been made pos gifts of friends interested in o quipment ;ui'l AfMlEeR, It afvd pml'.-,. Abroad indicate thit majoring in the feld of modern foreign languages 15 an opportunity which will seon be apen to the students of Delaware College. E. C. BYAM Head of Department. 'l!ll Modern le by the and the y