University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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BIOLOGY Much Work To Be Done In New Research Laboratory The space occupied in the Science Building by the Biology Department is a bustling, compact area and there is a constant search for more research space. This department is interested in blending training and re- search, and it is for this reason that Dr. Berkley and Dr. Roeder instituted the construction of the Cutter Memo- rial Laboratory. This well equipped laboratory has car- rels where students can concentrate on studies and research space where they can do original research under the guidance of faculty members. Half of the research space in the Science Building is found in this laboratory. The Biology Department trains pre-med students and medical technologists. Twenty percent of the depart- ment ' s majors continue into graduate work and each year, four or five of them receive assistantships or fel- lowships to do further work in biology. GRIN AND BEAR IT! A certain amount of unpleasantness is good for everyone, especially everyone in Biology 101-102. STUDENTS catch a glimpse of life as the minute world of micro-organisms unfolds beneath the powerful eye of a microscope. Page 29

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Departments WEATHERSPOON Art Gallery presents an exhibit of beautiful Japanese silk screen prints in delicate textures and hues. ART Department Prepares Students For Varied Opportunities THE MOMENT of critical analysis of one ' s own work is one of the most important and difficult moments to an art student. L2H km I The creative teaching of the staff of the Art Department is its most unique facet. Widely acclaimed, the Weather- spoon Gallery with its outstanding art comprises the department ' s most valuable asset. When a student graduates from Woman ' s College with a major in art, she is qualified for various em- ployment opportunities. For example, a graduate hold- ing a B.A. or B.F.A. in Design for Advertising is cap- able of applying for a position in many fascinating fields, including window display, newspaper advertising, magazine advertising and illustration, and exhibition designing. A student, also holding a B.A. or B.F.A., with a major in Art History and Interpretation can easily be acceptable for employment as curator in a museum or art library. In this day when the need for educational instructors is so great, the Art Department of The Woman ' s College trains students, working for their B.A. or B.F.A., to be art teachers in primary and sec- ondary schools. With additional graduate study, stu- dents may go on to fill positions as instructors in col- leges and universities. Opportunities are not in the least restricted, as one might candidly observe. Other opportunities include that of occupational therapist, medical instructor, recrea- tional specialist, and draftsman. Page 28

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WHILE WORKING TOGETHER in an afternoon lab ses- sion, these girls determine the speed of sound by the Kundt ' s Tube method. CHEMISTRY Many Chemistry Majors Are Utilized For Research The majority of interest in the Chemistry Department is placed on analytical and physical chemistry and its associated equipment. This is the explanation for the large number of well trained chemistry majors that graduate from Woman ' s College and are employed with so much success in industrial chemical research. Ap- proximately twenty-five percent of the chemistry majors enter graduate work at some later date. Research is an important facet of the Chemistry De- partment. Last year, in conjunction with an honors program, one of the majors did much research on chromotography. There are, at present, two staff mem- bers engaged in research projects, one of which is in collaboration with the University at Chapel Hill. PHYSICS Major Curriculum Changes Take Place Next Year The curriculum as planned in the Physics Department trains a student towards a career in industrial, govern- mental, or private research and in teaching. Majors are trained in laboratories such as the one begun last spring for the purpose of undergraduate research. Part of the outstanding equipment to be placed in this laboratory is a mass spectrometer with a low pressure vacuum system. Next year, there will be three major curriculum changes in this department. The general physics course will become an eight semester hours course instead of six, and there will be two kinds of general physics courses taught. One of these will be aimed at satisfying the needs of the students in liberal arts and the other will be geared to the level of all science and mathe- matics majors. The electrical sequence for physics majors will also be rearranged to allow a full year ' s work in- stead of the previous one semester. HOURS OF HARD WORK and much experimentation and research typically mark the four college years of a chemistry major Page 30