University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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Whether it's a simple explanation of the high cost of living or a lengthy discourse on the factors influencing market fluctuations, DR. JACK JOHNSON, head of the economics and sociology department, has a ready answer at hand and will usually find time to discuss any problem of interest to his students. He is assisted by Dr. F. C. Snow, economics teacher, and Ross Compton, sociology teacher. ..DEPARTMENTAl. HEADS From behind a maze of test tubes and bottles, DR. J. I.. CARRICO, familiarly known as Doc Kit, directs the activities of the chemistry department. In addition to his teaching and administrative duties, l'Doc Kit is a constant consultant of graduate students doing advanced chemical research on the campus. Other members of the chemistry staff include Miss Addie Mae Curbo, L. P. Floyd and Dr. J. J. Spurlock. Heading the education department in one of the largest teacher training institutions in the country is the difficult job being performed by DR. G. A. ODAM, whose chief aim is the proper training of good teachers for future generations. Education staff members include Misses Carolyn McMullan, Annabelle Pritchard and Florence Cullin and Drs. 1. F. Webb, Max Huebner, Merl Bonney and V. Y. Craig and A. G. Koenig.

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DEPARTMENTAL HEADS.. Whether it's Weaving on a hundred-year-old Indian loom or doing surrealistic advertisements that students are interested in, DR. CORA STAFFORD, head of the aft department, stands ready to give expert advice and instruction on anything pertaining to art. Carl Benton Compton, head of the North Texas Inter- American Institution at the University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico, is Associate Professor in the art faculty. Another addition to the faculty this year is DR. O. J. CURRY, who occupies the position of director of the newly-established school of business. Dr. Curry was a former professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Finance. Included on his staff are Miss Opal Wright, Margaret Hays, Kathleen Flood, Tom Rose, A. A. Miller, Byron Lewis Newton, and W. A. Larimer. e-.-.-,.,vc.-.N-.-.-.-.N-v-,-v-v.,vvvvv.-.A.-.-V.-.-.-.NV.-f.-.-.fvvvvvc-.-.-.-v-,-.A,-. WA,-,-.-. In addition to holding down the full-time job as dean of the college, DR. B. B. HARRIS finds time to take an active part in directing the activities of the biology depart- ment that range from elementary science to advanced courses in anatomy and physiology. Other experts in this field of chromosomes and cor- puscles are Drs. Ola johnson, J. K. G. Silvey, B. McBtyde and J. H. Leggett.

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DEPARTMENTAL HEADS .. Author as well as teacher, DR. FLOYD STOVALL, head of the English department, is chief advisor to students in this division on anything from complex poets to romantic sentences. . Included on the English faculty are Misses Nell Cleve- land, Virginia Haile, Mary Osborne, Mary Patchell, Bessie Shook, Mamie Smith and Mary Sweet and Drs. E. C. Brodie, E. S. Clifton, F. M. Darnall and M. P. Wells and B. E. Looney and Mrs. Idie McLain. Changing world conditions means a changing world geography-and to DR. WALTER HANSEN, head of the department of geography, has fallen the task of keeping up with the latest developments over the world and then helping students to interpret them. Under his direction, geography becomes a living, moving science that affects the lives of every individual- even to the most remote spots on the globe. Although most students will know and remember him for the tips he gave by sign language during class fecifafions, DR. HENRY DANNELLY win be remem- bered by other faculty members as head of the department of foreign languages. Assisted by Miss Virginia Calloway and J. N. Brown, Dr. Dannelly is confronted with the job of making collegiate tongues forget their jive talk and get hep to Spanish, French, or German.