University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY The Department of Physics and Chemistry functions in several ways in the service of the student body. In the first place it offers a number of courses in physics and chemistry which are def- initely planned to meet the needs of cer- tain special curriculums such as the home economics curriculum, the physi- cal education curriculum, the elemen- tary education curriculums and the mus- ic curriculums. These courses are taught largely from a technical point of view. Second, the department offers excel- lent appointments to students preparing to meet the science requirements for entrance to the engineering and medical courses of the university. This func- tion. of course, is purely incidental. Third, the department strives to pre- pare students for the work of teaching general science, physics, and chemis- try in the high schools of the state. Courses in these lines covering several years of college work are offered to de- gree students. This work is climaxed by a teachers course in physics. In past years quite a number of the students who have majored in physics and chemis- try pursued graduate study at different universities. Some of these have become college instructors and a few of them have become high-grade research engineers in the various industrial laboratories of the nation. Louis Bkgf.man Head R. W. Getehell (on leave of absence) S. P. Hersey, L. Begeman, 0. B. Read, W. H. Kadesch Not in picture H. E. Murphy. Page 29

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCE Emmett J. Cable Head principles and concepts, and the skill tion. The Natural Science Department comprises three major lines of work. Earth Science, Biological Science, and Agriculture. It is universally agreed that the natural sciences comprise a liv- ing, growing body of knowledge which is intimately connected with contem- porary life. In this day and age the scientific approach is a characteristic of our modern life; laboratory methods and technique are the tools of our mod- ern industrial civilization. With this thought in mind the Natural Science Department aims to secure well-trained teachers who appreciate the value of science preparation for life and who can make the applications in their instruc- tion. The main objective which the De- partment wishes to emphasize in the in- struction given is the development of open-mindedness on the part of stu- dents: the ability to think clearly and logically; the mastery of fundamental to discern and impart accurate informa- Well equipped laboratories are provided to cary on such investigations as are necessary and fundamental to prepare, in a thorough manner, men and women who are to become teachers of these sciences in the public schools of Iowa. Students who are interested in any of the above fields should see or write Dr. E. J. Cable for detailed information. Top Row: Marguerite Uttley, Winifred Gilbert. Allison Aitchison, J. S. Hodges. Middle Roxc: O. U. Clark. H. E. Bath, Vera Higdon, Belva Swalwell. Front Row: C. W. Lant . R. L. Abbott. W. S. Scott. E. J. Cable. Page 28

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DEPARTMENT OF LATIN, GREEK. AND GERMAN F. I. Merchant Head advanced work with a language and field. The work in Latin and Greek affords the special opportunities of classical study for developing, as fundamentals in the preparation of any teacher, ac- curacy and power of expression, inter- pretative ability, and acquaintance with the sources of the large classical ele- ment in English. Its narrow vocational aim is to meet the demand for high school teachers of Latin by providing courses for advanced training in trans- lation, interpretation, and composition, for the historical study of Latin forms and syntax, for the investigation and application of the principles involved in the teaching of Latin and for the review and advanced study of the actual ma- terial to be used in teaching. The courses in German make it possible to become acquainted in elementary and literature important for teachers in every Page 30 Anna Doffing, Edna 0. Miller, F. I. Merchant. Joseph Sch-n rtVr