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 offers four different lines of work. In the first place it tries to lay the foundation of a good general train- ing in the subjects of Physics and Chemistry. It offers sufficient courses in these subjects so that the successful student, in case he does not care to teach, would be abundantly equipped to pursue these studies on a graduate basis in a University. While this is true, the department always keeps in view what constitutes the best training for a teacher in a high school. Second, the department offers a num- ber of courses, like that of Every Day Physical Science, which are of direct vocational value to the teacher in the elementary school. Louis Begeman Head Third, the department supplies the basic training in chemistry for the students pursuing the Home Economics curriculum. Fourth, the department is at present offering two courses in applied peda- gogy: one in physics and the other in chemistry. These courses can be substi- tuted as educational credits when physics or chemistry is the major line of the student.

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCE Emmett J. Cable Head The Natural Science Department has a staff of highly trained teachers who possess a thorough knowledge of the range and scope of their respective fields. Three major lines of work are of- fered: Earth Science. Biological Sci- ence, and Agriculture. Each major line offers to students sufficient selection for proper specialization. The laboratories are equipped with the most modern apparatus in order to acquaint students with the best scien- tific investigation. The aim of the department is to train men and women adequately to become first-class teachers of these sciences in our public schools. Top Row —Uttley, Gilbert, Aitohfson. Hodges. Middle Row-—1Clark, Rath, Rigdon, SwalwcH. Bottom Row—Lantz, Abbott, Scott. Cable. 24

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DEPARTMENT OF LATIN, GREEK. AND GERMAN F. I. Merchant Head One aim of the work in Latin and Greek is to provide for students of every type special opportunities to mas- ter the classical element in the vocabu- lary of English and to develop precision in thinking and accuracy and taste in expression. Its particular vocational aim is to meet the demand for high school teachers of Latin by courses for advanced training in translation, inter- pretation. and composition, for the his- torical study of forms and syntax, for the investigation and application of the principles of language instruction, and for the review and advanced study of the actual material to be used in teach- ing Latin in secondary schools. The elementary and advanced courses in German constitute an introduction to the study of a language and literature important in every field of teaching. Anna Doffin . Edna 0. Miller, P. T. Merchant, Joseph Schaeffer 26