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

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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

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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 ROMANCE LANGUAGES The Department of Romance Lan- guages offers courses in French, Span- ish, and Italian. French and Spanish constitute the major lines. The depart- ment aims to prepare high school teach- ers in these two languages. Students are carefully drilled in grammar and pronunciation. Much attention is given to conversation in the language studied. Advanced literary courses are offered particularly in French. Voice students, who desire to sing in Italian, French or Spanish, are aided both in and out of regular classes. And finally, an earnest effort is made to broaden and deepen the culture of the students by bringing them into vital contact with another language and another literature. Ingebrigt Lillehei Head .Homer C. Httddox, Mary A. Short, Isabel Thornes Mildred Dyer, I. L. Lillehei