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

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DEPARMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES The Department of Romance Lan- guages was created by the State Board of Education in the early part of 1918, and began its work with three teachers in the fall of the same year. At the present time five teachers are on the staff. The Department has two major lines, French and Spanish, and offers courses in grammar, conversation, and literature. It is the aim of the Depart- ment to furnish a thorough knowledge of the grammar of the language studied, practice in conversation, and advanced courses in which the literature of France. Spain, and Spanish America is studied. It is also the aim of the D£ partment to prepare teachers of French and Spanish for high schools, to enable students to satisfy the requirements for the degrees beyond the B. A. and to create a spirit of larger understanding, sympathy, and tolerance, by introducing students to another language, people, and literature. The Department carries on correspondence work and conducts Extension Credit classes in French and Spanish. The teachers in the Department have done graduate work in the United States and abroad, having studied in French or Spanish-speaking countries. The Department is especially well equipped with educational material such as maps, pictures, and post-cards of France. Spain, and South America. The departmental library numbers about three thousand volumes, and receives the leading magazines of France and Spain. In fact, the library for French and Spanish is one of the most complete in the middle west. Ikgebrigt Lillehei Head

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DEPARTMENT OF LATIN, GREEK, AND GERMAN The Department of Latin, Greek, and German makes provision for four years of continuous work in Latin for students whose preparation ranges from no Latin to four years of high school Latin. The courses offered are adapted to the needs of students who pursue the study of Latin as a funda- mental element of liberal education, as an essential education, as an essential part of the preparation of English, or as the major or minor work of a pros- pective teacher of Latin. The work in Latin and Greek furnishes the special opportunities of classical study for de- veloping literary appreciation, precision in thinking, and accuracy and taste in expression, and for mastering the sources of the large classical element in the vocabulary of English. A major or minor in Latin consists of a sequence of courses following four years of high school Latin. The major includes work in translation, interpretation, composition, the historical study of forms and syntax, the investigation and application of the principles of language instruc- tion, and the review and advanced study of the actual material to be used in the teaching of Latin in secondary schools. The work in German constitutes an introduction to the study of a literature rich in cultural value and makes available important technical publications in every field. Preparation for the teaching of German is afforded by special studies in the theory of modern language instruction and by practice in compo- sition and conversation and in the translation and interpretation of a wide range of German authors.

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DEPARTMENT OF ART AND MANUAL ARTS Two major lines are represented in the Department of Art and Manual Arts. Students who major in art are as- sumed to be preparing to serve as teachers or supervisors of art in the public schools of the state. To provide the special training needed by such stu- dents a variety of courses are offered in drawing, design, craft work, interior decoration. commercial illustration, methods of teaching art in the schools and other subjects. This Department also gives the courses in art which have been set up for the preparation of kindergarten, pri- mary, elementary grade, rural school and home economics teachers. Students who major in manual arts are preparing to become teachers and supervisors of manual arts in the schools. For their special preparation, courses are offered in woodworking, drafting, sheet metal work, home mechanics, industrial arts design, w’ood finish- ing, wood turning, methods of teaching manual arts, organization of manual arts and other subjects. Students who major in other lines may elect courses in either art or manual arts and thus broaden their contacts with school activities and gain information and experience helpful in supervisory positions. Two entire floors in the building, known as the Vocational Building, are de- voted to the work of this Department. Six rooms are equipped and used for instruction in the art subjects. There is also a fine exhibit room in which art exhibitions are held for the education of students. Six rooms are devoted to the work of manual arts. Among these are a class and demonstration room, woodworking and metal working shops, drafting room, and woodfinishing room. Upwards of six hundred students are enrolled each term in classes of this Department. C. A. Bailey Head