University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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Handcarved statues of monks and saints on angel wings are among the mission artifacts that were taken from the dig This dig was part of the Anthropology Departments field study program J-ft' A -can , .Lf WValls were Constructed to mark the boundaries of the old missions. This site is one of the five original areas of the Mission Santa Clara, Original pieces of tile. handcrafted pottery, and drinking pitchers are many of the artifacts taken from the Mission dig, All iirtifgiets were on display in the deSaisset Museum on the SCU campus. 28 Academics

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NW ff Max Mancini Finding interesting research projects to use as class curriculum is a task on which Robert Numan, Ph.D., and other professors spend much time. EXPLGRI Psychology students participate in department experiments and attempt to gain insights into the world of clinical psychology. G THE PSY HE mages of mad sci- entists in white coats, aided by nunchbacked assistants .nd performing night- marish experiments, may have crept into he imaginations of a ew psychology stu- lents. Yet despite the light apprehension felt ny some, the course re- luirement of participa- ion in a minimum of hree Psychology De- Iartment experiments 'er quarter was not he cause of too much istress. On the con- rary, most students ound it rather enlight- ning. The purpose of this equirement was for tudents to learn some- hing about psychology hrough experimenta- lon. According to Mar- 'in L. Schroth, Ph.D., it was the best way to find out how psycholo- gists really work. The student is actually in- volved rather than a passive observer. The students partici- pated as subjects in two types of depart- ment research. The first kind was the fac- ulty-initiated project, the majority being ba- sic research in either social behavior or, as in the case of Dr. Schroth, testing condi- tions for learning. The second kind involved the experiments con- ducted by more ad- vanced students under the supervision of a faculty member. This gave these students the chance to imple- ment the knowledge they received in class and to discover what the world of psycholo- gy was like outside of the classroom. These experiments proved a valuable opportunity for students to earn credit and expand their knowledge. Students were also given the alternative of attending lectures or volunteering for off- campus organizations. Sherrie Crouch, a freshman biology major who considered chang- ing her major to psy- chology, fulfilled her requirement by volun- teering at the Chil- dren's Health Council in San Jose where she observed young chil- dren. And although the experience she got did not directly apply to the introductory psy- chology course she was taking, she felt it I would be helpful in further studies. Many of the stu- dents, such as fresh- man Robert Chamber- lain, agreed that direct participation in re- search was a good ex- periencej' but not all those involved saw the value of participation from a learning point of view. Michelle Mul- lin, freshman biology major, said I think our participation helped the student's research project, but the pur- pose was never clearly explained to us. The students' impres- sions of the experi- ments were as varied as were the experi- ments themselves. And each student received insights to the world of psychology through their participation. by Kathl Coad een Y Exploring the Psyche

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1 M SSIO DIG RE EALS CLUES T0 SCU'S PAST 'he Anthropology Department had an interesting on-going study on its hands during the summer cf 1985. Led by David Huelsbeck, Ph.D., students in the Anthropology 197 class continued their tudy of one of the five sites of the Mission Santa Clara. Originally, said Dr. Huelsbeck, the rst Mission was built After earthquakes da- pproximately at the orth end of the San ose Airport, and was ooded out after two ears. After another maged this develop- ment in 1818, the mis- sionaries began the fifth, and last, Mission Santa Clara on the vo years at a location land the church occu- V1 somewhat higher round, the missionar- rs decided to begin uilding a permanent hurch. Up to that aint, explained Dr. iuelsbeck, they con- .ructed buildings by riving sapling ltreesj :to the ground, weav- ig brush in between gem, then packing iud on top. For the 1ird site they used iobe bricks to con- Lruct permanent Jildingsf' This third te of the mission, hich the field study Jntinued excavating i the summer of 1985, as located at the cor- er of Franklin Street id Campbell Avenue. pies today. Arthur Spearman, S.J., author of The Five Franciscan Churches of the Mis- sion Santa Clara, began the archaeological dig near the third site. It was Mark Lynch, Ph.D., who started to integrate students into the field study. In the summer of 1982, he and his group uncov- ered the foundation of one of the buildings. But later that year, a drunk driver hit and killed Dr. Lynch on the Alameda. Dr. Huelsbeck has used many of Dr. Lynch's notes to begin his work. He really laid the foundation for the study, said Dr. Huels- beck, but it's now at a point where it can pro- ceed on its own ac- cord. So far, the field study under Dr. Huels- beck has found a wide variety of artifacts. They have accumulat- ed many pieces of ado- be, including both floor and roof tiles. The dig- gers have also found remains of Mexican and Indian pottery. By studying these artifacts and others, such as animal bones and food remains, Dr. Huelsbeck and his group were able to be- gin to piece together the lives of the Span- ish missionaries and the converted Indians who lived at the Mis- sion. by Mark Chambers Mission Dig Reveals Clues To SCU's Past