University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Dr. Creer point out the various parts of a genuine Stradivarius violin to her Humanities class. The Humanities courses entail a study of art, literature, and music. They probe factors common to the several arts, and include a study ot examples from the historical periods and styles. As a functional course, the attempt is made to arouse the student’s concern about values, increase his cognizance of some of the sources of values tiiat underlie responses evoked by the arts, foster autonomy in judgment formation, and establish a pattern of continuous recourse to the arts. 31 I Dr. JoM-phinc Greer instructs the courses in this department.

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Elizabeth Morri . who I cache composition classes, enjoy science fiction material. j V ' m ! 'AjU t € Jr ■IH Ann Helgeton I cache the fundamental of writing to Freshman college students. Dr. Robert Week , who ia a poet himtelf, teache modern poetry, including the work of American, French and Spanish poet . To the Maker of Globe To the man who make the globe mutt come comiderable power when he put the countrie on and pint it with hit thumb. But do not, air, put your thumb on that green hill for that ia our . Do not cru h the life ouL If you muit put your finger omewhere for tpinning put it out in that deep Atlantic pot. To the man who make the globe and put on all the color mutt come comiderable pleasure too, like painting the Mar in the »ky. like working a private museum of wonder . U e yellow sparingly, ir, for yellow it sand and belong to Nevada and Sahara. But use the blue frequently, sir, for that ia the lake and the life-giving. Lite green mo t of all! Use it without restraint-make Wisconsin green and Florida, tail most of all We t Virginia, for he need it. Spare the red, ir, for you know helL Go ea y on it, be merciful! And whirl u gently. ir. We are tender and scared. Make u mountain and lake and greenery, ir. But watch where you put your thumb! —Robert Lewis Weeks. Dianne Peter trie to develop a en e of form and organization of fact in the writing habit of her composition student . Grace Shipley teaches upperclassmen the main point of Eighteenth Century Literature. 30

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La Tabic Francaiae provide an opportunity for all atudenta of the French language to meet twice a week to practice their informal conversation. Dr. Vernon Cingerich, the new chairman of the Foreign language Department, ia an in-atructor of French and advlaor to the French Gub. The Foreign Language Department is one of the best in the state. Last spring a new language laboratory was installed. Courses are offered in Spanish. French, German, and Russian. During the summer, the Wisconsin language Centers Abroad gives students of French and Spanish an opportunity to study that language in its native environment in Quebec, Canada, and Xalapa. Mexico, respectively. 32