University of North Carolina Asheville - Archive Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Art Any degree of study of art brings men that much closer to true communication, whether they be artist or layman. Mr. Eugene F. Bunker, Jr, Associote Professor of Art A vitally moving and • important form of expres- sion is better understood by musical studies- Music Division Philosophy The problems of man and the universe are as pressing to the modern American as to the ancient Greek. From the quest for and love of knowledge, philosophy is studied and taught. Dr. James A. Sfewart Head of Philosophy Deportment Dr. Jomes A. Poit Professor of Philosophy and Humanities

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Dr. Gerald L. Gullickson Assistant Professor of Literature Dr. Ellis Shorb Professor of Literature The Division of Humanities in- cludes, for purposes of administra- tive control, five academic deport- ments: Art and Music, Foreign Languages, History, Literature and Language, and Philosophy. The sub- jects taught in these departments are held to be the cornerstone of liberal education because they min- ister to man the intellectual and moral being. Their study contributes to an understanding of man ' s total cultural heritage, to the develop- ment of a richer moral and imagi- native insight, to a refinement of the powers of discrimination, to per- sonal stability based on a firm sense of values. Far from being a luxury, the humanities are the most practi- cal of necessities if men and women are to become f ully human. Humanities Dr. Roy A. Riggs Head of Division of Humanities Head of Department of Literature Literature . . . in literature is recorded every thought, every vision, every fancy, every motion that has ever passed through the human mind. What a rec- ord! Is there any better way of learning what men ore, so for as it con be learned from books and not from meeting human beings; and, however good our opportunities of meeting them, a lifetime of human contacts could not give us as wide on experience of human nature as literature can give. Miss Katrina Hench Instructor in Literature and Language Mrs. Lutrello A. Wishort Assistant Professor of Literature Mr. Claude L. Garren Associate Professor of Drama mm

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Miss Mory T. Miller Assistant Professor of Spanish Dr. Christine D. Gullickson Head of Longuoge Department Professor of French and German Mr. Jonathon G. Williams Associate Professor of French Languages An understanding and comprehen- sion of people of different lands as well as a mastery of various modern and ancient languages can be gained from the Department of Foreign Languages. of Humanities History A basis for the future is gleaned from a knowledge of the post. The happenings of hundreds of years ago directly affect today, therefore a knowledge of history is important to our understanding of the present. Dr. Williom S. Thurmon Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Ancient History Dr. Philip A. Walker Head of History Department Mr. Bruce J. Greenawalf Instructor in History