University of Wisconsin Stout - Tower Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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HaroW R. CmIc Music Department I he music department at The Stout Institute began with an orchestra, a band, a men ' s glee club and a male quartet. From these extra-curricular activities have de- veloped credit courses In harmony, music appreciation, conducting, band, orchestra, and choral groups. Under the direction of Mr. Cooke, students received instructions m techniques in ear training, rhythm motation. diatonic and chromatic scales, chord instruction, and acoustics. r«]

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MERLE M. PRICE STEPHEN A. STSPHAM Social Science Department Through social science courses students seek an understanding of the complex conditions characteristic of today. It was not until Stout Institute became a state institution, that social science was added to the curriculum. Courses in economics. sociology, history, government, family, and society 3ivc the student the background to understand American political social, and economic life. C2 3

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RAY A. WIGEN STUART ANDERSON Graduate School Department Graduate work was carried on exclusively during the summer sessions until the second semester of the I 945-46 college year when the first regular session of gradu- ate courses began. Students who hold the degree of Bachelor of Science from The Stout Institute or its equivalent, are eligible to take graduate courses. The graduate curriculum is planned so prospective teachers and administrators may earn the degree of Master of Science with a major in Industrial Education, Home Economics Education, or Vo- cational Education. CW3