Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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FIRST ROW' Miss Swanson, Mrs. Sievers, Miss Herscher. Prof. Goehring, Prof. Hutchins Mr Nichols, CHEMISTRY The Chemistry curriculum is designed to prepare the student for one of four plans for the future: entering the chemical profession, doing graduate work, teaching in this Held, or entering medicine. Besides these four gen eral areas, a student wishing to work in the business manage- ment of the chemical industry may major in chemistry-com- merce, which requires the same amount of credits in both f1elds. Besides the regular course ofe ferings, weekly seminars in which both students and faculty par- ticipate are held. Those topics not ordinarily covered in class such as recent events in the field of chemistry, or research projects of both faculty and students alike are discussed at these seminars. Prof.Berr1thal, Mr Ta nk. The Department of Business and Economlcs, which claims the largest enrollment of majors and minors on the campus, offers to its students a wide range of courses. A student in this department could take courses in principles of marketing, corporate finance, business law, or any one of a number of courses in economics such as the history of economics, or money and banking. This department is also responsible for training the typists and stenographers who eventually will enter fields of secretarial work. a: Ra mam Prof. Smith, Mr. Ferguson, Prof. Meibohm, Mr. B1115. Seated: Prof. Schwan, Prof. Larson. 24

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ART The Art Department of Valparaiso University could well be called the most colorful department on the campus. The walls of the large, welI-lighted art studio in Kroencke Hall are covered with murv als, water color paintings, and oil paint- ings done by professional and amateur artists. During Valparaiso's Fine Arts Festival, the paintings of Mr. Stanley Bielecky, head of the department, were exhibited. Mr. Bielecky and Mrs. Bick- nell teach such courses as beginning and advanced oil painting, free hand draw- ing, and color and composition. By en- rolling in these courses the students, besides receiving an opportunity to do creative work, receive a better apprecia- tion of art itself. BIOLOGY The medical building, immede iately next to the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, is the home of the Biology Department. Here in lecture periods, between the Pennsy train whistles, instructors enlighten the students as to the classiHcation of living organisms into phyla and species. These beginning biology students also spend hours in the laboratories of the department among slides, microscopes, formaldehyde, elo- dea leaves and the famous pre- served frogs and crayfish. The welI-trained staff of this depart' IIIth also offers advanced courses in botany, vertebrate anatomy, embryology, genetics, microtech- nique, and anatomy. These courses are designed to develop in the student a general knowl- edge and cultural appreciation of the animal and plant life, to establish a biological foundation for practical work in the held, and also to prepare students for graduate and research work in biology, botany, and zoology. Prof Mrs. Bicknell and Mr. Bielecky . Elliott, Prof. Nichols, Prof. Bloom, Prof, Krekeler, 23 Prof. Kuster.

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EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY at tla i r This spring Valparaiso University is graduating about twenty elementary school teachers. They are the second graduating class to go through the program of student teaching in the ele- mentary grades. One hundred lifty pupils are now enrolled in this popular program. The sec- ondary education program is older than the elementary program and has grown by leaps and bounds each year of its existence. This year the curriculum enrolls about 110 students, excluding freshmen. The psychology half of the department sponsors the psychology club, a departmental club not only for majors, but also for specially interested students. This past year the members of the club have had the opportunity to hear many educational leaders both from campus and all parts of the country. SEATED: Prof. Seehausen, Mr. Kroenke, Prof, Waldschmidt, Prof. Schwanholt. STANDING: Prof, Graebner, Mr. Tackett. 25