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

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ENGLISH The biggest shock a freshman often has at college is freshman composition. The new student often comes thinking he knows all the grammar and sentence structure necessary for writing proficien- cy; but what a surprise occurs when the student artistically constructs his first theme, hands it in, and receives it again in several days, covered with a multitude of red correction marks! Thursday night is known to the freshman as Theme Night , and many of these freshman actually turn sophomores despite their struggles with the elementary course, and return the next fall to enroll in a course in English Literature. For other interested students and students intend- ing to major in the department, special- ized courses are offered such as short story writing, American literature, Vic- torian poets and poetry, the novel, and a study of Shakespeare. These courses are designed to help the student understand and enjoy the major works of English and American literature and to acquaint them with the materials and methods of the history of literature. During the past academic year this department felt the great loss caused by a fatal automobile accident. Bagoe and Bennett were killed on January 17, 1954. Standing: Prof. Risley, Prof. Czamanske, Prof. Umhach Prof. Tuttle, Prof. Friedrich. Seated: Prof. Essig. Mr. Collins, Mr. Bagoe, Mrr Huang, Mr. Bennett. Seated: Miss Anderson. 26

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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

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FOREIGN lANGUAGE The department of Foreign Languages might well be said to offer students the linguistic tools for living in almost any major geographical area of our world; in fact one could even be able to fit into the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans. How is this possible? A beginning student is offered a reading knowledge of German, Greek, Latin, or Spanh ish. An advanced student may choose, for example, a course in contemporary French literature, a study of the work of the Ger- man writers Schiller or Goethe, Latin composition, or even nine- teenth century Spanish Drama. .u Prof. Guillaumam, Prof. Ade, Prof. Schenck, Prof. Miller. Mr, Stoll, Prof. Cole, Prof. Reinke, Prof. Moultoh, Mr. Elser. 27