Virginia Commonwealth University - Cobblestone Wigwam Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE Dr. Howard Davis is now in his twen- tieth year as a faculty member at RPI. hie has been a teacher of busi- ness law, government, and economics. hHere he is busy grading papers of one of his advanced law classes. Coaches Ed Allen and Nancy Alex- ander are instructors in physical edu- cation, which is an important phase of training of the School of Applied So- cial Science. Both instructors, in ad- dition to the above, coach the boys ' and the girls ' basketball teams respec- tively. Physical education activities are conducted in the RPI gym, the YMCA and the athletic fields of the city. 25 rv;.- 1 :U u::.. tjr.i iuv ' :::i- ' ' y ' -m ' ynr ' i4

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■ ; •«,; ' Jff! -tv APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE A practice session in proper inter- viewing is observed by Mrs. Lois Washer, left, and J. Marshall Snelling, rear. The participating students are Lloyd hHall (seated), and Virginia Chapin (standing). The School of Applied Social Science includes many areas of education and among them is history. Dr. Albert Rogers is shown with a student in the process of explaining a chapter in European history. Most degree cour- ses at RPI require either American or European history. Elementary education is one of the most important phases of teaching in the public school system. Shown here are future teachers, Betsy Snider, San- dra Gregory and others, with their adviser, Pearl Burford. Education stu- dents are required to serve as student teachers during their senior year. 24

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ENGINEERING and DRAFTING A two-year course is offered the stu- dent in engineering In cooperation with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a one-year course in architecture. Mr. John Ankeney, industrial tech- nology; Mr. FHaigh Janngochian, in- structor in architecture, and Mr. Charles Foster, instructor in engineer- ing, look over blueprints of RPl ' s new Arts and Science building shown in the background. Mr. Malcolm Murrill and Capt. George Kennedy, instructors in nnath- ennatics, advise an engineering stu- dent on the proper use of the ever- important slide rule. This is a basic Instrument that never leaves the hands of an engineer during his entire ca- reer, whether his work be analytical, designing, or teaching. The civil engineering student must be well versed on the subject of map making, hfere Instructors John Mor- gan and Col. Leverett Yoder, me- chanical drawing and surveying re- spectively, analyze the work of Wray Elliott, a traverse map of Bryan Park. 26 hhi hi h} ' i : $$ mmmm] ' ttMtf ' -- «- ' rt--