Walla Walla University - Mountain Ash Yearbook (College Place, WA)

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Vada Hayx enjoyx a few minutes in the browxing room purely for pleasure. Librariam mmt be at least 5; QMK tall or good climbers to reach lhp top .chelves. Carol jean Hausa just qualifies. .xngga 44.4: If all of these rcsourccs fail to provide the information needed, the lihrzuy belongs to an exchange program which makes the information of the great libraries of the country availablc t0 Walla Walla College studvnts within a week or two. In addition to the tools of research, our library houses two classrooms; a chapel which seats over 500; and several commit- tcc, seminar, and counselingr rooms; plus two large, pleasant readingr rooms design- cd for quivt study. Herc, once in a while, cupidk marksmanship goes awry and love for knowledge is dvthroncd; but when the class bell rings, cupid adjusts his sights and acadcmic amour reigns again.

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With the Eastman Recordack, Peggy Donovan and .Mrs. H. E. Ithermcycr read sixteen pages from a standard-sized book reproduced on microcardx. 'l'he Periodical Room LIBRARY The heart of education is a wcll-cquippcd college library whose every book and magazine may be some studenfs academic heart beat whvn he needs inforw mation for a freshman theme, a research projvct, or a MasteIJs thesis. To take the pulse of our library would require finding out which of the 435 magazine sub- scriptions arc wcckly, monthly, or quarterly; addingr the 5 daily newspaper subscriptions to the more than 60,000 books still makes the figure incomplete, for several priceless works are on microfilm strips or cards which save space and expense. For example F. K. Bcilstcinhs 50- volumc Handvuch dcr Organ- ischen Chemic originally costing into the thousands of dollars cost just $100 on 4 x 6 inch microfilm cards. 25

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DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION People who have never faced l the problem of choosing a course of study sometimes question a studentls motives in attending college when he expresses in- decision in selecting a major field of study. A glance at the pos- sibilities will illustrate the prob- l lems involved. Walla Walla Col- :lege offers majors in 23 areas l ranging from physics to physical leducation or mathematics to Lmusic. And suppose you choose music; will it be piano, voice, brass instruments, string instru- ments, or music education? i Even the student who wants to enter a profession has more than one field from which to choosee pre-med, pre-dental, pre-dental hygiene, pre-law, pre-medical itechnology, pre-nursing, pre-oe- leupational therapy, prc-optome- ltry, pre-pharmaey, pre-physieal ltherapy, pre-veterinarian, or pre- lX-ray teehnolog. Even though he has selected the profession he l desires, he often faces the decision of a majorebiolotO , zoology, iehemistery, physics, or mathe- l matics. 3 The major decision made, the student faces still another ques- tion, llWhat will I minor in? To Ethis question there is a possibility lof 24 answers. Deciding is not 1 quite as bewildering as it may ap- lpear, for personal preference, ap- ltitude tests, and counselors help reduce the field rapidly, enabling an intelligent choice to be made.