Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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Primarily a learning institution Undeniably, Washington College has as its main function the education of undergraduates. The curriculum is designed to equip the student not only with a command of the facts of the individual courses but with a sense of self-motivation as well. Some courses demand the development of specific skills, such as Doug Hallam demonstrates at the keyboard of the IBM 1 130 (above). Others, more in the liberal arts tradition, merely, whet our appetite to learn more on our own, through experiment ation or research, about the things that interest us. 14 How We Learn

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One of Washington College ' s most well-known academic options continues to be the junior year at Manchester College, Oxford England (top left), but Bonnie Nelle Duncan, as a senior English major interning at Maryland Magazine (top right) and Senior Chemistry Major Leah Truitt, who, as a junior, interned at the Argonne Institute, found academic options of their own. Other lesser-known options include the Washington Semester at American University, Social Field Work, and Psychology Practicum. Dr. Michael Gold- stein, whose department sponsors the latter demonstrates a machine (left) that works on the same principle as the EKG or lie detector, proving some very exciting things in academics happen right on campus. Academic Options 13

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t Dr. Cousineau and senior English major Carolyn Choate discuss Eliot ' s THE WASTELAND. Much introductory learn- ing takes place in the classroom, but much of the process of edcuation takes place with- out — we learn from each other. Mary Po- hanka and Sue Galloway (top right) com- pare notes. For many of us, a suitable learn- ing environment is crucial; Holly Craighead seems to favor the shade of the Washington Elm while Becky Harris studies on a bench near Hodson. (second row, right) Others prefer the second floor Queen Anne lounge in the early morning. Meanwhile Dr. Ayer of Oxford, who spoke here in October, dem- onstrates another way we learn — we are introduced to ideas through lectures not part of the curriculum. The total Washing- ton experience is an educational one. How We Learn 15 -