Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES » |5 l ! ! 1 l l )5 ' ! l ( ' Sl 3 • i ! l » t » i l l Y £ l ! i .f v J2 U }) Y « r ! « i i ! » } » l l l f Y Y r Y u t i » » h t i l Y Y Y ! } i ! » i Y i Y » » ■{ i i t ! l i M ETHODS that give mastery” is the motto of the Foreign Language Department of Washington State College. Step by step a system of language teaching has been perfected that stands out as unique in the colleges and universities of today. Study abroad being universally recognized as ideal in acquiring foreign languages, the Department offers to language students oppor¬ tunities that closely approach those of residence in foreign lands. By the modern, direct method, the languages are taught as living tongues and students attain a proficiency in the conversational use, as well as a fluent reading knowledge of the languages. Skilled native teachers train the students in an idiomatic command of the languages, providing the indispensable foreign contact without which there can be no mastery. The language laboratory, unique in conception and equipment, enables the student to attain the elusive accent and intonation of the foreign tongues. Foreign language houses are the latest development of this mod¬ ern system. The Spanish House, conducted by native Castilians, is a complete success, and a French House is soon to follow. Thus Washington State College offers a type of training in modern languages unequaled in American colleges.

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ENGLISH T O give to students a broad and clear vision of the problems of the world; to enable them to understand, appreciate and employ their mother tongue; to teach them to live for the world the ideals of a true democracy—such is the purpose of the Department of English. With this in view, the courses in English have been chosen and grouped in the various years in order to better develop the minds of the stu¬ dents in these channels. Shakespeare, Milton, Carlyle, Ruskin and Bacon are studied. Public speaking and the fundamentals of the English language are taken up from all angles. Newspaper methods, writing of editorials, fea¬ ture stories and magazine articles are the different phases studied in Journalism. f f ! l » ! l f M 6 i u ! l ' .» ( r !) l { l »5 i ♦ u i i i u 6 i t s5 |5 Z f i l $ i ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND HISTORY T HE expansion of Washington State College is perhaps the one thing of most vital interest to all the campus this year, and the Depart¬ ment of Economics and History is in the first rank in the endeavor to make the standard of the college broader. The growing need for a better understanding of the conditions in our rural districts has been felt by the faculty, and to meet this, new courses in rural social problems are being added. The department is making extensive plans for cooperation with the Red Cross and other rural organizations for the promotion of improved conditions and the training of leaders for these fields. A two-year secretarial course will also be added next year. This will embrace some of the work that is now being done in the Department of Elementary Science with some additions and changes, and will be consid¬ ered regular college work. l ■r i i t f i i i » i i » t IQ i t o ! c t ♦ i i d i i i f i j l t ! » ! f r Twenty-three

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