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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I If 1 i If: i i t i £L I j3 $ ! ( p t r b i i $ i i COLLEGE OF MECHANIC ARTS ( ENGINEERING- A s S the immortal Mr. Dooley once remarked to his friend Hennessy: “Hennessy, ,, says ' he, “a dimmi- crat is a poor but proud citizen who thinks for himself—wrong; while a ray- publican is a rich but hum ' ble plutocrat who hires someone to think for him— right.” The definitions are probably not orthodox with either political party, and in the same way any definition of the word “engineer” which has been given would not pass muster with either the en¬ gineer’s friends or his enemies, but it is the first duty of an engineering college to think out for itself, or otherwise, a good enough definition of an engineer so that it can pro¬ ceed to train one. The State College of Washington has for many years offered a considerable variety of engineering courses, and to date it seems impossible to say which division has turned out the lar¬ gest percentage of successful engineers; consequently, it has been de¬ cided to undertake the training of some additional varieties. The fol¬ lowing descriptive statements will show the breadth of choice now open to the new student entering the State College. Dean Carpenter ?! i r T i f f i f T If f If If ! t t l ! m I L I 1 ! If I ■ i Twenty-six