Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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is the key to future political, social, Harold C- Bateman Roydon O. Julandcr Charles C. Moore Jennings G. Olson and moral survival. James B. Harvey1 Ralph D. Marsden Walter C. Neville William D. Stratford The Social Science Division provides an opportunity for all students of Weber Col- lege to obtain a general education in the area of the social sciences. The division strives to establish in the students a con- sciousness of and a responsibility to their cultural environment. It endeavors to awak- en in their emotions, as well as in their minds, an awareness of the many prob- lems of society—present, past, ami future. 20

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Thatcher Allred Delmar Dixon J. Clair Anderjon John M. Eliey Florence Barton Earl Erickson A. Bay Butler Larry Evans Farrell R. Collett Ludene Fresh E. Carl Green Charles Groberg Gerald Grove Fay Hanson Glen Hanson Richard M. Jensen Clair W. Johnson C. M. Nilsson Roland Parry Marian T. Read Leonard T Rowley Wayne H. Schow Doyle M. Strong Richard J. Van Wagoner Glen J. Ward 19

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Dr. Stratford conducts an interesting interview-dis- cussion with jrounj; minds for the benefit of child psychology students. So reads the description of the social sciences, a group of sciences so intriguing that persons of widely diversified fields could surely find a ground of common interest in them. Social science in the widest sense is the study of man. There could be no society with- out man—and what could comprise a more interesting study? Man is interesting because he is interested. This interest of man in himself and the world around him has been the causal factor in making society what it is today. Man's interest has wrought wonders sometimes unforeseen, perhaps dreamed of in his historic journey to the present. It is through the study of man that we learn of the important part the family has played in the formation of our social structure. Through this study, too, we realize the full impact of cumulative learning. Social science classes deal with not only the recorded history of man but also the non-rccordcd portion of his existence, that period known as pre-history. The effects of this age on our present and future way of life should not be underestimated. The Social Science Division includes seven departments. The 21