Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Row One: Lydia Siedschlag, Hazel Paden, Don Bonevich, Elaine Stevenson, and John Kemper Row Two: Harry Refner, Elizabeth Smutz, Stanley Phillips, and Keith Bailey. The Department of Occupational Therapy, headed b Marion R. Spear, offers specific instruction in ap- plying occcupational therapy in the various fields of service. This includes recreational activities for pa- tients, the study of the body and its muscles, the history of the field, and clinical practice. Left to Right: Rosalia Kiss, Marion Spear, Dean Tyndall, Lois Hamlin, and Pheobe Walz The Department of Music, a member of the National Association of Schools of Music and headed by Dr. Elwyn F. Carter, offers courses leading to a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts degree. It affords students the opportunity of performing with the glee clubs, the orchestra and band, the college choir, the auxiliary choir, and the man) ' vocal and instrumental ensembles. Row One: Leonard fvleretta, Patricia Fausnauch, Margaret F. Beloof, Ethel M. Green, Dorothea Snyder, and Julius Stulberg. Row Two: Samuel Adams, Russell W. Brown, John J. Schuster, Daniel A. Kyser, Tom R. Fulton, Holon Matthews, Owen L. Berger, Philip Mason, Elwyn Carter, Jack J. Frey, and Charles Farley. Absent: Ada Berlcey, Elmer Beloof Peggy Ramstad, Marcella Faustman, H. Glenn Henderson, and Alexander Schuster. FINE ARTS Though stress is placed upon students who are major- ing in the department, the Department of Art, headed by Mr. Harry S. Hefner, offers many courses designed for those who are not particularly talented, but are interested in finding a field of art in which they might do well. 19

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RURAL STUDIES Either elementary or secondary education degrees may be earned in Rural Life and Education. The department, headed bv Dr. William McKinley Robinson, offers stud) of life in local, regional, and worldwide rural areas, with stress placed upon the objectives of education as related to those areas. L to R: Lucille E. Sanders. Howard D. Corbus, James O. Ansel, Emma B. Goodell, Dr. William McKinley Robinson, lona L. Troyer, and Lee O. Baker. Agriculture, a department headed by Howard D. Corbus, not only stresses the national institution of farming but the teaching and understanding of it. Every phase from agronomy and soil conservation to landscape gardening and animal nutrition is covered. Left to Right: Howard Corbus and Lee O. Baiter Farming! Actually tilling the soil, teaching others about it or going into the marketing and financing ends of it is made much easier through the many courses offered by the department. Here it is, at work, in the classroom. 18

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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Row One: Georgianna Burge, Dorothy G. Osborn, Lucille A. Nobbs, Jean G. Malmstrom, Bernadine Carlson. Row Two: Robert A. Palmatier, John W. Woods, Dr. Robert M. Lumpus, Thelma Anton, Dr. William R. Brown, Dr. John R. Breund, David G. Pugh. The English Department, headed by Dr. William R. Brown, places its stress primarily upon the needs of students preparing to teach in the various departments of the public schools. Headed by Mathilde Steckelberg, the Department of Languages offers extensive study in French, German, Latin, and Spanish. It also offers a wide range of courses designed to give students a background of the countries in which these languages are spoken. Front Row: Marion Tamin, Mathilde Steckelberg, and Eunice Kraft. Back Row: Herb Jones, Dr. Frances Noble, Elizabeth Giebeman, and Dr. Hermann Rothtuss. Courses in the speech department are offered with three major responsibilities in mind: to meet the cultural and professional needs of the general student body; to meet the needs of students preparing to teach in tbe public schools; and to prepare students to teach speech. Front Row: Clara N. Bush, John J. Pruis, Albert B. Becker, Deldee M. Herman, Faber B. De Chaine, and Anna E. Lindblom. Back Row: George O. Egland, Charles G. Van Riper, Charles T. Brown, Charles R. Helgesen, Hobart H. Sorensen, and Zack L. York. 20 Row One: M. Dezena Louizenhiser, Anne Oas, Helen G. Sellers, and Ka+herine Rogers. Row Two: Frank C. Householder, Frederick J. Rogers, William R. Rosengrant, John B. Orr, Dr. Ralph N. Miller, Dr. Arnold G. Nelson, and Dr. David F. Sadler.