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

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Seated — Faber DeChaine, Miss Ann Shaw, Miss Anna Lindblom and Mrs. Deldee Herman. Standing — Dr. Albert Becker, Horart Sorensen, Dr. John Pruis, Charles Helgesen, and Wallace Harneau. Dr. Zack L. York is a graduate of Western. He later studied at the Yale Drama School and received his Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He became head of the local department in 1953. the department of SPEECH The field of speech is becoming more and more important in a college education, for regardless of careers, the need for communication is essential. Therefore, courses in this department are designed to meet the cultural and professional needs of the entire student body as well as for those students who plan to enter directly some phase of speech work. In accordance with the belief that speech majors and minors need as comprehensive a background as possible, an expansive extra-curricular program has placed Western ' s department in that of a superior bracket . . . The opportunity to work in debate and discussion provides direct training for the student. Interpretive reading, public speaking and radio as well as theatre offerings are abundant. Owing to these student opportunities to work with the faculty, the speech department is one of the closest-knit organizations on campus. 14

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school of LIBERAi. A UTS and SCIENCES The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is composed of five divisions: Basic Studies, Fine Arts, Language and Literature, Science and Mathematics and Social Sciences. The basic Studies division has offerings in the areas of English, Natural Sciences, Humanities. and Social Science. The division of Fine Arts is composed of the Music and Art Depart- ments. The Language and Literature division includes the English, Language and Speech Departments. The division of Science and Mathematics is composed of the following de- partments: Biology. Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. The Social Science Division consists of the Economics, History, Political Science and Sociology Departments. The School of the Liberal Arts and Sciences offers a variety of subjects that combine to develop a student who will be at home in the world of ideas, and whose experience of living will be deepened by the understanding of his cultural heritage. It aims to offer him training in thinking objectively, critically and cre- atively. Its offerings serve not only the special student of the sciences and humanities but also provides a background of basic training for students of the other schools of the college and for those in the pre-professional courses. Dean Gerald Osborne Dr. Gerald Osborne received his A.B. from Michigan Ctate Normal College, his M.S. and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, prior to his appointment as head of the Chemistry Department at Western in 1939 he was an assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan State Normal. In July 1956 he became the Dean of the Gchool of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Osborne is also a member of the American Chemical Society and the president of the Michigan College Association. 13

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Shown here are: William Dopheide, and George Egland. Seated are: Jean Ward, Graduate Student from Eng- land, and Delores Flowers. the department of SPEECH CORRECTION This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Speech Clinic, founded in 1936 and developed by Dr. Van Riper to be one of Western ' s widely recognized departments. From its beginning in the old mill at the foot of Oakland to its present location in the Health and Personnel Building the Clinic ' s progress and growth symbolize well the general development and future of Western. The Speech Clinic has three main functions : to serve as a training laboratory for the ever-increasing number of students majoring in speech correction ; to give needed speech therapy to Western ' s Students having speech or hearing defects; and to provide diagnostic and counseling service and therapy for the rising number of out-patients who are referred from all parts of the State. Speech Therapists from all parts of the country and abroad are frequent visitors at Western ' s Speech Clinic. Dr. Charles Van Riper, Director of Western ' s widely known Speech Clinic since its organization in 1936, has attained leadership in speech correction, not only as an educator, researcher and therapist, but also as an author of numerous articles and texts. 15