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

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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

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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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the department of SOCIOLOGY While the focus of courses in the Sociology department is on the training of students who hope to teach in the social-science area, many of the courses are designed to stimulate interest and to give students in general a better understanding of the significant factors and processes of modern life. Such courses as Contemporary Social Movements, History of Social Thought, and Comparative Culture Studies afford oppor- tunities of knowledge and research into such things as fascism, the Ku Klux Klan, the social role of religion, and the study of juvenile delinquency. Population problems and race relations, because of their contemporary impact, receive much attention. Because of the increased concern with the processes of today ' s man. the field of Sociology grows in stature . . . with Western. Dr. Leonard C. Kercher is a graduate of Western and has headed the Sociology department here since 1945. He studied at the University of London and has been listed in Who ' s Who since 1952. Dr. Kercher has been on our staff for the past twenty-four years. 16 Seated— Dr. Paul Horton, Mark Flapan, Charles Whatley. Standing — Dr. Chester Hunt, Dr. Jerome Manis, and Mrs. Nellie Reid. 14