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

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the department of CHEMISTRY As the department ' s contribution to education, its goals of instruction are: clear, direct, and accurate expression, in- telligent skeptism of theories and hypotheses, facility in quantitative reasoning, distinction between opinion and fact, curiosity and interest in nature and the mechanisms by which nature operates, familiarity with the great contributions of chemistry to our civilization. To this end, the department of Chemistry offers courses for the training of chemists and as service for the pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-engineering, pulp and paper, medical tech- nology, education, home economics, nursing and industrial art students. It also offers courses in chemistry as part of a science foundation in the field of general education for all students desiring this knowledge. For the future, the Chemistry department is preparing courses leading to the M.S. Degree in Chemistry for the prospective chemists and the M.S. Degree for prospective teachers in high school and junior colleges. Lillian H. Meyer, A.V., M.A., Ph.D., acting head of the Chemistry Department, is in her fifteenth year on the Western faculty. She previously taught at Vassar, Wayne University and Oregon State College. Two of Dr. Meyer ' s books. Introductory Chemistry and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Chemistry, are currently in use at Western. She is now completing her latest text dealing with food chemistry. Shown here are: Top row — Dr. Don Iffland, Dr. Robert Nagler, Mrs. Woodruff, Miss Elaine Zimmerman, and Paul Holkeboer. Bottom row — Lauri E. Osterberg, Dr. Lillian Meyer, Dr. Gerald Osborn, James Boynton, and Lawrence Knowlton. 27

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Dr. Floyd W. Moore received his A.B. from Albion College, his A.M. from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern. Though busy, he always has time to talk with students and discuss with them the many courses and requirements in the Department of Economics. the department of ECONOMICS As part of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Economics fundamentally believes that an im- portant part of the education of the intelligent citizen consists of a knowledge of the functioning of our own economy and of alternative economic systems, and of the techniques of analysis developed by economists for the solution of economic prob- lems. The basic courses are designed to meet these objectives and also to prepare the student who desires to pursue the field more intensively in advanced courses. The Department recognizes the need for providing particular courses for the vocational student, but the Department believes that the great demand is for men who can see, think and act in the environ- ment of broad relationships which confront the specialist, and that course offerings, to make a distinct contribution toward the problems confronting the specialist, must provide an ob- jective view of our economic institutions and behavior. As Irving S. Olds, Chairman of the Board, United States Steel, remarked : The most difficult problems which American enterprise faces today are neither scientific nor technical, but lie chiefly in the realm of what is embraced in a liberal arts education. Seated — Marguerite Patton, Dr. Floyd W. Moore and Sherwood Eck. Standing — Dr. Theodore L. Carlson, Dr. Jared S. Wend, Dr. Howard Bigelow and Dr. Robert Bowers. 26

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Seated — Miss Myrtle Powers, Frand Hinds, Dr. Harriet Bartoo, Mrs. Elaine Hurst, and Mrs. Bette Barnes. Standing — Merrill Wiseman, Lee Baker, Dr. Leo VanderBeek, Edward Reynolds, Dr. Edwin Steen, Dr. Bettina Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Miss A. Verne Fuller. the department of BIOLOGY The department of Biology offers courses in general biology, anatomy and physiology, healthful living, botany, and integrated biological fields, each designed to give students a keen precep- tion and appreciation of the delicate balance maintained by all living things, of a world of life. Aside from this general aim, the department places its main focus upon the pre-professional, teaching, and research areas. Staffed by thirteen members, the department offers summer courses and graduate work to those taking further work in the field. Dr. W. C. VanDeventer received his A.B. at the Central College of Fayette, Mo., and his Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. He came to Western in 1953 and has headed the Biology depart- ment since that time. 28