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

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Air maintenance and flight training art ' becoming important parts of Western ' s curricula. Here, Dr. Clarence Van Deventer helps students with a plane. School of Applied Arts and Sciences The School of Applied Arts and Sciences includes the Departments of Agriculture, Distributive Ed- ucation, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Indus- trial Technology, Military Science and Tactics, Occupational Therapy, and Paper Technology. The School seeks to assist young men and women in becoming happy, useful, and successful citizens in a democratic and technological society. Three educational needs serve as guides in planning the various courses of study within the school. First, the critical shortage of skilled and scientific manpower in business and industry is recognized. Second it accepts the responsibility of contributing to the student ' s understanding and appreciation of himself and his surroundings, and to his emotional, physical and intellectual growth. Third, the School attempts to assist the student in the development of desirable attitudes, habits and character traits essential for successful living in his home, com- munity, or occupational environment. l aper becomes alive under the mierosrope. Miss Tritlin explaite those little iihers that combine to make a pieee of paper. 23

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The core upon which Western Michigan Univer- sity bases its entire existence is that every student should have the knowledge, techniques, and the desire to live a reflective and discriminating life. To fulfill such a goal. Western has found the need for a department which will give its students some knowledge, skill, and perspective with regard to the processes of communication, the social sciences, the natural sciences, and the humanities. The Department of Basic Studies offers the op- portunity to achieve these values. Its aim isto open doors and present ideas, to stimulate healthy self- criticism, to introduce the student to the world of pressures, and changes, and of endlessly varied problems in which the responsible citizen must live. Taking the Basic Studies does not make a person professionally competent, but it does something more than that for it gives one the strong and sure tool with which to overcome and cope with the obstacles he will meet. One of the basic courses on Western ' s campus is Foundations of Western Civilization, here taught by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dr. Howard Mowcn relaxes as lie lectures his class in Humanities, another basic at Western. 22

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Overhauling a motor is supervised by Mr. Robert King. In many occupational fields only one or two years preparation beyond the high school will be needed. For those who would seek top level positions in technical, engineering or education fields, four or more years of college preparatory will be necessary. The Department of Paper Technology trains men for one of America ' s fastest growing and major industries. There is close cooperation between mem- bers of the departmental staff and men from the pulp and paper industry, in that they serve jointly on committees regarding the Department ' s activities. Steady growth in activities and enrollment made it necessary to have five instructors on the depart- ment ' s staff. The students have their choice of three options in developing themselves for the paper industry: namely; Option I which trains men for technical work and production; Option II which trains men in allied industries to service the paper industry; and Option III which trains men in sales for the paper industry. Mr. Elmer Brime explains the intracacies of machine to a student. 24