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

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Future hum ' economies teachers work on thri ving projects. Educational courses in agriculture have been a part of the offerings in Western since 1904. The purposes and functions in agriculture have been changed since its beginnings, but the need for such instruction can be said to be even greater because of the greater numbers of citizens who are depend- ent of its production and intelligent uses. In 1929 these courses were organized under the Department of Agriculture. The recent re-emphasis on courses in agriculture for all students, especially those preparing to teach, is a recognized responsi- bility of the Department. Western Michigan university has owned a farm since 1925. In 1928 this was increased to 149 acres. The College Farm provides a source of realistic and actual first hand materials for class room farm studv. Home Economics department has for its primary objective helping the individual student to achieve a rich and satisfying home, family and community life. It is concerned with the personal and group values that are desirable outcomes of successful living. It deals with the social, economic, esthetic, managerial, health, and ethical aspects of family relations and management, child development, foods, clothing, and housing. Home Economics is an education for personal development, for more satis- fying family and community living, and for areas of professional specialization. Alter (lie dummy comes the actual machine sewing. Two future Home Ee teachers are shown creating a fashionable dress 27

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him to supervise or work with all types of mentally or physically ill children or adults. The number of practising therapists today numbers less than 5,000 while there are 8,000 vacancies in the field. The school has grown from two students in 1922 to the present enrollment of 152, with graduates scattered throughout the United States and Canada. The Home Economics offers four years of pro- fessional preparation and a Bachelor of Science degree for Homemaking Teachers, Dietitions, and Home Economics in Business, and in addition offers a two year Homemaking certified course. A future occupational therapist learns the methods of rug-making from Miss Marion Spear. The Department of Occupational Therapy of Western Michigan University is one of the oldest and largest of the thirty such schools approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association and accredited by the Council on Medical Educa- tion and hospitals of the American Medical Asso- ciation. The degree course may be completed in seven semester hours on campus and nine months of clinical experience in four different types of hos- pitals throughout the United States. Upon com- pletion of the course the student must successfully pass a comprehensive examination which qualifies More future O.T s work on stuffed animals, under the guidanee of Miss Rosalia Kiss. 26

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Display setup by the Department of Agri- culture showing the wide variey offered at Western Michigan. Western prepares students for teaching courses in Basic Agriculture, entrance preparation for em- ployment in Soil Conservation Services, elevator and farm machinery services, and for transfers to the State College of Agriculture for Advanced specialized study in the various branches of the subject. The Distributive Education Department provides a well-rounded educational program for the indus- trially interested student in the Distributive Field. There will be various curriculums offered in this field. The first of these is in Petroleum Distribu- tion. It is a two-year co-operative school-work pro- gram. The teacher training phase consists in the preparation of teacher co-ordinators for co-operative training programs, school visits and the preparation of educational material. Members of the Distributive Edu- cation department are pictured, left to right: Raymond Dannenberg, Wendell Fidler. Adrian Trimpe and Eunice Kirchher. 28