Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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gocial gciences Psychology and Education The psychology and education department, comfortably situated on third floor Old Main, provides housing for its staff of three. Heading the department and acting as coun- sellor and advisor to future teachers, Carrol H. Leeds, B. S., M. S., also teaches classes in General Psychology and Educa- tional Psychology. Mr. Le-eds is assisted by Miss Eva Goodenough, B. Sf, M. S., who teaches both Psychology and Education courses, being especially familiar to aspiring pedagogues of the junior class. The latest addition to the department, Miss Zelma Witten- berg, B. A., M. A., a form-er member of the Woman's Army Corps, instructs students in Mental Hygiene, Child Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology courses. Latest additions to the duties of the department are courses preparatory for a masters degree in education. Miss Wittenberg, Mr. Leeds, Miss Goodenough ecretarial Science Amid classrooms filled with sounds of those clicking type- writers and the mumbling of shorthand students trying to keep up with the 120-word' rate of dictation, we find Mr. Robert F. Galbreath, Jr., B. B. A., A. M., heading th-e department and teaching classes of business English, office management, typing, bookkeeping, salesmanship, and accounting. ' Miss Elsie L. Leffingwell, B. S., M. A., spends most of her time with shorthand students, helping them attain that high speed with the proper style of writing. . Miss Jane C. Little, B. A., M. Ed., new addition to the de- partment this year, has taken over shorthand, typing and Business Arithmetic classes. In the afternoons she may also be found in the office practice lab. Miss Marjorie Kellar, only with us for a short time, has guided many students in classes of Typing and Business English. 23

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ocial gciences conomics and Business ministration ji? Mr. Ellis, Mr. McKee, D.. cfeighion, M.. Brettholle Cappie, who stands at the wheel of the economics and business administration department, is the symbol of all that is familiar to bus ad majors at Westminster. Captain William lMcKee, chairman of the department and of the social science division, is professor of eco- nomics and business administration with an A. B., and A. M. Accounting students know best Professor Herbert C. Graebner, B. S., M. B. A., who is associate professor of economics and business administration. I-Ie also has charge of engaging guest speakers for the college lecture course. Newest addition to the department is Dr. John Wallis Creighton, B. A., Ph. D., LL. D., who gives spice to his classes with his first hand knowledge on China and the Far East. Dr. Creighton, professor of economics and business administration, also confused students with his B. A. from Westminster College, in Missouri. Assistant professor of economics, Mr. Frank Brett- holle, B. B.A., M. B. A., is also familiar to students as college Business Manager. overnment and Law Carrying a one-man job as sole member of the department of political science, government and law this year was Harry S. Manley, A.B., W-estminster, 1942, L. L. B., University of Pittsburgh Law school, 1945. Mr. Manley, as instructor in gov- ernment and law, had the duty of teaching the rudiments of law to many of his former classmates who returned from the service with aspirations to become lawyers. Returning during the second semester from a military leave of absence. Thomas V. Mansell, A.B., LL,B,, lecturer in government, taught social science classes to ease ch e weighty burden in this division. Mr. Mansell, who holds law offices in New Castle, spends the early part of the morning at West- mmster before going to his duties as practicing lawyer, 22 . ,... Mr. Manley

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4-M ine Gifs usic Virtual home of music students and never- ending source of sounds for P-3559fS'bVv the long, be-windowed, columned Conserv across from the library houses the music depaffment' Headed by Professor Donald O. Cameron, B. M., M. Ed., Director of the Conservatory of Music and prof-essor of violin and theory, the department includes voice Pr0feSS0l' A1311 B- Davis and Mr. Dallmeyer Russell, visiting pro- fesscr of piano. Associate professors, Miss Dorothy C. Kirkbride, A. B., B.M-, and Miss Ada Peabody, B. M., A. M., are active in piano and music education instruction. Miss Pea- body also heads the wom-en's glee club. New to the department this year, Mr. James W. Evans, B. A., M. S. M., associate professor of organ and composition, is a familiar figure at the console of the chapel organ. Mr. Charles I. Sager, B.M., M.M., assistant pro- fessor or voice is also the jovial, hardworking 7 First row: Mr. Evans, Miss Peabody, Miss Kirkbride, Mr. Davis. head of the a Cappella Choir. . Back row: Mr. Sager, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Russell. peech and Drama s Hub of activity in the dramatic and speech fields is the little office at the other end of first floor Old Main with its ad- joining costumc room and Little' Theatre. Narrator of all that goes on in this realm is Teacher, Dr. Albert T. Cordray, who, in addition to his duties as chairman of the department and director of the Little Theatre, is director of th-e college summer school. Assisting Dr. Cordray in the department for the past three years has been Mr. Donald L. Barbe, assistant professor in speech and radio and director of Westminster's Radio Work- shop. Miss Helen V. Cushman, assistant professor of speech and dramatics, joined the department this year, serving as cos- tume mistress of the Little Theatre besides directing one-act plays and teaching speech courses. During the course of the year, three or four major pro- d . . . . . uctions are given, which this year included student perform- ances of Romeo and Julietf' Kind Lady, Blithe Spirit , and three one-act plays. Programs directed by Mr. Barbe were b . roadcast from the Radio Workshop weekly. 24 4 Ml-...H . Dr. Cordray, Miss Cushman, Mr. Barbe