Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Morrisa Yeager Basseches Jane Ellen Lowett Virginia Mary Brennan Betsy Morse Smith Page twenty-nine

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CVETUMENM L Throughout the years the policy of the Government Department has been to give the student a favorable critical estimate of the principles, problems, and the development of government in the American contemporary political systems. The trend toward student projects involving individual research, in such courses as Political Parties in the United States, enables the government major to gain an appreciation of politics. When engross- ed in these projects, the student often carries on a rapid-fire corres- pondence with a senator or the governor of her home state. She follows political campaigns with one eye on the text, and the other divided between The Herald Tribune and U. S. News, tracking down the campaign techniques of her state’s candidates to see if they agree with text book theory. Also, she makes predictions along with the experts, which, whether right or wrong, guarantees knowledge of practical politics. In 1956-1957, a new course, Constitutional Law, will be instituted and will include a consideration of contempory civil liberties, inter- governmental relations, taxation, and the regulation of commerce and business, thus expanding the Government Department and ex- tending to the majors an even wider political horizon. Page twenty-eight Mr. Miller, Miss Smith

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Nancy Tisdale Page thirty Mr. Doyle, Miss Work Cs As a major in Classics the student does not isolate the antique, but rather attempts to combine the ancient with the modern. She does not center her attention on one single aspect of antiquity, but endeav- ors, instead, to grasp an understanding of the Greek and Roman civil- izations as they existed in their entirety many centuries ago. She feels that classical culture is the foundation of all learning, and through this she can come to a better understanding of modern culture. The classics major at Wheaton has always had ample opportunity to ac- quire knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages; and with the re- cent addition of Greek and Roman Archaeology and Classical History, she now has a broader range of courses from which to choose. ry E Bos 4 a agen! « t