Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Checking over a few details with Dr. Carl Fahrbach in the registrar's office is a student caught up in the enrollment chaos at fall semesters beginning. Students straining over confusing dialogues in the language lab is a familiar scene known to all language students. Liberal Arts Department Heads: Dr. Ross Taylor, American Civili- zation: Dr. Amy Gerling, Sociology: Dr. RobertChristian, Chemise try: Dr. Walter Merrill, English: Dr. Jack Blyth, Geology: Dr. Allan Cress, German: Dr. Lewis Dralle, History: Paul Dannelley, Jour- nalism: Dr. David Herman, Psychology: Dr. Anthony Genova, Phi- losophy and Religious Education: Dr. David Farnsworth, Political Science: Dr. William Perel, Mathematics: Dr. Lowell Holmes, Anthropology: Dr. Gerald Loper, Physics: Dr. Eugene Saviano, Romance Languages: Leslie Blake, Speech. i K Q, Q5-M if N , lf SI ' f . , , A 1 ,,,,,f A 5' 4' ss ti S .sth Emu -' .fa-rv C Je WW . df? View O

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Liberal Arts Faculty Involved in Research ln an air of international flavor, the Fair- mont College of Liberal Arts had many members of its faculty touring abroad. Dr. Paul Tasch and Dr. Bernard Shaffer, of the geology department, went to the Anta rtic through the National Science Foundation grant. Dr. Allen Cress, German department head, toured Mexico, and Dr. Walter Merrill returned after a year's sabbatical leave in Europe. Last summer, Bruce Cutler lectured in South American for the Fulbright program, and Ben Rogers, ofthe philosophy depart- ment, presented a paper in Belgium. Others also getting the experience needed to help enliven a classroom were Dr. Karl Schlesier who studied in Alaska and six l members of the Spanish faculty who studied l in Mexico. Dr. J. Kelley Sowards, Dean of Liberal Arts Accepting a grant for cancer research from the Wesley Medical Research Center, is Dr. Alvin Sarachek fsecond from rightb, head of the WSU Biology department. 18

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73-Year Old College Offers Varied Curriculum Providing students with a broad education by acquainting them with a variety ofsub- jects in many fields, was one of the accom- plishments of the Fairmount College of Lib- eral Arts. With an increased faculty and student en- rollment, the 73-year-old College offers over 600 courses and 23 different areas of majors. Three degrees are offered by Fairmount College: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Sci- ence, and Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology. Mrs. Lydia lVlcFarland, Academic Secretary to the Dean of Liberal Arts, reviews student records and hours before graduation. A blind folded psychology 111 laboratory student runs the finger maze while her partner records her memory traces. Biology students dissect a fetal pig during a laboratory session g My .... or