York College of Pennsylvania - Horizon Tower Yearbook (York, PA)

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LANGUAGES SPEECH • ENGLISH • LATIN • GREEK J. Russell Dunlap Pennsylvania State College, A.B. Southern Baptist Theological Senninary, Th.M. English, Bible eM fM Helen McNl+t Wilson College, A.B. Pennsylvania State College, M.A. English W. Burg Anstine Dickinson College, A.B. Dickinson Law School, LL.D. Speech Mrs. Howard Coleman ImhofF Columbia University, B.S. Post Graduate — Columbia School of Library Service, Rutgers University, New Hope School of Art Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art Short Story Writing Reading, speaking, listening and writing are the four communication skills on which the English depart- ment has concentrated its efforts this year. The Freshman composition course is based on these methods of communication. In correlation with Eng- lish 101, a laboratory, in which theme-writing and oral communication are stressed, was instituted during the last semester. All laboratory students were required to take A. C. E. placement tests as a preliminary phase of their lab course. In the field of experiment, the Harvard Reading Films were made available to all York Junior Col- lege students, the purpose being to help each student improve his reading rate and his compre- hension. Plans are being made for more extensive use of the films next year. Our English students leave Y. J. C. with an ade- quate foundation in English due to the untiring efforts of the department ' s competent and hard- working professors.

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DEAN of WOMEN Elizabeth G. Wab Mrs. Elizabeth G. Walz was appointed dean of women in November, 1948. Her ap- pointment added many new duties to her already full schedule as librarian. Mrs. Walz ' s main interest is the forming of closer ties between the faculty and the stu- dents. - er ultimate goal is to make college life as interesting and valuable as possible to each student. Our dean received her B.S. degree at Elmira College. She had graduate work at Rutgers University, Drexel Institute and the University of Pennsylvania. At Western Kentucky, she received her library major. Under her supervision, the library has grown from 4608 to 6070 volumes. Mrs. Walz, of all the faculty, is probably closest to the student body. This is due not only to her position with the library and her necessary contacts with students as dean of women, but also because her gracious manner invites many to go to her when trouble arises. She is never too busy to stop her work to talk to students, faculty or visiting alumni. The chief harbor for many visitors is the library, where they always find a smiling welcome to meet them. 15

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FRENCH • SPANISH • GERMAN Hilde Jaeckel University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Breslau, Germany, Ph.D. Head of Modern Language Department A. Reginald Fink Pennsylvania State College, A.I Spanish The purpose of the foreign language department, v hich includes French, German, Spanish, Latin and Greek, is not only to give the students a knowledge of the lan- guage, but of the peoples and their cultural background as well. This goal Is accom- plished through supplementary reading and movies in the respective languages. There are other worlds to explore through the medium of the literature of these countries. Many of the artistic values of the literature are lost in translation. In the world as it Is now, language barriers must be erased. In teaching the students reading and conversation, the language department hopes to increase their under- standing of the peoples of these countries. 17