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April 25, 1936 THE TWIG PAGE TERZX JOINT SUMMER SCHOOLS MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS The Wake Forest-Merecllth Summer School anct the Mars Hill Summer School will begin the nine-week and Hlx-wcek aeBsions on Juno 3 0. Dr. Thurman D, Kltohin an'dl Dr. Charles K. Brewer, Dr. E. B. Earnshaw, ntxl Mr. Grady S. Patterson will compose the administration board of the for mer, and lytr. B. Y. Tyner will be di rector of the latter. Mi-a. Boiling, of Campbell College, will act as dean of women al Wako F’orest, and Mi8B Valeria Maynard Schaible, of Chowan College, will serve as dean of women. In the absence ot Miss Blggers, at Mars Hill. • Bulletins for both summer schools have come from the press and an nounce the faculty for the coming session. This year there will be no membei-s of the Wake Forcst-Mere- »th Summer School from Meradith, but at Mara Hill the following will rupvesent Meredith: Miss Lena Bar ber, biology; Mr. E. F. Canady, math ematics; Miss li^thel Day, french; Miss Kthel Kngllsh, education: Mias Ragnn Ottersen, public school music; Mr. S. G. Ililey. history; and Mr. B. Y. Tyner director and education. At Wake Forest besides a good num ber of the Wake Forest College pro fessors, there will be Mr. J’aul S. Daniel, superliitondent of City Schools of Raleif;h; Mr. Edward U Best, su perintendent of schools, Franklin County; Miss Nell Hanna, instructor in music. Slate School for Rllnd; Dr. Marvin h. Skaggs, department of hlsr tory, Campbell College; Dr. llosser H. Taylor, professor oC history, Fur- mau University; Mrs. A. 11. Wilson, principal, elementary schools, Dur ham, and Miss Velma Webb, former art student of Meredith, now teaching in Zebulon, will be liiBtructor in art. Among the professors who will teach at Mars Hill are; Dr. J. Allen Easley,- of Wake Forest; Dr. Edwin McKoy l-llghsmlth, of Furman Unlver siLy; and Dr. Burt W. Lonmis, of IJmeslpiie College. Dr. Easley Iiuh sficiu'cd a leiive of ubscnce for nine weeks h'om his duties at the church and college at Wako Forest and will bo head of the religion department of the Mars Hill Division. Director Tyner says. "The present In dications are tiiat the enrollment in the Mars Hill Division will be practically double that of the 1935 session." Tho Summer School Bulletin states that students in the nine-week session Kenerally register for three courses, totaling nine or ten hours; In tho six-week session, for throe coiirseK. Lotaliug six or seven hours. Twelve hours is the maxinmm allowed undor any circumstances for the nine-week students and eight for the six week students. Thirty-six weeks are re quired in residence of those who wish to moot degree requlrenionls in sum mer session, "The Summer Law School is in its forty-first year and the academic divi sion in its fifteenth, The Summer School which is conducted as a regular part of tlie college year, has given In struction to more than 4,000 students. Tweuty-Ilve men and two young women received detjrees at the close of the last session.” The Mars Hill Division was started two years ago and' has shown rapid progress. Campus Leaders For 1936-1937 " ANMIAL—MARGARKl’ KKAMEK AOOBN—1I0I.L0WELL TW'IC—SHCFOUD ‘I. Sociology-Economics Meredith offers a major and minor in tlie department of economics and sociology, of which Miss Nettle Hern don is head. Courses in the prin ciples of sociology and economics and In special problems aro available. Seniors taking a major in this depart ment hav^ the opportunity of getting oxperlence in the ileld by studying u family in or near Raleigh. Miss Herndon took her A.B. and A.M, de grees from West Virginia University, and has been a graduate student at tho University of Chicago and Duke University. . SKNIOU ritKS.—IMTTMAN SOIMI. 1‘IIKS.— AIKlfAN M.ARTIIA MKSSKXiKll Science Department T h e Scicnce Department offers courses well suited for tliose desiring to teach Chemistry or to do Labora tory Techniciau work. Courses of fered In this department are: Gen eral Chemistry, General Blolosy, Gen eral Botany, invertebrate Zoology, Physiology, Hygiene, Physics, Astron omy, Geology, Geography. Dr. Lula Gaines Winston Is the head of the Chemistry Department. She has a U.S. from the University of Richmond and a Ph.D. from Johns Hoplclns University. Assisting her is MIsh Mary Yarbrough, A.n, Meredith, and M.A., State College; Miss Lena Barber is head of the Biology Depart ment. She has a B.S. from Adrian College, A,B. and B.S. from Univer sity of Missouri, and is a Fellow in Botany at the Graduate School of the University of Missouri. Other teach ers in the department are: Dr. Bessie Lane, A.B,, Meredith, and M.D., Wom ans Medical institute; Miss Elizabeth Music Department The Music Department maintains high standards of musicianship and scholarship. There are courses offered Boomhour, A.i?., Meredith and M.A., ciate professor of violin. She studied Mathematics Department Mr. Ernest' F. Canady is professor of the Matliematlcs Department, and he is assisted by MIsa Doris Tillery, by this department which fall into j The. two courses. College Algebra and four principal groii|)s namely: courses In history and appreciation designed primarily as cultural courses for .stu dents not speclall?.lng In music, courses in teaching methods, courses In theory and composition, and courses in singing and playing lead ing to artistic performance. Prof. Leslie P. Spelmau is head of this department. I-le is u graduate of Oberlin College, Oberiin. Ohio, and Is an Associate in the American Guild of Organists. Prof. Spelman was or ganist at tl\e American Church In Paris for two years. Miss May Crawford is the associate professor piano. She ia a graduate of Brownell Hall, Omaha, Nebraska, and studied four years in Paris. Miss Crawford is a pupil of Harold Bauer. Miss Charlotte Armstrong Is asso- Trigonometry, which are offered to the Fieshmeu, are taught by both members of the staif. Miss Tillery also teaches Solid Geometry, Mathe matical Principles of Accounting, and Methods of Teaching Mathematics. The other courses taught by Mr. Canady are; Plane and Solid Geome try. Differential and Integral Cal- cuhis, Theory of Equations, and Col lege Geometry. Mr. Canady holds an A.B. degree from the William Jewell College, and an A.M. degree from the University of Missouri. English Department The English llepartment Is offering the following new courses during the year 1036-1936: Advanced Composi tion, Contemporary Drama, and Con* temporary Prose Fiction. Besides the regular courses which are offered every year, a course in Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats Is being given. The English faculty is headed' by Dr. Julia H. Harris, Ph.B., A.M., Ph.D., who Is assisted by Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, A.B., A.M,, Ph.D.. Miss Mary Spruill, A.B., A.M., and Miss Eliza beth Foster, B.A., M.A. This depart ment tries to give a few fundamental courses which will prepare the stu dent for any further work she may do. Majors In English here have made good records at Wellesley. Yale, Ober lin, Duke. University of North Caro lina, Columbia, and Cornell. English Speech Two of the most popular classes offered at Meredith are those in the fundamentals of Speaking and Read ing and in Dramatic Production. Dr. Florence M. Hoagland, of the Phi losophy and Psychology Department, conducts these classes. In Dramatic Production, work is done in directing, .acting, stage-setting, and make-up. In the Fundamentals of Speaking and Reading, debating, after-dinner speak ing and various sorts of extemporane ous speaking are taught In this class, stress Is also laid on pronuncia tion. enunciation, breathing and voico control. Art Department Cornell; and Miss Melba Hunt. A.B.. Meredith College. Dean J. G. Boom* hour iB the head of the Physics De partment. He has au A.B. from,Col gate Univorsity and an M.A. from the University of Chicago. Assisting in this department Is Miss Ethel Eng lish, who has an A.B. from Meredith and an M.A. from the University of North Carolina. Religion Department The Meredith Religion Department offers courses In the Principles ot Church Elhciency, Mission, Old and New Testament History, Religious Education, Sunday School Teaching, Bible Interpretation, Literature, Com parative Religion, Theism, Church History, Christian Ethics, and Present Day Religious Problems. Dr. Freeman holds an A.B, degree at tho New England Conservatory, and the Institute of Musical Art, New York City. Miss Ethel Rowland is associate professor of voice. She received her diploma from the Boston Normal School, and has done additional study in Boston and New York. Other members of the music fa culty are: Miss Alleen McMillan and Miss Mary Lee, instructors in piano; Miss Pauline Wager, instructor in violoncello; and Miss Rugna Ottersen, instructor in voice and public school music methods. from Furman University, an A.M. from Harvard, a B.D. fron» Newton Theo logical Institute, a Th.D. from South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has studied at the University of Chicago. He is assisted by Dr, I. M. History Department Meredith offers practical as well as theoretical instruction In the social sciences through the Economics and Sociology and History Departments, headed by Mr. Samuel G, Riley. In freshman liistory, students pursue the progress of history in |he making through the fifteen minutes spent dally in discussing current events. Stu dents In history and government have been taking advantage of the oppor tunities to visit the Legislature and the Supreme Court during the pres ent session. Members of the departments in- chide history. Mr. Samuel G. Riley. A,B„ A.M.; Mrs. Lillian Parker Wal lace, A.B., M.S.; Mlsa Alice B. Keith, B.S., M.S.; and Mr, Riley. The Meredith Art Department is headed by Miss Ida L Poteat with Miss Mary Paul Tillery as associate. The system of instruction In. this depart ment seeks to make the student be come acquainted witlii the various forms of art and to stimulate an ap preciation for arL Miss Poteat is a graduate of (he New York School of Fine and Applied Arts and has attended Cooper Union Art School, New York, and The School of Applied Design In Philadelphia. Miss Tillery holds a diploma In art from Meredith, has done graduate study in The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The New York School of Fine Arts, Paris, and The Brecken- ridge School of Painting. Mercer. Dr. Mercer lias the A.M. de gree from the University of Rich mond, Th.M. from the Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary, D.D. from University ot Richmond, and has also studied at the University of Leipzig. Education Department The Education Department, bended by Mr, B, Y. Tyner offers both excel lent opportunities for a thorough aca demic training and splendi'di facilities for those interested in preparing to teach in primary, grammar and high school grades. Mr. Tyner received his A.B. degree at Wake Forest Col lege and A.M. at Columbia University, and is a graduate student of George Peabody College for Teachers. Mrs. Lillian Parker Wallace Is assistant professor of education. Miss Ethel English, instructor, has an A.B. de gree from Meredith and an A.M. de gree from the University ot N. C. Latin and Greek Meredith offers thorough courses for those wishing to study the classic languages. Both the Greek and Latin Departments are headed by Dr. Helen Price, who received her A.B. from Swarthmore College and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Carolyn Wray, ot Gastonia, who re ceived her A.B. from Meredith in structs In Latin- Elementary courses are offered In both Latin and Greek. For courses in Roman Private Lite, Roman Religion and Philosophy, and Greek Life and Thought no reading knowledge ot either Greek or Latin Is required.
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