BULLETIN
LYCOMING
*-.£ COLLEGE
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNA.
Offering
FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE
1948-1949
Catalogue 1947-1948
Announcements for 1948-1949
BULLETIN
LYCOMING COLLEGE
Entered at the Post Office at Williamsport, Pa., as second class
matter under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Issued six
times a year, January, February, April, July, October, and November.
Vol. 1 JULY, 1948 No. 1
CATALOGUE NUMBER
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OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Williamsport Dickinson
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COURSES
1948-1949
OFFERING
FOUR YEARS
OF COLLEGE
1948-1949
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Member of the American Association of Junior Colleges
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association of Methodist Colleges
Fully Accredited as a Junior College
CALENDAR
1948
Monday, February 2 Second Semester Begins
Thursday, March 25, noon Easter Recess Begins
Tuesday, March 30 Easter Recess Ends
Wednesday, March 31 Classes Resume
Monday, June 7 Commencement
SUMMER SESSION
Monday, June 14 Registration
Tuesday, June 15 Classes Begin
Saturday, after classes, to Monday, July 3-5, Fourth of July Recess
Tuesday, July 20 First Period Ends
Wednesday, July 21 Second Period Begins
Tuesday, August 24 Second Period Ends
1948-1949
Monday, September 20 Freshmen Orientation Period Begins
Thursday-Friday, September 23-24 ...Registration of Day Students
Saturday, September 25 Registration of Boarding Students
Monday, September 27 Classes Begin
Wednesday, November 24, noon Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Sunday, November 28 Thanksgiving Recess Ends
Monday, November 29 Classes Resume
Saturday, December 18, noon Christmas Recess Begins
Sunday, January 2 Christmas Recess Ends
Monday, January 3 Classes Resume
Monday-Tuesday, January 31 -February 1
Rescheduling for Second Semester
Wednesday, February 2 First Semester Ends
SECOND SEMESTER
Thursday, February 3 Registration of New Students
Friday, February 4 Second Semester Begins
Saturday, April 9, noon Easter Recess Begins
Monday, April 18 Easter Recess Ends
Tuesday, April 19 Classes Resume
Monday, June 6 Commencement
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Hon. Robert F. Rich President
Mr. Arnold A. Phipps Vice President
Rev. A. Lawrence Miller, Ph.D : Secretary
Mr. John E. Person Treasurer
TERM EXPIRES 1948
Mr. Ivan E. Garver Roaring Spring
Mrs. Layton S. Lyon Williamsport
Mr. John H. McCormick Williamsport
Rev. Elvin Clay Myers Bloomsburg
Mr. Arnold A. Phipps Williamsport
Hon. Robert F. Rich Woolrich
Hon. H. M. Showalter Lewisburg
Rev. J. E. Skillington, D.D York
Mr. George L. Stearns, II Williamsport
Judge Charles Scott Williams Williamsport
TERM EXPIRES 1949
Mr. R. K. Foster Williamsport
Hon. George W. Huntley, Jr Emporium
Mr. Ralph E. Kelchner Jersey Shore
Rev. A. Lawrence Miller, Ph.D Williamsport
Mr. John E. Person Williamsport
Mr. Edward B. Snyder Ashland
Rev. E. Edward Watkins, D.D State College
TERM EXPIRES 1950
Rev. Harry F. Babcock Altoona
Bishop Charles Wesley Flint, LL.D Washington, D. C.
Judge Don M. Larrabee Williamsport
Dr. Charles A. Lehman Williamsport
Mr. Spencer S. Shannon Bedford
Mrs. H. Marshall Stecker Mount Carmel
Mr. George W. Sykes Conifer, N. Y.
Rev. W. Galloway Tyson, D.D West Chester
Rev. J. Merrill Williams, D.D Harrisburg
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
John W. Long President
J. Milton Skeath Dean
Florence Dewey Dean of Women
T. Sherman Stanford Director of Admissions
Robert G. Wharton, Jr Business Manager
Bessie L. White Recorder
Clara E. Fritsche Bookkeeper
Nellie F. Gorgas Secretary to the President
Marie M. Wharton Secretary to the Dean
Betty J. Randall Secretary to the Registrar
Dorothy J. Streeter Bookstore Manager
FACULTY
John W. Long, President (1921)
A.B., D.D., Dickinson College; LL.D., Western Maryland; Drew Theo-
logical Seminary.
J. Milton Skeath, Dean (1921) Psychology
A.B., Dickinson College; MA., University of Pennsylvania; graduate
work, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania State College.
Florence Dewey, Dean of Women (1929)
Violin, Theoretical Subjects
B.S., M.A., Columbia University; graduate, Institute of Musical Art of
the Juilliard Foundation.
T. Sherman Stanford
Director of Admissions, Athletic Director (1946)
B.S., Thiel College; M.S., Pennsylvania State College; graduate work,
Pennsylvania State College.
Phil G. Gillette (1929) Spanish
A.B., Ohio University; M.A., Ohio State University; graduate work,
Columbia University.
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Mabel K. Bauer (1942) Chemistry
B.S., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; graduate
work, Butler University, Alfred College.
Helen Breese Weidman (1944) History, Political Science
A.B., M.A., Bucknell University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Eric V. Sand-in (1946) English
B.S., Wesleyan University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Univer-
sity of Illinois.
Joseph D. Babcock (1931) Physics
A.B., Dickinson College; graduate work, Bucknell University.
Helen M. Golder (1943) Art
A.B., Pennsylvania State College; graduate work, New York Univer-
sity Summer School, Chautauqua, New York; private study under
Bevington Arthur.
Harold I. Hinkleman (1946) Accounting
B.S., Shippensburg State Teachers College; M.S., Bucknell University;
graduate work, New York University.
F. Alvin McCann (1946) Biology
A.B., Maryville (Tenn.) College; M.S., University of Tennessee; gradu-
ate work, Jefferson Medical College, West Chester State Teachers
College, University of Pennsylvania, New Jersey State Teachers
College.
Walter G. McIver (1946) Voice
Mus.B., Westminster Choir College; graduate work, Bucknell University.
Clarence R. Athearn (1947) Education, Philosophy
B.R.E., A.M., M.R.E., Boston University; Ph.D., American University.
George Lee Baer, Assistant Football Coach (1947)
B.S., University of Delaware
Carl S. Bauer (1946) Engineering Drawing
B.S., M.Ed., Pennsylvania State College.
Lulu Brunstetter (1925) Associate Librarian
Bloomsburg State Normal; Pennsylvania State College, Summer Session.
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Roger Earle Cogswell (1946) French
B.S., Sorbonne University, Paris, France; graduate work, Engineering
College, Paris, France.
Cretyl I. Crumb (194-7) Biology
B.A., "Wellesley College; M.S., Brown University; Marine Biological
Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania.
Hazel B. Dorey (1943) Piano
Honor graduate, Zeckwer-Hahn Conservatory of Music, Philadelphia,
Pa.; graduate work, Dartmouth College, Skidmore College, Teach-
ers College, Columbia University; private piano pupil of Frank
LaForge, Ernesto Berumen, Harold Bauer, Robert Goldsand.
J. Milnor Dorey (1947) English
A.B., M.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Harvard University; graduate
work, Dartmouth College, Hunter College, University of Florida,
Pennsylvania State College.
Robert H. Ewing (1947) History
A.B., College of Wooster; M.A., University of Michigan; graduate work,
Pennsylvania State College.
Donald J. Felix, Director of Physical Education (1946)
Economics
B.S., East Stroudsburg State Teachers College; graduate work, Bucknell
University, Pennsylvania State College.
Charlotte C. Finkenthal (1947) German
A.B., M.A., Western Reserve University; graduate work, Bryn Mawr
College; Candidate for Ph.D. at Columbia University.
Margaret E. Fowler, Director of Women's Athletics (1946)
Physical Education
Skidmore College; B.S., Beaver College; graduate work, Pennsylvania
State College.
Louise G. Frownfelter (1947) Speech and Dramatics
B.S. in Education, M.A. in English, Bucknell University; M.A. in Speech
and Dramatics, Teachers College, Columbia University; graduate
work, Breadloaf School of English, Middlebury College; diploma
from Emilie Krider Norris School of Expression.
George S. Goodell (1947) Sociology
B.S., M.A., New York University; graduate study, Yale University.
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John P. Graham (1939) English
Ph.B., Dickinson College; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State College.
James A. Heether (1945) Chemistry
A.B., Bucknell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania.
Ethelwynne S. Hess (1943) Preparatory Mathematics
A.B., Bucknell University.
Gertrude E. Jeffrey (1946)
Religious Education, Mathematics, English
A.B., Middlebury College; M.A., University of Virginia.
Frances E. Knights (1947) Mathematics
A.B., M.A., Bucknell University.
Elizabeth Hester Mabon (1947)
Preparatory English, Latin, History
A.B., Randolph-Macon "Woman's College; graduate work, University of
Virginia, Pennsylvania State College.
Eloise B. Mallinson (1946) English
A.B., Bucknell University.
Mary Jane Marley (1946) Secretarial Studies
B.S., Bucknell University; graduate work, Bucknell University.
Garvin R. Peffer (1947) Chemistry
A.B., Dickinson College; M.Ed., Temple University; graduate work,
Rutgers University, University of Arkansas.
Peter O. Ramirez (1947) Spanish
A.B., Allegheny College; A.M., University of Pittsburgh; graduate work,
University of Pennsylvania.
Donald George Remley (1946) Mathematics, Physics
A.B., Dickinson College; graduate work, Columbia University.
Mary Landon Russell (1936) Organ, Piano
Mus.B., Susquehanna University Conservatory of Music; graduate work,
Juilliard School of Music; Ernest Hutcheson and James Friskin
Master Classes, Chautauqua, New York.
Robert F. Smith, Basketball Coach. (1946) History
B.S., Lock Haven State Teachers College; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State
College.
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Virginia L. Smith (1946) English
A.B., Juniata College; graduate work, University of Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania State College.
James W. Sterling (1924) English
A.B., M.A., Syracuse University; graduate work, Columbia University.
John A. Streeter (1946) Economics, Selling
A.B., M.A., Pennsylvania State College; graduate work, Bucknell Uni-
versity.
Clair J. Switzer (1945) Religion
A.B., Juniata College; A.M., Bucknell University; B.D., Susquehanna
University Theological Seminary.
Armand J. L. Van Baelen (1947) Mathematics
College Communal, Tulemont, Belgium; B.S., Agric College, Gemblaux,
Belgium ; M.S., Rutgers University.
Joseph N. Whitten, Director of Audio- Visual Education (1947)
Librarian
B.A., Mississippi College; B.S. in L.S., George Peabody College; M.S.,
Columbia University; graduate work, Columbia University.
PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
Dorothy Oliver Evans (1947) Anatomy and Physiology
B.S., Elmira College; R.N., Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital, Elmira,
New York; Post Graduate Course, Children's Hospital, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania.
Wellard T. Guffy (1946) Accounting
B.S., Bucknell University.
Osborne L. Housel (1947) Band, Orchestra
Mus.B., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.
Don L. Larrabee (1945) Business Law
A.B., Allegheny College; Wharton Graduate School and the Law School
of the University of Pennsylvania.
L. Elbert Wilson (1946) Religion
A.B., Southwestern University; Th.M., Union Theological Seminary.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
W
THE COLLEGE
illiamsport Dickinson offers college courses for young
men and women. It provides facilities for both day and
boarding students, offering terminal courses in the Junior College
Division and a four-year program in the Liberal Arts College lead-
ing to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
LOCATION
It is located at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, "The Queen City
of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River," on the famed Sus-
quehanna Trail, midway between Buffalo, New York, and Wash-
ington, D. C. Williamsport is famed for its picturesque scenery,
its beautiful homes, and the culture and kindness of its people.
The Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads, with their fast trains,
and the Lakes-to-Sea and the Greyhound Busses put it within two
hours' reach of Harrisburg, four and a half hours of Philadelphia,
and six hours of Pittsburgh and New York. Capital and TWA
Airlines place the time at forty minutes to Harrisburg, an hour and
ten minutes to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, two hours to New
York, and about three hours to Boston.
HISTORY
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary was founded in 1848 by a
group of men of Williamsport under the leadership of Rev. Benja-
min H. Crever, who, hearing that the old Williamsport Academy
was about to be discontinued, proposed to accept the school and
conduct it as a Methodist educational institution. Their offer was
accepted and, completely reorganized, with a new president and
faculty, it opened September, 1848, as Dickinson Seminary, under
the patronage of the old Baltimore Conference. It was acquired
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in 1869 and is still owned by the Preachers' Aid Society of the
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church, and is
regularly chartered under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania.
It is not a money-making institution. All of its earnings as well
as the generous gifts of its friends have been spent for maintenance
and improvements. During a large part of its history its curriculum
covered the work now included in a high school course and at the
same time included about two years of college work. By its charter
it is empowered to grant degrees, which authority was for a time
exercised. In 1912 it began to confine itself to the college pre-
paratory field and continued in that field until 1929. From that
date until June 1947 it operated as a junior college. The increased
college attendance following the war, and trends in higher education
in recent years clearly indicate a need for more four-year colleges.
After giving the matter careful consideration, the Board of Direc-
tors, at a special meeting January, 1947, authorized and set in
motion plans to adopt a four-year college program. This catalogue,
therefore, contains announcements of subjects for all four years of
the liberal arts college, and in addition, certain terminal courses of
the Junior College Division. The college preparatory work will
be discontinued at the close of the school year 1947-1948.
The campus is located near the center of the city on a slight
eminence, which causes the school to be affectionately referred to as
"The School Upon the Hilltop." Stately elms, maples, and trees
of other varieties add beauty and dignity to the campus and form
an attractive setting for the imposing buildings. To the south and
across the Susquehanna, within twenty minutes' walk is the beauti-
ful Bald Eagle Range of the Allegheny Mountains, affording a view
of perennial charm. To the north are the Grampian Hills. In
fact, Williamsport, "beautiful for location," is seldom surpassed or
equaled in its wealth of beautiful scenery.
AIM
It is the aim of Williamsport Dickinson to provide to qualified
students education of such a nature as to supply the background for
a more intelligent understanding and appreciation of the economic,
political, historical, social, scientific, esthetic and religious aspects of
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life. In addition to the broad, general education, courses prepara-
tory to specialization in the professions of law, medicine, dentistry,
engineering, etc., or courses preparatory to graduate work in some
field of concentration are offered. Terminal education in the Junior
College Division is available in Secretarial Science, Medical Secre-
tarial, Laboratory Technician, and some Liberal Arts courses.
BUILDINGS
OLD MAIN. The Main Building is an imposing structure of
brick, occupying the central part of the campus. In this building
are the administrative offices, class rooms, and dormitories. There
are hardwood floors throughout.
BRADLEY HALL. Bradley Hall was erected in 1895 of red
brick and is modern in construction. The library and the dramatic
studio occupy the first floors. Above are girls' dormitories.
EVELAND HALL. Eveland Hall is also of red pressed brick,
and is a modern fire-proof building. The basement houses the
heating plant. A modern chemistry laboratory and class rooms
occupy the first floor. The second and third floors contain dormi-
tories.
THE GYMNASIUM. Williamsport Dickinson is fortunate in
having a splendid modern gymnasium, dedicated November 8, 1924,
which is a popular center of activities. The building is 110 feet
by 88 feet, beautifully designed and of semi-fireproof construction.
The basement includes a modern swimming pool 20 by 60 feet,
equipped with a sterilization and filtration plant. The pool is con-
structed of tile and is amply lighted, with windows of glass blocks,
making a sunlit pool at nearly all hours of the day.
There are also two bowling alleys of latest design, and separate
rooms and showers for both home and visiting teams. Provision
for private dressing rooms and shower rooms for women is made.
The gymnasium floor proper is 90 by 65 feet with a stage at the
easterly end so that the main floor can readily be converted into an
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auditorium if need be, suitable for recitals and even more preten-
tious productions.
ATHLETIC FIELD. Built partially on the side of the old
athletic field, the new field runs north and south, beginning directly
behind the gymnasium and dining hall, and extending to the terrace
just off Washington Boulevard on the north. Ample room is pro-
vided for tennis courts and football field, with facilities for softball
and other intramural sports.
New bleachers have been erected which accommodate 1,000
people. They have wooden seats on a steel and concrete founda-
tion, with an attractive brick wall at the rear, surmounted with a
wrought iron fence. Evergreens, rose of Sharon, and spiraea line
the inside of the fence.
CLARKE MEMORIAL. This new chapel and dining hall, made
possible by the bequest of Miss Martha B. Clarke of the class of
1862 as a memorial to her brothers and herself, is designed in the
colonial style, and is of fireproof construction. The chapel proper,
which has excellent acoustics, provides facilities for devotional
services, assemblies, dramatic concerts and lectures. With the
balcony, it is planned to seat six hundred people.
The dining hall, on the first floor, is arranged with separate
entrances and with coat rooms and wash rooms for men and women.
It opens on a terrace overlooking the campus and athletic field.
Effort has been made to produce a comfortable, home-like room.
Either table service or cafeteria service is possible.
The erection of this building fits into the plan of an attractive
quadrangle. Other improvements extend the open campus to
Washington Boulevard.
FINE ARTS. The buildings on the extreme northern portion of
the campus on Washington Boulevard, facing the campus, provide
a modern home for the President, and a well-equipped Fine Arts
Building for music and art. The Art Studio takes the full northern
sweep on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building. Also on that
floor are a number of private practice studios, and conference rooms
for members of the faculty. On the main floor of the building
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there are three large music studios and several smaller rooms for
private piano practice. The interior walls are finished in light
buff, and the floors in oak. There are eighteen rooms in the new
building which are devoted entirely to Fine Arts.
MEMORIAL HALL. The latest building to be erected, Memorial
Hall, was dedicated on November 1, 1947. It is a three-story build-
ing and has floor space of 8000 square feet. It contains class
rooms, departmental offices, and the biology and physics labora-
tories. This building, erected through the cooperation of the college
and the Federal Works Agency, is attractively faced with red brick.
THE ANNEX. To the south of Bradley Hall another class room
building has been erected by the Federal Works Agency. De-
partmental offices are also located here.
THE DR. E. J. GRAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The library is playing an increasingly important part in any
educational program today. The Dr. E. J. Gray Memorial Library,
occupying the entire first floor of Bradley Hall, is commodious,
well-lighted and arranged for research and reflective reading.
There are now more than 13,000 volumes to which new volumes
are added each year. A very excellent list of reference works has
been provided and a group of books for general reading has been
added in order to stimulate the interest of the students in books not
directly related to their special interests.
Currently the library has a subscription to one hundred and
two periodicals, covering all subject fields offered by the college,
and five newspapers, including one foreign language paper. Seven
periodical indexing and bibliographical services are regularly
received.
A full-time, professionally trained librarian is in charge of the
library and is assisted by an assistant librarian and additional
student help as needed. This staff is available to help in locating
desired material, in the preparation of bibliographies, or for other
forms of reference service.
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In addition to the usual reading material, the library is building
a collection of recordings for the use of various departments and of
the student body. Included are not only musical records, but also
a number of literary or historical records and albums. Special
periods are set aside for those who are interested to listen to
recorded programs in the library.
The James V. Brown Library is within two squares of the
college campus, and is one of the finest Public Libraries in the state.
Its books are carefully distributed over the several fields of Liter-
ature, Religion, Economics, Sociology, Natural Sciences and other
liberal arts subjects. The reading rooms are ample and its large
collection of books is freely open to all students of the college.
AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES
Audio-visual aids in instruction are relatively new, but the idea
is growing more important. Progressive educational institutions
are not ignoring the potentialities of visual and auditory methods,
and with this in view, Williamsport Dickinson is promoting an
active program to incorporate audio-visual devices for more pur-
poseful and effective instruction. Special audio-visual equipment
available includes a sound, 16 mm., moving-picture projector, one
two-by-two slide projector, one combination two-by-two slide and
35 mm. filmstrip projector, three combination radio and record
machines, a wire recorder, and two public address systems.
The library is building a collection of films, filmstrips, and
records, which will be used in connection with classes, special
groups on the campus, and for the pleasure and relaxation of
students.
A special room is equipped to carry on the audio-visual program
and periods are designated for all groups and classes who desire
to participate.
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G iris' Dormitory
STUDENT LIFE
PROVISION FOR FRESHMEN
The college recognizes the need for giving the freshmen assist-
ance in making desirable adjustments to the college situation. A
program has been prepared for the orientation of freshmen.
All freshmen are required to come to the college one week in
advance of the upper-classmen. During this time various tests are
given which will aid the college staff in advising the student in his
choice of courses. During this period problems of freshmen
adjustment are discussed and directions for study, the use of the
library, and other instructional aids are given. Provision is also
made for recreation and a wholesome social life.
RELIGIOUS TRADITION
While Williamsport Dickinson is a church school, it is not
sectarian. At least four religious denominations are represented
on its Board of Directors. Every student is encouraged to be loyal
to the church of his choice.
A systematic study of the Bible is required of all students.
Regular attendance at the college chapel services is required.
Students attend the Sunday morning services at churches in the city.
The John Wesley Club is composed of students preparing for
the ministry or other forms of religious work. Through regular
meetings and deputation teams they gain valuable training and
experience in religious work.
CULTURAL INFLUENCES
Williamsport Dickinson aims to develop in its students an easy
familiarity with the best social forms and customs. Young men
and women meet in the dining hall, at receptions and other social
functions. These contacts, together with frequent talks by instruc-
tors, do much to develop poise and social ease. Persons of promi-
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nence are brought to the school for talks and lectures, and excellent
talent is provided by community organizations which bring the best
artistic talent to the city.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
It is aimed to develop in each student a sense of loyalty and
responsibility to good citizenship. To this end there is established
a Student Government representing the entire student body with
the purpose of promoting the general welfare of the college and to
provide a more perfect understanding between students and admin-
istration.
Certain phases of dormitory life are supervised and regulated
by a student dormitory government. In this way students are pro-
vided the experience of sharing the responsibilities which are the
outgrowth of living closely with each other. The Dean of Women
and the Dean of Men exercise an overall supervisory influence on
dormitory life.
It is understood that students entering Williamsport Dickinson
do so with the intention of making an honest effort to do satisfac-
tory work in every respect. Where a student is not able to con-
form to the school program, the parents or guardians are asked to
withdraw the student from the school.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
CAMPUS GROUPS. In addition to the John Wesley Club and
the Student Government there are many and varied organizations
on the campus which aim to provide students with an interesting
and wholesome social life. These are organized and conducted by
students in cooperation with the faculty. Some of these are as
follows: The International Relations Club, which is the campus
focus for discussion of world affairs ; The French Club, which sup-
plements class work by aiding students in conversational French ;
The Camera Club, which provides students opportunity for devel-
oping a life-long hobby; The Dramatic Club, which affords oppor-
tunity for those interested in acting and directing plays ; The
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College Band and Symphony Orchestra, which meet several times
each week for practice and furnish the college with music for many
entertainments, events and celebrations throughout the year.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS. There are two college publica-
tions: "The Lycoming Courier" is the official student paper,
devoted to local interests of the student body, reporting current
campus events; and "The Dart," college year book, published in
June and presenting a record of student life during the current
academic year.
MUSIC. The Music Department offers several organizations for
students interested in music. A College Choir, Men's Glee Club,
and Women's Glee Club are open to all students desiring to join.
The Lycoming Singers, a mixed octette, Women's Quartette, Men's
Quartette, and an A Cappella Choir are formed of selected voices
and represent the college at many events. An Orchestra, and
String Ensemble give instrument players an opportunity to enjoy
the fellowship of good music together.
FRATERNITIES. Three fraternities on the campus provide a
means of bringing to men students the advantages of a fraternal
organization. The social life of the college is carefully planned by
both administrative and student government to be helpful to the
individual student in his social world.
RECREATION AND HEALTH
RECREATION. An expansive program of intramural athletics
affords opportunity for every student not a member of a varsity
team to participate in one or more sports. These are run in con-
nection with the required physical education program. Basic
instruction in game techniques is given in physical education class
and the intramural program affords opportunity for individual and
team competition. Some of these sports are tennis, swimming,
basketball, handball, badminton, bowling, volleyball, softball, and
table tennis for both women and men; rhythmical activities, field
hockey and archery, for women; boxing, touch football, and water
polo for men.
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In addition to the athletic recreation program, various organiza-
tions on the campus, the lecture series, the Record Session, motion
pictures, and numerous social affairs, offer programs of interest.
STUDENT INSURANCE. By a special group plan, our students
are able to secure accident insurance covering medical and hospital
expenses for injuries received on the campus. The limit of cov-
erage for women is $500.00 and for men $250.00. All students are
advised to carry this protection.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. A physical examination of all
students is required. This examination is conducted by the stu-
dent's own physician and a report made on a standard form sup-
plied by the college. This report is presented to the Dean of
Instruction on Registration Day.
INFIRMARY SERVICE. The infirmary fee, covered by the
over-all activities fee, includes the following medical service: The
college nurse holds infirmary hours each day, except Sunday, that
the college dormitories are open, and is also available for first aid
treatment and will call to the attention of the college physician any
case demanding special treatment.
Such service, however, shall not be interpreted to include x-rays,
surgery of more than minor nature, care of major accidents on or
off campus, immunization for colds, examination for glasses, doctors'
calls, cases of serious chronic disorder, or other extraordinary
situations.
Each student is entitled to three days of infirmary service per
school year, including routine nursing and ordinary medicines.
There will be a charge of $2.00 per day for each additional day or
fraction thereof beyond the alloted days.
Special nursing service and special medicines and prescriptions
will be at the expense of the student. Parents will be notified by
the college when students are confined to the infirmary with serious
illnesses.
RESIDENT STUDENT LIFE
Living quarters are provided on the campus for 109 women and
155 men. Efforts are made each year to keep the dormitories in
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repair so that they constitute comfortable and attractive homes for
the students concerned.
Rooms at Williamsport Dickinson are furnished as follows:
Desk, bureau, chair, single bed, mattress, and pillow are provided.
Students must bring their own bed linen, blankets, and study lamps
with them.
The students will make arrangements for their own laundry ser-
vice. A local laundry has a representative on campus for the con-
venience of all boarding students. It is recommended that the
student bring a minimum of six sheets (single bed), three pillow
cases, and two double blankets.
DISCIPLINE
The discipline of the college is firm, reasonable, and sympa-
thetic. All students are considered responsible citizens and mem-
bers of a Christian community. Any student who is antagonistic
to the spirit and general purpose, or who fails to abide by the
regulations set up by the college, may be asked to withdraw from
the college at any time during the school year.
REGULATIONS
The college regulations, in addition to those published here, are
furnished each student upon matriculation. Announcements dur-
ing the year by college authorities may amend or supplement the
catalogue regulations and are to be adhered to as such.
Students from a distance are required to reside in the dormi-
tories. Permission for any exception to this rule must be obtained
from the administration.
Money and valuables should be placed in the school safe; the
college will not assume responsibility unless this is done.
No intoxicants or drinking of intoxicants is permitted.
Permission to maintain automobiles on the campus must be
obtained from the administration.
No firearms are permitted on the campus.
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Complete application forms for admission to Williamsport
Dickinson may be obtained from the Director of Admissions. In-
cluded with these are directions for making application.
A registration fee of $10.00 is required with each application.
This fee is refunded in case the application is rejected, and is
returned to veterans of World War II entered under Public Law
346 or 16 at the time of the second payment period.
Applicants who are accepted will receive a statement evaluating
their high school credits and granting proper classification. Those
rejected will be notified.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
A candidate for admission must be of good moral character and
show evidence of ability and preparation to pursue the program of
his choice at Williamsport Dickinson. The usual evidence of
preparation is a certificate showing satisfactory completion of 15
units of high school work or its equivalent as follows:
The Liberal Arts
College English History Math. Science Elec.
A.B. and B.S. Degrees 3(4yrs.) 1 1 Alg. 1 8
1 Geom.
The Junior College
Division
Liberal Arts 3 (4yrs.) 1 1 Alg. 1 8
1 Geom.
Med. Sec 3(4yrs.) 1 1 Alg. 1 8
1 Geom.
Lab. Tech 3(4yrs.) 1 1 Alg. 1 8
1 Geom.
Sec. Science 3(4yrs.) 10 0 11
Applicants ranking in the upper three-fifths of their high school
class or presenting a certificate showing all grades of college cer-
tificate value may be admitted without examination.
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Candidates for admission who do not meet the above require-
ments for admission may be admitted by making a satisfactory score
on an aptitude test.
THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DIVISION
While the addition of the final two years of liberal arts work
now make possible the awarding of a Bachelor of Arts Degree and
Bachelor of Science Degree, students are still able to enroll at
Williamsport Dickinson in the Junior College Division.
Offerings in this Division are: Two-year terminal courses in
Secretarial Science, Medical Secretarial, Art and Music; and a
three-year terminal course in Laboratory Technology. Upon sat-
isfactory completion of these courses a certificate is awarded at the
graduation exercises. Also, students may register for liberal arts
work for transfer to another institution for the purpose either of
obtaining advanced credit on an undergraduate level, or for ful-
filling certain undergraduate requirements for entrance to a pro-
fessional field.
Students desiring to enter the Junior College Division must
make their plans known at the time application for admittance is
made. While guidance will be available upon request for those
who wish to transfer to other institutions, it will be the sole respon-
sibility of the student to make certain that he meets the entrance
requirements of that institution.
During the past eighteen years students graduating in the
Junior College have been accepted with full credit at the better
colleges and universities throughout the United States. However,
because of the crowded conditions in institutions of higher learn-
ing, it is not possible for Williamsport Dickinson to assure those
in the Junior College Division that they can be accepted by another
institution at any stage of their undergraduate preparation.
GUIDANCE
Prior to the student's entrance to a course of study, there is a
personal interview between the Director of Admissions and the
candidate for admission. These interviews are sufficient in length
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to obtain a picture of the student, his background, and plans for the
future. On the basis of preparatory or high school records, apti-
tude tests, and psychological examinations, an evaluation of the
student can be formed.
Additional information is added to this as the student progresses
through his college life. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser
who will assist him in his choice of courses of study. All this
information aids the adviser to help the student choose the work
best suited to his needs, ability, and plans for the future. In addi-
tion, the Dean of Instruction holds personal counseling interviews
upon request of the student or faculty adviser.
PROVISION FOR VETERANS
Williamsport Dickinson is fully approved for the educational
program for Veterans under Federal Public Laws 346 and 16.
ADVANCED STANDING
A student may be admitted to Williamsport Dickinson with
advanced standing provided he has earned satisfactory credit at an
approved college. Application for advanced standing must be
supported by an honorable dismissal and an official transcript of
the college previously attended.
Some academic credit may be allowed for training courses and
educational experiences in the armed services according to the
general pattern recommended by "A Guide to the Evaluation of
Educational Experiences in the Armed Services" issued by the
American Council on Education, provided such courses or experi-
ences are appropriately related to a college of liberal arts.
CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
Freshman: See requirements for admission.
Sophomore: Not less than 24 semester hours and 21 quality points.
Junior: Not less than 54 semester hours and 48 quality points.
Senior: Not less than 86 semester hours and 90 quality points, and
a reasonable chance of completing all requirements for grad-
uation.
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Unclassified: Students who do not wish to enter upon a regular
course of study may pursue studies offered for which their
previous training, in the opinion of the college, fits them.
Only a limited number of unclassified students are accepted.
Such students are not admitted to candidacy for a degree.
GRADING SYSTEM
A credit hour is defined as one hour of classroom work, or the
equivalent, each week during a full term of sixteen weeks. Ordi-
narily two hours of laboratory work are rated as one credit hour.
The letter system of grading with the corresponding quality
points is used. "A" indicates work of the highest excellence, show-
ing a superior grasp of the content, as well as independent and
creative thinking in the subject, and represents a numerical grade
between 90 and 100. "B" signifies better than average achieve-
ment wherein the student reveals insight and ability, and represents
a numerical grade between 80 and 89. "C" is given for satisfactory
achievement on the college level when the work of the course has
been conscientious and has shown no considerable deficiency in
either quality or quantity, and represents a numerical grade between
70 and 79. "D" indicates that the work of the course has met the
minimum essentials, and represents a numerical grade of 60 to 69.
"F" is failure and the work of the course must be satisfactorily
repeated before any credit can be obtained, and represents numer-
ical grades below 60.
Scholastic rank is determined on the quality point system
where "A" counts 3 quality points per credit hour, "B" counts 2
points per hour, "C" counts 1 point per hour, "D" carries no point
value, and "F" counts -1 point per hour.
NORMAL STUDENT LOAD
The normal load for students is from twelve to fifteen hours of
academic work and one hour of physical education per semester.
OVER LOAD
Students who wish to carry in excess of the normal load are
charged $12.50 per credit hour. A schedule of more than seventeen
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hours of academic work may be taken if the student has an average
of 2.0 for all previous work and obtains written permission from
the Dean of Instruction.
PROBATION
Students whose grade-point average falls between .00 and .5 are
placed on probation. Students on probation must maintain an
average of 1.0 in fifteen hours with fifteen quality points for the
semester, to be removed from probation.
DISMISSAL
Freshmen who fail to maintain an average of at least .00 the
first semester will be asked to withdraw from the college. The
college also reserves the right to deny admission to any applicant
or to dismiss any student at any time if the administration considers
such action to be for the best interests of the student or the college.
Students dismissed for academic reasons may request reinstatement
after one semester.
ATTENDANCE
The program at Williamsport Dickinson is built on the assump-
tion that there is value in class and chapel attendance for all
students. Therefore, all students are expected to attend all classes
and chapel exercises.
Specific regulations as to permissable absences and penalties for
excessive absences are announced from time to time. Responsi-
bility for learning and complying with these regulations rests with
the student.
GRADUATION
Upon graduation a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
Degree is awarded. This is in accord with the objective of provid-
ing a background of knowledge in the humanities, social studies,
and sciences. It is assumed that an intelligent understanding of
the past enables one better to appreciate the present and to plan
more ably for the future. Accordingly, certain required courses
are listed for these areas. In addition a student should have
selected, by the end of his sophomore year, some field of concen-
tration in which he wishes to specialize.
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The Arts and Science program is basic to the professions of
Medicine, Theology, Teaching, Law, Dentistry, and is desirable in
Engineering Science, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Veterinary. The
requirements for graduation at Williamsport Dickinson permit
these pre-requisite subjects.
Students satisfactorily completing terminal courses in Secre-
tarial Science, Medical Secretary, and Laboratory Technician, will
be graduated, but no degree is awarded.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Courses listed in the groups below are required for a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
Group I: Humanities
English Composition 6 hours
Literature 6 hours
Foreign Language 6 hours or 14 hours
Philosophy and Religion 6 hours
Appreciation of Art 3 hours
Appreciation of Music 3 hours
Group II: The Social Studies
European History 6 hours
American History 6 hours
Psychology 3 hours
Elective 3 hours
Group III: Science
The Physical Sciences and 3 hours
The Biological Sciences, or 3 hours
A Laboratory Science 8 hours
Group IV: Physical Education 8 hours
Electives: Sufficient to total 128 hours
2. Selection of a major of at least 24 hours from one of the
following fields: English, language, history, social sciences, busi-
ness administration, biology, chemistry, mathematics and science.
3. At least 120 academic quality points (excluding physical
education) on the basis of:
A = 3 points per credit hour
B = 2 points per credit hour
C = 1 point per credit hour
D = 0 points per credit hour
4. The work of the final year is to be taken at this college.
5. Students admitted with advanced standing must satisfy all
requirements for graduation.
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
FOR STUDY
Williamsport Dickinson is anxious to aid her students to prepare
for living a normal, well-adjusted life, as well as preparing them
for a variety of careers. The growing belief in professional schools
that the best preliminary training is a broad cultural education has
added new emphasis to the type of program now offered by Wil-
liamsport Dickinson. This program offers a general education,
conceded as necessary to a well-rounded individual living in today's
ever smaller world, and yet is equipped to add more specialized
courses so that a student looking forward to a particular career
may specialize in the field of his vocational interest.
Choosing one's life work is an important and serious matter.
In this selection, Williamsport Dickinson, as a liberal arts college,
plays an important role. While some students enter college with
a well-defined aim, many others are far from settled in their minds
as to their own particular vocation. The first two years of a liberal
arts course give the student a glimpse into many fields and thus by
the start of his third or Junior year, the student with this back-
ground and with the advice of the faculty, usually is well prepared
to indicate his field of specialization.
The following pages contain some of the programs offered at
Williamsport Dickinson. Others are available upon sufficient de-
mand. It is recommended, therefore, that the student discuss his
proposed plan with the Director of Admissions, or, if a returning
student, with the Dean of Instruction.
STANDARD CURRICULUM FOR A.B. DEGREE AND B.S. DEGREE
FRESHMAN YEAR SOPHOMORE YEAR
English 101-102 6 hours Literature 201-202 or
History 101-102 6 hours 203-204 6 hours
Religion 3 hours History 201-202 6 hours
Physical Education 2 hours Physical Education 2 hours
Electives 15 hours Electives 18 hours
Total 32 hours Total 32 hours
JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS
Degree requirements from Groups I, II, III, IV, and electives for the
remainder of the 128 hours which is the required total.
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The Business Administration course contains highly practical courses
in the fields of accounting and finance; money and banking; personnel man-
agement; marketing; and secretarial studies, as well as the broader aspects
in the field of economic theory. In addition to the professional courses men-
tioned above, the elements of a broad, cultural background valuable in prepa-
ration for positions of an administrative and executive nature, are retained.
STANDARD CURRICULUM FOR THE B.S. DEGREE IN
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
FRESHMAN TEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
Hrs.
English 101 3
European History 101 3
OR
Foreign Language (3)
Principles of Accounting 101 3
Principles of Business 102 3
Commercial Algebra 110 3
Physical Education 1
Total 16
English 102 3
European History 102 3
OR
Foreign Language (3)
Principles of Accounting 102 3
American Economic History 104 . 3
Introduction to Statistics 111 3
Physical Education 1
Total 16
SOPHOMORE TEAR
Literature 201 or 208 3
Principles of Economics 201 3
Economic Geography 801 3
Foreign Language (4)
OR
History 201 3
Elective 3
Physical Education 1
Total 16
(17)
Literature 202 or 204 3
Economic Problems 202 3
Foreign Language (4)
OR
History 202 3
Elective 6
Physical Education 1
Total 16
(17)
JUNIOR TEAR
Political Science 201 3
Science 101 3
Business Law 302 3
Psychology 201 3
Foreign Language (3)
OR
Elective 3
Physical Education 1
Total 16
Political Science 202 3
Science 102 3
Business Law 308 3
Foreign Language (8)
OR
Elective 3
Elective 3
Physical Education 1
Total 16
SENIOR TEAR
Religion 3
Art Appreciation 301 3
Electives 9
Physical Education 1
Total 16
Philosophy 3
Music Appreciation 301 3
Electives 9
Physical Education 1
Total 16
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A major in Economics will be granted upon completion of at least 24
hours in Economics (Group I) with a maximum of 36 hours. Of this number,
21 should be taken the last two years with a minimum of 9 hours in courses
numbered above 200. The following courses must be completed: Economics
201, 202 and 301. In addition, the following courses are not accepted toward
the major: Economics 201, and 202.
A major in Business Administration is subject to the following require-
ments :
Complete at least 18 hours from one or more of the (5) groups listed
below. In addition, the following courses must be completed: Business 101,
102, 103, 104, 110, 111, 302, 303; Economics 201, 202, and 301.
Group I — General Economics
Bus. 104 — American Ec. History
Ec. 302 — Economic Geography
Ec. 303 — Labor Problems
Ec. 304 — Consumer Economics
Ec. 402 — Transportation
Ec. 403— History of Ec. Thought
Ec. 404 — Advanced Economics
Bus. 302 — Business Law
Bus. 303 — Business Law
Group II — Accounting
Bus. 215 — Advanced Accounting
Bus. 216 — Advanced Accounting
Bus. 309 — Cost Accounting
Bus. 310 — Tax Accounting
Bus. 409 — Auditing
Bus. 410— C. P. A. Problems
Bus. 411 — Interpretative Acct'g
Group III — Banking
Bus. 206 — Money & Banking
Bus. 207 — Money & Banking
Bus. 304 — Credits & Collections
Bus. 307— Org. & Fin. Mgmt.
Bus. 308 — Investments
Bus. 401— Real Estate
Bus. 405 — Public Finance
Group IV — Marketing &
Insurance
Bus. 217 — Salesmanship
Bus. 218 — Advertising
Bus. 305 — Marketing
Bus. 402 — Insurance
Bus. 403 — Insurance
Bus. 412 — Sales Management
Bus. 415 — Retail Distribution
Group V — Management
Bus. 215 — Advanced Accounting
Bus. 216 — Advanced Accounting
Ec. 308 — Labor Problems
Bus. 304 — Credits & Collections
Bus. 307— Org. & Fin. Mgmt.
Bus. 217 — Salesmanship
Bus. 218 — Advertising
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PRE-DENTISTRY
The American Council on Dental Education has fixed a minimum of
two full years of college work as a requirement for entrance to dental
schools. However, a four-year course is recommended and the trend toward
this has been very rapid following World War II.
FRESHMAN YEAH
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
History 101-102 6
Chemistry 101-102 10
Mathematics 6
Foreign Language 6
Physical Education 2
Total 36
SOPHOMORE TEAR
Hrs.
Literature 201-202 or 203-204 6
Chemistry 202-203 8
Biology 101-102 8
History 201-202 6
Foreign Language or Elective .... 6
Physical Education 2
Total 36
JUNIOR YEAR
Hrs.
Chemistry 301-302 8
Biology 201-202 8
Psychology 201 3
Philosophy 3
Economics 201 6
Religion 3
Physical Education 2
Total 33
SENIOR YEAR
Hrs.
Physics 101-102 10
Appreciation of Art 3
Appreciation of Music 301 3
Biology 301 4
Electives 10
Physical Education 2
Total 32
PRE-LAW
Many law schools are at present requiring the Bachelor of Arts Degree
for admission. Training in law is not only basic to the practice of law itself,
but also makes possible many other forms of public service.
FRESHMAN YEAR
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
Science 101-102 6
History 101-102 6
Foreign Language 6
Speech 3
Religion 3
Physical Education 2
Total 32
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hrs.
Literature 201-202 or 203-204 6
History 201-202 6
Psychology 201 3
Philosophy 202 3
Foreign Language or Elective .... 6
Political Science (Govt.) 6
Physical Education 2
Total 32
JUNIOR YEAR
Hrs.
History 301-302 6
Economics 101-102 6
Sociology 201-202 6
Political Science 301-302 6
Political Science 303-304 6
Physical Education 2
Total 32
SENIOR YEAR
Hrs.
History 6
Economics 202 3
Appreciation of Art 3
Appreciation of Music 3
Electives 15
Physical Education 2
Total 32
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PRE-MEDICINE
The modern physician or surgeon is no longer one who has studied
merely medicine. He is a man with a broad cultural training, capable of
treating more than physical ailments. Therefore, medical authorities are
recommending a full four years of a liberal arts program, and requiring
certain specific subjects in preparation for medical school.
THE FOUR-YEAR COURSE
FRESHMAN TEAR
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
History 101-102 6
Chemistry 101-102 10
Mathematics 101-102 6
Foreign Language 6
Physical Education 2
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hrs.
Literature 201-202 or 203-204 6
Chemistry 202-203 8
Biology 101-102 8
History 101-102 6
Foreign Language or Elective .... 6
Physical Education 2
Total 36
Total 36
JUNIOR TEAR
Hrs.
Chemistry 301-302 8
Biology 201-202 6
Economics 201 6
Psychology 201 3
Philosophy 3
Sociology 201 3
Physical Education 2
SENIOR TEAR
Hrs.
Physics 101-102 (Gen.) 10
Biology 401 4
Biology 302 4
Religion 3
Appreciation of Art 301 3
Appreciation of Music 301 3
Elective 3
Physical Education 2
Total 31
Total 32
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The Gymnasium
ART
The art course is designed primarily to give the best possible foundation
for further study in any of the specialized fields of art; to give thorough
training in artistic creation; and to guide in developing the power of dis-
crimination in general aesthetic appreciation.
The department reserves the right to retain representative examples
of student work for purposes of exhibition. This is an acknowledgement
of superior ability and assists the department in maintaining a high standard
in its classes.
TWO-YEAR COURSE
FRESHMAN YEAR
Hrs.
Art 103-104— Cast 4
Art 105-106— Design 6
Art 107-108— Still Life 4
Art 109-110— Sketch 2
Art 111-112— Lettering 4
Art 118-1 14— Perspective 2
Art 115-116— Water Color 2
English Composition 101-102 6
Physical Education 2
Total 32
SOPHOMORE YEAB
Hrs.
Art 101— Hist, of Art 3
Art 205-206— Design 6
Art 207-208— Still Life 4
Art 209-210— Sketch 2
Art 211-212— Lettering 4
Art 215-216— Water Color 2
Art 117-118— Oil 2
Religion 102 3
Academic Elective 3
Physical Education 2
Total 31
PRE-ENGINEERING
This course is designed to give the student basic pre-professional courses
in the field of engineering. The course recommended below is for all engi-
neering students except chemical engineers. Chemical engineers will consult
with the Director of Admissions or the Dean.
TWO-YEAR COURSE
FRESHMAN YEAB
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
Chemistry 11-12 6
Physics 101 5
Mathematics 109-201 8
Drawing 101-103 6
Physical Education 2
Total 33
SOPHOMORE YEAB
Hrs.
Physics 102 5
Physics 201 3
Mathematics 202-301 8
Economics 201 3
Speech 3
Literature 201 or 203 3
History 202 3
Religion 3
Physical Education 2
Total 33
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LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
It is the aim of this course to supply an academic background of the
basic science courses and then a year of practical work in the field. This
course leads to a profession which is offering increasing opportunities, more
especially in medical and hospital laboratories.
FRESHMAN YEAR
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
Chemistry 101-102 10
Biology 101-102 8
Religion 3
Electives 3
Physical Education 2
SOPHOMORE TEAR
Hrs.
English 201-202 6
Chemistry 202-203 8
Chemistry 301-302 8
Biology 201 4
Electives 4
Physical Education 2
Total 32
Total 32
JUNIOR TEAR
Interneship at the Williamsport or any other approved Hospital.
Electives may be chosen from any college department, but the following
courses are recommended: Qualitative Analysis, Physics, Mathematics,
History, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, etc.
Upon completion of the laboratory work at the hospital, the student is
eligible for The Registry of Medical Technologists of The American Society
of Clinical Pathologists.
SECRETARIAL SCIENCE
Williamsport Dickinson offers a two-year course in Secretarial Science.
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop office skills
required for secretarial work.
FRESHMAN TEAR
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
Shorthand 105-106 6
Typewriting 107-108 6
Bookkeeping 3
Economics 201-202 6
Religion 3
Physical Education 2
Total 32
SOPHOMORE TEAR
Hrs.
Business Correspondence 205 3
Shorthand 210-211 6
Typewriting 212-213 6
Business Law 203-204 6
Office Practice 222 3
Electives 6
Physical Education 2
Total 32
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MEDICAL SECRETARIAL
The Medical Secretarial Course offers students a basic science back-
ground in addition to secretarial skills. This course is especially desirable
for those preparing for Medical or Dental Secretarial positions.
FRESHMAN YEAH
Hrs.
English 101-102 6
Biology 101-102 8
Shorthand 105-106 6
Typewriting 107-108 6
Chemistry 103 3
Biology 106 3
Physical Education 2
Total 34
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hrs.
Biology 203-204 6
Psychology 201 3
Sociology 201 3
Shorthand 210 3
Shorthand 214 3
Typewriting 212-213 6
Business Correspondence 205 3
Bookkeeping 11 3
Religion 3
Physical Education 2
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MUSIC
The Music Course of the Junior College Division is a two-year course
open to those who are regularly enrolled at Williamsport Dickinson. Other
students attending Williamsport Dickinson, but who are not registered in
the Music Course, may enroll for music courses with the consent of the
Department Head and the Dean of Instruction. It is possible to obtain
credit toward the A.B. degree for certain of these courses as electives.
Permission to do this, however, must be obtained from the Dean of Instruc-
tion.
Musical excellence in both the fields of fine musicianship and artistic
performance is sought in every branch of musical work at Williamsport
Dickinson. Special attention is called to the advantages of the thorough-
going fundamental training afforded students who desire to matriculate
to a regular professional school of music. Class and public recitals are
held frequently to afford students the opportunity to achieve poise in per-
formance. Instrumental and vocal ensemble work hold an important place
in the curriculum.
MUSIC
TWO-YEAR COURSE
FRESHMAN YEAR
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hrs.
Hrs.
Applied Music (two lessons a
week in Organ, Piano, Violin,
or Voice) 4
•Theoretical Music Subjects 12
Ensemble 112 1
English 101-102 6
Religion 3
Electives (Additional academic
or theoretical music) 6
Physical Education 2
Total 34
Applied Music (two lessons a
week in Organ, Piano, Violin,
or Voice) 4
•Theoretical Music Subjects 12
Ensemble 211-212 1
English 201-202 6
Electives (Additional academic
or theoretical music) 6
Physical Education 2
Total 31
The choice of theoretical subjects must meet with the approval of the
music faculty.
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COURSES OF
INSTRUCTION
The courses of instruction are arranged in four divisions as
shown below:
DIVISIONS
Group I. Humanities
Art, English, French, German, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Spanish,
Speech.
Group II. Social Studies
Business Administration, Education, Economics, History, Political
Science, Secretarial Science, Sociology.
Group III. Science
Biology, Chemistry, Drawing, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Science.
Group IV.
Physical Education.
In a detailed description of the courses that follow, the courses
of instruction are listed alphabetically by subject matter for the
convenience of the reader.
Courses numbered in the one hundreds are commonly first year
subjects; those in the two hundreds are second year subjects; the
three hundreds are third year or Junior subjects, and the four
hundreds are fourth year or Senior subjects.
The college reserves the right to withdraw any course for which
there is insufficient enrollment.
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ART
103-104. CAST. Study of form as revealed by light and shade, and study
of surfaces as affected by relative size, shape, and position of individual
planes, giving students an understanding of third dimension similar to that
gained by sculptor.
Two hours credit per semester.
105-106. DESIGN I. Deals with organization of line, form, and tone to
produce two-dimensional and three-dimensional design in which volume and
space as well as flat patterns are accounted fundamentals.
Three hours credit per semester.
107-108. STILL LIFE I. Study of form and color. Invaluable training
foi advanced work in painting.
Two hours credit per semester.
109-110. SKETCH I. Practice in drawing in charcoal, pencil, and color,
from costumed model.
One hour credit per semester.
111-112. LETTERING I. Study of letter forms and practice in the execu-
tion of freehand pen and brush letters of the Classic, Roman, Gothic, and
Italic type. This is combined with study of good spacing and layout with
special stress on suitability of type of letter to content of material.
Two hours credit per semester.
113-114. PERSPECTIVE. Principles of perspective with their application
to freehand drawing of objects and interiors.
115-116. WATER COLOR I. Devoted to acquisition of skill in water
color painting.
One hour credit per semester.
117-118. OIL I. Concerned with mastery of color, techniques, and
construction.
One hour credit per semester.
205-206. DESIGN II. Advanced design, with emphasis on practical ap-
plication such as textiles, posters, etc.
Prerequisite, Art 105-106.
Three hours credit per semester.
207-208. STILL LIFE II. Continuation of Still Life I.
Prerequisite, Art 107-108.
Two hours credit per semester.
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309-210. SKETCH II. Continuation of Sketch I.
Prerequisites, Art 109-110 and Art 103-104.
One hour credit per semester.
211-212. LETTERING II. Continuation of Lettering I.
Prerequisite, Art 111-112.
Two hours credit per semester.
215-216. WATER COLOR II. Continuation of Water Color I.
Prerequisite, Art 115-116.
One hour credit per semester.
301. HISTORY AND APPRECIATION OF ART. A study and analysis
of the architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts produced from pre-
historic times to the present day.
Three hours of credit.
BIOLOGY
The courses are intended to acquaint the student with the living world
around him ; to demonstrate scientific methods of approach to problem solu-
tions; to cultivate an attitude of inquiry and research; to develop laboratory
skill in various types of work in biology; to train students as teachers of
biology, and to give the basic knowledge required by certain professions such
as Medicine, Dentistry, etc. 24 hours of biology are required for a major in
this field. 18 hours required for a minor.
101-102. GENERAL BIOLOGY. An introduction to the principles of
Biology, including the function of protoplasm and the cell. A systematic
consideration of characteristic types of plants and animals, which is funda-
mentally a beginners course in general biology ; one semester of zoology, and
one of botany. Two hours of lecture and recitation and two, two-hour lab-
oratory periods per week each semester.
Four hours of credit each semester.
103. MICROBIOLOGY. Emphasizes the history and pathological signifi-
cance of bacteria, protozoa, and higher parasites. Laboratory exercises deal
mainly with elementary bacteriological techniques.
Three hours of credit per semester.
104. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A basic knowledge of the skelet-
al, circulatory and excretory systems of the human body. Knowledge of the
digestive and nutritive processes will be stressed. Designed for Medical
Secretarial Students. Lectures and demonstration three hours per week.
Prerequisite or parallel — Biology 102.
Three hours of credit per semester.
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201-202. COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY. Deals with dis-
sections of animals representing the more important vertebrate classes.
Anatomy or structure will be correlated with function and development.
The second semester a detailed dissection of the cat will be made. Two
hours of lecture and recitation and two, two-hour laboratory periods a week.
Prerequisite, Biology 101-102 or the equivalent.
Four hours of credit per semester.
203-204. MEDICAL OFFICE TECHNIQUE. Medical ethics, patient psy-
chology, and personal conduct in a medical office are included. The Patholo-
gist and Bacteriologist of Williamsport Hospital provide demonstrations of
procedures, First Aid, sterilization and care of instruments, and the main-
tenance of adequate office records. Observations are made in the hospital
of such procedure in actual operation. Designed for the Medical Secretarial
Students. During the second semester, actual observation work in a doctor's
office acquaints the student with this work.
Three hours of credit per semester.
301. PHYSIOLOGY. A survey of the physiology and anatomy of the hu-
man body. Four hours of laboratory and three hours of lecture and
recitation.
Five hours of credit per semester.
302. VERTEBRATE EMBRYOLOGY. The study of the development
of an amphibian, the chick, and a mammal, from the time of fertilization of
the egg until fully formed. Two, two-hour lectures and two, two-hour
laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite, Biology 101-102.
Four hours of credit per semester.
401. HISTOLOGY. The structure of the cell and its various modifications
into tissue. Two hours of lecture and two, four-hour laboratory periods
per week.
Prerequisite, Biology 101-102; Desirable prerequisite, 201-202.
Four hours of credit per semester.
402. GENETICS. A study of the principles of inheritance and their ap-
plication to human biology and to the improvement of plants and animals.
Three hours of lecture.
Prerequisite, Biology 101-102; Psychology 101.
Three hours of credit per semester.
403. CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. Attention
is given to the planned conservation of our natural resources and their im-
portance to life in the future.
Prerequisite, Biology 101-102.
Three hours of credit per semester.
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
A major in Business Administration or Business Education consists of
satisfactorily completing requirements as listed under Economics and Busi-
ness Administration and Business Education in Program of study.
101. PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING. Assumes no knowledge of the
subjects of bookkeeping or accounting on the part of the student. The course
introduces the theory of balance sheets, problems of classification and inter-
pretation of accounts; preparation of financial statements; and single pro-
prietorship accounts. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
102. PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING. A continuation of Business 101.
Problems of partnership and corporation proprietorship accounts are intro-
duced. Also manufacturing accounts and valuation of assets. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
103. PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS. This course is designed to show
the student how each division of a business enterprise is dependent upon
other divisions, and how the various functions are unified and co-ordinated
by competent management. It treats briefly but thoroughly such interrelated
business functions as Financing, Management, Purchasing, Advertising, Cost
Accounting, Selling, Merchandising and Labor Control, thus providing the
student with an excellent survey of business functions before approaching
specialized work. Three houfs.
Three hours credit.
104. AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY. This course is designed to
show the student the picture of American economy. Emphasis has been
placed upon the analysis and interpretation of the more important trends.
Developments in the major sub-divisions of our economic life have been
integrated by giving specific attention to measuring the adaptation and per-
formance of the economy as a whole. The course is divided historically into
the Colonial period, the years before the War between the States, and the era
after the war. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
105. ELEMENTARY SHORTHAND. Study of the complete theory of
Gregg shorthand by the functional method. Dictation and introduction to
transcription. Class meets five times each week.
Three hours credit.
106. ELEMENTARY SHORTHAND. A continuation of Business 105.
Class meets five times each week.
Three hours credit.
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107. ELEMENTARY TYPEWRITING. Complete mastery of the touch
6ystem of typewriting with emphasis upon attainment of accuracy and speed.
Typing of artistic business letters and of other business forms is stressed.
Class meets five times each week.
Three hours credit.
108. ELEMENTARY TYPEWRITING. A continuation of Business 107.
Class meets five times each week. Second semester.
Three hours credit.
110. COMMERCIAL ALGEBRA. Designed primarily for students in the
curriculum of Business Administration. Review of elementary algebra,
linear and quadratic functions, logarithms, progressions, permutations and
combinations, and the elementary theory of probability. Commercial ap-
plications.
Three hours credit.
111. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. An introduc-
tion to the elementary theory of statistical analysis with applications. Cen-
tral tendency, dispersion, skewness, trends, correlation, and index numbers.
Three hours.
Prerequisite: Business 110.
Three hours credit.
114. BUSINESS COMPUTATIONS. The fundamentals as well as the
more advanced aspects of business calculations. Short methods and checks,
percentages, interest, depreciation, and other matters usually treated in com-
mercial and business arithmetic. For students in the Secretarial and
Business Education courses. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
115. BUSINESS COMPUTATIONS. A continuation of Business 114.
Three hours.
Three hours credit.
205. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE. A review of basic English
grammar with emphasis upon its use in modern business letter writing. Ac-
tual practice in the writing of all major forms of business communications
with special attention given to the preparation of application letters and
data sheets. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
206. MONEY AND BANKING. A study of the nature and functions of
money; qualities of a good monetary system; introduction to the Quantity
Theory; gold standard and commodity theory; and other monetary stand-
ards. Also the study of paper currency ; deposit currency ; and clearing and
collection of checks. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 102.
Three hours credit.
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207. MONEY AND BANKING. A continuation of Business 206. Sur-
veys the organization and operation of American banking institutions with
emphasis upon the functions of the Federal Reserve System; its organiza-
tion, operation, credit policy, and monetary policy and economic stabilization.
Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 102.
Three hours credit.
210. ADVANCED SHORTHAND. Review of theory and the develop-
ment of speed in the writing and transcribing of Gregg shorthand. Special
training to acquire technical vocabularies in the fields of advertising, agri-
culture, banking, insurance and law. Class meets five times each week.
Prerequisite: Business 106.
Three hours credit.
211. ADVANCED SHORTHAND. A continuation of Business 210. Class
meets five times each week. Prerequisite: Business 106.
Three hours credit.
212. ADVANCED TYPEWRITING. Development of speed typewriting
with a high degree of accuracy. Instruction and practice in typing all busi-
ness letters and forms, tabulations, manuscripts, legal documents, Mimeo-
graph stencils and Ditto master sheets. Class meets five times each week.
Prerequisite: Business 108.
Three hours credit.
213. ADVANCED TYPEWRITING. A continuation of Business 212.
Class meets five times each week. Prerequisite: Business 108.
Three hours credit.
214. MEDICAL SHORTHAND. The course is designed to develop a
good working knowledge of medical terminology which is used in the
physician's office, the hospital, the laboratory, and the insurance office. Class
meets five times each week. Prerequisite: Business 210.
Three hours credit.
215. ADVANCED ACCOUNTING. This course carries the fundamentals
of accounting presented in Principles of Accounting into the advanced field.
It presents an intensive study of accounting statements and the items that
comprise them with an emphasis upon corporation accounts ; stocks and bond
issues. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 102.
Three hours credit.
216. ADVANCED ACCOUNTING. A continuation of Business 215. De-
scriptions of advanced and technical procedures found in general accounting
practice, with an emphasis on partnerships; joint ventures; agency and
branches; and corporate combinations. Three hours. Prerequisite: Busi-
ness 102.
Three hours credit.
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217. SALESMANSHIP. An introductory course in the principles of
salesmanship. It includes preparation of the sales talk, the pre-approach,
the interview, attracting attention, arousing interest, creating desire, meeting
objections, diplomacy of the close, types of customers, and other psychologi-
cal factors involved. Three hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in Business
Administration .
Three hours credit.
218. ADVERTISING. A survey course in advertising designed to ac-
quaint the student with the different departments such as copy, art, display,
engraving, trade-marks and media; advertising as a social force. Pre-
requisite: Six hours in Business Administration.
Three hours credit.
222. OFFICE PRACTICE. Designed to give the student actual practice
in applying the knowledge and skills which are acquired in the theory
courses to problems which arise in typical office situations. Instruction in
the correct operation of various office machines is given, and students acquire
actual experience in their use.
Three hours credit.
237-238. SECRETARIAL PRACTICE. Four hours a week of practice
and experience will be secured in the faculty and administration offices.
Three hours each semester. Prerequisite: Business 211 and 213.
Three hours of credit per semester.
302. BUSINESS LAW. The legal aspects of business as it affects the
ordinary activities of life. Contracts, agency, bailments, guaranty, surety,
and negotiable instruments. Three Hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in
Business Administration.
Three hours credit.
303. BUSINESS LAW. A continuation of Business 302, with an emphasis
upon the law and its relationship to the fields of accounting, sales manage-
ment, and financial management. Partnerships, corporations, sales, bank-
ruptcy, and real estate. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 302.
Three hours credit.
304. CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS. The fundamentals of credit,
investigation and analysis of risks, collection plans and policies. The organ-
ization of credit and collection agencies is studied. Three hours. Prerequi-
site: Business 102.
Three hours credit.
305. MARKETING. Retail, wholesale, and manufacturing trade channels ;
types of middlemen and functions ; cooperative associations ; marketing func-
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tions and policies of retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer; produce ex-
changes and other markets. Three hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in Busi-
ness Administration.
Three hours credit.
307. ORGANIZATION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF BUSI-
NESS UNITS. This course deals with the financing of business ; the sources
of capital and financial agencies such as note brokers, mortgage banks,
investment bankers, commercial banks and commercial paper houses. An
analysis of business promotions, reorganizations, mergers and consolidations
and the manner in which they are financed. Prerequisite: Six hours in Busi-
ness Administration.
Three hours credit.
308. INVESTMENTS. This course deals with the leading types of invest-
ments, tests, investment programs, financial reports, forecasting methods and
agencies, stock exchanges, brokerage houses, methods of buying and selling
securities, etc. Laboratory work and case studies. Three hours. Prerequi-
site: Six hours in accounting.
Three hours credit.
309. COST ACCOUNTING. Methods of accounting for materials, labor
and factory overhead expenses consumed in manufacturing. Analytical and
comparative statements. Laboratory sets are used to illustrate job order
costing and process costing. In addition, the recent development of the use
of standard costs is introduced and illustrated through problems. Three
hours. Prerequisite: Business 216.
Three hours credit.
310. TAX ACCOUNTING. A study of the theory and practice of Federal
income, inheritance, gift and excise taxation. Actual cases, problems and
forms are used to illustrate the law and to determine the taxpayer's liability
to the Government. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 102.
Three hours credit.
401. REAL ESTATE. The fundamentals of the real estate business, in-
cluding a study of titles, mortgages, leases, advertising, sale, purchase, de-
velopment and management of real estate. Three hours. Prerequisite:
Six hours in Business Administration, numbered above 200.
Three hours credit.
402. INSURANCE. The fundamentals of fire and marine insurance.
Three hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in Business Administration, num-
bered above 200.
Three hours credit.
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403. INSURANCE. The fundamentals of life and casualty insurance and
fidelity and surety bonds. Three hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in Busi-
ness Administration numbered above 200.
Three hours credit.
405. PUBLIC FINANCE. Public revenue and expenditures; preparation
of budgets; public taxation; public borrowing. Three hours. Prerequisite:
Six hours in Business Administration numbered above 200 and Economics
201 and 202.
Three hours credit.
409. AUDITING. This course deals with the science of verifying, analyz-
ing and interpreting accounts and reports. Throughout the semester, an
audit project is presented, solved and interpreted. Three hours. Prerequi-
site: Business 216.
Three hours credit.
410. C. P. A. PROBLEMS. This course is intended to meet the needs of
those interested in professional accounting and in preparation for C. P. A.
examinations. The problems used throughout the course are taken from
past C. P. A. and American Institute of Accountants examinations; and
require in their solution a thorough knowledge of the subject matter of
prerequisite courses taken. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 409.
Three hours credit.
411. INTERPRETATIVE ACCOUNTING. An advanced course, re-
viewing the principles and procedures underlying all types of accounting.
The proprietorship, the partnership, the corporation are critically analyzed
as to accounting concepts. Three hours. Prerequisite: 21 hours in Ac-
counting.
Three hours credit.
412. SALES MANAGEMENT. The relation of the Sales department to
all other departments; types of sales organizations; selection, training, com-
pensation and management of the sales force; sales research and market
analysis ; the determination of price and brand policies ; preparation of sales
budget and costs of distribution. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 217.
Three hours credit.
415. RETAIL DISTRIBUTION. A study of the policies and practices of
the various retail institutions; types of retail institutions and types of mer-
chandise handles, store location and layout ; sales and service policies ; adver-
tising policies and practices; labor policies; and trends in the field of mer-
chandising. Three hours. Prerequisite: Business 305.
Three hours credit.
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CHEMISTRY
Courses offered in this department are planned to meet the needs of
several classes of students. They provide a thorough fundamental training
in chemistry for those who (1) expect to enter medical, dental or other pro-
fessional schools; (2) intend to do graduate work in this field; (3) wish to
teach high school chemistry; (4) plan to work in industrial laboratories as
chemists (it should be realized that many laboratories now require ad-
vanced degrees) ; (5) wish a background of chemical facts and theories the
better to understand the world of chemistry in which we live; or (6) are
taking the special curricula in Medical Secretarial and Laboratory Techni-
cian Courses.
Students who wish to major in chemistry must be recommended by the
Department Head and complete 24 hours of chemistry in addition to Gen-
eral Chemistry. A minor field of concentration must be at least 18 hours
including General Chemistry.
CHEMISTRY 11. A brief introductory course presenting the fundamen-
tals of inorganic chemistry, including a study of metal and non-metallic ele-
ments and their compounds. Lecture and recitation, two hours per week.
One three-hour laboratory period per week.
Three hours credit per semester.
CHEMISTRY 12. A continuation of Chemistry 11, together with a brief
course in Elementary Qualitative cation and anion analysis. Lecture two
hours per week. One three hour laboratory period.
Three hours credit per semester.
101-102. GENERAL CHEMISTRY. An introductory course in general
chemistry. The course includes a careful study of the atomic, kinetic-mo-
lecular, and ionization theories. A descriptive study of the preparation,
properties, and uses of the important metal and non-metallic elements is
made. Lecture and recitation, three hours; two laboratory periods a week.
Five hours credit each semester.
103. APPLIED CHEMISTRY. A brief survey of those portions of organ-
ic and inorganic chemistry that will enable the student to understand more
fully some of the many applications of chemistry in the human body and in
the home. The relation of chemistry to nutrition, physiology and nursing
will be particularly emphasized. Lecture and recitation three hours. Lab-
oratory one period a week.
Three hours credit each semester.
201. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. An elementary course in the theory
and practice of qualitative analysis. Includes both cation and anion analy-
sis. Two hours of lecture and two laboratory periods each week.
Four hours credit.
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202-203. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS. The theory and practice of
gravimetric and volumetric analysis. Standardization of solutions and
analysis of unknowns, together with analytical calculations are included.
Two hours of lecture and two laboratory periods each week.
Four hours credit each semester.
301-302. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. A systematic study of the principles
and theories of compounds of carbon, both aliphatic and aromatic. The
characteristics and relationships of the classes of organic compounds and
their practical applications are given emphasis. Three hours of lecture and
one laboratory period of a minimum of four hours each week.
Four hours credit each semester.
401-402. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. An advanced study of the funda-
mental theoretical principles of chemistry. Three hours of lecture and one
laboratory period of four hours each week. Prerequisites: Chemistry 101-
102; 202-203; Mathematics 202; Physics 101-102.
Four hours credit each semester.
DRAWING
101. ENGINEERING DRAWING. The principles of orthographic pro-
jection, axiometric drawing, and perspective through instrumental and free
hand exercises. Vertical lettering, free hand sketches, use of drawing in-
struments, drafting room practice in conventional representations, practice
in pencil and ink tracing, sections, theory of dimensioning, detail and assem-
bly drawings and the reading of working drawings.
Three hours of credit.
103. DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY. Graphical solutions of the more ad-
vanced space problems, both theoretical and practical and those encoun-
tered in engineering practice; practice in inclined free hand lettering.
Problems involve the measurement of angles and distances and the genera-
tion of various surfaces, together with their sections, developments and inter-
sections. In each project visualization and analysis leads to a logical and
efficient solution.
Three hours of credit.
ECONOMICS
A major in Economics consists of satisfactorily completing requirements
listed in Economics and Business Administration, Programs of Study.
201. PRINCIPALS OF ECONOMICS. This course is a study of the or-
ganization of the economic system and principles that govern economic activ-
ity. It includes a study of production, consumption, exchange and distribu-
tion. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
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202. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. An application of the principles devel-
oped in Economics 201 to modern economic problems. The risks of the
industrial enterprise, banking, international trade, relations between labor
and capital, profits, rents, wages and social reforms are among the prob-
lems considered. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
301. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. The relation of physical environment
to man's economic and cultural achievements. This is a general study not
confined to any particular country. Three hours.
Three hours credit.
302. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. A study of the economic regions of
the North American continent with emphasis on the relationship between
the United States and the other countries of the Western Hemisphere.
Three hours.
Three hours credit.
303. LABOR PROBLEMS. A study of the American labor movement and
the position of the worker in modern industrial society. Unemployment,
wages, hours, child labor, women in industry, the aged worker, unions and
industrial peace are among the problems considered. Three hours. Pre-
requisite : Six hours in Economics.
Three hours credit.
304. CONSUMER ECONOMICS. The place of the consumer in the eco-
nomic system, forces back of consumer demand, governmental controls to
aid the consumer, consumer economic education and private aids. Three
hours. Prerequisite: Six hours in Economics.
Three hours credit.
402. TRANSPORTATION. Problems and policies of railroads, busses,
inland waterways, air and ocean transportation. The economic importance
and significance of transportation are emphasized. Three hours. Prere-
quisite: Six hours in economics.
Three hours credit.
403. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. An advanced course which
deals with the origin, growth and significance of economic institutions with
emphasis upon those of Europe and the United States. Three hours. Pre-
requisite: Six hours in Economics numbered above 200.
Three hours credit.
404. ADVANCED ECONOMICS. Intended to coordinate the work of
the special courses taken in the field of economics. A more comprehensive
analysis of economic forces than were taken in the elementary economic
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courses. Three hours. Prerequisite: Economics 201 and 202 and six hours
in Economics numbered above 200.
Three hours credit.
EDUCATION
Teaching offers an unusual opportunity to those young people who are
interested in public service. Williamsport Dickinson prepares students for
teaching academic subjects in high school. The courses required for certifi-
cation of teachers in Pennsylvania and some other states are offered. In
addition, it is the aim of the college to develop in the prospective teacher
such historical, sociological, philosophical, and scientific points of view as
will enable him to become an intelligent member of the education profession.
201. HISTORY OF EDUCATION. This course provides a study of
the historical background of modern educational developments, and of the
social forces that have affected educational thought and endeavor. His-
torical movements will be presented in relation to present-day theory and
practice; with special emphasis on educational developments in the United
States. (Elective for elementary and secondary certificates.)
Three hours credit per semester. ,
301. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. A course in applied psychology
designed to meet the needs of students in elementary and secondary edu-
cation. The course begins with a survey of general psychological princi-
ples, and applies these principles to learning and the development of per-
sonality. (Required for elementary and secondary certificates).
Prerequisite, General Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
302. EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTS. The purpose of this course
is to familiarize the student with the nature and function of measurement
in modern education, including tests of vocational aptitude, and personality
adjustment. The student is expected to become skillful in constructing,
administering, and interpreting the results of his own tests, as well as
gaining insight into the principles and purposes of testing. (Elective for
elementary and secondary certificates).
Three hours credit per semester.
303. PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION. An orientation course for Junior
and Senior students. The course draws on the fields of pedagogy, educa-
tional administration, sociology, psychology, and philosophy for its survey
of the problems and principles of education. (Required for secondary school
certificate).
Three hours credit per semester.
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304. INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING. A study of the general prin-
ciples underlying classroom instruction and management. The point of view
of this course is that of the guidance of learning activities. The aim is to
prepare for effective teaching. (Required for the elementary school certi-
ficate. Elective for the secondary school certificate).
Three hours credit per semester.
401. AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION. Emphasis on the importance of
auditory and visual aids in the learning process; selecting and making suit-
able materials for class use; laboratory experience in operating various
kinds of audio-visual equipment.
Three hours credit per semester.
402-403. OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE TEACHING. The student
enrolls as a student teacher in one or more classes at an affiliated high school.
He observes, participates, and teaches under the guidance of a critic teacher.
(Required for secondary certificate). 6 hours credit.
ENGLISH
The department offers courses intended to furnish students with a com-
prehensive knowledge of the English language and literature as a prepara-
tion for graduate study; to provide background and some technical train-
ing for students preparing for professional writing or journalism; to pre-
pare students who plan to teach English in high school; and to give a
general background to all students in effective expression of their ideas
in the English language.
A major in English consists of a minimum of 24 semester hours, ex-
cluding 101-102, in courses offered by the department; at least 6 hours must
be in American Literature and at least 12 hours in courses numbered 300
and above.
101-102. COMPOSITION. The two-fold purpose is to teach the student
to read good prose of ordinary difficulty, both critically and appreciatively,
and to organize his ideas in logical, connected discourse.
Required of all freshmen.
Three hours credit per semester.
201-202. SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. The aim of the
course is to acquaint the student with the major movements and authors.
Three hours credit per semester.
203-204. HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. A survey of our
literature as the reflection of an emergent national culture.
Three hours credit per semester.
(Any two semesters' work in courses 201, 202, 203, and 204 will
satisfy the requirement of 6 hours in literature).
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301. ROMANTIC MOVEMENT. A study in the English Romantic
Poets, Wordsworth to Keats.
Three hours credit.
(Not offered in 1948-1949).
303. VICTORIAN POETRY. The major poets from Tennyson to Hous-
man.
Three hours credit.
304. VICTORIAN PROSE. Emphasis is placed on the attitudes of the
leading essayists toward the many and varied problems of the Victorian
Age.
Three hours credit.
311. SHAKESPEARE. A study of representative plays.
Three hours credit.
(Not offered in 1948-1949).
312. MILTON. The chief emphasis is on Paradise Lost.
Three hours of credit.
320. ADVANCED COMPOSITION. Consent of the instructor; limited
to 15 students.
Three hours credit.
(At least junior standing and 9 hours in English above the freshman
year required for 400 courses).
401-402. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
Three hours credit per semester.
404. SEMINAR IN AMERICAN REGIONAL FICTION.
Three hours credit.
410. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Some knowledge
of Latin and one modern language will prove helpful.
Three hours credit.
412. SEMINAR IN EMERSON AND THOREAU.
Three hours credit.
FRENCH
A major in French consists of 24 semester hours beyond French 12.
A minor must be at least 18 semester hours.
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11-12. BEGINNING FRENCH. Aims to teach the fundamentals of
French grammar, together with a basic vocabulary, a correct pronunciation,
and the ability to speak, read, and write elementary French. Four hours
per week.
Four hours credit per semester.
101-102. INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Two-thirds of the time is devot-
ed to reading and oral reproduction of modern French plays. Review of
grammar, fuller understanding of the rules, and a further widening of the
vocabulary, with special stress on idioms.
Prerequisite, French 11-12 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
201-202. THIRD-YEAR FRENCH. Reading and oral reproduction of
nineteenth and twentieth century drama. Outside reading and written re-
ports. One-third of the time is devoted to further study of grammar and
of idioms, with special emphasis on writing in French.
Prerequisite, French 101-102 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
250-251. SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE FROM THE MID-
DLE AGES TO THE 20TH CENTURY. All representative writers from
the Middle Ages on, with special emphasis on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and
19th centuries. Outside reading. Written and oral reports. Conducted
entirely in French.
Prerequisite, French 201-202 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
301-302. FRENCH TEACHER'S COURSE. Advanced French Gram-
mar and Cours de style. French sentence structure and modes of expres-
sion. Elimination of anglicisms in French. French from the inside: how the
French mind works, and how the principal idioms came to be formed. Oral
and written reports. Compositions. Conducted entirely in French.
Prerequisite, French 251 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
GERMAN
A major in German is constituted by a minimum of four years of college
credit — 24 semester hours — beyond elementary German.
A minor in German requires three years of college study of the lan-
guage— 18 semester hours.
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11-12. BEGINNING GERMAN. The essentials of syntax presented
through the direct-conversational-method. Songs, topics from students'
everyday life discussed orally and through written exercises. Simple
stories depicting literary and other cultural aspects. Drills in diction. Four
hours per week.
Four hours credit per semester.
101-102. INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Reading and discussion of a
few literary works. Review of syntax. Cultural material dealing with all
phases of art, history and geography of German-speaking peoples. Given
in foreign language.
Prerequisite, German 11-12 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
201-202. GERMAN LITERATURE. Selected reading and discussions
from representative German authors and studies of literary movements
therefrom. Oral and written reports. Given in German.
Three hours credit per semester.
203-204. SCIENTIFIC GERMAN. Open to students majoring in science.
Selected readings in the various fields of science with an emphasis on the
vocabulary of the fields of particular interest to the students comprising the
class.
Prerequisite, two years of college German or equivalent.
Three hours each semester.
214-215. DIE NOVELLE. Readings and discussions of representative
German short stories, with an emphasis on the more modern authors. Lec-
tures and reports on comparative literary movements. Given in German.
Prerequisite, two years of college German or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
251-252. THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL. Lectures on the romantic move-
ment in the arts generally and in literature in particular. Studies of repre-
sentative works. Given in German.
Prerequisite, a minimum of three years of college German or the equiva-
lent.
Three hours credit per semester.
301-302. GERMAN FOR TEACHERS. Advanced grammar and con-
versation; training in literary style both oral and written; teaching meth-
odologies discussed and practice teaching introduced.
Prerequisite, a major in German as denned hereafter.
Three hours credit per semester.
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HISTORY
The History Department aims to prepare students for entering the fields
of religious work, law, government service, teaching, and other professions.
Through a study of civilizations of the past, the student is expected to gain
a better perspective of our own political, economic, and social structure and
to be more aware of the nature and needs of contemporary life.
A major in history consists of a minimum of 24 semester hours.
A minor in history requires a minimum of 18 semester hours.
101. MODERN EUROPE TO 1815. A survey of Europe from the six-
teenth century to the Congress of Vienna, with special attention to selected
cultural, political, and economic movements of the era. Three hours.
102. MODERN EUROPE FROM 1815 TO 1914. A continuation of His-
tory 101 with emphasis upon the Liberal and Nationalist movements of the
nineteenth century, and the background of World War I. Three hours.
201. UNITED STATES AND PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY TO 1865.
A course in the political, economic and social factors in the history of the
United States and the Commonwealth, designed to meet the state require-
ments for a teaching certificate. Three hours.
202. UNITED STATES AND PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY SINCE
1865. A continuation of History 201, with special attention to international
relations, the problems of labor, education, and corporate control, and post-
war activities. Three hours.
203. ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. The origin and character of the civili-
zation of antiquity, with special emphasis upon those elements of Greek and
Roman culture which have been incorporated in the structure of western
civilization. Three hours.
204. HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE. The development of Euro-
pean political, social and religious institutions and cultural patterns from the
collapse of the Roman Empire to 1500. Three hours.
301. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1492-1789). A concentrated
course on the discovery of the Continent, and the events leading up to the
Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution. Three hours.
302. AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS. A study of the most sig-
nificant diplomatic problems arising out of wars, westward expansion, and
colonial possessions, with special attention to the evolution of the United
States as a world power. Three hours.
303. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
This course presents an analysis of American political philosophy, con-
stitutional origins, and Supreme Court decisions in their influence upon
economic and social problems. Three hours.
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304. THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION. A study of the
intellectual, artistic, and commercial developments from the fourteenth to
the seventeenth century, together with the origin of the Protestant tradition
and related political factors. Three hours.
305. MODERN ENGLISH HISTORY. The rise and development of the
British Empire from Tudor times to the Commonwealth of Nations, cover-
ing political and social reforms, the growth of the cabinet system, and im-
perial developments. Three hours.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. (See Political Science 403).
401. CONTEMPORARY EUROPE. A study of diplomatic, social and
economic developments since 1914, with special reference to the rise of fascist
states, international rivalries, the Soviet and Nazi revolutions, and world
peace organizations. Three hours.
MATHEMATICS
The study of mathematics has always been considered valuable because
of its training in exact reasoning, precise statement, and its emphasis on
essentials. It is a foundation for work in the sciences, particularly engi-
neering, physics and chemistry.
For the field of concentration with the major in mathematics, 24 hours
are required; 18 hours for a minor.
10. PLANE GEOMETRY. For students deficient in entrance mathemat-
ics. Three hours per week.
No college credit.
100. INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA. For students presenting only one
year of high school algebra and desiring further work in science or engi-
neering. Three hours per week. No college credit toward a major.
Three hours credit per semester.
101. COLLEGE ALGEBRA. After a rapid review of quadratic equa-
tions, this course deals with the binomial theorem, permutations and com-
binations, probability, series, determinants, and theory of equations.
Three hours credit per semester.
102. TRIGONOMETRY. An introductory course in plane trigonometry
dealing with the use of logarithms in the solution of plane triangles, together
with the trigonometric functions of an angle and the fundamental identities
connecting its functions.
Three hours credit per semester.
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103. MATHEMATICS OF INVESTMENT. Explanation of the mathe-
matics involved in computation of interest, annuities, amortization, bonds,
sinking funds, and insurance.
Prerequisite, Intermediate Algebra.
First Semester. Three hours credit per semester.
109. ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY. Special engineering course
open only to students with special permission.
Four hours of credit per semester.
110. ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS.
Special engineering course open only to students with special permission.
Four hours of credit per semester.
201. ANALYTIC GEOMETRY. A study of the graphs of various equa-
tions, curves resulting from simple locus conditions, with stress on the loci
of the second degree; polar co-ordinates, and co-ordinates of space. Four
hours of class per week.
Prerequisite, Trigonometry.
Four hours of credit per semester.
202. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS. Usual course including the ele-
ments of differentiation and their applications, maxima and minima, curve
tracing, rates, curvature and differentials, etc.
Prerequisite, Mathematics 201.
Four hours of credit per semester.
301. INTEGRAL CALCULUS. Integration as the reverse of differen-
tiation. Integration as a process of summation. Formal and numerical in-
tegration. Practical applications: areas, volumes, pressure, work, lengths
of arc, etc.
Prerequisite, Mathematics 202.
Four hours of credit per semester.
302. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Linear equation, applicants to
mechanics and physics, differential equations of the first order and higher
degree, total differential equations, singular solutions.
Three hours credit per semester.
401. ADVANCED CALCULUS. A continuation of advanced calculus.
Three hours credit per semester.
402. HIGHER ALGEBRA. An advanced course in determinants, theory
of relation of roots and coefficients, limits and infinite series, Des Carte's rule
of signs, cubic and biquadratic equations and Strums Theorem.
Three hours credit per semester.
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MUSIC
101. INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC. A general survey of the various
fields of music including: the mechanics of music, musical forms, a study
of instruments, an appreciation of the voice, the relationship of poetry and
music, music and aesthetics, and a study of the function of music. Required
of students in the Music Course.
Three hours credit per semester.
103-104. THEORY. Dealing with the technics involved in developing the
ability to sing accurately at sight and to hear both melodic and harmonic
examples from dictation. Particular, emphasis is given the development of
a strong rhythmic sense.
Three hours credit per semester.
107-108. APPLIED MUSIC. Private lessons are offered in piano, organ,
violin, and voice. A two-manual Everte Orgatron with chimes is maintained
for organ lessons and for practice. One or two lessons per week are required
with daily practice sessions assigned. Students in the Music Course are
required to take a minimum of one piano lesson per week until the minimum
requirements have been met.
One hour credit per private lesson per semester.
109-110. ENSEMBLE. The study and performance of compositions writ-
ten in the various instrumental and vocal forms. Credit for ensemble work
can not exceed four hours during the regular four-year college course and
will be given at the rate of one credit hour per year for the following
activities:
The Military and Concert Band. — In the fall semester the band re-
hearses three times a week, and twice a week in the spring semester.
The Symphony Orchestra. — In the fall semester the orchestra re-
hearses two times a week; spring semester, three times. Required of
violin majors.
Piano Ensemble. — Work in two-piano coordination. Required of
piano majors. The ensemble meets two times a week.
The College Choir. — Meets once a week to prepare larger choral
works.
The A Cappella Choir. — Meets three times a week to prepare un-
accompanied compositions of many styles.
The Men's Glee Club. — Meets once a week.
The "Women's Glee Club. — Meets once a week.
201-202. HISTORY OF MUSIC. A course surveying the whole field of
the history of music with a background of general history and the inter-
relation of the arts.
Three hours of credit per semester.
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203-204. A continuation of 103-104, including sight singing, melodic and
harmonic dictation.
Three hours of credit per semester.
205-206. A continuation of 105-106, including a study of altered chords.
Three hours of credit per semester.
207-208. The continuation of private study.
One hour of credit per private lesson per semester.
209-210. The second year of ensemble work.
One credit hour per year for the activities listed in 109-110.
301. APPRECIATION OF MUSIC. A general survey of musical litera-
ture designed for students not in the Music Course. The aim of this course
is to increase the enjoyment of music rather than to study music in a tech-
nical sense. A liberal arts requirement.
Three hours credit per semester.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
It is the aim of the Physical Education Department to provide a suit-
able and useful program for the development of reasonable skill and per-
manent interest in wholesome activities that may be enjoyed after gradua-
tion; to stimulate the formation of regular health habits; and give suitable
exercises to attain a high degree of physical fitness.
The specific requirement for graduation consists of successful comple-
tion of four years of required physical education. In case of disability, stu-
dents may be excused from the active part of the program upon recom-
mendation of a physician and with the consent of the Department Head.
Such students will, however, complete a program of restricted activity,
assigned readings in health education, or a combination of both in order to
obtain credit in physical education for graduation.
101-102. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Basic instruction in fundamentals
of "carry over" sports such as swimming, tennis, badminton, bowling, volley-
ball, basketball, softball, handball, boxing, calesthenics, informal gymnastics,
etc. Passing a proficiency test in swimming shall be required. Two hours
each week.
One hour of credit per semester.
201-202. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. More advanced work in activities
offered Freshmen. The student is permitted to express a preference for the
sports he liked best and encouraged to become a skillful enthusiast in the
activities of his choice. A reasonable degree of proficiency in a sport of his
choice shall be required. Two hours each week.
One hour of credit per semester.
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301-302. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. A continuation of Physical Educa-
tion 201-202 with emphasis placed on actual participation in games and
sports. Two hours each week.
One hour of credit per semester.
303. PERSONAL HYGIENE. A thorough course in practical knowl-
edge of hygiene of the various systems and health education. Two hours
lecture per week.
Two hours credit per semester.
304. PUBLIC HYGIENE. A survey course in home and community
hygiene.
Two hours credit per semester.
401-402. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. A continuation of Physical Educa-
tion 301-302. Two hours per week.
One hour of credit per semester.
403-404. ATHLETIC COACHING. A course in the fundamentals and
science of coaching football, basketball, swimming, tennis, and baseball.
Two hours of lecture each week.
Two hours of credit per semester.
PHYSICS
The courses in physics are designed for (1) students who wish to learn
something of the facts and laws of physics and their application to the
physical world in which we live; (2) students who plan to teach physics in
high school; (3) students preparing to enter medical, dental, or engineering
school; and (4) students who expect to do practical work in industry.
101-102. GENERAL PHYSICS. A course in the first semester covering
mechanics, heat and sound; and in the second semester, magnetism, elec-
tricity, and light. Lectures and recitations based on a standard text accom-
panied by a systematic course in quantitative laboratory practice. Three
hours of lecture and two two-hour laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite, Mathematics 101-102 or parallel.
Five hours of credit per semester.
201. STATICS. The division of mechanics which includes the fundamental
conception of a force, the resolution of a force into components, and the
composition of forces into a resultant. Both the analytical and the graphic
solutions are used.
Prerequisite, Mathematics 101-102; Physics 101-102.
Three hours of credit per semester.
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202. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. The application of analytical and
vector methods to mechanical systems, including moment and shear diagrams.
Prerequisite, Physics 201.
Three hours of credit per semester.
301. DYNAMICS. A division of mechanics including forces which act on
a body to cause a change in its motion.
Prerequisite, Physics 201.
Three hours of credit per semester.
302. METEOROLOGY. A study of basic principles pertaining to the ob-
servation and recording of weather data, and the basing of future weather
predictions on them. First and second semesters.
Three hours of credit per semester.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
The courses in political science are intended to acquaint the student
with the political institutions and political problems in the United States
and the world today.
201. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. An inquiry into the structure and
functions of the various organs of national government, with special refer-
ence to their expansion to meet the problems of a modern society. Three
hours.
202. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A comparative study of
the organization and functions of the states and their subdivisions, their
relationship to the federal government, and the newer concept of the work
of state administration. Three hours.
301. PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. A study to acquaint
the student with the functions of the modern state, the development of
political thought, individual liberty under the law, and the nature of political
parties. Three hours.
302. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESSURE POLITICS. A study
of political parties in the United States with emphasis upon factors of con-
trol, campaign techniques, propaganda, and their relationship to pressure
groups. Three hours.
303. COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT. An analysis of several govern-
ments of the world, affording a comparison between democratic and authori-
tarian states, with particular attention directed to changes resulting from
World War II. Three hours.
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304. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. An analysis of different forms of
city government in the United States, the relation of the city to the states,
city politics and elections, and the problems of municipal administration.
Three hours.
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. (See
History 303).
BUSINESS LAW. (See Business Administration 302 and 303).
401. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. A study of the principles, organi-
zation, and procedures of public administration, with special attention to
the location of authority, analyses of objectives, and the problems of re-
sponsible bureaucracy. Three hours.
402. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION. A de-
tailed analysis of the Supreme Court's interpretation of federal government,
due process of law, the protection of civil liberties, the police power, inter-
state commerce, and the executive power. Three hours.
403. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. A study of contemporary world
politics with special attention to the problems of post-war reconstruction
and efforts to achieve collective security and a new world order. Three hours.
404. INTERNATIONAL LAW. A study by the case method of the na-
ture and scope of the rules governing the conduct of states with one an-
other during peace, war and neutrality. Three hours.
PSYCHOLOGY
The psychology courses aim to acquaint the student with the facts and
laws of behavior, especially human behavior, and with the experimental and
scientific approach to this field. These courses aim to give the student back-
ground preparation for professions which relate to individual and group
behavior.
201. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY. A brief study of the nervous system,
sensory processes, and the physiological drives as motives in behavior. Text-
book, lectures, readings, and experiments. Three hours.
Three hours credit per semester.
202. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY. Aims to study the
behavior from birth to maturation; principles in harmony with normal,
wholesome development of childhood; consideration of intellectual, emo-
tional, social, physical, and vocational adjustments of youth. Three hours.
Three hours credit per semester.
203. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. The nature, analysis, and types
of learning, methods of studying, fundamental facts necessary for the pros-
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pective teacher; perception, conditions, and results of learning, thinking,
attention and individual differences. Three hours.
Prerequisite, General Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
204. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. The behavior of the individual with ref-
erence to the group. Social factors in personality, such as imitation, sug-
gestion, attitudes, ideals, etc. Reciprocal effect of group behavior on the
individual. Three hours.
Three hours credit per semester.
301. INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY. The application of the principles to
vocational guidance, problems of personnel, problems of employment, ad-
vertising, the professions, and physical efficiency.
Prerequisite, General Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
302. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. A general survey of the principal
forms of mental abnormalities with emphasis upon symptoms, causes and
treatment. Three hours per week.
Prerequisite, two courses in Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
303. PERSONALITY. Technique for diagnosing personality, study of
personality. Three hours per week.
Prerequisite, three hours in Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
304. STATISTICS. Numerical trends, curve, index, correlations, inter-
pretation of charts and graphs. Three hours.
Three hours credit per semester.
401. TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS. Practical survey course of the
field of tests and measurements; deals with development of tests, principles
involved in construction, administration, uses, and misuses of tests in school,
industry, and court. Three hours per week.
Prerequisite, General and Educational Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
402. SYSTEMATIC PSYCHOLOGY. A study of the various theories of
Psychology, with regard to their agreements and conflicts. Three hours.
Prerequisite, three hours in Psychology.
Three hours credit per semester.
403. HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY. Trends and development of Psy-
chology. Three hours per week.
Three hours credit per semester.
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PHILOSOPHY
201. ETHICS. The central purpose of this course is to give constructive
guidance in areas of vital concern to modern youth in college and life. The
major problems of personal conduct and social ethics are considered in the
light of the principles of moral obligation.
Three hours credit.
202. LOGIC. The principles of deductive and inductive logic. The syllo-
gism, fallacies, methods of science, criteria of truth. Three hours per week.
Three hours credit.
301-302. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. An introductory course
in which the basic philosophical problems, such as the meaning and purpose
of human life, standards of truth and value, and the nature of ultimate
reality are considered in the light of the contributions of science, democracy,
Hellenism, and Christianity. Study of the chief philosophical world-views
aims to develop perspective for the interpretation of experience and con-
tribute to intelligent and effective social action.
Three hours credit per semester.
401-402. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. A comprehensive study of an-
cient, medieval, and modern philosophy, including an examination of Stoi-
cism, Epicureanism, Scepticism, Neoplatonism, Christian Philosophy, Ra-
tionalism, Empiricism, and a study of some of the leading philosophers of
the French, English, and American School.
Three hours credit per semester.
RELIGION
101. THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS. The life and teach-
ings of Jesus are studied with the Synoptic Gospels as a basis. A com-
parison with the Johannine presentation is then made. Distinctive features
of the respective Gospels' portraits of Jesus are continually pointed out.
Emphasis is also placed on the significance for the present day of the
material studied.
Three hours of credit per semester.
102. THE LITERATURE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. A general
introduction to the literature of the New Testament. The various books
will be studied with reference to their background, authorship, date and
general teaching. General critical questions and those peculiar to each book
will be considered. Required of Freshmen.
Three hours of credit per semester.
103. THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. A general
introduction to the more important books of the Old Testament. Questions
as to the nature, authorship, and general teachings of these books will be
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discussed. Special attention will be directed to those features which aid in
the preparation for teaching Christianity.
Three hours of credit per semester.
121. THE RELIGIONS OF MANKIND. A comparative study of the
religious beliefs and practices of mankind as they are represented in the
living religions of today. An attempt will be made to discover the uni-
versal aspects of religion as well as those which are peculiar to the religions
studied.
Three hours of credit per semester.
122. CONTEMPORARY RELIGION IN AMERICA. A study of the
religious life in the United States with principal reference to the Protestant
Churches, but including the Roman Catholic Church and Judaism. A brief
survey of the origin and development of leading denominations, followed by
the study of their current contribution to our social situation and to religious
thought. Representatives of the religious groups studied will be invited to
present their respective viewpoints.
Three hours of credit per semester.
201. INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. A survey
including the nature and purpose of religious education in the Christian
Church, its historical development, the psychology of adolescence, develop-
ment of Christian character, theories of curriculum, and needed educa-
tional emphasis in the local church. First semester.
Three hours of credit per semester.
202. METHOD IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Practical considera-
tion of the problems of organizing a program of religious education in the
local church, techniques of teaching, evaluation and use of available cur-
riculum materials, and leadership training. The course deals with the
church school and evening youth meeting, also with week-day and daily
vacation church schools and institute work. Second semester.
Three hours of credit per semester.
SECRETARIAL SCIENCES
11. SECRETARIAL BOOKKEEPING. A course designed to give voca-
tional training in the principles of bookkeeping to those secretarial students
preparing for positions in the offices of attorneys, doctors, lawyers, and other
professional people. The fundamental principles of accounting are devel-
oped and applied through the medium of practice sets. Three hours.
Three hours of credit.
105. ELEMENTARY SHORTHAND. See Business 105.
106. ELEMENTARY SHORTHAND. See Business 106.
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107. ELEMENTARY TYPEWRITING. See Business 107.
108. ELEMENTARY TYPEWRITING. See Business 108.
114. BUSINESS COMPUTATIONS. See Business 114.
115. BUSINESS COMPUTATIONS. See Business 115.
205. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE. See Business 205.
210. ADVANCED SHORTHAND. See Business 210.
211. ADVANCED SHORTHAND. See Business 211.
212. ADVANCED TYPEWRITING. See Business 212.
213. ADVANCED TYPEWRITING. See Business 213.
214. MEDICAL SHORTHAND. See Business 214.
222. OFFICE PRACTICE. See Business 222.
237-238. SECRETARIAL PRACTICE. See Business 237-238.
SCIENCE
The aim of this course is to give the student not entering the scientific
field a background of some of the more important laws, theories, and meth-
ods of the physical and biological sciences operating in the universe and
their effect on mankind.
101. SCIENCE I. Survey course in the principles of the Physical Sciences,
emphasizing the scientific method. Two hours of lecture and one hour of
demonstration laboratory per week.
Three hours of credit per semester.
102. SCIENCE II. A continuation of Science I emphasizing the Biologi-
cal Sciences. Science 101-102 satisfies the science credit for graduation, but
may not be counted toward any science minor or major. Two hours of
lecture and one two-hour demonstration laboratory.
Three hours of credit per semester.
SOCIOLOGY
The courses in sociology are designed to give students an understanding
of human relationships, institutions and the social processes; to familiarize
students with the nature and causes of social problems; to equip the student
with basic courses for continuing advanced work in various kinds of social
work; and to provide preparation for teaching sociology on the secondary
level.
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101-102. INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY. A study of the genesis and
development of human society including the following topics: the origins
of man and human culture; primitive society and institutions; the origins
of modern society; factors influencing the shaping of society including the
physiographic, biological, and psychological; the cultural factors in social
life; mores and folkways; and social organization and control.
Three hours credit per semester.
201. SOCIAL PROBLEMS. A survey of certain problems of the con-
temporary social order including the following: culture area concept; social
ecology of a city; adaptive lag; socialized education; the social hazards of
modern industrial life; social changes and social problems caused by wide-
spread use of motor transportation, automatic machinery, the movies, the
radio, the shortened working week; urbanization of population; Social
Security Act; unemployment; mothers' pensions; concept of the biological
lag; illegitimacy; the meaning and social significance of modern city plan-
ning ; social settlements ; social effects of the labor movement.
Three hours credit.
202. THE FAMILY. A study of the background and contemporary as-
pects of the modern American family covering the following topics: cul-
tural backgrounds of the modern family; historical phases of the modern
family; contemporary problems — biological, economic, and psychological;
family disintegration and reorganization.
Three hours credit.
302. EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY. The aims, goals, and purposes of
education as interpreted from the sociological viewpoint. Topics to be con-
sidered are: the nature and function of Educational Sociology; the indi-
vidual and the social group, its educational implications; the development
of the social personality; the school as a social institution; the home and
education; the community and education; problems of improvement of the
teaching service; educational objectives as viewed from society's needs;
educational guidance; discipline and moral education.
Prerequisite, 3 semester hours of Sociology.
Three hours credit.
204. SOCIAL PATHOLOGY. A survey of the more serious pathological
maladjustments of contemporary American society. Among the problems
studied are: causes, social results, and treatment of poverty; drug addic-
tion; alcoholism; mental disease; mental deficiency; prostitution; vaga-
bondage; sickness; blindness and deafness; neglected children; disablement;
and old age. One or more preliminary courses in Sociology desirable, though
not required.
Three hours credit.
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401. CRIMINOLOGY. An introductory course including the following:
the nature of crime ; causes and factors in crime and delinquency ; crime and
delinquency as affected by environmental factors; criminal detention and
court procedure; the punishment of crimes; the prison method of punish-
ment; parole and pardon; reformation and prevention of crime.
Prerequisite, 6 semester hours of Sociology.
Three hours credit.
402. RACE PROBLEMS. A study of the adjustments which the minority
racial groups in our population are making to the social, economic, and
religious patterns of our contemporary culture. Also, the contributions
which these racial groups are making and have made to the culture patterns
in the United States. Among the groups studied are: the Indian, the Negro,
the French-Canadian, the Finns, the Polish, the Irish, the Chinese, Japanese,
and Filipinos. The Alien Registration Act 1940; and immigration and
naturalization requirements are given attention.
Prerequisite, 6 semester hours of Sociology.
Three hours credit.
SPANISH
A major in Spanish constitutes 24 semester hours beyond Spanish 12.
A minor is 18 semester hours.
11-12. BEGINNING SPANISH. Presents the essentials of Spanish
grammar, including idioms and irregular verbs. Conversation in Spanish
during the course. Class meets four hours per week.
Four hours credit per semester.
101-102. INTERMEDIATE SPANISH. Review of grammar, idioms, and
irregular verbs. Reading of representative works of modern Spanish prose.
Outside readings and reports. Composition and conversation in Spanish.
Three hours credit per semester.
201-202. THIRD- YEAR SPANISH. Selected readings of dramas and
novels of the nineteenth century Spain. Outside readings and reports.
Spanish conversation and dictation exercises.
Three hours credit per semester.
203-204. COMMERCIAL SPANISH. Commercial forms, letter writing,
idioms in commerce, and dictation.
Prerequisite, Spanish 102 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
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207-208. SPANISH CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION. Train-
ing in ability to converse on practical subjects in everyday life. Customs
and manners reviewed in conversational style.
Prerequisite, Spanish 102 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
214-215. INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE.
Representative works read of Spanish American authors. Outside readings
and reports. Dictations.
Prerequisite, Spanish 202 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
301-302. ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR FOR TEACHERS.
Spanish style illustrated by reading representative modern authors. Diffi-
cult points of grammar usage studied. Idioms and verb forms of high
frequency.
Prerequisite, Spanish 208 or equivalent.
Three hours credit per semester.
SPEECH
101. PUBLIC SPEAKING. Development of assurance in public appear-
ance through impromptu and extemporaneous speaking. Attention to pos-
ture, pronunciation, enunciation, voice, and grammatical construction.
Voice recordings to enable students to hear their own voices and correct
their own faults.
Three hours of credit per semester.
102. PUBLIC SPEAKING. An advanced study of persuasive speaking,
with practice in the organization and presentation of material to fit vary-
ing specific audiences. Study of effective techniques in delivery. Voice
recordings.
Prerequisite, Speech 101.
Three hours of credit per semester.
301. RADIO SPEECH. Introduction to the speech phase of radio. Time
devoted exclusively to functional radio speech activity. Microphone prac-
tice, criticisms, periodic voice recordings, interpretation of radio dramatic
material with emphasis on convincing characterization.
Three hours of credit per semester.
302. PLAY PRODUCTION. Fundamentals of acting, stage design, cos-
tumes, and make-up. Lecture and laboratory work with final goal produc-
tion of plays.
Three hours of credit per semester.
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GENERAL EXPENSES
Following are the rates covering home, tuition, and special fees.
Home includes furnished room and board at the college dining hall.
Full tuition is charged for any normal schedule of from 12 to 16
hours of class or laboratory instruction per semester, including
physical education, or for veterans excused from physical education,
12 to 15 semester hours.
Additional credit beyond the normal schedule is charged at the
rate of $12.50 for each semester hour credit. Partial students
(those taking less than 12 hours of work) are charged $15.00 per
credit hour. Individual instruction in music, art, etc., is charged
on the basis of instruction in the department. Music and art,
chosen as electives, are charged in accordance with the respective
departmental fees.
A Registration Fee of $10.00, which does not apply to the main
bill, must accompany every application for admission. The fee is
refunded if the candidate is not accepted for admission. Return-
ing students do not pay this fee.
Each student engaging a room must pay a Room Deposit Fee
of $25.00 (to accompany application) and agrees to pay the rent of
the room and to occupy the room in person through the entire
college term. The full deposit is forfeited if the student is ac-
cepted and fails for any reason to occupy the room. This fee is
applicable to the main bill.
In line with the increase in salaries, repair and upkeep of build-
ings, and other general expenses, an increase of $25.00 per year is
made in tuition; and due to the increase in salaries and cost of food,
an increase of $50.00 per year is made in board and room. Fees
are listed and assessed as they apply. The College reserves the
right to revise the schedule of charges as circumstances may neces-
state.
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EXPENSES IN DETAIL
Tuition— yearly* $350.00
Board and Furnished Room 550.00
Registration Fee** — Payable with Application for Admission (Does
not apply to main bill) 10.00
Room Deposit Fee*** — Payable with Application for Room Reserva-
tion (Applicable to main bill) 25.00
*The yearly tuition for Music Majors is $450. This includes required les-
sons in applied music (voice, piano, organ, violin), as well as academic
and theoretical requirements and electives.
**Not refundable if accepted for admission.
***Not refundable unless notice is received 60 days before Registration Day.
SPECIAL FEES
Laboratory Fees Per Semester
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (General) $ 7.50
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (Advanced) 10.00
Office Practice (Supplies and Machine Rentals) 5.00
Retail Salesmanship (Supplies) 2.00
Public Speaking Laboratory Fee 2.00
Fine Arts Laboratory Fee 2.00
Additional Credit Per Semester Hour 12.50
Key Deposit (For each key required) .50
Tray Fee (For meals served in rooms) per tray .20
Damage Deposit* (unused portion returned) 10.00
Diplomas 7.50
Certificate 2.50
Caps and Gowns (Rental at prevailing cost)
*A damage deposit of $10.00 is required of all boarding students. General
damage to Dormitory property will be charged against this fund. The re-
mainder will be returned to the student at the end of the school year.
Wherever possible damage will be charged directly to the person responsi-
ble for causing it. Damage and breakage in the room will be the responsi-
bility of the students assigned there.
ACTIVITIES FEE
In support of student activities, including athletics, health, student pub-
lications, student organizations, lectures, entertainment, and the Greater
Dickinson Banquet, and for use of the library and gymnasium, a fee is
charged as follows for the term :
Boarding Students $ 25.00
Day Students 20.00
Payable — Registration Day, first semester
Boarding Students 15.00
Day Students 10.00
Payable — Registration Day, second semester
Students in each group 10.00
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ART
Tuition per Semester
Full Art Courses:
24 Class periods in Art per week and one academic subject $175.00
30 Class periods in Art per week, no academic subject 175.00
Part-Time Art Course:
18 Class Periods in Art per week 110.00
12 Class periods in Art per week 80.00
6 Class periods in Art per week 40.00
MUSIC
Schedule of Individual Instruction in Applied Music for Non-Music Majors
Tuition per Semester
Organ, Piano, Violin, Voice (two lessons per week) $ 80.00
Organ, Piano, Violin, Voice (one lesson per week) 40.00
Organ for Practice (one period per day) 10.00
Piano for Practice (one period per day) 5.00
Note: All lessons in practical music are one-half hour in duration.
Semester charges are payable in advance upon Registration, as in other
departments.
PAYMENTS
The college is unable to extend credit. It is essential, therefore, that all
students have sufficient money on hand when they enter to defray their imme-
diate expenses.
Tuition for each semester is due and payable in advance on Registration
Day. The charges for room and board are payable quarterly, the first
quarter payable in advance and due on Registration Day. Also due at
Registration are the $10.00 Damage Fee, and $15.00 payment on the Activi-
ties Fee, less $25.00 credit from Room Deposit Fee made earlier.
The balance of the semester bill, covering second quarter room and
board, laboratory fees, and extras will be billed in November and April, for
the first and second semesters respectively. Discounts, scholarships, and
working scholarships or allowances will be credited at this time.
A fee of $5.00 is required of those who fail to register during the regu-
lar registration period. Students who wish to register on partial payment
of the tuition fee must obtain permission to do so from the president. A
carrying charge of $5.00 is made to students who do not pay the entire
tuition fee at the time of registration. Any student failing to make payment
within the required time suffers the loss of college privileges and notice of
his delinquency is sent to his parents or guardians.
The tuition fee charged to students who leave college on account of
serious illness is fixed on the following schedule: Students leaving during
the first four weeks are charged 30%; during the second four weeks, 60%;
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during the third four weeks, 90%; after twelve weeks, full charge. The
adjustment is determined by the date upon which formal notice of with-
drawal is sent to the Dean and by the presentation of a doctor's certificate.
No remission of tuition fees is made to students who withdraw for any
reason other than serious illness or unavoidable providence, nor to students
asked to leave school. Board will be pro-rated by the week over period of
attendance.
No deduction is made for absence except in prolonged and serious
illness or other unavoidable providence, when the price of board (not tui-
tion, room, etc.) is refunded. No deduction is made for the first two weeks
or the last three weeks of the year or term.
Other fees cannot be refunded for any reason whatever.
Students are subject to suspension if bills are not paid within ten days
of the dates mentioned unless ample security is furnished. In order to
graduate and to receive a degree, diploma, or certificate, a student must
have spent at least two terms in study at the college and also have paid all
his bills, in cash or its equivalent — not in notes.
Veterans, both new and returning, are expected to pay for room and
board as outlined below.
All students except Veterans under the G. I. Bill, will pay cash for
books and supplies purchased at the college bookstore. The bookstore will
be open on Registration Day, and daily thereafter.
For extra service, such as meals served in rooms, private instruction
outside of classroom, et cetera, an extra charge is made to both students
and faculty. Teachers and students remaining at Williamsport Dickinson
during the short vacations will be charged $2.00 for each day or part of a
day. Parents or guardians visiting pupils are the guests of the college for
meals for the first twenty-four hours. Other guests may be entertained if
permission is secured from the President. Their student hosts are expected
to pay the regular rates for their entertainment.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
All remittances should be made to Williamsport Dickinson Seminary as
follows (effective June 1948):
Veteran
Boarding Boarding Day
Student Student Student
With Application-Registration Fee $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ 10.00
(Paid by New Students Only)
—Room Deposit Fee 25.00 25.00
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- 1948 -
Second Semester 1947-1948 Term
Veteran
Boarding Boarding Day
Student Student Student
On Registration Day— February 220.00 125.00 90.00
April 3— Balance of Term Bills
and Extras
Note: New Students in February 1948 will pay the $10.00 Damage Fee
in addition.
Summer Session 1948
On Registration Day-^June 166.00 96.00 70.00
Beginning Second Semester — July 156.00 86.00 70.00
First Semester 1948-1949 Term
On Registration Day— September 315.00 125.00 185.00
November — Balance of Term Bills
and Extras
- 1949 -
Second Semester 1948-1949
On Registration Day— February 325.00 140.00 185.00
April — Balance of Term Bills
and Extras
Note: New Students in February 1949 will pay the $10.00 Damage Fee
in addition.
DISCOUNTS
Special discounts are allowed on the regular expenses to the following:
( 1 ) Two students from the same family at the same time.
(2) Children of ministers.
(3) Student preparing for the ministry or missionary work.
Not more than one discount will be allowed to any student.
The college reserves the right to withdraw any discount from a student
whose work or behavior is unsatisfactory.
No discount is allowed on Music and Art, whether taken as extra sub-
jects in connection with a regular course or whether the student is majoring
in one of these subjects.
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LOANS
A limited number of worthy students, members of the Methodist Church,
may secure loans from the Student Loan Fund administered by the Board of
Education of that Church. Christian character, satisfactory scholarship,
promise of usefulness, financial responsibility, and the recommendation of the
church to which the applicant belongs are essential to a loan. Each bor-
rower must sign an interest-bearing promissory note.
There are also loan funds in the Philadelphia and the Central Pennsyl-
vania Conferences of the Methodist Church for students from these confer-
ences on practically the same terms as above.
Detailed information may be secured from the President.
SELF-HELP
There are opportunities in the school for self-help for a small number of
girls. About forty boys are able to earn part of their expenses in various
ways in the school, and there are frequent opportunities for student work in
the town.
ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The Margaret A. Stevenson Powell Scholarship, the gift of her children.
Endowment, $1,200.
The Pearl C. Detwiler Scholarship, bequeathed by her to the Endow-
ment Fund, $500.
The Frank Wilson Klepser Memorial Scholarship, given by his parents.
Endowment, $5,000.
The Benjamin C. Bowman Scholarship, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Walton Bowman. Endowment, $5,000.
The Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Young Scholarship. Endowment, $10,000.
The Miriam P. Welch Scholarship. Endowment, $500.
The Wilson Hendrix Reiley Memorial Scholarship. Endowment, $500.
The Mrs. Margaret J. Freeman Scholarship. Endowment, $1,000.
The Agnes L. Hermance Art Scholarship. Endowment, $2,000.
The Clarke Memorial Fund of about $100,000, provided by gift and
bequest by the late Miss Martha B. Clarke, of Williamsport, Pa., a former
student, in the interest of the development program of Williamsport Dick-
inson Seminary. This was applied to the erection of the Clarke Building.
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Over two thousand dollars are awarded annually in scholarships and
prizes. This not only encourages scholastic attainment, but also affords
generous help to needy, worthy students. The list of scholarships and prizes
follows, together with the awards in each case made at Commencement, 1947.
THE DeWITT BODINE SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the late DeWitt
Bodine, of Hughesville, Pa.
The entire expenses of board and tuition to that pupil of the graduat-
ing class of the Hughesville High School who shall excel in scholarship and
character.
Audrey Rhinard Hughesville, Pa.
THE EDWARD J. GRAY SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the late Rev. Dr.
Edward J. Gray, for thirty-one years the honored President of this Seminary.
The interest on $1,000 to be paid annually, in equal amounts to the two
applicants who attain a required rank highest in scholarship and deportment
in the Senior Class.
Rhoda Pontz Akron, Pa.
Rosalie Silber Philadelphia, Pa.
THE ALEXANDER E. PATTON SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the late
Hon. Alexander E. Patton, Curwensville, Pa.
The interest on $1,000 to be paid annually, in equal amounts to the two
applicants who attain a required rank highest in scholarship and deportment
in the Junior Class.
Anna Ruth Sandin Williamsport, Pa.
Jean K. Young Zelienople, Pa.
THE ELIZABETH S. JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the late
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jackson, of Berwick, Pa.
The interest on $500 to be paid annually to the applicant who attains a
required rank highest in scholarship and deportment in the Sophomore Class.
Jean Rita Alpert Williamsport, Pa.
THE WILLIAM WOODCOCK SCHOLARSHIP, founded by William L.
Woodcock, Esq., of Altoona, Pa.
The interest on $500 to be paid annually to the applicant who attains a
required rank second in scholarship and deportment in the Sophomore Class.
Ruth Jane Lorrah Williamsport, Pa.
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THE MRS. JENNIE N. RICH SCHOLARSHIP of $5,000, the gift of her
son, John Woods Rich, the interest on which is to be used in aiding worthy
and needy students preparing for the Christian ministry or for deaconess
or missionary work.
Bruce Smay Clearfield, Pa.
Thomas Andeeyann Chester, Pa.
THE McDOWELL SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Mr. and Mrs. James E.
McDowell of Williamsport, Pa.
The interest on $500 to be awarded annually by the President and
Faculty to that ministerial student of the graduating class who shall excel
in scholarship, deportment, and promise of usefulness, and who declares his
intention to make the ministry his life work.
Carl Dahlgren Williamsport, Pa.
THE MARY STRONG CLEMENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $2,500
donated by the late Chaplain Joseph Clemens, of Manila, P. I.
The interest to be used as scholarship, or scholarship loan aid, for the
benefit of a student or students of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and
Junior College who are preparing for the Christian ministry, or for deacon-
ess work, or its equivalent, in the Methodist Church. Beneficiaries may be
named by Mrs. Mary Strong Clemens, or in the absence of such recom-
mendation the recipient or recipients shall be named by the President of the
school.
Not awarded.
THE BISHOP WILLIAM PERRY EVELAND MEMORIAL SCHOL-
ARSHIP, founded by the Alumni of Dickinson Seminary who were students
during the administration of Bishop William Perry Eveland and in his honor.
The interest on $1,050 to be paid annually to a needy, worthy student
or students who shall make the most satisfactory progress in scholarship
and give promise of future usefulness and who by loyalty, school spirit,
and participation in school activities is considered by the President and
Faculty to most fully represent the standards and ideals of Dickinson
Seminary.
Robert Brumberg Ridgway, Pa.
Paul Johk Williamsport, Pa.
THE AMOS JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the late Rev. Amos
Johnson of Philadelphia, Pa.
$500 to be held and invested by Dickinson Seminary and the income
arising therefrom to be used for the education of ministerial students of
limited means.
Donald Ripple Austin, Pa.
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THE BENJAMIN C. CONNER SCHOLARSHIP, the interest on $500
given by Alumni of the seminary to be awarded to that student securing the
highest grade in Junior Mathematics. Recipient must be a full Junior and
must not be repeating Junior Mathematics.
Anna Ruth Sandin Williamsport, Pa.
THE RICH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $5,000, provided in
the will of the late Hon. N. B. Rich, the interest of which is to be awarded
annually to worthy young men or women who intend to devote their lives
to the preaching of the Gospel, the missionary cause, or the work of a dea-
coness. The beneficiary shall be named by the Faculty with the approval of
the Board of Trustees.
Wiixiam Beown Williamsport, Pa.
THE C. LUTHER CULLER SCHOLARSHIP, the interest from an en-
dowment of $5,000 provided in the will of C. Luther Culler, of Williamsport,
a graduate of Williamsport-Dickinson in the Class of 1876. Awarded on
scholarship.
Ruth J. Loeeah Williamsport, Pa.
Anna Netta Livingston Williamsport, Pa.
Maejoeie A. Sunuin Jersey Shore, Pa.
PRIZES
THE RICH PRIZE, of $25.00 given in honor of the late Hon. and Mrs.
M. B. Rich, of Woolrich, Pa., to the student in the Freshman Class who
shall attain a required rank highest in scholarship and deportment.
Jeanette Confee Williamsport, Pa.
THE METZLER PRIZE of $10.00 for superior work in Junior English,
given by the late Rev. Oliver Sterling Metzler, of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference.
Anna Ruth Sandin Williamsport, Pa.
THE RICH PRIZES of $15.00 and $10.00 each, given in honor of the late
Hon. and Mrs. M. B. Rich, of Woolrich, Pa., to be awarded to the two stu-
dents who shall excel in writing and delivering an original oration.
Joseph Baelett Williamsport, Pa.
Eloise Snydee Hazleton, Pa.
THE ART DIGEST PRIZE, given by the Head of the Art Department, a
year's subscription to "The Art Digest" to that student who has shown the
most improvement.
Maet Deuce Tooley Williamsport, Pa.
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THE C. B. RIDALL PRIZE of $10.00 given by P. L. RidaU, B.S., M.D., of
Williamsport, Pa., of the Class of 1923, in memory of his father and mother,
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. B. RidaU, of Berwick, Pa., to be awarded to that
student or students who shall be judged to have done the best work in Bible
during the year.
Jean White Williamsport, Pa.
THE BETA PSI SORORITY PRIZE. A gift of $5.00 to be awarded to
that student who by the charm of her personality and self-sacrificing spirit
has made a most outstanding personal contribution to Dickinson.
Geraxdine Bickford Clearfield, Pa.
THE FACULTY PRIZE, awarded to that day student whose scholastic
record has been satisfactory and who, in the opinion of the faculty, has been
outstanding in the promotion of school spirit through participation in
school activities.
Anna Netta Livingston Williamsport, Pa.
HONORARY SCIENCE AWARD. The Bausch & Lomb Award to the
member of the graduating class in the Preparatory Department who has
made the greatest progress in Science.
John Metzger Allenwood, Pa.
SUMMARY OF STUDENTS
College
College
Arts and Science 370
Business Administration 218
Pre-Engineering 156
Secretarial Science and Medical
Secretarial 44
Laboratory Technology 12
Art 14
Music 14
Preparatory School
Nurses and Special Students 37
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tparatory
Total
370
218
156
44
12
14
60
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64
64
37
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IN
PAGE
Accrediting 3
Administrative Staff 6
Admission Requirements 22
Advance Standing 24
Aim 12
Application Procedure 22
Art 33,37,71
Biology 38,27
Board of Directors 5
Buildings 13
Business Administration 29,40
Calendar 4
Chemical Engineering 33
Chemistry 27,36,46
Clarke Memorial 14
College, the Location
and History 11
Courses of Instruction 36
Art 37
Biology 38
Business Administration 40
Chemistry 46
Drawing 47
Economics 47
Education 49
English 50
French 51
German 52
History 54
Mathematics 55
Music 57
Physical Education 58
DEX
PAGE
Physics 59
Political Science 60
Psychology 61
Philosophy 63
Religion 63
Secretarial Sciences 64
Science 65
Sociology 65
Spanish 67
Speech 68
Cultural Influences 17
Curriculum Information 22
Directors, Board of 5
Discipline 21
Discounts 73
Dismissal 19,21,26
Drawing 47
Economics 47
Education 49
English 50
Expenses 69
Faculty 6
Fees 70
Financial Information 69
French 51
Freshmen, Provisions for 17
General Information 11
German 52
Grading System 25
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INDEX
PAGE
Graduation Requirements 27
Grounds and Buildings 13
Guidance 23
Gymnasium 13
Health 19
History 54
Junior College Division 23
Library 15
Loans 74
Mathematics 55
Medical Secretarial 35
Music 35,57,71
Organ 57
Payments, Terms of 71-72
Philosophy 63
Physical Education 58
Physics 59
Piano 57
Political Science 60
Prises 77
Probation 26
Programs for Study 28
Standard Curriculum for
A.B. & B.S. Degree 28
Business Administration .... 29
Pre-Dentistry 31
Continued
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Pre-Law 31
Pre-Medicine 32
Art 33
Laboratory Technology 34
Secretarial Science 34
Medical Secretarial 35
Music 35
Psychology 61
Recreation 19
Regulations 21
Religion 63
Religious Tradition 17
Resident Student Life 20
Scholarships 74,75
Secretarial Medical 35
Secretarial Science 34,64
Self-Help 74
Sociology 65
Spanish 67
Speech 68
Suspension 72
Student Activities 18
Student Government 18
Student Life 17
Students, Summary of 78
Transfer Privileges 23
Veterans, Provision for 24
Violin 57
Voice 67
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