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A Study Of Departmentalization On The Elementary Level, Carolyn Bowersock '70

Honors Projects

The past decade has been filIed with many supposedly innovative ideas which have been designed to improve and upgrade the education process. Organizational patterns involving a team of teachers , the removal of letter and/or class grades, as well as a revamping of curriculum represent some of the changes which have occurred.

Pray-In For Peace Program, Illinois Wesleyan University

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

This program dates to a 1969 prayer service held in response to the Vietnam War and calls for peace.

Commencement 1969 (Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Commencement Ceremonies

No abstract provided.

Breaching The Walls, Wendell W. Hess

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

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That We May Apply Our Hearts Unto Wisdom, Robert S. Eckley

Inauguration of Robert S. Eckley

The download button above and to the right contains the text of the Inaugural Response by Dr. Robert S. Eckley on the occasion of his inauguration as President of Illinois Wesleyan University, March 22, 1969.

The Inauguration Of Robert S. Eckley As Fifteenth President Of Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois Wesleyan University

Inauguration of Robert S. Eckley

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Founders' Day Convocation (1969 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

This recording contains the entire Founders' Day Convocation of March 18, 1969. The main address was given by William Arrowsmith, University of Texas Professor of Classics and University Professor in Arts and Letters. Honorary Doctorates were awarded to Ulysses Kay, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY, Professor of Music ; and to astronauts Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr. (the latter two in absentia). Professor Kay's composition "Like as a Father" was played at this event. It was commissioned by the Collegiate Choir for the 1956 Symposium of Contemporary Music.

The dedication of the Mark Evans Observatory …

Apollo 8 Astronaut Col. Frank Borman At Illinois Wesleyan University, Robert S. Eckley

Special Guests

The film embedded here shows three different activities during Apollo 8 astronaut Col. Frank Borman's visit to campus on March 18, 1969. Initially, Borman is at a press conference with President Robert Eckley (to his right) and Congressman Les Arends (to his left). He is then shown during a ceremony at the Founders' Day Convocation where all three Apollo 8 astronauts (and two other dignitaries) were awarded Honorary Doctorates. In the last segment Borman is shown placing a time capsule in the new Mark Evans Observatory during its dedication ceremony. Several photos of the placement are available online.

A …

Fall Faculty Conference: The Future Of The University, Robert S. Eckley, Robert Harrington, Justus Pearson, Wayne Wantland, Emily Dale, John Ficca, Richard Hishman, Mary Shanks

Special Convocations and Events

This was the first fall of President Robert Eckley's time in office. The first part of the recording is an open Q&A session, followed by division-based reports. There are frequent references to a recent North Central reaccreditation visit in this meeting. In a memo distributed a day later President Eckley notes that the North Central visit and the recent changes in the general education requirements indicate "the importance of a re-assessment of our departmental-divisional-university structural relationships." His proposal formed a structure with three colleges: Liberal Arts, Fine Arts and Applied Arts.

Speakers include President Robert Eckley; Robert Harrington, Business & …

A Study Of Team Teaching As Implemented In The Elementary School, Mary E. Myers '68

Honors Projects

At present , education is in an era of widespread experimentation, perhaps more extensive than a t any other time in its history. An intense examination of the methods of elementary school operation has been under way on a national scale and has resulted in the development of numerous new organizational and instructional approaches.

A Study Of Teacher Aides, Janis Kolb

Honors Projects

In the scientific, industrial world of today, specialization is a key word. With increasing frequency, jobs that used to be performed by only one or a few persons are being analyzed and, for the sake of greater effectiveness, broken down and assigned to specialists in the field. One area that has been slow in following this trend is that of education, Years ago, the teacher in a one-room school was assigned such diverse duties as snow-shoveling, hauling water, cutting wood, and keeping a fire going. In today's schools, these non-instructional chores are replaced by such duties as ordering films, setting …

The Historians And I, Bunyan H. Andrew

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Speech- The Magnificent Gift, Marie J. Robinson

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Martin Luther King, Jr. At A Student Senate Convocation, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Special Guests

In 1966 Dr. King made his second visit to IWU at the request of the Student Senate’s Convocation Commission. This event took place after Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was held at the Fred Young Fieldhouse to accommodate the crowd. IWU student Elizabeth Lindblom was Chair of the Commission and provided an introduction to the event.

It's A Mollusk, Dorothea S. Franzen

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

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The Influence Of Primitive Art, Rupert Kilgore

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

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The Poetry Of E. E. Cummings, Elizabeth H. Oggel

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Voices From Illinois Wesleyan, Advancement, Illinois Wesleyan University

Promotional Materials

This recording is a fundraising appeal containing clips of faculty (William Beadles, Wayne Wantland, Dwight Drexler, Elizabeth Oggle, Rupert Kilgore and President Lloyd Bertholf) and closed with an appeal by Alumni Fund Committee Chairman Rosamund (Salzman '31) Mecherle.

Debussy And His Music: A Retrospect, R. Dwight Drexler

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

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Science: In The Pursuit Of Truth And The Furtherance Of Understanding, Wayne Warde Wantland

Honorees for Teaching Excellence

No abstract provided.

Inaugration Program, Illinois Wesleyan University

Inauguration of Lloyd M. Bertholf

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Insurance Program Announcement Letter, William T. Beadles

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

This letter from Professor William T. Beadles announces the introduction of an insurance program at Illinois Wesleyan University. The enclosure on the second page offers a look at the program's course of study.

Centennial Conference: Education For Local Community Life, Myron F. Wicke, Illinois Wesleyan University

Special Convocations and Events

This conference took place at IWU from December 1-2, 1950. The recording linked here is side two of an incomplete recording of the event, but this is the entire remarks give by the last scheduled speaker: Myron F. Wicke, who had the role of summarizing the event on the second day.

A November 22, 1950 Argus article offers some details about the conference; see https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/iwu_argus/id/15961/rec/4

Basketball History, Edward R. Kirkpatrick, Charles Kirkpatrick

History

This article was prepared in August, 1950, by Edward R. Kirkpatrick for one of his duck dinners, but was never used.

This document was presented to Illinois Wesleyan University by Mr. Charles Kirkpatrick at the special banquet honoring the basketball team of 1954 and their co-captains and the captains of preceding basketball teams back through the years. This document represents research by two brothers: Edward B. Kirkpatrick and Charles Kirkpatrick.

Date April 2, 1954. Signed MJH

Sororities At Illinois Wesleyan University Brochure, Illinois Wesleyan University

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

Dating approximately to the 1950s, this brochure provides a brief overview of sororities at Illinois Wesleyan University complete with photographs of the chapter houses.

A Historical Account Of The Athletic Activities Of The Students Of The Illinois Wesleyan University, 1870-1928, Fred Muhl

History

A historical account of the athletic activities of the students of the Illinois Wesleyan University is being compiled by the athletic department and we are offering a portion of this, set up by decades, as our contribution to the history of the institution being prepared for this ninetieth celebration.

It is undoubtedly true that from the beginning some sort of recreational games or contests were indulged in, which might be classified as athletic contests.

No reports or authentic records have been found covering any such events prior to the year 1870.

The athletic department of the university will be very …

Fraternities Of Illinois Wesleyan University Pamphlet, Illinois Wesleyan University

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

This pamphlet details the fraternities at Illinois Wesleyan University circa 1950. The pamphlet also contains photographs of chapter houses and details on the rushing process.

World War Ii Letter By Fred Brian, Fred Brian

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

This letter, written by Fred B. Brian (February 22, 1924 - October 11, 1999), details the flight training for aviation cadets in Columbia, South Carolina. Brian was an Illinois Wesleyan University student when he joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1943. He served as a pilot/navigator on C-47s in Africa, Italy and South America, and he was discharged with the rank of Captain in 1945.

Following the war, Brian completed a BFA degree at Illinois Wesleyan in 1950. He received an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1951, and became an assistant professor at Illinois Wesleyan in …

First Football Team, Charles Curtis Craig, 1888

History

No abstract provided.

Football Statistics, 1887-1934

History

This is a typed document with an incomplete list of game results for Illinois Wesleyan University football teams from 1887-1934.