The ACORN 1927 Department of Education and Psychology THE DEPARTMENT of Education emphasizes the necessity of a thorough professional education for every candidate seeking a teaching certificate. As a basis for that training it urges the broad and liberal non-professional, or general education. The special courses of this department, which follow, are designed to acquaint the student with the child and the processes by which it learns, as well as to equip the student with the subject matter to be taught and with a working knowledge of the most economical and effective ways of presenting it. Since teaching is essentially a personal process involving intimate relationships, personal qualities and attitudes are stressed in every course. Professor Winsor, with Professor Stark, constituted a most efficient teaching force in this department for 1926-27. Both with their own marked personality, have conveyed, to those privileged to engage in study under their direction, the desire, by intelligent application of knowledge, to elevate teaching standards. Department of Sociology EVERY subject taught in an educational institution must stand the rigid test of its worth to society before being admitted to the curriculum. No study is of value to a student per se." It is valuable only in so far as its ultimate aim is to prepare him to live with his fellow men. The basic purpose of a depart-men of Sociology in any school is to enable the students to understand society and then to formulate a scientific program for social betterment. The department of Sociology in Weber is progressing very creditably toward this desired goal. The courses in this subject are divided into four main division: a study of the general principles of Sociology, a study of the family as a social and educational institution, social pathology, a study of the ills a study of the ills of society, social pathology and adolescense, a study of child training. As part of the regular work each year, the students visit the following social institutions: the State Mental Hospital, State Prison, State Industrial School, School for the Deaf and Blind, and the Children's Healh Clinic. The field of Sociology is one of continuous laboratory work. Wherever the student may turn, he is always confronted with definite social problems which he must event- ually help to solve. The ACORN 1927 Department of History and Government THE PHILOSOPHY of social relations is one of the most ancient comnonents of human wisdom. The story of the development of these social relations, the evolution of society into its present institutions, falls into the province of history. The history courses this year have given an intensive survey of European, American, and British history, establishing in the minds of the students a more exact conception of the past, and insuring a finer type of citizenship. Society cannot survive without organization, or government, and government cannot function in a beneficial way unless it is founded upon an intelligent, responsive citizenry, which forms the seat of sovereignity. This citizenry should be familiar with the external characteristics and the problems of the governing institutions of the state. The safest and surest preparation for the proper solution of these problems is through an intelligent study of Political Science. In direct alignment with this purpose the courses of this year have attempted to familiarize the students with the mechanism, functions, problems and their solutions of our government. The Library UNDER the direction of Eva Browning the Weber College library has developed into one of the finest among those of Rocky Mountain Junior Colleges. During the summer of 1926 the entire library, consisting of about 7000 volumes, was transposed to larger quarters adjoining the study hall. Two rooms were utilized, a small one in which church books and peridocials were placed, and a large room in which other books were arranged. In the main hall several hundred reference books and classic periodicals were shelved in new steel cabinets. All of these books, including those of the novel library, have been completely re-classified, and a new filing system in their connection has been established. A valuable addition to the library is a group of books pertaining to the department of English language and literature, a number of Church books, and the '27 library contribution by the Sophomore class. Books which may be borrowed from the library are concerned with almost any field of art and science, That Weber students have an appreciation for the opportunities therein offered is evidenced by the popularity of the Weber College library.