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Show Dello G. Dayton Chairman The door to education is always open- even on final-exam day. It looks simple enough, but boy, is it hard! Understanding man -his nature and history--is the key to future political, social, and moral survival. Harold C. Bateman Roydon O. Julander Charles C. Moore Jennings G. Olson James B. Harvey Ralph D. Marsden Walter C. Neville William D. Stratford The Social Science Division provides an opportunity for all students of Weber College to obtain a general education in the area of the social sciences. The division strives to establish in the students a consciousness of and a responsibility to their cultural environment. It endeavors to awaken in their emotions, as well as in their minds, an awareness of the many problems of society-present, past, and future. Dr. Stratford conducts an interesting interview-discussion with young minds for the benefit of child psychology students. So reads the description of the social sciences, a group of sciences so intriguing that persons of widely diversified fields could surely find a ground of common interest in them. Social science in the widest sense is the study of man. There could be no society without man-and what could comprise a more interesting study? Man is interesting because he is interested. This interest of man in himself and the world around him has been the causal factor in making society what it is today. Man's interest has wrought wonders sometimes unforeseen, perhaps dreamed of in his historic journey to the present. It is through the study of man that we learn of the important part the family has played in the formation of our social structure. Through this study, too, we realize the full impact of cumulative learning. Social science classes deal with not only the recorded history of man but also the non-recorded portion of his existence, that period known as pre-history. The effects of this age on our present and future way of life should not be underestimated. The Social Science Division includes seven departments. The |