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Show WESTMINSTER DEPARTMENTS Business Depart. . (Ed. Note This is the third in a se ries ol articles outlining the various departments oi Westminster College tor 0 - i .the prospective student). f Volume 6. Headed by Professor J. J. Farley, " Westminsters Business department is one of the most active depart- ments in the school. Majors are offered jn Economics and Business Administration, designed for either '.a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. The 'courses included in this major are intended to satisfy the needs of students who wish to prepare themselves for responsible positions in the business world. Such positions require not only a mastery of clerical skills, but a broad understanding of the principles of of current political impli-1- 9 cations, and of problems involved in various fields of business management. - eco-nomi- cs, : Each student may select courses which will give him the emphasis most suitable for the particular field of business activity which he .is inclined. Such emphasis includes accounting, marketing, industrial relations, bank- ing and finance, and secretarial man-ageme- nt, One of the main points concerning the department is the cooperation given the school by business concerns in and around Salt Lake City. These businesses provide valud able knowledge and experience to Westminster students in the way of field trips. Specialists from government and industry are consulted or invited to lecture in class. One of the new " classes being offered this semester is Economics 291, a lecture class featuring guest speakers from different business houses around Salt Lake City. Instructors in business courses drawn from among important business men in Salt Lake City, are eminently qualified both by training and experience, and their positions in business concerns keeps them in touch, with current developments. Manford Shaw, president of . Mr. Shaw, Inc., in Salt Lake City, was and addition to the faculty this year: His class Real Estate Fundamentals, was enjoyed by a good num- ber of Business students this year. Advanced students will be en- couraged to divide their time be-- tween classroom work and practical with prolocal business firms. gressive this Through program students gain valuable, business experience, outside earnings, and potential job ' replacements. first-han- 2-h- our THE PARSON, February 12, 1954. Ghoir Returns From Colorado Tour ' The Concert Choir of Westminster returned late Sunday night, Jan. 31, from an extended tour through parts of Utah and Colorado, where they presented programs at Vernal and Price in Utah and Denver, Delta and Grand Junction, Colorado. All in all, seven concerts were given on the trip, which saw the group away from home for five days. 'The group was accompanied by President J. Richard Palmer, who along with William Bushnell, drove a private car. The rest of the singing aggregation traveled ,via Lewis Bros. bus. The first engagement of the tour was at Vernal, where the choir presented a group of numbers at the annual Polio Benefit Show at that place. After spending the night in Vernal the group left early Thursday morning for Denver. That evening the group sang before the Historical Society of the Methodist Church, the members of which were gathered in Denver for their annual meeting. A morning program opened the Friday session of the Iliff lectures. After the 9:00 a.m. program the choir members were free to look around Denver, before meeting at the Emmanuel Methodist Church that night for dinner, and then later in. the evening for the main concert of the tour held at that place. The next morning (Saturday) found the choir once again on the road. This time they were headed . Number 10. P. M. Pontz Promoted to Asst. Pres.; Ralph Gunn to Be New Treasurer P. M. Pontz, well known to all those who have visited the business office at Westminster College, will leave his position as business man- NOTES . . . From the Dean s Office The opening of the second semester finds our enrollment slightly increased. We are happy to welcome new faces, to the some twenty-fiv- e campus. May your association with the College be meaningful and full of satisfaction. Welcome, too, to those old students who managed to survive the dark hours of exam week. It is not too soon to start reviewing for the week of May 31 to June 4. The clioir did, as predicted, return frqm Colorado in a state, of reduced animation.. They were Bushnelled, All reports indicate that the results were well worth the effort. Congratulations to the choir, the director, and the chaperones. Mizz B says that next year, there will be a flat charge of 50c per drop and 50c per add for all changes of course after registration day. The proceeds will be used to found a fund for the care and housing of psycho-neurotregistrars andor research in the area of schizophrethor-ouugh- ly ic nia (split-personalit- ager on July 1, to become the AsMr. Pontz came to Westminster in 1921 as Bursar. In . his new position Mr. Pontz will act as liason offiicer between alumni groups over the coua-tr- y and the college and will be in charge of a special alumni quarterly in addition to acting for the president in his absence. Ralph S. Gunn will join the administrative staff as Business Manager and Treasurer,, coming to Westminster from Wasatch Academy in Mt: Pleasant, Utah, where he has acted as Superintendent since sist to the President. y). 1945. "MrrtJunn," Mr. Gunn met his wife at the Academy, where she was a member of the staff. She is the former Alice Dix of Ogden. Coming to Salt Lake to make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Gunn are tKeif two daughters, Clarice and Norine. Mr. Gunn will also be a member of the faculty at Westminster, teaching courses in Accounting in the Business Administration Department. One must admire a basketball team which prefers to do things the hard way. Admittedly the best team in the conference, they chose to place themselves in the position of having to accomplish a feat which has not been accomplished from 10:00 p. m. to 8:00 a. m. in the memory of living men. Would anyone be interested in holdProfessor Uemura reports that ing a class from 7:00 to 8:00 a. m.2 the College is We should make efficient use of the a shame seems that plant. flourishing. It all the classrooms are standing idle A number of students have resouth to Delta, Colorado. A Sat- quested that they be allowed to urday evening program was well carry 22, 23, or even 25 hours attended at that. place. Sunday, the this semester. Will all instructors last day of the trip, saw the group please note? It would seem that singing before two congregations. class work is so easy, and outside The first at the morning services work assignments so light, that a of" the Community Methodist student with average intelligence Church in Grand Junction and can easily carry 20 hours and hold e later in the day at the evening serv- a job for pay in addition. Methodist-EpiscopThe only thing that keeps more stuices of the Community dents from trying to do it is the difChurch in Price. The group arrived in Salt Lake ficulty of ' getting all their classes in the morning. around midnight Sunday. full-tim- . al , J. J. Farley in aiimismi III., graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Illinois and received his Masters degree there in Accounting. He came to Mt. Pleasant in 1933 as a teacher of Commercial subjects and was soon made principal. afier-milkin-ti- . Dorn' |