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SOCIAL SCIENCES
GET NEW BUILDING
The most significant event on campus this year for the Social Science
Division was the completion of the new social science building. Faculty and
students moved into the $550,000 two story structure in September.
In other changes the history department added the course, History of
Africa, and expanded Russian history to two semesters. Also new will be
a History of Canada, to be taught next year.
The FSC chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, national social science honor fraternity, sent a delegate to the Pacific Coast meeting of Phi Alpha Theta at
USC. At the meeting historical papers were read and critiques given.
Recent honors received by the department included the trip of Professor Gwendolin Cobb to the Luso-Brazilian Colloquium at Bahia, Brazil.
Papers by Dr. Cobb and Dr. Jose Canales are to be printed soon. In the fall
Dr. Clair Nelsen's new book came out and Dr. Theodore Grivas' book is
now in print.
WBHMWBM
COMPLETING THE quad is the newly built $550,000 social science building. The building
opened to classes for the first time during the fall semester.
KARL FALK
Dr. Falk, head of the Social Science Division, is the
president of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. He is also president of the First Federal
Savings and Loan Association of Fresno and chairman of the
Fresno City Housing Authority. Dr. Falk spent last summer in
Europe making lecture tours on American economic and
housing problems. He has studied, worked and traveled for
eight years abroad and has made two round the world trips.
HARRIETT BURT receives plenty of help in preparing for the Regional Social Science Conference
at FSC March 18. Other Pi Gamma Mu members who read papers at the conference were
Jim Morris, Pat Rizzotto, Harry Bakker, Sam Lanfranco and Vernon Brewer.
JOSE CANALES
Dr. Canales, chairman of the History department, teaches
history of the Americas and Latin America. A Phi Beta Kappa
at the University of California, he was decorated during the
Korean War and promoted to Commander. Last year some of
his papers were read at a meeting of the American Historical
Association in Seattle. Throughout the year he speaks to many
groups of his experiences while living in Brazil, Uruguay and
Mexico.
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| Yearbook Title | 1961 The Campus 50th Anniversary Edition |
| Date Published | 1961 |
| Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Source | Ron and Bob Byrd, Co-editors. |
| Rights | Published by the Associated Student Body, Fresno State College, Fresno California. |
| Yearbook Title | 1961 The Campus 50th Anniversary Edition |
| Date Published | 1961 |
| Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Transcript | SOCIAL SCIENCES GET NEW BUILDING The most significant event on campus this year for the Social Science Division was the completion of the new social science building. Faculty and students moved into the $550,000 two story structure in September. In other changes the history department added the course, History of Africa, and expanded Russian history to two semesters. Also new will be a History of Canada, to be taught next year. The FSC chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, national social science honor fraternity, sent a delegate to the Pacific Coast meeting of Phi Alpha Theta at USC. At the meeting historical papers were read and critiques given. Recent honors received by the department included the trip of Professor Gwendolin Cobb to the Luso-Brazilian Colloquium at Bahia, Brazil. Papers by Dr. Cobb and Dr. Jose Canales are to be printed soon. In the fall Dr. Clair Nelsen's new book came out and Dr. Theodore Grivas' book is now in print. WBHMWBM COMPLETING THE quad is the newly built $550,000 social science building. The building opened to classes for the first time during the fall semester. KARL FALK Dr. Falk, head of the Social Science Division, is the president of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. He is also president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Fresno and chairman of the Fresno City Housing Authority. Dr. Falk spent last summer in Europe making lecture tours on American economic and housing problems. He has studied, worked and traveled for eight years abroad and has made two round the world trips. HARRIETT BURT receives plenty of help in preparing for the Regional Social Science Conference at FSC March 18. Other Pi Gamma Mu members who read papers at the conference were Jim Morris, Pat Rizzotto, Harry Bakker, Sam Lanfranco and Vernon Brewer. JOSE CANALES Dr. Canales, chairman of the History department, teaches history of the Americas and Latin America. A Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California, he was decorated during the Korean War and promoted to Commander. Last year some of his papers were read at a meeting of the American Historical Association in Seattle. Throughout the year he speaks to many groups of his experiences while living in Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico. 48 |
| Source | Ron and Bob Byrd, Co-editors. |
| Rights | Published by the Associated Student Body, Fresno State College, Fresno California. |
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