University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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architecture art finds new forms Dr. Robert S. Bolles Dean 43

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It was probably in the Autumn of 1925 that the late Rudolph Weaver be gan to furnish training in Architecture and Allied Arts here at the University of Florida. Total in the School numbered 34 that first year and the classes were taught in the attic of Peabody Hall. Today the College has 770 students in upper and graduate school and is housed in seven buildings—three of which form a Architecture and Fine Arts Complex that not only enhances the College but the and the Community as well. The College provides instruction for who seek professional careers in the building arts and the fine arts; it offers to other students of the University creative and cultural opportunities in these arts; and appropriate related services for the citizens of Florida. Undergraduate degrees are offered in interior design, landscape building construction, fine arts (painting, print-making, sculpture), history of art, crafts, advertising design, art education, music and music education. Graduate degrees are offered in architecture, building construction, art and music education. With the growth of the College new and methods have been developed which provide firm bases for the most evolution of the instructional function of the College. This in turn allows the College to serve the people of Florida more surely by producing graduates who are soundly to become professional practitioners in the Building Arts and the Fine Arts. 42

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arts and sciences dean page steps down The College of Arts and Sciences is remarkable for the range and diversity of its subject matter. Credit toward degrees may be earned in as many as 35 different subjects. A major for a bachelor ' s degree is offered in 29 of these, t he master ' s degree in 18, and the Ph.D. in 13. Subjects in which majors may be obtained include anthropology, art, bacteriology, botany, chemistry, economics, English, French, geography, geology, German, Greek, history, Latin, library science, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, Russian, sociology, Spanish, speech, statistics, and boology. Recent to the offerings in foreign language are Chinese and Italian. For convenience and effectiveness in the college has four divisions , to one of which each department belongs: social sciences, humanities, biological sciences and physical sciences. Recent additions to the University ' s physical plant, such as the new chemical research building and the graduate research library, have given new impetus to the Arts and Sciences. Special programs include the Ford Three Year Master ' s Program, Teacher Preparation in Arts and Sciences, American Area Studies, Latin American Study Program, Social Administration, International Affairs, Public Administration and Government Asian Arca Studies, African Studies Program, Soviet and East European Area Studies, History of Science and Specialization in the Fine Arts. Dr. Ralph E. Page Dean 44