Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION was established as a department ofthe University in 1918. From an unauspicious start, when Dr. Arthur H. Wilde, first dean ofthe School,oH'ered courses in education, down to the present, the School has had a phenomenal growth.To Dr. Wilde must go much ofthe credit for the position in the field of edu- cation which the School now holds. One ofthe greatest contribu- tions ofthe department to modern instruction is the new college curriculum which was introduced in 1937. This plan seeks to bring about improved methods of' selection of students for higher educa- tion, the use of a two, rather than a four-year curriculum, and through systematic guidance, to provide programs of study suited for the individual student's ability and plans for the future. At the time of its founding, the School was a senior college and graduate school of education. In response to other demands, the School extended its offerings to include work for the degree of Ed.D. and various undergraduate programs leading to the degree of B.S. in Ed. Jesse B. Davis has been dean ofthe School since 1935. He was graduated from Colgate University with the degree of A.B. in 1895. In 1911 he received the degree of A.M., and in 1922, the degree of Litt.D. from Colgate. He also received a second degree ol' A.M. from the University of Michigan in 1916. Dean Davis is a member of Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Kappa. He is also serving as acting dean of Sargent College. Jesse B. Davis, A.B., A.M., Litt.D., Dean l23l

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THE ScHooL or MEDICINE ORIGINATED IN 1848 as an institution called the Female Medical Education Societyf' the purpose of which was to provide for and promote the education of nurses and Women physicians. In 1873, four years after the chartering of Boston University, the then called New England Female Medical Col- lege was incorporated as a department ofthe University, known as the Boston University School of Medicine. It has always been, since its incorporation with the University, a co-educational School. The School has had only four deans in its nearly seventy-year history. Dr. I. T. Talbot was the first dean, serving from the time of the School's incorporation with the University until his death in 1899. Dr. Talbot was succeeded by the late Dr. John P. Sutherland, Who died in February of this year. Dr. Sutherland retired in 1923 as dean, but remained a member of the School's faculty until several Years ago. The late Dr. Alexander S. Begg served as Dean from 1923 Until his death in September, 1940. Dr. Bennett F. Avery was named to succeed Dr. Begg in January, 1941. Dean Avery is one of' the Y0Ungest deans of a medical school in this country. Dean Avery received the degrees of B.S., M.S., and M.D. from the University of Michigan. At the time of his appointment as dean, he was teaching at Yale, and was on sabbatical leave from the American University of Beyrout, Syria, where he served as acting dean of the medical school of the University and professor of' an- atomy. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Bennett F. Avery, B.S., M.S., M.D., Dean l27l

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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK IN NAME, THE SCHOOL or SOCIAL WORK is the youngest ol' the Uni- versityis departments. It was organized as a graduate school in 1940 to train young men and women for positions as professional welktre and social workers. The School is an outgrowth of the School ol Religious and Social Work which was discontinued last year. Pre- viously, the department oH'ered both graduate and undergraduate courses in religious and social work. But with the discontinuance Of the department and establishment of the School of Social Work, the new department was made a purely graduate school. The courses in religious education are now being offered jointly by the School ol Education and the School of Theology. - Dean Emeritus Henry H. Meyer of the School of Religious and Social Work is now director of the courses in religious education, While Richard K. Conant, previously director of the division oi Social work is dean of the School. Dean Conant was graduated from Harvard University in 1905 with the degree 0f'A.B., and in 1908 received his LL.B. degree from Harvard. Dean Conant has been a member of the University faculty Since 1937 when he was appointed a lecturer on social work. He was promoted to professorship in 1938, and in the same year was named director of the division of social work. With the academic revamping ofthe School in 1940 into its present structure, Dean Conant was chosen by the Trustees of the University for his present position. 9 Richard K Conant AB LLB Dean l P291 Weeeeeeer